5 Popular Excuses Not to Workout or Exercise

Exercising and losing weight is hard work there is no doubt about that. It is because of this that people tend to come up with a lot of excuses why they can't workout/exercise in order to avoid hard work. The truth about exercising or working out is that it only takes about 2-3 weeks to get into a routine and after that it becomes like second nature. Excuses are nothing more than laziness. Some of the common excuses not to workout are:

I have no time to Exercise
This is probably the most popular excuse when people are asked why they don't exercise. I am not going to sit here and try to tell you that your schedule is not hectic, but I am going to sit here and tell you that no matter how busy you are in a day there is always time to workout. All that is required is about 30-45 min of exercise a day, thats it. Visit my article How to work exercise into your busy schedule for ways you can fit exercise into your busy day.

I'm too tired to exercise
This is another popular excuse that again is not really going to cut it. Research has shown that 30-45 min of medium intensity exercise has been shown to revitalize the body and regenerate your energy levels. This means that exercising actually helps to take your tiredness away. This means that you can really kill two birds with one stone. You can revitalize your body, and get the exercise your body needs to stay healthy.

The fat gene runs in the family
This excuse may sound legitimate but again its not. So what if the fat gene runs in the family, does that mean you can't try to change that by eating healthier and exercising regularly. If you do not have a medical condition, I don't care if you have the "fat gene" or not you can lose weight if you're willing to step up to the challenge and change your eating and exercising habits.


Diets just don't seem to work.
Well this excuse is actually kind of half right, however; it still is not worthy of an excuse. Diets somewhat work; the problem is that they are temporary. In order for you to lose weight and keep it off while staying healthy is to take the concept of a diet and make it a part of your lifestyle. The biggest problem with people dieting is that they lose the weight they wanted to and then they go back to the lifestyle that got them fat or unhealthy in the first place.


I'll start at the beginning of the month.
No you won't. This excuse is nothing more than an excuse to buy you more time to come up with another excuse as to why when the beginning of the month comes around why you have to wait even longer. The key to losing weight and shaping up your health is to stop putting off the inevitable and start doing it today.

If you are really serious about losing weight or wanting to change your lifestyle in order to become healthier, than instead of spending all your time coming up with reasons why you can't, spend your time doing and you will notice results before you know it. Getting started is the hardest part, once its part of your daily routine then it will be like second nature to you and you won't even have to think about it.

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