I hear this comment often. “I don’t have time to train and eat right. I can’t imagine packing my meals and being at the gym at 5:30am. ” “I can’t imagine doing that with 3 kids”. In reality we all have the same number of hours in our day.
Some days I’d like to be a real hard nose about it, but the old fat chick in my head says “remember when that was you?” so I refrain.
What I would really like to say is this. You have a lot more time than you think you do so stop saying you don’t have time.
Swap half of your social media time for working out. Swap all of your TV time for food prep and you just might find a little extra wiggle room in there. I the beginning it seems like an undoable, impossible idea. It does for most people so you are not alone.
Give it two weeks. Set a timer and limit yourself to 10 minutes of social media at a time. For the next 10 minutes, try doing some air squats or some push-ups (even if your push-ups are on your knees or your leaning against a wall) or some good old-fashioned sit-ups, just do it for 10 minutes.
You will soon realize that you don’t have to move a bus to feel better, just move yourself. Care about yourself enough to do it.
I’ve learned that my commitment to consistency has been the greatest link to my success. Day after day, week after week, month after month and year after year.
Things got so much easier when I quit chasing “the end” of each phase. When the end comes, it’s over but you are not finished. I never imagined when I was 38 and just getting started that I would be creeping up on 50 in the best shape of my life and still working out consistently 5-6 times per week.
Ironically, I’m not finished. Now I see 80 as a new challenge. Just how good of shape can I keep myself in over the next 30-ish years. And even better? What do I want to accomplish?
Getting and staying fit is the greatest gift I could have ever given to myself. Learning to live this lifestyle has taught me that anything is possible. Now go get your greatness!
garagegym107 
Great post, Michelle! Not having enough time is such a poor excuse, but we tell ourselves whatever lie we want to hear, in order to justify any bad behavior. It’s human nature.
Several of my friends are amazed/confused how I have time to cook a healthy meal every night. You know what? It takes me about 20-30 minutes from start to finish every day. None of it is difficult, and all of it is wholesome, good, clean food. They just aren’t ready to give up 30 minutes of sitting down, I guess.
AMEN
Lunch today was a perfect example. I chose not to make my lunch and would eat from our work cafeteria. In the south, that is always dangerous. Most items are fried, covered and smothered. Instead I met a friend for lunch and had a beautiful salad with a touch of olive oil, craisins, strawberries and chicken. I had time to make a good choice.
If we look at the length of our lives from year 0 to whatever. 10-20-30 minutes is insignificant. you know how I feel in regards to using time in a workout … We are hyper obsessed with time. Now you know why I lament so much about being fully present. 😉
I totally agree with your post, when people actually look at how they spend their time they quickly realise that but making a few changes, spending less time watching TV or sitting behind a computer screen, we actually have a lot of time. It’s how you use it that counts!
Thanks for reading Pete!