Your excuses

larali1980

What are your excuses and how will you crush them?

callsitlikeiseeit

if i had excuses i wouldnt have lost 70 pounds.

i lost through 2 deaths, 2 moves, 2 kids, 13 pets, owning a business, separating from my husband, dealing with my neurotic family that makes me glad they live 1500 miles away, and heaven only knows what else.

excuses are like *kitten*.... everybodys got one

ataylorgardner

My excuses are gone!!! I wont let them rule me any longer. However, I use to have many of them, I'm too tired, I dont have time, I dont feel well. There are too many people in the house, i can't afford the gym, I'm too out of shape

kgirlhart

I never made excuses. I've lost 23 pounds because I have been watching what I eat and trying to be more active. Before I didn't like being fat but it didn't bother me enough to do anything about it. There was no excuse. I just didn't want to do the work that losing weight would require. Now I'm willing to do it.

tomteboda

kgirlhart wrote: »

I never made excuses. I've lost 23 pounds because I have been watching what I eat and trying to be more active. Before I didn't like being fat but it didn't bother me enough to do anything about it. There was no excuse. I just didn't want to do the work that losing weight would require. Now I'm willing to do it.

And this is key to pretty much everything.

I don't personally like the "no excuses" mentality because to me it dismisses some very legitimate challenges. But your attitude is far more honest and realistic, and doesn't make judgments on others.

MelodyandBarbells

I'm making an excuse right now. It's cold outside and I don't feel like grocery shopping. I really want the Greek yogurt for dinner though

bspringer544

I don't like excuses. Not in any situation (barring, of course, actual limitations). If you can't own up to your choices then you'll never learn to make good ones.

asgentr

My joints are painful. Crushing the excuse with the elliptical, water aerobics and modified diet.

kshama2001

My excuse was that it was his fault. While it's true that it is easier for me to control my weight when I'm single and not cooking for anyone but me and have more time to exercise, I did realize that this was just an excuse.

I have knee issues and don't let them be an excuse. Although I can't do specific things, there are plenty of things I can do.

kshama2001

asgentr wrote: »

My joints are painful. Crushing the excuse with the elliptical, water aerobics and modified diet.

What dietary changes help your joints?

determined24girl

My excuse used to be that I was to tired or didn't have time. I'm at the point in my life where I've decided to stop lying to myself and just do it. It's great.

nessssa36

One excuse that I find myself using lately is. "Well I just had more ice cream than I should have so I might as well wait until tomorrow and start over." Nooo, it's only 4 in the afternoon you can make a difference now! Hop on that elliptical for 20-30 minutes and burn off those extra calories + some.

Francl27

I have one excuse... PMS. I get really, really hungry. Wish I could find a way to crush that one. Still working on it...

ElizabethOakes2

asgentr wrote: »

My joints are painful. Crushing the excuse with the elliptical, water aerobics and modified diet.

That's mine! It's really easy to say "My knee hurts, I don't want to walk today" or "My back hurts, I don't want to hoop or pick up my weights". I'm having to fight back pretty hard. Yeah, can't walk? The pool is open until 10 pm, lady. Back hurts? You know it will loosen up if you just hoop for ten minutes.

Francl27

Oh and yeah... my muscles. I can never do as much/intense cardio as I'd like because my stupid muscles get strained very easily now

arditarose

Once in awhile I get that "I'm too tired" to go to the gym thought, I don't listen to it. And I take a pre-workout.

saraonly9913

Francl27 wrote: »

I have one excuse... PMS. I get really, really hungry. Wish I could find a way to crush that one. Still working on it...

This

kbmnurse

I don't make excuses. I either exercise or take the day off. No excuses.

lulalacroix

I had one death in my family a couple of days ago and my marriage is falling apart. I have not eaten over my goal this week. I really want this. There is no excuse or good enough reason for me to derail my want and need for a healthy weight and body.

callsitlikeiseeit

lulalacroix wrote: »

I had one death in my family a couple of days ago and my marriage is falling apart. I have not eaten over my goal this week. I really want this. There is no excuse or good enough reason for me to derail my want and need for a healthy weight and body.

atta girl !!!! ((((hugs)))) life sucks sometimes. been there done it all this past year!

lilmissdreday

nessssa36 wrote: »

One excuse that I find myself using lately is. "Well I just had more ice cream than I should have so I might as well wait until tomorrow and start over." Nooo, it's only 4 in the afternoon you can make a difference now! Hop on that elliptical for 20-30 minutes and burn off those extra calories + some.

This is totally my excuse to a tee! Except mine is.. oh well you ate half a pizza so might as well wait until Monday!

