Excuses! Sound off!

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  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    My toe hurts.
  • KathyPerry70
    KathyPerry70 Posts: 40 Member
    Although during my work day is the best time for me to get my workout in, there's really not enough time to go to the gym at lunch time, get changed, get in a 'decent' work out and then have to shower and dress to go back to work, and still feel all sweaty all afternoon. And plus, I'm just so busy at work. I'll go after I finish this task... Okay, I've worked through lunch so I'll leave early and go to the gym before the after work rush. Oh, too late to go now, I'll run into the busy time. And I have to get home to the kids, make dinner, help with homework. Now I'm too exhausted to think about exercise!
  • NonnyMary
    NonnyMary Posts: 982 Member
    I'm too tired, its too hot out, i will pass out going to the gym in this 100 degree heat index. I dont feel like it. AGT is on TV tonight and i want to see who won, its too late, why should i bother going this late at 7:00 pm, i'll do it tomorrow.. i have to take care of the cats, im too busy.
  • mjrkearney
    mjrkearney Posts: 408 Member
    After 4-7 hours lifting and hauling on the loading dock, I've burned more extra calories than any workout I could get in at the gym. Besides, my MFP calculations are for "lightly active" and that only qualifies on my day off and not the six days a weeks I put in the extra exercise.

    Also, you know, back hurts, legs hurt, tired, bleeding, etc.
  • mjrkearney
    mjrkearney Posts: 408 Member
    Wait! How about "I donated blood this morning and am under strict orders not to do anything strenuous for the rest of the day"?
  • My big Excuse is that I ate healthy or was under calorie goal so I don't really have to work anything off right away...
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  • AKAMrsR
    AKAMrsR Posts: 45 Member
    I've also decided NO MORE EXCUSES! My main excuse is no time - I'm a stay at home mom, and I somehow don't count naps or after bedtime as time I could workout. And I can drop my daughter off at the gym as long as I schedule in advance, but then I use not wanting to mess up her schedule as my excuse. Resolution - make working out part of her schedule!
  • operaprincess1
    operaprincess1 Posts: 89 Member
    I worked out yesterday...I can take today...(and then it becomes the next three days) off. I just worked a double and climbed stairs all day so that should be good enough...work keeps calling so I wouldn't be able to get a full workout in anyways...horrible commute home and too upset to work out after all that traffic.....and the list goes on.
  • Most common excuses: It's too dark (safety issue), the pram I like to use is broken, I have a cough, my toe hurts, it looks like rain (this is when I take baby. I walk in the rain myself!) I was up all night with a sick kiddo, if I go for a walk I won't have energy for sex, I need sleep more than exercise (this is my most common morning excuse), I have nothing to wear, if I go for a walk/run I won't have time to do my chores, I'll be all sweaty for work, I've got a headache, it's too hot (I get rashes really easily), it's hayfever season....
  • suzyfj8
    suzyfj8 Posts: 257 Member
    I sometimes use I don't want to wash my hair twice in a day, but then I put on my workout clothes and go for a run anyways!
  • Pinkranger626
    Pinkranger626 Posts: 460 Member
    My excuse...... Wellllll I taught _______ (insert class i.e. Spinning, Zumba, etc.) today so technically I already worked out today.....
  • Pinkranger626
    Pinkranger626 Posts: 460 Member
    Oh! and I'm out of clean sports bras.... or socks...... or workout pants
  • MsKLarkin
    MsKLarkin Posts: 88 Member
    I like to sleep til 6am.

    I can't find clean clothes.

    I have to be at work at a certain time to avoid crazy traffic.

    My sleep patterns suck.
  • ISPEAKWHALE2
    ISPEAKWHALE2 Posts: 36 Member
    I forgot my bathing suit, earplugs, goggles!
  • FixIngMe13
    FixIngMe13 Posts: 405 Member
    I just worked 12 hours, saved a life, and already walked at a fast pace while at work.


    I use that excuse the 3 nights I work!
  • darkrose20
    darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
    I need to go back to sleep so I won't fall asleep at my desk when I work 3pm to 7am. It's my favorite. :yawn:
  • Mguilmot
    Mguilmot Posts: 232 Member
    My only valid excuse is sickness.
    But sometimes time is a problem, and a workout gets moved to another day :-)
  • manda1978
    manda1978 Posts: 525 Member
    I go to the gym 4 times a week but try and work out extra at home.. in my back yard... at 5am.. in the dark.. all alone... where no one but me will know if I stay in bed.. :)
  • I don't make excuses to not workout. I always fit it into my day.
    But I seem to manage to always make an excuse to eat chocolate. "Well I'm doing so good, why not?" "A little bit won't wreck my progress" 'I am uniquely awesome" "Chocolate makes you happy and I have a sad".
    Anything goes.