Slogans that help you stay strong:

RedsSkinnyJeans · 07-15-2011, 05:49 PM

Please post your favorites here:

"There is nothing in my refrigerator that will fix a dented fender"

My favorite:
"Everything is a trade off"

RedsSkinnyJeans · 07-15-2011, 05:53 PM

"If it's white, (flour/sugar), keep it out of sight. If it's green, it'll make you lean"

Buttercup · 07-15-2011, 05:59 PM

I don't have one for weight loss; I just go look at my belly in the mirror. It usually does the trick.

For tasks, like tiling my own bathrooms, or doing plumbing around the house, or applying for a job that's not "within" my experience range...

I say to myself, "Are you at least as smart as that guy?" thinking of the last guy I paid $85/hour to do something in my house. YES, I am.!

piratewoman · 07-15-2011, 06:00 PM

Vision is seeing things not as they are but as they will be.

verbqueen · 07-15-2011, 06:02 PM

I absolutely love one I read here on LCF once:

I WILL PERSIST UNTIL I SUCCEED.

I like it so much, it's taped to various surfaces all over my house!

verbqueen · 07-15-2011, 06:03 PM

And another one I've seen here at LCF:

I CAN DO HARD THINGS.

piratewoman · 07-15-2011, 06:27 PM

One from here I like is "Nothing taste as good as skinny feels".

privatediva · 07-15-2011, 07:17 PM

"I can have that later"

is pretty much my mantra now

Just as a life motto:

"Enjoy the process" is my favorite. I'm trying to make that fit this situation. I am enjoying some aspects of this process. It is quite fun and wonderful to visit with you great folks...and I would never have come across you were it not for the "process" I'm going through. I have enjoyed the flavor of food quite a bit more since I started eating so little of it. Apples are flat out miraculous, aren't they? I like Jonagold...so crisp, sweet, and juicy. I was running around today getting ready to leave on our trip tomorrow. I had a nail apt around my lunch time. I wrapped my cold chicken breast, which my devoted hubs grilled for me last night, in a piece of waxed paper and ate it like a hot dog in the car

Goofy...but I did enjoy it!

Violet_Dream · 07-15-2011, 07:52 PM

I heard this years ago and it stuck with me:

"I Can Do Today What Others Won't - So I Can Have Tomorrow What Others Don't"

Susiecarbojunkie · 07-15-2011, 08:00 PM

My brother was a plumber--
this always puzzled me, because he had an IQ of 160--so one time I asked him how he managed working in a job where he spent so much time up to his knees in poop (had to change this word because I got asterisks..), he looked philosophical for a moment, then he told me that there are two things I should always remember about poop...
first----it always runs downhill
second----it wipes off

words to live by

TerriMM · 07-15-2011, 09:18 PM

Never try to teach a pig to sing
It wastes your time
And annoys the pig

Every time I think of it, it applies to something or someone else

LilacBruze · 07-16-2011, 02:48 AM

Tough self-love here, but:

"BBW = Big Blubbery Woman"

"There is nothing beautiful about being big!"

NeekoM · 07-16-2011, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by verbqueen

I absolutely love one I read here on LCF once:

I WILL PERSIST UNTIL I SUCCEED.

I like it so much, it's taped to various surfaces all over my house!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Violet_Dream

I heard this years ago and it stuck with me:

"I Can Do Today What Others Won't - So I Can Have Tomorrow What Others Don't"

I love these! I'll definitely use them!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Susiecarbojunkie

My brother was a plumber--
this always puzzled me, because he had an IQ of 160--so one time I asked him how he managed working in a job where he spent so much time up to his knees in poop (had to change this word because I got asterisks..), he looked philosophical for a moment, then he told me that there are two things I should always remember about poop...
first----it always runs downhill
second----it wipes off

words to live by

PiDevil · 07-16-2011, 04:54 AM

For when I quit smoking 16 years ago:

The craving will pass whether you have the cigarette or not.

