Funny excuses for not losing weight or dieting

ElizabethOakes2 wrote: »

"The kids don't like anything but junk food. Maybe when they're grown up..."

Umm... if you don't give your kids McDonalds, they won't eat McDonalds, will they? And just because they eat junk doesn't mean you have to, does it? Maybe I just don't get it because I don't have kids?

I have four kids, and no, it's not you just not getting it! I do keep ice cream, chips, fruit snacks and the like in the house (not all the time, but they are kids... I think it's fine for them to have those things now and then), I just don't eat them (or at least not very often, and only in small quantities). Yes, I take them to McDonald's now and then, but I order something that fits my goals (it is possibly to stick with one's goals even when dining out... Well, mcd's isn't exactly "dining", lol, but you get my drift). Of course, I want to teach my kids healthy habits and be a good example for them. I can't wait until they are out of the house to do that! Better to establish those good habits when they are young.

It's a bs excuse, and it's not good for the kids either.

I guess it's not funny by itself, but its funny that people in this thread have basically used this excuse or believe in the "naturally" thin.

"I'm not like my (grandma, husband, brother, etc) who is naturally thin."

The one about healthy food being too expensive, especially for people on a pension. It can be done but you get a minimum amount and end up with the rest of the rice, bread and pasta to live the rest of the month. So thats my excuse. Oh yes, and my knees hurt too bad to go back to the gym. Like they dont have upper body workouts at the gym, right?

murp4069 wrote: »

ernestrodgers82 wrote: »

I'll have to buy a new wardrobe if I lose weight.

Haha I've actually caught myself saying silly stuff like that. I've lost 15 lbs and I'm getting to the point that almost none of my pants are fitting me...and I have so many pairs! Replacing them for smaller versions is going to be so expensive...

Try a local seamstress, you might be surprised how little it costs to tailor clothes (compared to buying new), I have had items taken in a size or two for less than $5-10 depending on the item. Why spend more money on transition clothes than you have too? I know I have at least 4 sizes more to drop, that's a lot of clothes to go through....

As for stupid excuses I have heard or used? hmm my most common is "I don't have time". I finally figured out you don't FIND the time, you MAKE the time.

To avoid exercising: "If I lift weights, I will get big muscles and I don't want to look big" *eyeroll*

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I don't think this is true. You eat what I cook or you don't eat. Period. After a couple of nights of forgoing dinner, they'll eat whatever you put in front of them.
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If the person who said this has children, they either have very obedient compliant children, the kids aren't very creative/sneaky, or they have locks on the food storage in their house. In my house, if I tried "You eat what I cook or you don't eat. Period." my daughters would sneak into the refrigerator or pantry and get something later when I'm out of the room or they would find ways to hide food in their rooms. It might be something junky if I have it in the house, or it might be peanut butter and jam on 12 grain bread, but my daughters will find something to eat that isn't what I cooked if I turn it into a power struggle and try to force them to eat something they don't want to eat.

So I cook things that work for me and my food plan that I know they will eat too, I try to set an example and talk to them about healthier choices when looking for a snack, and I limit the amount of empty-calorie crap that comes into my house. The rest is outside my control.

Sorry, I guess this is getting too far off topic of "excuses not to lose weight."

My favorites:

Only a dog wants a skinny bone.
I'm not fat, I'm thick/ built solid.
My kids take up all my time, I'll lose weight when they're grown.
I can't take time away from my man to exercise.
My man and kids don't like health food.
Weight loss is just selfish and egotistical. Vanity is a sin (oh yeah they went there).
I'm tall so I can carry all this weight well.
I'd rather be fat than have loose skin/ sweat/ look anorexic.
I can't exercise or I'll sweat my hair out.
Being healthy costs too much.

And finally. .. we're all gonna die anyway so why bother.

I was heating my lunch and a co-worker stopped me and asked to see what I was eating.

She then said, "oh you eat vegetables. No wonder you are thinning out. I don't like vegetables so I cant lose weight."

I was rendered speechless.

Then a second co-worker joined the conversation.

Co-worker 2: "yeah I can't do that either. Maybe I just need to get a treadmill,"

Me: "didn't you buy one last summer?"

Co-worker 2: "well yeah but I don't use it."

FACE PALM

No one said,

"I'll lose my boobs"

or

"I"ll lose my butt"

I hear that all the time !!!

ElizabethOakes2 wrote: »

"The kids don't like anything but junk food. Maybe when they're grown up..."

Umm... if you don't give your kids McDonalds, they won't eat McDonalds, will they? And just because they eat junk doesn't mean you have to, does it? Maybe I just don't get it because I don't have kids?

I have children, and I HATE this excuse. They don't know they like McDonalds unless you give them McDonalds. Period. "Junk" food in my house is a sweet potato with cinnamon...the spawns love healthy food because they don't know any different, and I have no time for that excuse, lol. Tried giving a 16-month old some cupcake at a birthday party a few weeks ago and she spit it out, because she doesn't have the taste for something like that. You don't want something if you haven't had it (foodwise) IMO.

Living now in the land of beer, beef, and cheese, I hear a lot that "Midwesterners are just made to be bigger"....really?

cbelc2 wrote: »

I can't lose weight because of my:: knees, back, feet, family, medicines, neighborhood. Twinkies are cheaper than apples. Healthy food tastes like cardboard. Being on a diet feels like punishment. I'm healthy fat, so I don't need to lose weight. My labs are fine! My all time favorite: I'm a picky eater. That usually means the person doesn't like vegetables.

Hmm, I'm a picky eater. Very very very picky.

And what does bad anything have to do with losing weight? Don't really have to exercise. Probably should but not a requirement to lose weight.

And I get the taste thing. Ice cream tastes like cardboard to me. Majority likes ice cream so as stupid as people saying healthy food tastes like cardboard is to some people, it is equally stupid to the people who I say I hate ice cream too.

Should someone eat healthy food yes. But no one eats anything they hate.

They just have to search for healthy food they like.

ElizabethOakes2 wrote: »

"The kids don't like anything but junk food. Maybe when they're grown up..."

Umm... if you don't give your kids McDonalds, they won't eat McDonalds, will they? And just because they eat junk doesn't mean you have to, does it? Maybe I just don't get it because I don't have kids?

They go out. Kids aren't isolated in their rooms all day only coming out to eat.

They will end up going to McDonald's even if behind their parents back.

My mom always told us if we don't eat her food we can make our own and don't ask again.

And teachers often give kids candy and other junk food as rewards for right answers here or doing something out of their comfort zone.

Especially elementary.

"Men will need something to hold/grab from, like love handles"... My mother, my aunt and my grandmother share this opinion...

A couple of years ago I had success with Weight Watchers. My overweight friend said she wanted to lose weight but her husband wouldn't let her spend money on WW when he thought she should just eat less. This is a man who drinks a bottle of wine every night. He could have given up one of those bottles to pay for her weekly weigh in. Clearly she didn't have the motivation to "just eat less" and would have benefitted from the support. Her other excuse is that her husband cooks and so she has no control over what she has for dinner. I want to point out other that she is just making excuses but I also don't want to sound like I am telling her she's fat has she has quite low self-esteem and I don't want to add to it.

Lydilod wrote: »

My mum said to me this afternoon "I can't loose weight cos I can't exercise" then goes on to blame my dad for adding tonnes of fat when cooking. She's recently been diagnosed with diabetes (dad has diabetes too) she also had a pacemaker, it worries me how big she's getting but I don't feel I can do or say anything.

Maybe you could ask them to get a referral to a dietitian and then meet with the dietitian with them?