Day 210 - Excuses, Excuses and then…motivation…Drill Sergeant style.

Today’s post is dedicated to my 100,000+ fans and followers that have decided to make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight. The inspiration was provided by AM – so thank you!


Before the excuses set in and you let yourself fail at another attempt of weight-loss – read this:

We are ALL busy in some way in our lives and for those that work, have children and go to school they’re no exceptions. Here is a list of my (the Drill Sergeant’s) top excuses as to why we all have failed in the past and why the excuses are full of crap.

1. With everything that I have going on – I just don’t have the time!


Bullshit! You DO have the time! You want to know how I know? Because YOU make time to work overtime or you make time to run your children around to various sporting events or games, or you make time to cook and clean and help them with their homework, or you make time to watch your favorite TV shows! You make time for everyone and everything else but YOU! YOU have the time when you start telling yourself that YOU are worth YOUR time!

2. I just don’t have the energy to work out.

DUH! It’s because you have packed on a few or a hundred pounds and you feel like crap! I have a secret for you…shhhhh…EXERCISE GIVES YOU ENERGY! Not to mention your food intake plays a HUGE part in your type of energy. If you can’t break away from the fast food AT LEAST choose the healthier fast foods and take a multivitamin. I am not asking you to go out and run a marathon, so get that out of your TIRED head! Building Blocks is about starting small to create a solid foundation for future growth and achievement. You push through the pain and discomfort of the first week or two and you look up afterwards and surprise yourself – VOILA you have energy!

3. I feel that I need to lose weight before I join a gym.

WTH? What kind of back-asswards comment is that? I have several issues with going to the gym! I am not a fan! I would rather exercise outside or around very few people. But guess what? I go to the gym because that is the most convenient and warm place for me to exercise right now. You need to pull your head out of your butt because you go to a gym to lose weight and exercise FOR YOU – just like everyone else at the gym. You are not there to socialize and look hot! You don’t go to the gym with your “hair did” and makeup on. If that is what you think the gym is about then you need therapy.

Excuses, excuses – we have excuses for anything and everything - NONE of which are good enough or deserve a priority over our own happiness.

The steps you take to ensure that you don’t give up and fail are very simple. You just do it!

You tell yourself that you are worth it and make the time you need for YOU!

You have set your resolution for YOU to lose weight and whatever else. Your resolution doesn’t end with: “I will resolve to lose weight – get healthier – whatever – only if I can find time, energy and a gym! “

And DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT trying to tell yourself that you CAN’T find the time, the energy or a place to work out! There is no CAN’T in the Drill Sergeant’s dictionary!

Either you will or you won’t!

Either you WILL or you WON’T!

Got it?

Six months down the road when the New Year’s resolution excitement has been forgotten and you are presented to the world; the only results that you will emanate are “ I did it”, or “I quit.” There are NO excuses in between. (Be accountable for your resolution – post it somewhere for everyone to see.)

You are the only person that can resolve to do anything for you.

You are the only person that can allow excuses to become more important than your goals.


I hope this New Year brings you new hopes, goals and energy to help see your resolutions to fruition.

Someone asked me the other day “why six-pack abs?” and my response was “why not?”

I have never had them and if I am fortunate enough to keep seeing sunrises, why not do something in this lifetime that I have always only wanted to do? I don’t want to leave my life knowing that I DID have all the time and energy in the world to accomplish EVERYTHING that I had only dreamed about if only I would have gotten out of my own way and let go of the excuses!

When I started this blog my initial timeline was 12 weeks remember? It has been over 6 months now because I haven’t quit. I found strength in me that I hope each and every one of you find as the next few weeks turn into 12 and then hopefully 6 months.

I told a friend this morning that YOU are worth all of your OWN blood, sweat and tears that you immediately shed for someone else so get out there and prove something to yourself!

Make 2011 – life changing!

It’s your turn now…go forth and conquer!