This one REALLY helped me. I guess you can relate it to food cravings too.

ellenalesa · 07-16-2011, 05:50 AM

I read a diet book years ago and found this gem:

What you eat in private shows in public.

So true!

Balance101 · 07-16-2011, 06:12 AM

Red,

this thread idea!

An oldie but goodie:

"Being fat is hard, losing weight is hard, keeping it off is hard. Pick your hard."

And I love quotes, so I know I'll be back with more, but right now, I need coffee!

Solstyce · 07-16-2011, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by piratewoman

One from here I like is "Nothing taste as good as skinny feels".

This is the one I like.

nmbnancy · 07-16-2011, 10:46 AM

Lack of planning on your part, doesn't constitute an emergency on my part.
There are many variations of this. I have used this from one of my personalities to the other, especially 2 days before an event planned 3 months ago and nothing in my closet fits

Majerus · 07-16-2011, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by privatediva

"I can have that later"

I love this. I'm going to make it my mantra, too.

privatediva · 07-16-2011, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TerriMM

Never try to teach a pig to sing
It wastes your time
And annoys the pig

Every time I think of it, it applies to something or someone else

This has been my sig in every internet forum I've ever joined (cept this one coz I can't figure out how to have a sig). I teach singing for a living, so this has always been a personal favorite. I even have a cross-stitch thing of it that used to hang in my studio.

GME · 07-16-2011, 08:24 PM

This isn't inspirational, but I think it's cute:

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it is too dark to read.
-Groucho Marx

My personal favorite, when I am up to my eyeballs in work or whatever, is from Finding Nemo:

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. Swimming, swimming, Just keep swimming.
-Dorie the Ellen DeGeneras fish with no short-term memory

ShellbellTX · 07-16-2011, 08:52 PM

Life is HARD....Fake it till you make it! :P

myrna · 07-16-2011, 10:12 PM

I wanted to play, but couldn't think of any good ones, so I googled a few:

-Bigger snacks = bigger slacks.
-Little pickers wear bigger knickers.
-Let your head be more than a funnel to your stomach.
-You get whatever you settle for.
-Discipline is remembering what you want. (This is my favorite!)
-If we defend our habits, we have no intentions of quitting them.
-My world is expanding as my butt is shrinking.

Kd did · 07-17-2011, 03:59 AM

Several I have run across...

"If it taste good...spit it out!"

"If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution."

"Dieting is wishful shrinking."

"You can't lose weight by talking about it. You have to keep your mouth shut."

"I have a great diet. You're allowed to eat anything you want, but you must eat it with naked fat people."

"Your body is a temple, not a drive-thru."

"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people"

"Fat is not a moral problem. It's an oral problem."

"A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips."

"I've decided that perhaps I am bulimic and just keep forgetting to purge."

"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

TamTam34 · 07-17-2011, 04:20 AM

...The whiter the bread, the quicker your dead...

shelbyla · 07-17-2011, 09:19 AM

How about...

As much as I HATE to exercise or diet, I have NEVER regretted doing it. Never.

07-15-2011, 05:49 PM	#1
RedsSkinnyJeans Major LCF Poster! Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,001 Gallery: RedsSkinnyJeans Stats: 170/144/140 Start Date: 4/1/11	Slogans that help you stay strong: Please post your favorites here: "There is nothing in my refrigerator that will fix a dented fender" My favorite: "Everything is a trade off"

07-15-2011, 08:00 PM	#10
Susiecarbojunkie Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Deep in the Heart of Texas Posts: 940 Gallery: Susiecarbojunkie Stats: 293/147/145-135 WOE: Atkins '72/hHCG Start Date: re-start April 2010	My brother was a plumber-- this always puzzled me, because he had an IQ of 160--so one time I asked him how he managed working in a job where he spent so much time up to his knees in poop (had to change this word because I got asterisks..), he looked philosophical for a moment, then he told me that there are two things I should always remember about poop... first----it always runs downhill second----it wipes off words to live by Last edited by Susiecarbojunkie; 07-15-2011 at 08:01 PM.. Reason: I got asterisks

07-16-2011, 05:50 AM	#15
ellenalesa Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 441 Gallery: ellenalesa Stats: 190?/177/160ish WOE: Starting HHCG Rogue 7/12/11 Start Date: July 12, 2011	Love these! I read a diet book years ago and found this gem: What you eat in private shows in public. So true!

