What was your excuse before "getting serious"?

SugarBaby71

I'm just big. Not everyone can be small...

Francl27

I could eat whatever I wanted without gaining much weight. Seriously I was 200 lbs for years eating all the junk I wanted. Then one day I was 213 lbs and figured that was enough (although I had just finished a round of steroids so it was probably a fluke).

dp1228

"I don't look that big." (That was until I couldn't stand my pictures any more. I was dealing until I didnt want to be a photo *kitten* anymore lol)
"I don't even know HOW to diet." (nevermind that there is this nifty thing called Google smh)
"I'm too broke. How ill I buy healthy food and get a gym membership?" (I still kind of believe that my weight loss would have been much harder to start if I never got a job, but there are definitely ways around this. For instance, not stuffing my face with the entire contents of the fridge)

And like others have said i was really just lazy and didn't care at one point.

JuliaKGrey

Oh, golly, where to begin...

1. I LOVE food. I love the way it tastes. I love to cook. I just LOVE food. It's been synonymous with celebration in my family for as long as I can remember. So, I've just accepted that Food Equals Joy.
I didn't realize (for a very long time) that food DOES equal celebration--just...not every meal. I learned to stave off hunger pains and eat what I need to keep going. THEN celebrate one dinner a week with my family. Much better way to go about things.

2. I took a look at myself at 320 pounds and gave up. "I'm too far gone. Nothing can ever repair this." It kinda broke me for a while, and I didn't think I could ever change.

3. I didn't LOOK like I weighed 320 pounds. I "wore it well". I looked every bit of 260, but not 320, so, how bad could it REALLY be, right? Yeah...that wasn't such a good outlook, either.

4. And this is the BIG one. I destroyed my right knee, and it made it very hard to get active again. I kept telling myself "I'm crippled. I CAN'T workout."
Shameful Truth: I hurt my knee when I was 18 years old (burst the sack behind my knee cap and cracked my femur on a camping trip). I haven't been active since then--until about four months ago. ...and now, I'm 34 years old...

KathleenMurry

I had a lethal heart condition and was told to basically sit and do nothing until I had heart surgery.

alyssarof2012

I don't look THAT big. Or telling myself "you'll never get to your goal."

cicisiam

Just did not care about myself, and saw no future.

ecmorales

1. I am who I am - deal with it (Defensiveness)
2. It's not holding me back (Denial)
3. I can't do anything about it (Defeat)
Then true fear set in....and while it does take WORK, it's way easier than I thought it would be. I though it kill me LOL!!!! I'm living a life of abundance like never before.

dangerousdumpling

I thought the weight loss process was too hard to do it for a long enough period of time to reach my goal. I didn't think I had what it takes to stay determined and focused. I thought it was all about deprivation and hunger. Also, I did not want to give up my crutch - sweets.

Brutmar

Just being lazy and putting it off.

dylanafghjkl

Okay, I'm going to celebrate my new diet with a pizza, and garlic bread, and 2L of coke.
Oh I might as well have desert.

Then usually by the morning I'd be eating leftover pizza and I'd completely forgotten about my diet plans.

FlabFighter86

I don't have the time
I won't be able to keep at it (previous attempts had only lasted a couple of weeks, if that)
I'm too tired to cook proper meals or do exercise after work.

jsandie76

1. As a lot of you have said "I don't LOOK like I weight as much as I do"

2. With my (wrists, knees, ankles) I simply CAN'T exercise

3. Well if I lose the weight I'm gonna get all wrinkly.... I'm better off "filled out"


OMG!!! How could I have been so blind?

NYCNika

I'm a working mother with long commute. I just don't have time! Any time I would take towards working out would be taken away from my family.

MT30_backbone

Reason 3- I'll get around to taking care of me later, my kids need me now. (At every minute of the day- sad to say- no, they don't! lol)

THIS for me! It's hard to make time for myself even though I know my kids do not need me as much as I think they do. They are older now, 8 and 14, so it's a little easier but I still feel guilty after working all day and then hitting the gym. I just need to take "working all day" out of the equation.

