I’m only going to live once, so, I’m entitled to eat what I want.
This is an emotional driver. In this case, food is seen as a reward or source of comfort. Since the line of thinking is that “we only live once,” it’s just “right” to reward ourselves and enjoy life as much as we want, by being a gourmand.
I don’t have enough time to exercise.
This is a mental driver. When you think you have no time to exercise, you’re actually trying to convince yourself that you have no time, even when you can make time, if you only, truly, wanted to do so.
I’m not shallow, I’m OK the way I am.
This is an emotional driver. It’s very much akin to self-denial, like fooling ourselves, pretending that everything is OK when it’s actually not. Why do people do this?
Sometimes it has to do with a distorted view of one’s self. A person may actually think that s/he is in the pink of health, when the truth is, being overweight and thus, being susceptible to a host of health problems, is practically staring them in the face.
