Okay buddies...Time to give up a secret to some of the new people on the board...

What is your favorite motivational quote, saying, or song?

The one thing you repeat to yourself out loud, or in your head, when you are exercising, or having a bad food day, or just to keep you on the path?? Or a favorite song that just gets you going???

My older sister resides in Japan and has recently lost 95 pounds...She went from 260 ish to 167 in just over a year, and she once told me "If you repeat something often enough,*you start to believe it, if you start believing it enough, it actually becomes your reality"...

So, with that in mind, my motivation is very very simple...As I am doing my elliptical, and my legs are burning, and my thighs hurt, and I am crabby and tired, and I think I just cant do one more minute, I visualize the weight I want to be...Or my next mini goal, and I say that weight in my head, and then repeat "If you think it, you can be it"

Very simple, but it works for me...HONEST...

God bless older sisters...

Dawn

Ok, maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but my favorite is "Everything happens for a reason".* I've always felt that way.* And I've seen the proof on more than one occasion.

"The pain of discipline is less than the pain of regret."

Actually I love my own quote, "what you do today will inspire someone tomorrow"

Like Mary, I love "Everything happens for*a reason." I walk around saying it all the time, because I TRULY believe it. However, for weight loss purposes, something that worked for me in the past was actually something I cut out from a hairspray ad (I know, lol). It was:
NEVER LOSE CONTROL
Let me tell you, those are some powerful words, if you really think about it. When you overeat, you're out of control. When you don't work out, you're out of control. And in life, even if you can't control the situation, you CAN ALWAYS control your reaction to it. So there it is: Never lose control. It's what worked for me then, and I hope what will work for me again...and permanently!!
Angie

Okay...don't laugh, but for me, it's the main line from the song from The Biggest Loser.* "What have you done today to make you feel proud?"** Plus, just the running tape in my head that I don't want to get sick.* I don't want diabetes.* I don't want heart disease.* I don't want to be overweight and tired all the time....

I've said it other blogs and it's not really a quote, but every day I ask myself at least a dozen (quite literally).
"What do you REALLY want".
The answer is obvious but it is a very motivating question, especially when you accept the fact (both consciously and subconsciously) that you can't have it both ways.* In other words, you can't keep doing all the same things you have been for the last 10 years and expect things to change.*

This is the one I use most.. Just because I love Yoda..* I say it every time someone tells me they'll try!* "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try! "Yoda, from Star Wars..* But what do I know about quotes.. I'm still a newbie..

*Lately it"s "GET ER DONE"*works for me!!
sheree

Angie, I love it girl!! I am always so out of control!! LOL!!