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No Excuses

There is no excuse for not exercising-NO excuse! It is the most important thing you can do for yourself and your health, and it needs to be a priority, not something you do every now and then when you can find “time.” I don’t care how many jobs you work or how many kids you have, you CAN make time to exercise.

I am tired of people telling me they can’t lose weight or that they have no time to exercise! Stop making excuses! You CAN lose weight if you really have the desire and put in the hard work to do it. The main reasons people don’t lose weight are because they aren’t consistent, they aren’t working hard enough, and they aren’t eating healthy.

You don’t need to spend hours and hours at the gym to get a good workout. You can get a great workout at home without any equipment at all. You just have to make the time to do it.

Get up a little earlier in the morning and do a 20 minute workout of squats, lunges, pushups, jumping jacks and crunches. While you’re watching TV in the evening, do a quick 10 minute cardio workout of jumping jacks, squat thrusts, side-to-side toe hops, squat jumps, jogging or walking in place, or anything that gets you moving! Splitting up your workouts into 2 or 3 10 minute increments a day is just as effective as exercising for 30 minutes all at once.

So instead of complaining that you can’t lose weight or don’t have time to workout, do something about it! It’s in your control! You may not get fast results, but keep at it, and you will eventually see the difference.

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  1. I really needed to hear this! Thanks for the encouragement. God bless you, hun!

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  2. Thanks and you're welcome! :)

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