Stupid Reasons Not To Diet/Exercise
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Alright, I know everyone has their own favorite excuses to skip diet or exercise, and I want to hear them here!
I'll start.
I have, in the past, skipped working out because it would mean I had to wash my hair. (Stupid, I know!)
Mine was simply..........
I CAN'T BE ARSED!!! :bigsmile:0 -
"The gym will be too crowded and I won't be able to find a parking spot"
"The kids won't eat [insert name of healthy meal], so I'll just make [insert name of less healthy meal]"
"I don't want to spend time working out that I could be spending with my family" - this one is particularly difficult for me since I also work full time and need to get over the mommy guilt and realize that my kids need a healthy mom and I'm setting a good example for them by being healthy.0 -
copy/pasting from my profile
These are my excuses as to why I got into such bad shape. Honest truth time for me
- Laziness. I was too lazy to move and make a change in my lifestyle. Fast food (which I hate btw, I really hate most of the food from BK and McD's) was just easier even though cooking for myself wouldve been cheaper and healthier.
- Excuses. I made excuses. I will do this some other time. I will do it starting tomorrow. Oh I ate bad today? I will recover tomorrow by not eating and ofcourse that led to binging
- video game addiction: World of Warcraft. I cannot even begin to explain how much that game have ruined my life, not just health wise but everything. I know I'm to blame but that game alone have ruined the last atleast 4 years of my life.
- being a coward: Whenever I got hit by stress, I tried to confide in food or cigarettes. I just didnt wanted to face my troubles like a man but in the end, I had to anyways. Stress didnt went away because of eating or smoking but it sure did put on some weight.
- Just not stopping: I couldve stopped with the bad habits when I hit 200, I was aware of the weight issue. I couldve stopped at 220, 240, 250, 270, and now I'm at 280. Each time I knew what was up but I didnt do anything about it. I was ok with the fat man in the mirror. I hated him but I didnt wanted to do anything to change it
I lost a crapload of weight playing wow. I'd just play and drink and not eat lol. Not healthy, I know... But I almost want to start playing again hahaha0 -
Never... My only stupid thing was depression I went through because I had a stress fracture from running 50km after a 20km run the previous day...
Was only supposed be out maybe 3-4months....
Got majorly pissed off, sulked, cried you name it and figured what is worth living etc, what point of training if can't compete anymore.... blah blah blah... I mean for god sakes... I was only supposed be out for a few months so maybe 6months with getting back to form, but instead, I just stopped, and didn't give a damn about anyone or anything for a year or two....
Now... I am back almost in form, sorry I did that to myself, and now just glad to be out running again... Or cycling when a nice race is on...0 -
I can't even remember a valid or even non valid excuse. I'll pack my gym kit and stash it in the car with best intentions, and at some point during the day my brain just slips to "na I'm not going" I don't even make excuses for myself just don't go. Which is really bad0
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I stayed up too late working or with the baby and I need my sleep more than workout because losing sleep will make everything worse.
Or when I get up early, baby wakes up too and then I am just tired cranky and sitting up with a baby who would have slept longer if I hadn't woken up.
If I exercise now it is so late I"ll be awake forever and I need my sleep so I can get up early and exercise (the reason I didn't then get up next morning early is above. . .)
SO, I got a bicycle seat for the baby so if she wakes up, she has to come along and I get a better workout. I got an ergo carrier and if it is a walk day and early or late, she simply comes along. I thought of my lame excuses and decided there was NOTHING that should stop me!
So at 10PM after a long day with 4 little girls in tow, I bike up and down my 1/4 mile driveway with the 1 year old on the carrier on the handlebars, and three girls sitting in the bike trailer. Yesterday I calculated I was pulling 170 extra pounds of children and trailer - and I was beat by the time I did my 6 miles!
But I do it because all the "DH isn't home to watch the girls" gets me no where!
Heather0 -
First off I love the excuse of not wanting to wash your hair after....never heard that one before lol.
One of mine is it takes too much time out of the day. I calculated in my head how long it takes to drive there/back and the length of time it takes for the workout.
Now how I get myself to go is I think of how great I feel afterwards. I tell myself while I workout: Hard Work produces sweat which equals results
As I sweat I think of it as fat falling off too! Makes me work harder! 0 -
-"I'll hop on the elliptical after this episode of *insert w/e show I was watching at the time*" and then I'd say the same to the next episode, and the one after that...
-"Go walk to the park when done with this dungeon" (from w/e game I was playing at the time) .. and then I'd completely forget.
-"I'll set my alarm and walk in the morning to work off what I binged last night".. and then I'll keep hitting the snooze until noon.
I still do some of these but I'm getting better. I no longer game so running "dungeons" is no longer a distraction. I suppose there's always the chance I could go back to gaming... gaming is an addiction to some and omg its hard to get away from sometimes especially when your life is rather sedentary or you lack friends. This is where I'm trying to improve in... more friends to interact with even if we don't have much in common. A distraction to get you out of your house is better than a distraction that keeps you in it.0 -
My dogs are crated while I'm not home and I feel guilt if they can't be out since I'm working out0
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I'm too tired.... I don't have time. Those are usually mine.0
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I have a gym membership but its a 30 min drive to the gym. I work 3-11 so I would have to go before work. So my excuse was "I don't want to have to haul my clothes, shoes, shower stuff, towel, hair dryer, straightener, etc. to the gym and get ready for work there."
