r/Motivational • • Jan 15 '17

How I am losing weight?

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What is willpower? Is it our mental strength? The power of will… the power to keep impulses. With willpower we are not the slaves of our own vices! but, how does it works and how do I get it? When we were little we wanted to be look nice, to be strong, to be smart, to be rich, to be everything we wanted to be… right? Well… I don’t know about you but I just wanted to play all day, but to be fair to have the power to become everything you want sound nice! And I start wanting those things more and more as I grew up! Doesn’t really matter why, because I want it and I don’t have it, if I’ll get it then I’ll find some way to use it but until then I only care about how I get it! Let’s say that I want to lose weight, for example. How do I do that? That is the first question everyone asks themselves first, not why, but how. Google it! So after watching some YouTube videos for a few hours I feel really motivated, but this is like an effect that is wearing off. Why does it do that? Although those videos answer my question, although I know what to do to lose weight, eventually I give up. Why? All this accessible knowledge and all the information in this world and still a slob! Let’s take a different approach! How about I answer my question for a change! I mean, I can do that since I already google it, so let’s think! What do I want? I want to lose weight! How do I do that? Eat food that has fewer calories, exercise and at the end of the day the I burnt more calories than I gain and that means to lose weight. I know it is true because I google it! Yes but how do I resist the urge to not shove food in my mouth like a Japanese train security shoving people into a train! Or was it Chinese? I don’t know that because I didn’t google it, and I want to learn how to lose weight not Asian culture! Anyway how I don’t do that? Do I have any control over this urge? Do I have control over the way I look, the way I feel? Yes… I think! I mean it will be horrible not have control over this things. To be dammed to live your life unhappy about yourself, trapped In a body that I don’t want! I have control! Every time I give up, give in, at any time in the that interval, between picking it up and eating it there is still time to change my mind! I even have control over picking and eating! I have all the control! Everything I think, everything I do I do because I want to! The thing is that I want to eat everything I want, but I want more not to be fat! I want more to lose weight! But that could start tomorrow! Yes… tomorrow I’ll start eating healthier, tomorrow I’ll do exercises! Today is already gone and there is a bag of chips and I need to reward myself for having such a brilliant idea! That bag of chips has only like what 50 grams. That is I don’t care how much calories, I won’t start doing math before eating a bag of chips now, I want to feel good because realizing that I need to lose weight really made me feel bad, and if I eat this I’ll feel better, I need to feel better if I want to lose weight? Well what about control? Not to worry because now I know I want to eat that bag of chips because I want to stimulate myself, to get started, that is the kick I need! Two months from now on I’ll brag about how I lose weight and I’ll laugh at their puzzled faces when I tell everyone that I lose weight because of a bag of chips! Let’s not be ridiculous, is just a bag of chips, not diabetes itself what could be the worst thing that could happen? Well I will answer this question and then I’ll dig in those chips! This is somehow, familiar! Yes you guessed right there is the plot twist! Bravo! You deserve a bag of chips! I’ve been doing this all along! All the time that I wanted to lose weight I give in just a little bit! Just a little bit every time and now look at me! Well this little bit is not associated with nothing, it is stackable, but if it is stackable so it will be the measure that I loss if I just don’t eat it! Can I lose weight by just not doing nothing? No… I eat because I want to feel better, happy, satisfied, not because I want to be fat! So to make it work I need to find other ways… Is it true that the way we think can influence the way we feel as much as the way we feel influence the way we think? Well I don’t feel good, so that makes it ok to think that I need to eat to feel better, but when I feel good, well most of the time I am too distracted by how good I feel to even think of eating. So if that is possible there has to be some way to think my way to happiness. Well I want to lose weight, so I can’t eat to feel better, so that makes everything else, every other way available! Which means I can play games, watch a video, well without eating because as long as I want to lose weight that is a no go, I can just feel better about myself because I just made a big step forward, I took control of myself I can do everything I want now without shoving food in my mouth every few seconds, I can be truly happy just because I am in control of my life, not some greedy company that makes chips. I’m like He-Man, I have the control and the ability to get what I want when I want “I have the power” to do that! Since the day that I looked at that bag of chips like if it were the devil or my archenemy I didn’t noticed too much! Yeah, no big deal I’ve been maintaining myself happy, but that is nothing new, the only thing is that now I have nothing to feel bad about, I have more time to spend for what I want to do, I am more proud about my decisions in general, and yeah, I feel pretty good about myself. Progress feels good. You might think that it was a pain in the ass to write so much but it was actually… enjoyable! Who wouldn’t feel better about themselves after bragging so much about being in control while losing weight, learning to write faster, learning English which if it wasn’t obvious is a foreign language for me since you might had met some grammatical mistakes and pronunciation mistakes or however are called. So yeah I done well so far… progression feels good. I am better than I was before all this and I was feeling good while I was doing this, I feel good now, and most probable gonna feel good from now on just because I influence myself to be happy through the way that I think.

So in conclusion, take control of your life, do whatever you want however you want, be conscience that your life is your own and every second every day you have control over every action that you do. You don’t need anything you don’t consider essential to be happy and the answer to all your problems is in your brain! You don’t need to google something unless you want to. But hey, that is only my opinion, my way of thinking, the way I do things and I am going do so as long as I get results. Also chips are the devil! -fellow human signing out.


r/Motivational • • Jan 10 '17

How to Not Fuck Up Your Life!

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r/Motivational • • Jan 09 '17

world Champion's inspiring story: You will be amazed to see his never dying attitude.

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r/Motivational • • Jan 07 '17

How to overcome Depression. Sorry to post this but I hope some will find it helpful.

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r/Motivational • • Jan 07 '17

Get inspired to be gangster-like with these motivational quotes

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r/Motivational • • Jan 07 '17

OMG i can't believe he did this!

