I saw a show today! Chase Dakota had them stencil the words "SWEAT" on the wall next to the treadmill, and "RUN". I wouldn't find those words particularly inspiring, so I thought it was dumb, but it's an intriguing concept.

I think "BREATHE" and "PUSH" and "MOVE" would be better words for me. But I'm not a runner, so maybe the words are different for the type of exercise, or the individual meanings the words inspire.

How about:

Your awesome!

You did it!

See your tomorrow.

You are strong and in control!

Extra pounds is your enemy defeat it here!

See you survived!

It gets easier every day!

Dedication is the key to sucess!

Told ya not to have those cookies!

Hurt now but smile later!

Today I'll do better than yesterday!

I wish I'd wake up. I don't understand the party thing, but I'm hangin' a pic of the new Valerie Bertinelli on my fridge!

Squirrel - it's called Uppercase Living, I'm sure you could find it online. If you 'don't understand' in terms of this is a weird trenda/fad, that's okay too...GOOD MORNING!! Is it -5 wind chill where you are? I need spring here!!

In my race scrapbook I have these quotes:

Run hard, be strong, think big.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Tough times don't last but tough people do.

These are quotes I got from the internet and I am sorry I don't remember who said them.

Have fun... I think the words across the wall will motivate you!

Champions are willing to do something they hate to create something they love.

lol. I didn't understand going to a 'word wall' party and considering buying something :) Thought it was a party playing that game or something. But what were you buying!

So, it's like a Tupperware host or Mary Kay hosting party or something?

So I was just giving any ole visual inspiration ie Valerie -- saw her on tv with the pic on her new book and she looks like a kid again!

It's off and on warm and cold here. Think it was freezing last time I went out. Varies by the day! If it's warm out today, I'm dumping all that salad material I didn't eat into the garden, lol :)

Oprah says something like, 'Discipline is doing something when you really don't want to do it.'

'Live Strong' would be a good simple one. What better example than Lance Armstrong.

How about-

"Hey-Good Lookin'!"

or I like this one from Miss Piggy: Never eat more than you can lift.

I'm putting this one in the man cave: We interrupt this marriage to bring you the football, basketball and baseball seasons.

Here is a link that might be useful: wall words

How about

Strong heart, strong body, strong mind

I am not my body

Drop and give me twenty

Four more....three more....two more....

I like.....
"The Hardest Part is Putting Your Tennis Shoes On"

and the one all the support groups use....
"One Step At A Time"

I need stronger motivation...I'd go with:

Have you seen the size of your a%& lately?

heh heh

I think positive words would work best for me. A few that come to mind: Beautiful, Strong, Vibrant, Energetic, Powerful.

It's more of a food quote versus an exercise quote, but I've always liked "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels".

Thought of another one - it references the need to always alter your routine (ie) change distance, speed, weight etc

If nothing changes, nothing changes.

Well, here is a site with thousands ( probably) of quotes, although that may not necessarily be what you actually are looking for.

Here is a link that might be useful: Quotes

Something for the workout room...well, I'm all for neighborliness, but I would never put my pals in the position where they felt obligated to buy something from me just to be polite, so I probably wouldn't go to a party where I wasn't sure whether I was a guest or a customer, and that goes double if said party were for something that I dislike as much as inspirational wall sayings.

But if I felt that my purchase might make or break a friendship (and if I thought this friendship was worth ordering a gimmicky piece of junk I don't really want in the first place) I'd probably order something that said STOP READING & GET TO WORK!

Then, when it arrived, I'd donate it to Goodwill.

I always liked the saying "Keep moving... wear out don't rust out!"

Here's a few quotes that happen to work within my philosophy of exercise:

"I have never taken any exercise except for sleeping and resting" Mark Twain.

"To get back my youth I would do anything in the world -- except take exercise, get up early or be respectable" Oscar Wilde.

"The only possible form of exercise is to talk -- not to walk" Oscar Wilde

"I believe every human being only has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises" Buzz Aldrin.

"Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy -- you don't need it. If you're sick -- you shouldn't take it." Henry Ford.

LOL!

O.K. Here's one that might work out (pun intended)

"Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far" Thomas Jefferson.

Skimmed responses, but back in the day when I was at the gym 7 days a week, the Nike slogan "Just Do It" was a real motivator for me, it kept popping in my head when I had done my time but was pushing myself to go that extra rep or extra 10 minutes on a machine, etc. Worked for me ;)

"Q:What is the difference between a wife and a girlfriend?
A:About 45 pounds!!"

"No pain. No pain."

"Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels." is one that always stuck with me.

Thanks all - you have given me some good ideas. Now let's see if I can muster the energy to go to the party.

Magna - I am "with you" on the home party circuit thing. I can go on and on but I would likely offend others.

I was considering buying from an online source I saw on GW but then this invitation arrived so that is where my neighborliness comes in to play.

If I buy, I will post pics so you'll all know how it turns out!!

My motto is to "Move more than you eat!" used to work..

(Igloochic's is the one that would work for me.)

I decided on a non-custom one that says something like "Look Up, Not Down, Look Out, Not In, Look Forward, Not Back"

KKelly & Igloo - could interpret that as Look Up (so you don't see your breasts going down), Look Out (so you don't worry about your insides falling apart) and Look Forward (so you don't look back in the mirror to see how big my a$% has gotten)!!!

$32...we'll see if it is a nice addition or something that sits and waits to be hung...you don't have to put them on the wall, you can put on a glass frame and hang without the back of the frame (bad description). I may do something so I do not have to scrape them off the wall someday...

And maybe, maybe, I'll be inspired to workout!

Well I guess it is too late for my idea then. I was thinking "let's get physical."

Sometime for fun you could move it and put it above the bed in the bedroom as a surprise for DH.

I will have to say that this post gave me some definite ideas to think about while I procrastinate on my exercise. Perhaps mine could be "the sooner you get started, the sooner you will be done."

"No pain. No pain." good one elen~tee hee.

Oh, I like what you decided on, whenicit. (Let me know if it works.)

I also like what you picked out. My favorite came from a print ad in a magazine.

"Little dogs take short walks."
(Point being, they *do* walk, and so should I.)