CFoust72591

I think my biggest excuse is that I'm a teacher. I wake up so early, commute over an hour, work my butt off until after school hours, commute over an hour home, still have to run a couple of errands, and by the time I get home it's almost dinner time. Hard to find time to exercise, and when I have the time, I just DON'T have the energy. At least not on week days. Not sure how to crush it, so just focusing on diet and trying to get my steps in at this point. Hoping soon I can figure out something that works for me.

perhapsormaybe

My excuse for a while was "dear god, it is cold out, I am not going out there!" but I have a Roku box and recently go the Daily Burn channel, so now I can't use that excuse. I also tended to go "But I get bored running" so I loaded cartoons and tv shows onto my tablet and when I do hit the tread mill I just watch those. So I can do that during the cold months and get back to running outside when it warms up again (and more important for safety, when it's still light outside during the hours I'm home).

Bostonbee79

cparmenter72591 wrote: »

I think my biggest excuse is that I'm a teacher. I wake up so early, commute over an hour, work my butt off until after school hours, commute over an hour home, still have to run a couple of errands, and by the time I get home it's almost dinner time. Hard to find time to exercise, and when I have the time, I just DON'T have the energy. At least not on week days. Not sure how to crush it, so just focusing on diet and trying to get my steps in at this point. Hoping soon I can figure out something that works for me.

I hear you!! My commute isn't anything like yours. But I still don't have the energy after working with 8 year olds all day. They are wonderful, but so busy!

CooCooPuff

I tripped Friday and my right knee hurt too much yesterday for me to feel running or my body weight routine was a good idea. I was fine to do a run today.

cparmenter72591 wrote: »

I think my biggest excuse is that I'm a teacher. I wake up so early, commute over an hour, work my butt off until after school hours, commute over an hour home, still have to run a couple of errands, and by the time I get home it's almost dinner time. Hard to find time to exercise, and when I have the time, I just DON'T have the energy. At least not on week days. Not sure how to crush it, so just focusing on diet and trying to get my steps in at this point. Hoping soon I can figure out something that works for me.

I know a teacher. It's kinda nuts how much work you guys do!

hannaconda

I'm a stay at home mom with a very needy baby, but I'll never use that as an excuse!! I'm only on week 2 of CHANGING MY LIFE, but so far I'm feeling really positive. Weekends are super difficult though

Huge1993

I always think and say to others:

- If you can find an excuse today, that same excuse will be there the rest of your life.. If the excuse is good enough for you today, you have got no reason to not let that excuse influence the rest of your goals.

- Initiating a change is EASY, making the change happen and keeping it will be HARD

- Somewhat similar to the above one, but: In the beginning your MOTIVATION will be enough to keep you going. But after a while, you're going to face the same challenges without motivation. That's when things will get HARD, and you will have to show CHARACTER to push yourself. This will only make you a stronger human being.

- The road to short term succes is always easier than long term success. But the rewards after a long term decision will be tremendously bigger.

If ever I can't find motivation or energy to face challenges in life, I think of the above things. And ofcourse, it's not just about dieting/exercising, it's about living a better life.

bspringer544

@cparmenter72591 try starting with a simple 5 minute stretch in the morning when you wake. After a few days or weeks add in a 5 minute stretch before bed, then 5/5 stretch/cardio sessions and so on.

ki4eld

My excuse was always "I've failed before, this time will be no different." Years of diet/exercise with doctors and dietitians and I had very little visible success. But a large part of that failure was that I didn't learn or document, so I saw no trends towards success. I did what I was told, I followed orders, but that's it. Once I started learning about nutrition and documenting the effects of what I've eaten, I started getting data that allowed me to see tiny successes. I think I gave myself a chance to see the trend of successes instead of what felt like daily failures.

Even after losing 145lbs, I still don't see it. I see smaller clothes, but it doesn't click "that's me." However, I can see those data points, I see documentation of my daily struggles and I see trends of success. Regardless of how it feels, the fact remains what I'm doing is working. Talking myself out of success is maybe the one thing that I still find an excuse to do to myself. I still do that self-defeating talk and I still work on telling myself to shut up and keep going.

star1407

My disability. Yes I have a lot of pain and weakness, but weight loss starts in the kitchen. It became too easy to say I'm fat because I can't exercise, and it's not entirely true.
Fear. I'm working on this at the moment. I know I need to increase my movement but I also know it will make my pain worse at first. If I can just get through the feeling worse, I know I'll feel better. It's scary to do something knowin it's going to land me up in bed for days at a time
Great thread. I think we have all made excuses at one time in our lives. Let's smash them!

CrystalArmstrong1

"I have all the time in the world, I can start tomorrow."
"I don't feel good, I deserve to eat something comforting."
Etc.
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I've beat them by realizing theyre excuses and nipping it in the bud.