GAME ON for 2008!! MANTRAS

• SO YOU ARE HUNGRY - WORK WITH IT
• DECLARE THE GROOVE AND DON'T LOOK BACK (by the Dog)
• PURGATORY IS TEMPORARY BUT NECESSARY; DELAYED GRATIFICATION IS YOUR FRIEND.
• OUT SUFFER THE COMPETITION
• THIS IS GOOD; THIS IS GOOD; THIS IS GOOD

I think we need a more empowering term the "lockdown" - I'll have to get back to you on that one.

Maybe something like "In the Game"

perfect Nancy - lockdown was good for the first week.

now we need something more "proactive" and championship sounding... less punitive sounding--  I changed the name to "TBA" until further notification. 

"GAME ON" Mantras? 

You're are the wittiest linguist I know...and you are fully right....the name itself has to be motivating here...

I have this one on my fridge by Brad:

"If you want to do things others can't, you have to do things others won't"

 Here are some more of mine:

 It’s all about making the decision 

START and END your day like a bodybuilder.

   TRAIN LIKE THE ANIMAL YOU ARE  

To get to sub 6% takes sheer mental unbelievable discipline.

(males replace 6 with a 2.)

Suck it in..You are Pro

That which does not kill you makes you stronger

Mind over matter

Everytime you cheat on diet..everytime you do not give 100% to your training there is someone out there who does

My personal mantra that works very well is Whatever it Takes!  ("WiT")...thus my Forum name

When I get down and don't feel like working out I ask myself if that attitude will get me to my goals...is that really what it takes?  It inspires me to suck it up and think of the longer term benefits and why I am doing this.

Craig: you look great - I have been waiting for you to pop up again because something you wrote motivated me to crank up my intensity about 17 notches. 

Your avatar rocks - very nice.

hey everyone: I changed the name of this thread because I was getting sick of TBA - but I'm up for suggestions.

successful people are willing to do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling or unable to do.

on a related note....I went to this neat party last night....a colleague is an excellent cook, especially hispanic foods. She's dating a professional musician and he invited a few of his friends over to jam. wide variety of music styles: latin, x-mas, nashville....blew the roof off the house.

...but I digress.....I had a LONG soulful conversation with a homemade carrot cake smothered with thick cream cheese frosting. Thanks in large part to the conversation in this room, posted pictures (Mary your last batch is just outstanding.....) and the added motivation of seeing many of you  in less then a month at Nancy's camp, I was able to turn my back on the carrot cake (even as it continued talking to me) and walk away unscathed.

I like the name - we could even be more "all encompassing" and call it GAME ON FOR 2008!!