Excuses

You know, excuses are a lot like a big box full of tools. They’re only used when there is a problem that needs to be fixed. It is funny how much a lot of us want to change, but when it comes time to step up to the plate and swing; some panic and don’t swing, some hesitate and miss and others seem to knock it out of the park. Of course, the ones who missed or didn’t even swing have an excuse for why they didn’t swing or missed every time they’re asked. However, the ones who hit a home run never have any excuse. Probably because they didn’t need one.

                In my experience as a fitness expert, people have excuses for everything under the sun. I’ve had numerous clients come and go that have done amazing with their results and have made improvements, but for some reason they tend to regress back into that mind set and start slowing losing everything. Once you stop your routine, or “Take a break” you being to go back to where you started. The process of achieving anything worth having doesn’t “Take a break” or go on vacation. Your weight doesn’t go on vacation. Your “Fat clothes” don’t go on vacation. It is there and it won’t be going anywhere unless you make it.

                Don’t get me wrong, I understand we all more at our own pace and we shouldn’t be held to a standard that is irrelevant to us, specifically. However, your actions will always tell a lot more than what your words or intentions do. Saying you want to lose weight is good. Making excuses for not going to the gym or making a healthy decision when you eat is different. That is what really counts. Not what you say or what you intended to do, all that matters is what you do. You need to realize that excuses either:  only hold you back from what you could be, keep you fat or enable you to gain even more weight or allow you to slack off even more than you may have already been. Why would you do that to yourself? Especially when you know what happens when using them. Think of this, you know that eating bad eggs will make you sick and possibly kill you, right? You know that taking too much Tylenol for a headache can do more harm than good, right? That is just common sense. So if you know that you need to make a change and your excuses aren’t helping it, why would you continue to use them?

                Please remember that it doesn’t matter what you do or how long it takes or what needs to be done to do it, all that matters is that you do it. Whether it is: losing weight, running a 5k, eating better, or having a better life. It doesn’t matter. All that matters is that you do it. So do it.