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Think Of Pioneers!

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If I feel like skipping a workout, I think of pioneers, farmers and the like. If they took a day off from chores "just because", they would not survive! A little dramatic, but it works for me!

- Submitted by DARKSTAR8 4/13/2010 in Motivation | 1 Comments

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How can you make healthy habits stick?

Try this cool mental motivator:

Predict you will eat better and work out more next week and you probably will, according to a recent study in the Journal of Consumer Research. The reason is that once you turn wishful thinking into a plan of action, that goal feels more accessible and your behavior becomes more consistent with your ideal.

Simple, but it works! Self-predictions can help reinforce good habits and disrupt bad ones.

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In other words: I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...I know I can!!

- Submitted by FERRETLOVER1 4/13/2010 | 2 Comments | View Secret

Getting the job done

Getting your mind round to what your body can do is more that half the battle.
Don't say I can't do that until you find out if you can.

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Don't think for too long just try

- Submitted by TCANNO 4/13/2010 | 1 Comments | View Secret

Being happy

I am tring to be up,but it would be a lie.I just want to feel that i matter to some one,and be loved and cared for.I don't have any of that in my live.I am a loving and caring person,and even if i am so sick,i will help anyone in every way i can.I don't have anyone except my baby Minnie.

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I don't think that any one can help,or cares enough to.245

- Submitted by MINNIERITA 4/13/2010 | 6 Comments | View Secret

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