Comments on: My Lame Excuse List

By: Quix

Quix — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:46:33 +0000

I always blamed my circumstances. The industry I work in is not known for fostering healthy people/employees (video games). My (then boyfriend, now hubby) wasn’t into fitness AT ALL. I had weak ankles. I worked a lot. Blah blah blah.

My suggestion is to give it a month. Really commit to a sensible diet program that looks less like torture than the rest of them (aka – south beach/atkins/etc was NOT for me because I hated the good food/bad food thing, counting calories drives other people crazy but worked for me) and a little movement a few days a week. But really, it just takes doing, and starting, and seeing some results! After a month and 8 lbs gone, I was hooked and I didn’t stop…
.-= Quix´s last blog ..Second Half Marathon Training: Week 9 =-.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:31:46 +0000

I would have to say that many of my excuses revolve around the fact that I often get hyper-critical about things. So if I wasn't going to be able to do an exercise well, or for what I considered a "long enough" amount of time, for example, I might just not do it at all. I have become a little gentler on myself with some of these criteria, which has helped me to be much more consistent with getting some kind of fitness activity in most days of the week lately. .-= Hilary´s last blog ..Night and Day (With Progress Picture) =-.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:55:30 +0000

I was a “tomorrow” person. Every day I would tell myself the next day would be different, and it never was. I didn’t start being successful at weight loss until I started seeing it as a “right now” decision. In fact, I made my decision at 11pm on a Friday night. No waiting till the tomorrow or Monday, and I’ve been making instant decisions ever since
.-= Susan´s last blog ..Winner Winner Chicken Dinner =-.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:21:52 +0000

I think my biggest excuse was I couldn't (wouldn't) get started because I was just too far gone to turn things around. At some point I realized that time is not a renewable resource and I had to stop wasting it by always promising myself I'd get to the weight loss thing "sometime soon". .-= Gigi´s last blog ..Catching Up =-.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:54:45 +0000

Oh wow, I had a cookie, so I might as well go get a blizzard now. The day is ruined. .-= Tony´s last blog ..Unprocessed Pan-fried Chickpea Salad =-.

By: zaababy

zaababy — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:13:23 +0000

Oooooo this is fun! I have not thought about my excuses at all. I enjoyed my walk down memory lane, and rejoice that I am different now.
1. I can’t start a diet now, (insert holiday here) is coming up!
2. I walked around WalMart for over an hour. I deserve McD’s/Taco Bell/Sonic/candybar from the checkout lane!
3. There is no way I can lose 200 pounds.
4. It will take too long to lose 200 pounds.
5. I want to be thin by (insert date here) but I’ll never lose 200 pounds in that time.
6. I can’t lose weight. Others can, but they have something ‘special’, some ‘secret’ that I haven’t discovered.
7. I don’t want to diet, I love food!!!!!!
8. I hate fish and cauliflower and asparagus and turkey bacon and if I go on a diet I’ll have to eat foods I hate and never get to eat another hamburger or brownie or (insert delicious food here) and I just can’t do it. I have no self control.
9. And the last 10 years or so my excuse for not losing weight was I genuinely didn’t think I had the consistency and determination to succeed. I thought losing weight was filled with deprivation and loss, agony and heartbreak, days filled with struggle after struggle as I tried to say no to ‘bad’ foods. If you’re a smoker, as I used to be oh so long ago, and you even THINK about quitting you immediately want another cigarette. The thought of never ever having another cigarette for the rest of your life is insanity. When I, as a 356 pound woman, would think of the agony of a diet that I would fail like all the others, I immediately pushed it out of my mind and continued eating what I wanted when I wanted however much of it I wanted. I am so thankful that I am not like that anymore. The day I decided to lose weight was the best day of my life. My life is so different now from then!
Love your blog Diane. Excellent post as always!!!

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:42:11 +0000

Unfortunately, I’ve made plenty of excuses both in my past and just this past eight months of my weight loss journey.

My main excuse used to be, “I have a slower metabolism.” I think it was true in part, but I know that the lack of exercise wasn’t helping any either.

I have to many excuses to name, but something I’m working towards is to be an example and not an excuse.

This post was close to home for me. Time to stop making excuses and just get it done.

Thank you for your posts.
.-= Leah´s last blog ..Weigh-In … Cautiously Excited =-.

By: Andrea@WellnessNotes

Andrea@WellnessNotes — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:55:09 +0000

For quite a while, I was waiting for life to be “normal” or “easy” to start doing something about my health. I didn’t realize that working on improving my health would actually make life a bit better when life was very difficult. Taking care of myself was actually something I had some control over (when there was so much I couldn’t control at the time). Ultimately, realizing that my health and weight was up to me was a powerful realization and a big motivator.

By: Alissa

Alissa — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:56:00 +0000

I hear so many people make the excuse that they'll start Monday or after some Holiday or event. You're so right. We have to embrace the moment and begin making healthy choices right away. .-= Alissa´s last blog ..Just an Update =-.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:31:30 +0000

I'm working on this right now because of my injury. I can't go to the gym because I can't do any cardio. And then I think, I CAN go to the gym EVEN IF I can't do any cardio. There are plenty of other things I can do at the gym than cardio!!!! .-= Erin´s last blog ..Weigh-In THURSDAY =-.