Jillian Michaels Quotes
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Think of it this way: If you got a flat tire, what would you do? Change the tire? Or get out of the car and slash the other three tires? No! Get back on the road. Don't dwell on it; don't beat yourself up. That gets you nowhere.
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I train in different modalities so that each muscle is targeted twice a week, with two days of rest in between.
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Everybody has haters.
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I like to train the body from as many different angles as possible to use every modality available to do it.
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If I'm looking at a client, I can say, 'Oh, wow, this is where you're weak; this is what you need to work on.' I can correct her in a matter of seconds, and then she's practicing specifically on the thing she needs to work on instead of repeating the same mistakes. Having that feedback is essential for beginners.
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People tend to think that metabolism is genetically predetermined. That you're either cursed or you're blessed. And that's not true.
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It's impossible to put yourself first when you're a mom.
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Witnessing the bond between a parent and their little ones firsthand really brought home to me how much I was missing.
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There is a huge misconception that if you do something like hot yoga, you'll burn more calories, and the opposite is true. You want to heat your body from the inside out, not the outside in.
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If you don't learn from why you're in the position you're in, you are doomed to repeat it. You need to bring meaning to every setback.
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Look several months ahead, see where the obstacles lie, and figure out ways to overcome them.
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Lazy doesn't exist. Lazy is a symptom of something else. The person who can't get up off their butt is just a person who's depressed. It's usually a pervasive lack of self-worth, or a feeling of helplessness.
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Try not to say, 'I'm a failure.' Instead, ask, 'What can I do better? What did I do wrong?' Then re-approach.
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People believe practice makes perfect, but it doesn't. If you're making a tremendous amount of mistakes, all you're doing is deeply ingraining the same mistakes.
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I'm on the younger end of Gen X, and for me, growing up gay was not cool.
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If you don't solicit me for help, I'll leave you alone.
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I was picked on as a kid. I had a nose the size of a softball plus braces and acne. It was rough.
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The irony is that I'm actually a very empathetic person, but I don't believe in sympathy at all.
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Life has a way of working out the way it's meant to.
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The fad diets are doing way more harm than good.