At some point on your weight loss journey it is only natural to feel like giving up, everyone feels this way, especially in the first few weeks. It is important to remember that every time you feel like giving up but you stay strong and committed to your goals that when you get through it you feel a great sense of pride, confidence and achievement.
When you give in, and go off track you will end up feeling depressed and like a failure. So staying the course, makes you stronger, builds your confidence, improves your health, and makes you feel unstoppable.
So the next time you feel like giving up and eating a piece of cake, remember why you started your weight loss journey, think about how empowered you will feel when you say no and step on the scales next week and do a fist pump because you are so happy with your achievement!
You are on a journey, there are going to be ups and downs that is life. It is how you react to the lows, to the temptation, and to the moments of weakness that will define your life. These moments happen to everyone, but it is how you deal with these moments that will determine your outcome and whether you get to your goal!
Here are 14 motivational quotes that will help to inspire you when you get it tough, read these quotes and pick the ones that motivate you the most, write them out on a piece of card or type them into a note on your phone, and any time you feel tempted to give up, read the quotes that inspire you to stay the course.
- “You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.” ~ Les Brown
- “Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.” ~ Jim Rohn
- “Failure plus failure plus failure equals success. You only fail when you quit.” ~ Jack Hyles
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” ~ Vince Lombardi
- ”You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.” ~ Les Brown
- “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” ~ Author Unknown
- “If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.” ~ Brendan Francis
- “If you want to have more, you first have to become more.” ~ Jim Rohn
- “Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.” ~ Jim Rohn
- “You will become as great as your dominant aspiration.” ~ James Allan
- “The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you, will always be far greater value than what you get.” ~ Jim Rohn
- “It is the set of sails, not the direction of the winds,that determines which way we will go.” ~ Napoleon Hill
- . ”Positive thoughts bring positive energy, and positive energy brings positive results.” ~ Jordan Hemmann
- “Decide what you want to become, set your goals and get started!” ~ Mavis Nong
Villager Maryann Holden is a holistic health coach.
