My mom, made no excuses and lost 40 pounds!

Everyone has an excuse for why they cannot lose weight. Some say they do not have time, they do not have the money, they have an injury just to name a few.  I would like to use this blog to tell you about a woman who could have used every single one of these excuses but didn't. My mom is 58 years old, sells real estate, manages a construction company with my father. Does a lot of the painting, running around and book work for that business, baby sits 10 grandchildren and has a permanent foot injury that required her to wear a boot on her foot for 6 months. She will forever not be able to do many type of common leg exercises or certain types of cardio.  She easily could have said that she didn't have the time or the physical capability or that her age and metabolism were to blame but she did not. 

Instead in February she started with x training and began a diet and exercise routine that required working out with weights 5 days per week and planning and tracking all of her meals. This is the same program that I began in January. Initially she did not want to do it, she did not want to take food with her in a cooler or plan her meals.  Her breaking point came when she reached over to tie her shoe one morning and she felt a belly in her way, that was the turning point. She began her program in February of 2012 at 170 pounds and today almost 6 months later weighs 133 pounds. She is only 3 pounds away from her goal weight!

Even with all of the demands on her time, parties, babysitting and business lunches she has successfully ate right and exercised only having missed one workout the entire time! She has had her challenges and struggles and even wakes up at 3:30 or 4 am sometimes to get her workout in but she does it and doesn't make any excuses.

The next time you think that you do not have the time, energy or means to workout think again. The only thing standing in your way is you and your excuses. There is always a way to get it done focus on how you CAN do it instead of why you CAN'T.  My mom had worked very hard and is constantly being pulled in 100 different directions but still got the job done because she wanted to and she was dedicated.  Congratulations Mom!