The following is a list of inspirational and motivational quotes for weight loss. One of the toughest challenges that people often face when trying to lose weight is finding the motivation to keep up with their diet and exercise program. Anyone can set the goal to get fit. Anyone can come up with a plan to accomplish that goal. Anyone can even get started on those plans. However, only a small percentage, the determined ones, are able to keep their efforts up until they actually achieve their desired outcome.
These motivational quotes to lose weight and be fit will help you with the one thing that stops most people, the mind. Your mind is what talked you into wanting to be fit but it’s also powerful and convincing enough to talk you right out of it. Until a healthy lifestyle becomes a part of who you are, you will constantly be in a tug-o-war battle.
Fortunately, the longer you are on track with your fitness program, the easier it will become. The reason is because the longer you consistently do something, the stronger the habit of doing those things will become. Once eating right and exercising becomes a habit, the struggle will be greatly reduced to the point where you rarely have to motivate yourself to do what needs to be done.
Until you get to the point, use these weight loss motivation quotes to help you power through the first stage of forming these life changing habits. It may take a month or several months for that to happen but once it does, you’ll eventually be part of the small percentage of people who obtain the body and fitness level they desire.
Let’s start with a motivational weight loss video:
Motivational Weight Loss Quotes
“You don’t have to go fast, you just have to go.”
“Today is another chance to get it right.”
“At the end of the day, your health is your responsibility.” – Jillian Michaels
“Fear is what stops you… courage is what keeps you going.” – Unknown
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein
“The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” – Tricia Cunningham
“What you eat in private, you wear in public.”
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“The difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline.” – Steve Smith
“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The difference between someone who is in shape, and someone who is not in shape, is the individual who is in shape works out even when they do not want to.” – Unknown
“You are far too smart to be the only thing standing in your way.”
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryan
“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is powerless.” – Herophiles
“Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.” – Jill Johnson
“No goal was ever met without a little sweat.”
“If your dog is fat, you’re not getting enough exercise.” – Unknown
“when you feel like quitting, think about why you started.”
“Health is the greatest of all possessions; a pale cobbler is better than a sick king.” – Isaac Bickerstaff
“A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement.” – Jess C. Scott
“You can feel sore tomorrow or you can feel sorry. You choose.”
“When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no ‘I’ll start tomorrow.’ Tomorrow is disease.” – V.L. Allinear
“If you don’t do what’s best for your body, your the one who comes up on the short end.” – Julius Erving
“Sweat if fat crying.”
“The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race.” – Unknown
“Clear your mind of can’t.” – Samuel Johnson
“In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself.” – Anonymous
“Your body can do anything. It’s your brain you have to convince.”
“Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” – Edward Stanley
“To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” – Buddha
“Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.” – Franklin P. Adams
“A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time – pills or stairs.” – Joan Welsh
“Most of us think we don’t have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don’t have time not to. We’re talking about three to six hours a week – or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day. That hardly seems an inordinate amount of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 – 165 hours of the week.” – Stephen Covey
“An hour of basketball feels like 15 minutes. An hour on a treadmill feels like a weekend in traffic school.” – David Walters
“Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase.” – Joseph Pilates
“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
“You want me to do something… tell me I can’t do it.” – Maya Angelou
“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn
“Strong is the new skinny.”
“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.”
“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” – Anonymous
“Strive for progress, not perfection.” – Unknown
“Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can’t buy.” – Izaak Walton
“Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.” – Anthony Robbins
“I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.” – George Burns
“The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.” – Anthony Robbins
“Junk food satisfies you for a minute. Being fit satisfies you for life.”
“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.” – Henri Frederic Amiel
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If it weren’t for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn’t get any exercise at all.” – Joey Adams
“Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.” – Norman R. Augustine
“I don’t work out because I hate my body… I work out because I love it.”
“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.” – Unknown
“It’s never too late to become what you might have been.” – George Eliot
“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!” – Jillian Michaels
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” – Fred Devito
“It’s easier to stay in shape if you never let yourself get out of shape in the first place.” – Bill Loguidice
“No matter how slow you go you’re still lapping everyone on the couch.”
“If you don’t make mistakes, you aren’t really trying.” – Unknown
“Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose.” – Karl Lagerfeld
“You’re not going to get the butt you want by sitting on it.”
“The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
“The first key to fitness is consistency. The second key to fitness is getting back on track the minute you realize you’ve gotten off track.” – Tipss.org