Nothing to it but to do it, RIGHT?!?

Clearly the person that coined this phrase never struggled with anything!

While I agree completely with what the statement says, I know from personal experience, finding the wherewithal to execute that "it" isn't always so simple.

A good friend of mine once spoke a quote that still replays over and over in my head. "Excuses are tools of the incompetent," he said. Wow!

I know beyond a shadow of ANY doubt that my battle with my weight is a result of excuses that I have made to myself. Things like:

"One piece of cake isn't gonna make you fat, c'mon!"

"Everyone eats fast food!"

"Even people in the best shaped eat badly sometimes!"

Excuses! And more excuses! I am finding out now that I was clearly incompetent. And while it may not make much sense, eating what I wanted - when I wanted was my way of maintaining control. When I was younger and thinner, I could do just that. Until now I wasn't able to let go off that notion.

There are people that don't gain a pound no matter what they put into their mouths, and there are people that have to count calories and work out. It's just the way it is! I'm accepting it and I'm done with the excuses. I would LOVE to be "that" person, but I am not.
It's about recognizing, embracing and applying the truth, not making excuses in order to continue eating like a pig.

Ahh, I'm learning, y'all. I'm accountable to myself and to you. I know better, so I'm doing better. No more excuses!