Dumper Trash Can for Excuses

dizzycoolbabe
dizzycoolbabe Posts: 28 Member
in Motivation and Support
We all make excuses for why we don't start a diet or why we're not losing - these are my own excuses (some may identify with them). These were posted on my blog (http://dizzycoolbabe.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/dumper-trash-can-for-lack-of-weightloss.html)

Excuse number 1: I can always start tomorrow (as we know, tomorrow never comes) *opens dumper lid and throws no. 1 in*

Excuse number 2: I can't start this week because I'm going to a friend's house for dinner and she always cooks loads of lovely food (no excuses here - I go every week duh uh she's a really good friend who will support me in my weight loss quest) *opens dumper lid and throws no.2 in*

Excuse number 3: But what about all the yummy food I like - like chocolate etc (there's a lot of yummy low fat recipes that Rosemary has in her cook books and magazines so no excuse for high fat stuff) *opens dumper lid and throws no. 3 in*

Excuse number 4: I'm a big fat failure - I can't do it and will fail after a week then I'll look like a numpty (you look like a numpty now for putting weight on in the first place! Just don't be a failure, get up from wallowing in the slough of despond, wipe yourself off and go show the world what you CAN do - don't let a thing like this get the better of you!) *opens dumper lid and throws in excuse no 4*

Excuse number 5: I home educate my kids I haven't got time (get off your butt and go exercise - you've got more time than people who work in an office AND you lost lots of weight after having the lads so you've got no excuse!) *opens dumper lid and throws in excuse no 5*

Excuse number 6: I'm comfortable with the way I have become and can't imagine being the weight I was a few years back before I gained (what a load of rubbish - deep down you're miserable and you want to be thin, but you've become a lazy blob, now stop being dumb and negative, get off your butt and show the world what you're made of!) *opens dumper lid and throws in excuse no 6*

Excuse number 7: But I waste a lot of food because I fail and it's just too expensive to keep throwing loads of food out (well, follow the menus, stop being a plonker and going back to bad ways then you won't waste food) *opens dumper lid and throws in excuse no 7*

Excuse number 8: I have too much choice - I don't know where to begin! (Pathetic excuse! Choose your favourite foods/dishes and formulate them into a menu plan! QUIT whining!!) *opens dumper lid and throws in excuse no 8*

Excuse number 9: I don't like salads! (they're not that bad! Remember a lot of junk food only seems to taste better because they contain no goodness whatsoever - salad is healthy and may not be like eating sausage and chips, but it is much better for you in the long run! Jazz up your salads with low calorie dressings - it's hardly rocket science!) *opens dumper lid and throws in excuse no 9*

Excuse number 10: I get distracted by the computer/DVD player/Wii (well, duh-uh you're a grown up who should be disciplined! It's not major-league difficult to get your butt off that seat and actually start disciplining yourself - you may actually enjoy being in a routine...) *opens dumper lid and throws in excuse no 10*


OK folks - I know, talking to myself eh? Does one good to give oneself a dressing down :D You can't hide behind yourself! OK I'm out in the open with my excuses - where can I run and hide? I can't

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  • NekoMimiMisa
    NekoMimiMisa Posts: 1
    I love this idea. I am already in the routine of eating healthy but I do make excuses for not working out every once in a while. So here are the excuses I used to tell myself and the ones I still do.

    Excuse # 1: It's too hard. (Sure it's hard but things that come easy are usually not worth having.) Throws excuse # 1 into trash can.

    Excuse # 2: I don't want to fail again. (Then don't fail.) Throws excuse # 2 into trash can.

    Excuse # 3: I don't want to stop eating the food I like. (There are plenty of foods you like that are healthy for you.) Throws excuse # 3 into trash can.

    Excuse # 4: If I don't see results quickly, why do it? (Because it is worth it. Results won't come quick but they will come.) Throws excuse # 4 into trash can.

    Excuse # 5: Even when I was at a healthy weight, people called me fat. (Who cares what other people think?) Throws excuse # 5 into trash can.

    Excuse # 6: I don't want people to see me eating healthy because they will think, "HA, the fat girl is on a diet!" (But you don't like them see you eating junk food either. Again, who cares what people think?) Throws excuse # 6 into trash bin.

    Excuse # 7: I don't want to do it because society thinks I should. (It's true you shouldn't for society, you should do it for yourself.) Throws excuse # 7 into trash can.

    Excuse # 8: I like myself the way I am. (If that were true that is good, but it isn't true, and you should still do it for your health.) Throws excuse # 8 into trash can.

    Excuse # 9: All my friends from high school got fat, so was is it so bad that I did? (You don't want to be fat because everyone else is, just like you shouldn't be anorexic if everyone else was.) Throws excuse # 9 into trash can.

    Excuse # 10: This isn't the right time in my life to try to lose weight, because I'll probably just gain it back once I have kids. ( It is the perfect time to become healthy, and you don't have to gain it back after you have kids. You can still maintain a healthy lifestyle with kids in the picture.) Throws excuse # 10 into trash can.

    Now for the ones I still use to talk myself out of working out.

    Excuse # 11: You don't have to work out to lose weight. (No but to have a healthy body you need muscle. Besides muscle helps you burn more calories.) Throws excuse # 11 into trash can.

    Excuse # 12: I'm tired. (If people who work long hour days work out, so can you.) Throws excuse # 12 into trash can.

    Excuse # 13: It's hot. (Just means you'll sweat more, and burn more calories.) Throws excuse # 13 into trash can.

    Excuse # 14: I don't want people to see me work out because I don't want them to judge me. (For a third time, who cares what people think?) Throws excuse # 14 into trash can.

    Excuse # 15: It's hard. (Again, of course it's hard, but it's worth it.) Throws excuse # 15 into trash can.


    There are my excuses.

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