Then my parents bought a stationary bike, eliptical, and bowflex (so jealous of their craigslist finds) and put it in their garage and have offered me to use it whenever I want. Their house is a 10 min drive. So my excuse was "but they don't have AC in the garage even though they have a tv"
So now I am starting c25k cuz that's directly out my front door!!! This way it's harder to make the excuse0 -
The ones I read on MFP EVERY. SINGLE. DAY:
"I'm scared to lose weight because I might have loose skin and then I won't look good in a bikini!!!!" -like you look good in a bikini now. Okay.
"I'm scared to lose weight because my boobs might get smaller and my boobs look so great!!!!" -like people won't notice that you're 100lbs overweight if you have D cups
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The ones I read on MFP EVERY. SINGLE. DAY:
"I'm scared to lose weight because I might have loose skin and then I won't look good in a bikini!!!!" -like you look good in a bikini now. Okay.
"I'm scared to lose weight because my boobs might get smaller and my boobs look so great!!!!" -like people won't notice that you're 100lbs overweight if you have D cups
:indifferent:
ROFL!0 -
Haha at the Bad Girls Club reruns-My indulgence is Braxton Family Values. I complain that I'm so busy then watch BFV marathons.0
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Usually, the only reason I skip my exercise is if I am totally worn out and know I will only wear myself out worse and end up binge eating due to over training though occasionally I have used the rain as an excuse, if I felt like cycling, but not like going to the gym.0
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my fitness instructor says- that you NEVER feel worse after you go- i TRY to adehere to that!!
i also set a routine ( i go right after I drop kids at school) and before i go to work- so that way i only need one shower!! no way could i not wash my face after work out- i applaud those who can keep make up on- even without working out my make up dissolves off my face!!
I was on holiday last week and out of town- i SOOO missed my worksouts! i will prob have to work on getting back into the routine this week - wish me luck!!!0 -
In the past I have gotten dressed, driven to the gym, gotten inside, only to turn around and go straight back home after realizing my mp3 player was dead and I had no tunes.
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It's too hot
I don't want to wash my hair
I'll go tomorrow and do the intense class (ahahaha never happens)
I'm too tired
I already ate healthy today
No one else is going to be there (when a sub is teaching)
I remember when I was a gym rat I would never miss a day and I got scared of people thinking I have no life so I stopped coming.0 -
"i'll just eat half of dinner and that'll balance it out"
yeah, right.0 -
I was told one time that when dealing with something that requires regular attendance...could be gym, church, support groups, lessons, etc...that the first time you miss you usually have a legitimate reason. Second is never so valid a reason, and by the time the third time comes around "I don't feel like it" has become a good enough excuse. This has helped me focus on making sure I avoid those not-so-legit second time excuses.
That's good advice to remember!0 -
I don't want to go because my daughter is tired and hungry after preschool and I'd better get home and cook her dinner and spend time with her. Meanwhile, daughter is in the back seat crying because we're not going to the gym and she misses her little friends in the child watch area. Worst mother EVER.0
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Mine is "I'll just eat up all this junk food that's in my fridge in one sitting so it won't be there tomorrow when I start to eat healthy" lol.0
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I get sick frequently due to allergies, and once I take it easy to feel better, I get lazy after I'm better. Or my SO will get sick after I do, and I'll get lazy while he recuperates.0
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I'm pretty good about working out at home. But if I have to go out, these are my excuses:
- Face gets irritated when I have to put on sunscreen, then either work out or do my sweaty walk, and wash again, put on more sunscreen + makeup (daytime workouts only)
- I stopped buying gym clothes when I started working out at home. Only have 1 decent pair of bike shorts in my current size. If they're in the wash, I have to wear pants that fall off
- I don't swim as often as I'd like because
1) my goggles and washing stuff have found their way outside of my backpack (I wash everything afterwards bc even the shower water's full of chlorine and other people's germs)
2) I've eaten at the wrong time or have a funny stomach
3) Life gets in the way of the pool schedule
4) I don't like the crowd that goes at that particular time (somehow, some demographics are splashier or more aggressive than others)
- bad hair, also! hate do-rags and ballcaps.0 -
My excuse is usually, I will get sweaty and have to take a shower. I don't want to get my make up off because if I am planning on doing anything later I will want to re apply it... (I just don't like not wearing make up when I go out of the house! )
Or, the other excuse is I am tired or need to do homework and cannot work out.0 -
Just assume or pretend that they stare because you look awesome and they're jealous.0
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I was told one time that when dealing with something that requires regular attendance...could be gym, church, support groups, lessons, etc...that the first time you miss you usually have a legitimate reason. Second is never so valid a reason, and by the time the third time comes around "I don't feel like it" has become a good enough excuse. This has helped me focus on making sure I avoid those not-so-legit second time excuses.
This is super duper TRUE!!!0 -
I can't stand not actually going anywhere in a gym. I become bored and then agitated and then have to flee and ride my bike instead. It's excruciating. Going to try zumba and stuff this year though, free classes.0
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"I barely slept last night and worked all day, I'm going to go to bed really early tonight and I'll get back to it tomorrow"
...and then I'd sit up all night watching tv/on the computer. Repeat the next day.
Oops? lol ~ glad I'm not the only one :P0 -
These are hilarious, because we can all look at these reasons and know they're ridiculous...I'm trying to remind myself every day that I have never stepped back from a day I worked out and ate right and said, "I wish I hadn't worked out today, that was a waste of time." And then I go, so I can't say that I regret not doing it.
Another excuse I used a lot was, "But I don't have that much weight to lose... when I really get my butt in gear, it will come off pretty quickly, so I'll just wait." HA. After using that excuse for a while, now it won't come off that quickly.0
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