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07-15-2011, 05:53 PM	#2
RedsSkinnyJeans Major LCF Poster! Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,001 Gallery: RedsSkinnyJeans Stats: 170/144/140 Start Date: 4/1/11	"If it's white, (flour/sugar), keep it out of sight. If it's green, it'll make you lean"

07-15-2011, 05:59 PM	#3
Buttercup Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Medford, NY, USA Posts: 2,413 Gallery: Buttercup Stats: 175/168/135 WOE: Atkins OWL	I don't have one for weight loss; I just go look at my belly in the mirror. It usually does the trick. For tasks, like tiling my own bathrooms, or doing plumbing around the house, or applying for a job that's not "within" my experience range... I say to myself, "Are you at least as smart as that guy?" thinking of the last guy I paid $85/hour to do something in my house. YES, I am.!

07-15-2011, 06:00 PM	#4
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Vision is seeing things not as they are but as they will be.

07-15-2011, 06:02 PM	#5
verbqueen Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 4,658 Gallery: verbqueen Stats: 224/163 WOE: hhcg, VLCD12	I absolutely love one I read here on LCF once: I WILL PERSIST UNTIL I SUCCEED. I like it so much, it's taped to various surfaces all over my house!

07-15-2011, 06:03 PM	#6
verbqueen Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 4,658 Gallery: verbqueen Stats: 224/163 WOE: hhcg, VLCD12	And another one I've seen here at LCF: I CAN DO HARD THINGS.

07-15-2011, 06:27 PM	#7
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	One from here I like is "Nothing taste as good as skinny feels".

07-15-2011, 07:17 PM	#8
privatediva Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 2,544 Gallery: privatediva Stats: 128 (R2ldw 128) 5'7" WOE: healthful, delicious low carb Start Date: 6/28/2011 (started HCG) maintaining since 9/2011	"I can have that later" is pretty much my mantra now Just as a life motto: "Enjoy the process" is my favorite. I'm trying to make that fit this situation. I am enjoying some aspects of this process. It is quite fun and wonderful to visit with you great folks...and I would never have come across you were it not for the "process" I'm going through. I have enjoyed the flavor of food quite a bit more since I started eating so little of it. Apples are flat out miraculous, aren't they? I like Jonagold...so crisp, sweet, and juicy. I was running around today getting ready to leave on our trip tomorrow. I had a nail apt around my lunch time. I wrapped my cold chicken breast, which my devoted hubs grilled for me last night, in a piece of waxed paper and ate it like a hot dog in the car Goofy...but I did enjoy it!

07-15-2011, 07:52 PM	#9
Violet_Dream lavender and lace Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Oregon Posts: 4,213 Gallery: Violet_Dream Stats: 225.6/12.8/135 ~5'10"~ WOE: P2 hhcg Start Date: 4/26/2013	I heard this years ago and it stuck with me: "I Can Do Today What Others Won't - So I Can Have Tomorrow What Others Don't"

07-15-2011, 09:18 PM	#11
TerriMM Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,406 Gallery: TerriMM Start Date: 5/18/11	Never try to teach a pig to sing It wastes your time And annoys the pig Every time I think of it, it applies to something or someone else

07-16-2011, 02:48 AM	#12
LilacBruze Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,595 Gallery: LilacBruze Stats: 290/172.6/160 WOE: hHCG Simeons Protocol	Tough self-love here, but: "BBW = Big Blubbery Woman" "There is nothing beautiful about being big!"

