What to Do When You're Not Losting Weight

6 Lamest Excuses for Not Losing Weight

Reach your goal by giving these top healthy eating and exercise cop-outs the boot

"I don't have time to cook."

“When people say they don’t have time to cook, I tell them ‘You don’t have time not to cook,’” says Alexander. Twenty minutes of cooking healthy meals will save you excess calories you’d be taking in from oversized restaurant portions and time on the treadmill working that off.

Studies show that people who cook meals at home tend to eat more healthfully and weigh less than those who don’t. Use these healthy packaged foods to cut down on kitchen time and arm yourself with the proper resources, such as a healthy cookbook for fast meals or easy recipes from your favorite Web site.