I can't. I don't know how. I'm too old. I'm too fat. I don't want to. It's too early. It's too late. I'm too busy. For Heavens sake! We've got them. They are excuses that keep us glued to our couches or reaching for another cookie. Seriously. I am a busy person. A very busy person with entirely too many things I have said yes to and entirely not enough I've said no to. I run ragged only to find myself vegging in front of the TV. Okay, let me be honest I haven't watched an actual TV in years. This is no lie. I cling to that comment like it's a safety vest. However, I own a computer with Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime. Let's be clear. I watch a screen and it's a time suck. I hit the snooze button in the morning when I should be running only to try to convince myself in my tired stupor that I will simply find time later. If finding time were only so easy. I can sit down and practically recreate Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel before I can find an extra hour in my day to workout. I get it people! I have the same excuses. Exercise isn't easy and often times can be likened to basic boot camp and I don't mean the one you signed up for last year with all your best girlfriends. You know the one you all showed up to and then ended with a "debrief" a Starbucks where you quickly packed on the calories you just burned by laughing hysterically at each other for doing a push up that looked much like an 1980's break dance move.
Here's the thing. Ya' know the thing you just don't want to hear, but I'm going to fill you in on anyway. You can make all of the excuses in the world why you can't exercise, and why you deserve that brownie, why you are ten pounds heavier than you were last year, and why for the love of everything that is holy, you are entirely too busy to be healthy. But here it is... None of us care. OK we care. No, never mind we don't really care. But we will certainly sit there and listen fervently as if we do because we know you care. Really! I know I'm rocking your world here, but none of us are looking at you thinking 'ya know, if you just lost 10 pounds you would be a lot more fun to hang out with.' Have you seen Rebel Wilson or Melissa McCarthy? Those women are packing a few extra lbs and I can assure you, I would pick them to hang out with any Friday night.
So it's time to own it. Throw away all of the excuses. We all know that veggies don't taste good. There are a few people that think veggies are tasty, but these people are also probably blessed with a clear complexion, zero love handles, long naturally flowing locks and looks to stop cars. Let me be the first, or maybe second to your mother, to say you don't have to like veggies to eat them. Exercise doesn't always have to be fun. And if you spend your life using excuses as a crutch you will some day need to use that crutch to get around. Throw them out people. Write them on a piece of paper and light it on fire. Of course make sure you are in a free to burn zone. But let them burn. You are better than those excuses. It's time for you!