07-16-2011, 04:54 AM	#14
PiDevil Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,757 Gallery: PiDevil Stats: 243.8/183.8/New Goal - 155 WOE: Atkins 72/hhcg R1 started 1/30/11 Start Date: 3/4/2002	For when I quit smoking 16 years ago: The craving will pass whether you have the cigarette or not. This one REALLY helped me. I guess you can relate it to food cravings too.

07-16-2011, 06:12 AM	#16
Balance101 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: CT girl in NC Posts: 1,010 Gallery: Balance101 WOE: hHcg Start Date: 10/1/12	Red, this thread idea! An oldie but goodie: "Being fat is hard, losing weight is hard, keeping it off is hard. Pick your hard." And I love quotes, so I know I'll be back with more, but right now, I need coffee!

07-16-2011, 10:46 AM	#18
nmbnancy Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SC and FL Posts: 341 Gallery: nmbnancy Stats: 151/130/130 WOE: hHCG Start Date: 05/21/11 R2 08/15/11	Lack of planning on your part, doesn't constitute an emergency on my part. There are many variations of this. I have used this from one of my personalities to the other, especially 2 days before an event planned 3 months ago and nothing in my closet fits

07-16-2011, 08:24 PM	#21
GME Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CA Coast Posts: 6,582 Gallery: GME Stats: 250/175/175 And again...223/208.4/146 5'7 WOE: Misc. Start Date: April 2000 (the first time)	This isn't inspirational, but I think it's cute: Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it is too dark to read. -Groucho Marx My personal favorite, when I am up to my eyeballs in work or whatever, is from Finding Nemo: Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. Swimming, swimming, Just keep swimming. -Dorie the Ellen DeGeneras fish with no short-term memory

07-16-2011, 08:52 PM	#22
ShellbellTX Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Lewisville, Tx Posts: 75 Gallery: ShellbellTX Stats: 5'5 177/159.8/125 WOE: HHCG Pellets Start Date: 6/4 Saturday/Sunday LD	Life is HARD....Fake it till you make it! :P

07-16-2011, 10:12 PM	#23
myrna Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 310 Gallery: myrna Stats: 5'6" - 199/178.6/150 WOE: hHCG pellets Start Date: R1: 6/9/11 \| R2: 7/30/12	I wanted to play, but couldn't think of any good ones, so I googled a few: -Bigger snacks = bigger slacks. -Little pickers wear bigger knickers. -Let your head be more than a funnel to your stomach. -You get whatever you settle for. -Discipline is remembering what you want. (This is my favorite!) -If we defend our habits, we have no intentions of quitting them. -My world is expanding as my butt is shrinking.

07-17-2011, 03:59 AM	#24
Kd did Junior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: OKC Posts: 23 Gallery: Kd did Stats: 205.5/172.5/150 WOE: HCG Start Date: March 29, 2010	Several I have run across... "If it taste good...spit it out!" "If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution." "Dieting is wishful shrinking." "You can't lose weight by talking about it. You have to keep your mouth shut." "I have a great diet. You're allowed to eat anything you want, but you must eat it with naked fat people." "Your body is a temple, not a drive-thru." "My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people" "Fat is not a moral problem. It's an oral problem." "A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips." "I've decided that perhaps I am bulimic and just keep forgetting to purge." "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

07-17-2011, 04:20 AM	#25
TamTam34 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 458 Gallery: TamTam34 Stats: 170/136/130 5'5 WOE: low carb Start Date: Feb 6, 2011	...The whiter the bread, the quicker your dead...

07-17-2011, 09:19 AM	#26
shelbyla Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,673 Gallery: shelbyla Stats: 210/141/140 WOE: hhCG, rx hCG Start Date: rx hCG R5 start 08/11/12	How about... As much as I HATE to exercise or diet, I have NEVER regretted doing it. Never.