WEIGHT LOSS MANTRAS.

Weight loss is 50% attitude. Staying motivated and focused is an important part of success. One tool that you should start utilizing is the mantra.

A mantra is a powerful, inspirational, calming or motivating phrase used in repetition. When you are feeling discouraged, frustrated, powerless or defeated, reciting a mantra either in your head or out loud can give you that extra momentum you need to stick to your health goals.

Write down your mantra on a brightly coloured sticky paper and place them in areas you are most likely to see them often. On your refrigerator, on the corner of your computer screen, dashboard of your car, bathroom mirror, kitchen etc

Why Mantras work.

Developing and utilizing a mantra can  assist you with your weight loss or other health related goals by re-enforcing positive behaviors and helping you to maintain a positive attitude which is central to success. More specifically, a mantra can help you shift the focus from the actual number on the scale to the more permanent idea of adopting a lifestyle change, establishing a healthier relationship with food and developing confidence.

Mantras also help quiet negative self-talk ideas, which are those negative inner thoughts you tell yourself, such as "i can't do it", "I'm  not strong enough", " it's too hard" or "i'll never reach my goal". 

You can overcome even the toughest obstacles if you engage in positive self-talk. Establishing a mantra would give you that extra little boost of confidence you need to make it through the toughest work outs and stick to a healthy diet.

How do i choose a mantra?

You can do a little searching online to find a powerful phrase or inspirational quote that really hits home for you. Mantras should be short, simple and personal to you. They don't have to be complicated nor do they have to make sense to others. Establishing your mantra should come from within you.

Do a little soul searching and think about words that speak to you and what you want to achieve both in the short-term and long-term.

If you have trouble coming up with your own personal mantra, feel free to borrow some inspiration from others and use some of these well-known quotes to provide motivation and encourage positive thinking.

Examples:

• "Energy and persistence conquer all things"- Benjamin Franklin.

• "Don't wait, the time is never just right"-Napoleon Hill.

• "Every journey begins with a single step"-Maya Angelou.

• "If it doesn't challenge you,it doesn't change you"- Fred Devito.

• " If you want what you've never had, you need to do what you've never done"-Thomas Jefferson.

• "I may not be where i want to be, but i'm better than where i was"- Heather .J.

• "No one drowns from falling in water, you only drown when you stay there"- Barb L

• "Life has no remote, you have to get up and change it yourself"- Tracy S

• " The weight didn't arrive from the fat fairy last night, and the skinny fairy isn't coming tonight either"-Miscelena 1.

• "What you eat in private, shows up in public"-Nicole Juner.

• "I've come too far to take orders from a cookie"- Gina L.

• "Success requires backbone, not wishbone"- Debbie S.

• "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels"-Anonymous

• "Just get through today"

• "Fat or Fit"

• "More sweat now, less jiggle later"

• "Tell the negative committee that meets in your head to sit down and shut up"

• "You are far too smart to be the only thing standing in your way"

• "Don't give up what you want most for what you want now"

• "If  we don't change, we don't grow and if we don't grow, we are not really living"- Gail Sheeby

• "When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no "I'll start tomorrow" , tomorrow is a disease"

• "Know your limitations, then defy them"

• "If you wait for perfect conditions, you'll  never get anything done"

• "It's the start that stops most people "

• "Yesterday, you said tomorrow"

• "It's a marathon, not a sprint"