What was your excuse before "getting serious"?
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1) I'm still sexy
2) It wont help, my body is too far gone0 -
I didn't have excuses. I had just completely given up on myself, that's all. And I spent years carefully avoiding looking in the mirror. I knew I looked horrible, I just didn't want to face it. Thirty pounds later (knock on wood, so far so good), I'm just starting to look in the mirror again. I can't believe how hot I am. Too bad about all the years I had wasted.0
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I kept saying oh well ill just eat bad this day and start tomorrow....then tomorrow would come and ill say well ill just start next week...and the next week....
Another one was oh well if i eat all of this then i wont have any left to crave...
I would often say I was too busy or tired...
I would say ooh im not eating that bad
And most of the time I just didnt care....and i was lazy!!0 -
I don't look like I weigh this much (which I didn't) but it shouldn't have mattered because I still looked like I weighed 250 lol0
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No excuses I was just lazy and ate too much.0
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"I know I'm going to always fail at it, like I always do, why bother"0
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"I haven't gained *that* much."
Yes I had. Yes. I had.0 -
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I just had a baby (he's now 2.5)
I'm just built this way0 -
I'll start tomorrow......0
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I'm just big. Not everyone can be small...0
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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).0
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"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.0 -
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...0 -
I had a lethal heart condition and was told to basically sit and do nothing until I had heart surgery.0
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I don't look THAT big. Or telling myself "you'll never get to your goal."0
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Just did not care about myself, and saw no future.0
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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.0 -
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.0
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Just being lazy and putting it off.0
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