So, I have been getting lax. Which opens me up to cravings and binges. Not a great plan for weight loss maintenance.

I did a little reflecting and reminded myself that no matter what is influencing me it is still my hand that puts the food into my mouth.

What an empowering thought

Can you wise 3fcs add to my list? Because we could all use some reminding from time to time

My current favorite mantra is, "It's JUST food."

Sometimes food begins to seem like the be-all, end-all reason for existence (particularly when I know I need to spend time planning for success) and I can always use a little perspective that it is JUST food, for cripes sake.

Helps me keep it on an even keel.

Nothing new or insightful but:

Progress, not perfection is the goal.

This IS a journey.

Whatever the problem, food is not the answer.

I can't remember if I got this mantra from a WW meeting or hypnosis meditation but...

"The more you move... the less you'll weigh"

Get's me up and motivated to exercise.

This is not origional with me, but I have adopted it and posted it on my refrigerator.......
Being fat is hard
Losing weight is hard
Maintainence is hard
Choose your hard.

Food matters.

Eating whatever I wanted never made me happy (thanks Glory!)

Eat like everyone else, look like everyone else.

And this is not a mantra per se, but I think about the "me" that has been so disciplined, who has made so many choices to eat healthy foods, the me that has turned down junk, the me that works so hard lifting weights, the me that got up and went running in the cold and the dark, and I think about how I can't just let all that work go. That I owe it to the "me" that did all that work to keep going now. I can't betray the work and enthusiasm that I have spent so far.

ETA: It's great to see you Kitty!

ohhhh yeah....

good ones, all

keep 'em coming

I want to sticky this to my brain

I am responsible for my efforts not the results.

and my new sig.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

They both remind me to de-emotionalize this process and to make my efforts almost clinical. It really is a case of 'if you do this, you'll achieve that' for me.

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen! In other words just do it and continue to do it!

Remember….you always have a choice. It’s yours & no one else’s to make.

No matter what...protect your confidence

Failure to plan...is planning to fail

Discipline is doing what you don't want to do so you can do what you really want to do

The rewards of self-indulgence are not nearly as great as the rewards of self-discipline

It is more stressful being tired & overweight than it is being healthy & fit.

Incidently, I went on zazzle.com & created a bunch of my own magnets with motivation mantras - it's really easy. I put them up in on my home fridge & in my cubicle at work. It especially helps when my willpower is waning (i.e. box of brownies at work saying "eat me!") & I go back to my desk & look at my magnets, take a deep breath & remember those brownies are not worth it. However, I'm careful not to post magnets at work that may offend someone.

As always, seeing you puts a smile on my face Clearly, I need to lift more weights so we can spend more time together

Wow, there are some really good words here.

I see some index cards in my future

This is similar to one of my dd's: The pain of discipline is less than the pain of regret.

I also use this one: Obesity is a choice. (This one is very individual and is not meant to judge anyone else's path or life. I don't mean that it is a choice for each person, but for me, with my body & resources, it would be a choice to return. It is not inevitable. If it happens, it will be due to a series of controllable choices in my life).

And, yes, Kitty, weightlifting would be a fabulous new opportunity for you. Come on over (all though I have not been that chatty in that forum lately either! Busy, busy!)

If the Nutella is a challenge, pitch it.

Not a mantra! hee

This isn't really a weight loss mantra, but one that was repeated to me over and over in my youth. My high school band director used to say it all the time: your character is what you are when you think no one is looking.

ETA - the character quote has been in my mind a lot today, as I caught myself 'sneaking' a bite of cake earlier...