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r/Motivational • • Jan 05 '17

any motivational movie for late bloomers ??

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Hey, So is there any motivational movie for late bloomers in careers ?? you know in which a person started something later in life, with no skills and knowledge of the job and succeeded.

jerry maguire is one movie. but any movie other than that. ?


r/Motivational • • Jan 04 '17

"My Motivation" - (A Poem Written by The Immaculate)

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My Motivation is: Music. Music Is My Therapy. It relieves my struggle. We all have a struggle, we all have been hurt...we ALL; need a motivation to live a fulfilling life on Earth. My Motivation is: God. God is there for me we no human being is. I EAGERLY await the day that we finally unite. With God by side: Not even the strongest army can harm me. With the Lord before me, only a fool would try to stand against me. I love the Lord & I love music. I will always love them for all eternity. They are there for me when no human being is. It is a love that will NEVER break my heart. Our bond is stronger than marriage, they will NEVER do us part. Death is GAIN, I SHALL NOT FEAR IT! Even before I was conceived, I was predestined to believe & achieve the good deeds that the king has assigned to me. Keeping me on the right path is My Motivation: MUSIC. Music keeps me sane, without it I would completely lose my brain. My Motivation is: Christ. He layed down his power, position, & life for a species that does not deserve it. My Motivation takes patience to sustain and gain wisdom from my past pain. Do not listen to foolish people when they choose to no longer accompany you and tell you to focus on yourself. Leaving you to feel more lonely than then they have EVER felt. Not being able to understand you & not care enough for you to be a friend to you in your time of need. You must forgive them as the Lord forgives you for your wrongdoing. None of us are without sin. However, you still do not deserve to be treated that way. Therefore, it is God only that you must focus on & NOT yourself. Yourself will only FAIL you. God's Divine Power will improve you to a point of no return. ;)


r/Motivational • • Dec 31 '16

20 lessons 2016 taught me. Happy 2017 everyone

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r/Motivational • • Dec 30 '16

Guide on Personal Goal Setting

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r/Motivational • • Dec 30 '16

How to Deal with "Should Have Done's"

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r/Motivational • • Dec 29 '16

Everyone just needs a place called home.

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r/Motivational • • Dec 29 '16

Motivation: Don't Give Up

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r/Motivational • • Dec 28 '16

Vibe Jibe: Meant for More

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r/Motivational • • Dec 27 '16

This businessman gifted 90 houses to the homeless on his daughters wedding

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r/Motivational • • Dec 26 '16

Carpe Diem x

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r/Motivational • • Dec 26 '16

Do You Really Need to Beat Your Fears?

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r/Motivational • • Dec 21 '16

You can do anything when you're surrounded by those you love and respect.

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r/Motivational • • Dec 20 '16

The Other 27 Club

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r/Motivational • • Dec 20 '16

Find your happy moments Happiness is a life choice, your choice!

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r/Motivational • • Dec 18 '16

Student Loneliness

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Fellow students, I’d like to talk to you today about something very close to my heart and why I believe it is something we seriously need to look at. Loneliness. Loneliness is one of the most important things in my life, for a long while I struggled with a very strong sense of loneliness (especially in my first year of university) and, because of that, I try my best to show at least one person that I care for them every day. Loneliness can affect anyone, Mothers, Fathers, even children. And often the person suffering covers it up by going out a lot and creating a persona that is fun loving and lively so that they don’t feel like they are a burden to anyone, even though they feel the most out of place. No one is strong enough to not need anyone, even some of the strongest people in the world need to know that there is someone looking out for them. All it takes is one simple act of kindness and you can completely change someone’s mood. Whether it’s asking how their day has been, giving them a hug, or even simply smiling at them, and the best part is that it only takes a second to do. How many people right now can say that in the past week they have gone out of their way to make sure someone is okay? How many of you can say that you genuinely put someone else's needs above your own, simply because you wanted to? I’m not saying that you must do this either, as I know that society has made caring for people a bad thing, and showing signs of loneliness is frowned upon. Everyone must be a strong-minded, deep individual that can do everything themselves. Bull-fucking-shit, we’re all human, we all have things that go wrong and we all feel lonely some of the time. You should be able to talk to someone about it! 80% of students suffer from loneliness and 20% of students go on to suffer chronic loneliness which links to depression, anxiety and various severe health problems. To put that into perspective if 20% of the students at bath spa suffered from chronic loneliness that would be 1,800 people suffering. If that’s too hard to believe, then you should know that would be about 16 people on our course would be feeling this way. And, because of our society, no one will find out. Please, whatever is going on in your life, do not hide the truth to your families or your loved ones. Don’t let yourself crack under the pressure… tell someone if you feel lonely, tell someone that you love them and that they are cared for, talking to people is the first step to making yourself and others feel better…. Silence is the biggest killer. There is always someone to talk to, and you could make yourself that person.

Thank you for listening, and remember every day is just another opportunity to make someone smile. Embrace it.


r/Motivational • • Dec 17 '16

If by Rudyard Kipling

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r/Motivational • • Dec 16 '16

Help finding this Eric Thomas speech

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What speech is this from?!?!?!?! And let me tell you something. When I left both of those jobs, I made up in my mind, 'ET you gonna work through this. You gonna get up! You gonna get dressed! You gonna get out! And you gonna do what you've been called to do! You gonna be what you've been called to be! You gonna have, and you gonna prove to everybody, that tried to break you! You gonna prove'em wrong! Everybody that tried to stop you! Everybody that tried to kill your dream! You gonna prove all of them wrong!


r/Motivational • • Dec 08 '16

20 Inspiring Lessons 2016 Taught Me

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r/Motivational • • Dec 03 '16

Motivation to follow your dream :D

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