What's Your Excuse Today?

Every single day hundreds of people begin a new fitness regimen or diet scheme with the hopes of losing weight fast with minimum to no effort. Society has a clouded misconception of the required effort needed to achieve any fitness goal. It starts with DEDICATION AND HARD WORK…it’s really that simple. Some start the program with a realistic mindset knowing hard work and sacrifice will be involved only to slack off and quit just a few short weeks later.  People who don’t succeed in reaching their fitness goals usually have one distinguishing trait in common.

They make excuses.

With excuses usually follows an additional character trait that can’t go unnoticed and that’s laziness. In my opinion, excuses and laziness go together like chicken and eggs…or something along those lines.

They recognize all the reasons for failure, but they still have one airtight defense that explains why they haven’t been successful.  We’re all guilty of this at one point or another. How many times have you seen someone get in great shape and then all of their friends start to reel off excuses why they can’t do the same thing?  It happens ALL the time and it’s extremely annoying. If I accidentally described you, I’m not sorry so please stop. The methods that provide concrete evidence for getting in shape and living a healthy lifestyle are not based off opinions from various individuals who may or may not know anything about the topic. There is a correct way for losing weight and/or gaining muscle and everything in between. It’s called science…Crazy huh? It’s just a matter of someone getting their mind locked on obtaining a goal and doing whatever it takes to achieve that goal.  However, be careful when setting your goals. You want to set challenging yet obtainable goals…setting unrealistic goals will undoubtedly set you up for failure and disappointment.

Excuses won’t get you anywhere in life.  All the world cares about is what you’ve actually done (not what you “could” do because that means nothing).

• ·         If I only had the time to work out, I would do it
• ·         I don’t have a gym membership
• ·         No matter how hard I “try” I can’t do it
• ·         Well she’s got a personal trainer, so it’s easy for her
• ·         I don’t have the energy
• ·         I’m too old to get a body like that
• ·         I don’t have the genetics to look good
• ·         I’d be in shape if I could just stay motivated
• ·         I’ve tried everything to lose weight but it doesn’t “work for me”
• ·         I could look like her too if I didn’t have kids and a house to take care of (from mom’s                   everywhere)
• ·         I don’t have the money for exercise equipment
• ·         If working out wasn’t so boring, I would do it
• ·         I don’t like people looking at me at the gym
• ·         I don’t know what to do at the gym
• ·         Well I could look like that too if I had a personal chef…
• ·         I don’t have the money to eat all the healthy foods
• ·         I don’t have the time to cook healthy food

I could go on and on with this list and increase nausea but I’d rather not. The most important thing you need to realize is this… if you’re not seeing the results you want, chances are you’re using an “excuse” to cover up the real problem.

What’s the real problem you ask?  You lack persistence.

People who are persistent are usually misunderstood and seen as ruthless or cold blooded ninja type warriors (maybe not that dramatic but something similar). But what they really have is a strong willpower to do anything it takes to achieve their goals. The fact is, successful people take the hard road and unsuccessful people take the easy road.:)