NattyJayne1991

I've got big boobs and a big bum, what's so wrong with that? (the fact that there's a huge belly in the way which surprisingly I just couldn't see!!)

These are curves and boys like curves??

I have a very warm personality and i'm loving person so it shouldn't be all about what I look like on the outside... (WHICH is true... but then i'd look in the mirror and cry at myself, I then knew something seriously wasn't right)

Size 20 clothing isn't that big...

Just a few i'd say to myself!

bethannien

I have so many.

1-I carry my weight well! I don't look that fat (I totally look that fat)
2-I can't be eating THAT much. I'm just doomed to fail
3-(this is the worst one. I'm ashamed of myself on this one) I'm still not as heavy as so and so's wife. As long as I weigh less than her, I'm fine

AbstractAsterism

"My parents are fat, I'm screwed. It's genetics" --- since then I looked at my extended family, all in shape, and my mom has lost a LOT of weight since then. Plus my folks didn't start off big.. in fact they were both active duty army and in great shape.

Hungry4Life

My biggest one- - -even now- - -is that I WANT TO EAT WHAT I WANT TO EAT WHEN I WANT TO EAT IT! Also, I dress nicely and get a lot of compliments for being fabulous. And I have not had any of the alarming health problems that might have shaken me into action- - -no diabetes or heart problems- - -yet!

Oddly (or not so) I feel the same way about money as I do about calories. I want to spend as many of each as I want without consequence. But maturity and the results of my lack of discipline in both areas have caused me to rethink and revise. I do know that, while the momentary pleasure of overspending or overeating is great, it never satisfies in the long term.

Gotta' put on those big girl panties and spend my calories and money in measured amounts.

Exactly THIS. I just didn't want to have to deny anything.

larodriguez02

I don't have time to log, or make healthy meals.
I don't have time to exercise
I'm a mom and have a long commute have no time for all that.
I can't exercise cause this hurts or that hurts(
probably cause I'm overweight).
its genetic, its too hard for me to lose weight.
I can't afford it.

larodriguez02

"I know I'm going to always fail at it, like I always do, why bother"

I've said this to myself MANY times.

Darjen1999

I'm just big. Not everyone can be small...

Yes, this - a hundred times over - this.

MoJoPoe

I have to keep some weight now. At my age, my skin is never going to snap back into shape.

JL2513

-I had no motivation to drop the weight at all
-Too busy hiding away in my Kobo and watching hockey to realize I needed to make changes to my life
-No time
-I'll do it later when the circumstances are 'right'

MrsLythgoe

Was just too lazy to workout seriously in the past

clo92boom

There were a couple including 'I'm quite muscly so that must be why I weight what I do', 'I think I carry the weight well, you can't really tell i'm fat' and the classic 'i'll just eat this today and start being healthy tomorrow'

new_beth_2013

Nobody else cares, so why should I.
I don't look THAT big (well, you never know you do when you avoid every camera)
I'll eventually get there.
Giving up after not losing 50 pounds after 1 week of dieting. Sigh. Pathetic.

PippiNe

- Too busy to do the length of workouts I thought I would need to get into shape.

- Added a 'few' pounds with each of my 5 kids (plus one 2nd trimester miscarriage) - Figured a couple pounds didn't matter that much (until you multiply them by 6). Also, figured what was the point of losing all the baby weight when I was just going to get preggo again.

- Cleaning up after meals, must remember: "Food not left to waste, often goes to waist"

red_road

i blamed my doctor for my weight gain due to medication and felt extremely bitter and resentful that i gained all this weight when "it wasnt even my fault". So i didnt want to put in the work for what i felt like was someone elses mistake.

JaxDemon

'Oh this won't hurt, I'll start properly tomorrow'