Funny excuses for not losing weight or dieting

koinflipper

I'm sure we have all heard from funny to the ridiculous when it comes to excuses people make for not dieting or losing weight. Let's collect some of those.

I like being fat (really?)

ernestrodgers82

I'll have to buy a new wardrobe if I lose weight.

koinflipper

I will be one of the last to starve to death when worldwide famine hits.

yesimpson

ernestrodgers82 wrote: »

I'll have to buy a new wardrobe if I lose weight.

That's what one of my close friends always says! To be fair, she has a lot of really nice clothes, so I can kind of see that as a point. If she doesn't want to lose weight more than she wants to keep wearing those clothes, she's probably not at the point where she really wants to do it yet.

stephanieluvspb

Healthy food is too expensive.
It takes to much time to weigh and log food.

cbelc2

If I get to a BMI of 24 I will look like a chicken. (Heard this week)

erinc5

ernestrodgers82 wrote: »

I'll have to buy a new wardrobe if I lose weight.

This is one of my motivations to lose weight!

HG93022

I will look older if I lose weight.

murp4069

ernestrodgers82 wrote: »

I'll have to buy a new wardrobe if I lose weight.

Haha I've actually caught myself saying silly stuff like that. I've lost 15 lbs and I'm getting to the point that almost none of my pants are fitting me...and I have so many pairs! Replacing them for smaller versions is going to be so expensive...

SaleemahR

I'm not fat, I'm voluptuous. As if saying it in a fancier way makes it less true.

samchez0

My weight scale is broken, I need to wait until I buy a new one.

cbelc2

I can't lose weight because of my:: knees, back, feet, family, medicines, neighborhood. Twinkies are cheaper than apples. Healthy food tastes like cardboard. Being on a diet feels like punishment. I'm healthy fat, so I don't need to lose weight. My labs are fine! My all time favorite: I'm a picky eater. That usually means the person doesn't like vegetables.

ashliedelgado

murp4069 wrote: »

ernestrodgers82 wrote: »

I'll have to buy a new wardrobe if I lose weight.

Haha I've actually caught myself saying silly stuff like that. I've lost 15 lbs and I'm getting to the point that almost none of my pants are fitting me...and I have so many pairs! Replacing them for smaller versions is going to be so expensive...

I hit the thrift stores as I need new jeans - since I still have a ways to go. It helps break the cost up. I'd rather spend $5 on a gently used pair of jeans I will wear for 6-9 weeks than buy brand new.

My fiance used to say that he gets light headed and dizzy, so he couldn't work out.

callsitlikeiseeit

'id rather be fat and happy than thin and hungry'


i might have actually used that one myself

i was sooooooooooo wrong. and im not hungry :P

Kelceybyers

My grandmother once told me "Why die for a smaller casket?" Of course my grandmother was one of "those people" who could eat whatever she wanted and not gain a pound.

2snakeswoman

There's a special occasion coming up, like the third Friday of the month, and I want to enjoy eating for that occasion before I start my diet.

murp4069

ashliefisch wrote: »

murp4069 wrote: »

ernestrodgers82 wrote: »

I'll have to buy a new wardrobe if I lose weight.

Haha I've actually caught myself saying silly stuff like that. I've lost 15 lbs and I'm getting to the point that almost none of my pants are fitting me...and I have so many pairs! Replacing them for smaller versions is going to be so expensive...

I hit the thrift stores as I need new jeans - since I still have a ways to go. It helps break the cost up. I'd rather spend $5 on a gently used pair of jeans I will wear for 6-9 weeks than buy brand new.

My fiance used to say that he gets light headed and dizzy, so he couldn't work out.

Currently I'm just waiting it out until my pants just fall off me to buy any new pairs, and at that point I'll buy only a few until I hit my goal. My problem is work pants for the office, I've had a harder time finding used pairs that are in good shape and that fit my inseam (I have a very long inseam for my height). On the weekends I've been living in leggings to avoid having to wear jeans that don't fit or buy new ones lol.

My BF always has an excuse for not working out, and usually it's total BS - headache, dizzy, nauseous, stubbed toe, it's took dark/light outside, it's too hot/cold, it's[insert any day of week here], etc. Eventually I stopped inviting him on my nightly walks and trips to the gym on the weekend.

runningalice

My friends favourite is oh well ive had a bad start may as well start next week. So she missed boxersice on a tuesday and even though she could have gone on Thursday doesnt want to start that close to the end of the week so waits until the next Tuesday! This cycle repeats then complains that she cant find time to excerise

sadie651986

2snakeswoman wrote: »

There's a special occasion coming up, like the third Friday of the month, and I want to enjoy eating for that occasion before I start my diet.

OMG! My mom uses that excuse ALL the time! Even with the threat of diabetes she doesn't seem to feel an urgency to take better care of herself!

SingRunTing

I just believed that it was impossible, which made it impossible. Once I believed that I could do it, I was able to lose the weight.

Asher_Ethan

My friend watching me eat potato chips at a party: ugh I wish I had you metabolism.
Me: I don't eat like this every day. I count calories and I knew I was coming to this party so I've been saving calories every day this week so I can enjoy myself here.
Friend: you do all that?! I'd rather stay fat.

peachyfuzzle

My body just naturally holds onto calories.

louann_jude

I stay fat so I dont cheat on my husband.

I find that ridiculous because if you love him you wont cheat.

ew_david

"I've tried everything and nothing works!"

Afura

"I'm an adult, I can eat that <insert food like ice cream> if I want." (It would be ok if it wouldn't knowingly be blowing my macros)

ElizabethOakes2

"The kids don't like anything but junk food. Maybe when they're grown up..."

Umm... if you don't give your kids McDonalds, they won't eat McDonalds, will they? And just because they eat junk doesn't mean you have to, does it? Maybe I just don't get it because I don't have kids?

skydiveD30571

I love how big my boobs have gotten and the attention it brings me. From female friends of course.

beemerphile1

Just the other day someone was on this forum complaining that losing weight caused their wrinkles to be more visible.

davis978

HG93022 wrote: »

I will look older if I lose weight.

I look a lot older since I reached my goal weight - it's like I put on 10 years overnight. I'm not going to use that as an excuse to be overweight, but it is absolutely true for some people.

getsweaty123go

"I don't have an hour glass figure, I have an hour-and-a-half b*tches!"
(because that's a good thing)..

samwiserabbit

ElizabethOakes2 wrote: »

"The kids don't like anything but junk food. Maybe when they're grown up..."

Umm... if you don't give your kids McDonalds, they won't eat McDonalds, will they? And just because they eat junk doesn't mean you have to, does it? Maybe I just don't get it because I don't have kids?

Your reaction is probably partly because you don't have kids. As long as my son's intake was 100% under my control, he ate well, but once he went to school, over friends' houses, etc., he developed a taste for food I'm less happy with. As a parent, it takes energy to hold firm, prepare only wholesome meals, endure the complaining or (worse, imo) polite declarations of distaste for the food I lovingly prepared. They have this amazing power to eat nothing until the food they want becomes available. Tracking intake and sticking to wholesome grownup foods is harder with kids in the house.

On the other hand, it is a surmountable problem, if a person really wants to get healthier.

Some excuses I've used:

I'm too tired. (duh, I'd be less sluggish if I worked out.)
Healthy food is too expensive. (This is totes true, especially when I don't have/want to spend time prepping food from scratch.)
It's too cold in the house to change into workout clothes.