#2 Stop Making Excuses for Being Overweight
August 31st, 2010 | 
Author: How many times have you heard this – “Well, I was losing weight but then life happened. We had to go to the kids’ recital, so we stopped at McDonald’s. Then, my sister had a barbeque, so I ended up drinking a few beers and eating too many hot dogs. And work caught up with me, and I got really busy and didn’t have time to go to the gym.”
Excuses, excuses.
Does it ever occur to these people that thin, fit people are just as busy? We don’t sit around the house thinking about all the good times we’re missing out on while we’re busy not eating. Fit and thin people do tend to get to the gym more often; it’s just the nature of the beast.
But being busy is no excuse for being fat. Not having time to cook a home-made meal every single meal is no excuse for being overweight.
It doesn’t take extra energy to not eat. It just takes willpower. And even if you do hit the gym all the time, you can’t out-train a bad diet. So, you have that in common with the fit and thin crowd. Not getting to the gym is no excuse for being fat.
Regain your discipline. You know when you’re eating too much. Just . . . STOP IT!
We all have lives. We all have things to do. It isn’t the ability to get to the gym that makes you lose weight. Have you been to a gym lately? Have you seen all the fat people there? There are plenty that never seem to lose weight. Lack of gym-time is not your problem.
Just eat less. That’s it. It’s a simple concept, but it can be hard to do. That’s why I like Eat, Stop, Eat. You don’t need a special diet. You don’t need a support group. You just need to eat less. Just because your kids get a Happy Meal doesn’t mean you need to order a 1400 calorie burger. You don’t even have to eat with them.
Being busy is a lot more fun when you’re thin.
-Drew
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Tupperware is the answer for when life gets crazy, and fat loss is the goal. Even at restaurants, I’m eating out of tupperware. Sure it sucks sometimes to see everyone else eating and drinking, but at the end of the day, I prefer my way.
We have become too accostomed to instant gratification.
You are right there is no excuse not to eat right or exercise regularly. Usually it takes some serious event to kick you into gear ( like getting heart surgery) which could have been avoided.
There is always a strategy that can help I like your idea of using Eat Stop Eat, it keeps it simple for everyone with out going overboard but it works so well. I use it a lot.
Raymond
Everybody likes excuses because they’re so easy to make. Why start something today that can be put off until tomorrow? Unfortunately, if someone does that enough, tomorrow never seems to arrive and they are stuck being overweight and out of shape in perpetuity.
Drew,
People make excuses to get out of things they don’t want to do. If you want to do something, you’ll find a way to do it. I believe it comes down to priorities. If being lean and fit is a priority in your life, then you will go out of your way to diet and exercise (even if it is inconvenient).
Alykhan
Alykhan – Inconvenience is a killer. It’s HARD to stick to a diet. You just have to want it, like you say.
-Drew
Josh – I totally agree. People don’t want to plan ahead. They could easily cook two days’ worth of meals in one night and then just re-heat them later, but that’s “too much work!”
-Drew
But Drew! I am *different*!
Yavor, I can’t disagree with you there haha!
-Drew