About Burn The Excuse
Who Is Cody Burns? #
I’m a regular guy who stepped on a scale in late December 2025 and saw a number that started with a 2, a 4, and kept going. At 5'11" and nearly 250 lbs, I wasn’t living some tragic story. I had a good life, a solid job, and a Diet Coke habit that could hydrate a small village. But I was tired of pretending I didn’t notice how I felt. Tired of sucking in my gut in photos. Tired of the quiet negotiation every morning where I convinced myself that today wasn’t the day to change.
So I changed.
I’m not a personal trainer. I’m not a nutritionist. I’m not a fitness influencer with a ring light and a sponsorship deal. I’m a dude with a bathroom scale, a YouTube yoga subscription, and a spreadsheet that tracks every calorie, every workout, and every weigh-in. That’s it. That’s the whole operation.
What Is Burn The Excuse? #
Burn The Excuse is a fitness brand built on three things: honesty, humor, and showing up.
There are no six-pack selfies here. No “rise and grind” motivational posters. No toxic masculinity dressed up as discipline. Just a guy who decided to stop making excuses and started documenting every single day of the process, the good ones and the embarrassing ones.
The fitness industry sells you transformations. I’m selling you the truth: weight loss is boring, hard, repetitive work, and the only secret is that you have to keep doing it. Every day. Even when you don’t want to. Especially when you don’t want to.
The Name #
Yeah, it’s called Burn The Excuse. Let’s talk about it.
Every excuse you’ve ever made about why today isn’t the day? Burn it. “I’ll start Monday.” Burn it. “I don’t have time.” Burn it. “I’m too tired.” Burn it. “I’ll get serious after the holidays.” Burn it.
The name is a daily reminder. Every morning you wake up and the excuses start stacking up, your only job is to light them on fire and show up anyway. That’s the whole philosophy.
The No Excuse Method #
The method is simple. Four pillars, zero shortcuts.
1. Cut the Poison. I quit soda on December 15, 2025. I’m still counting the days. Eliminating the single worst thing in my diet was the first domino, and every day clean is a small victory worth tracking.
2. The Streak. Exercise every single day. Minimum 10-15 minutes. That’s it. Some days it’s a full yoga session. Some days it’s wall pushups at midnight because I almost forgot. The point isn’t intensity, it’s consistency. The streak doesn’t care how impressive you looked. It only cares that you showed up.
3. Eat Like You Mean It. Under 1,800 calories. 140-160g protein. 25-35g fiber. This isn’t a starvation diet. It’s fueling properly and paying attention. Some days I nail all three macros. Some days I eat an entire Dairy Queen meal and log every calorie of it. Both of those days matter.
4. Show Up and Track. Every number goes into the dashboard. Every workout, every meal, every weigh-in. The dashboard doesn’t lie, and that’s the point. When the weight goes up, it’s in the data. When it drops, that’s in there too. Accountability is the method.
The Dashboard #
The fitness tracker on this site is real data. Real numbers. No filters, no cherry-picking the good weeks. Weight goes up sometimes. Bad food days happen. 3,500-calorie blowouts are logged right next to the days where every macro was dialed in.
That’s the whole philosophy in action. If you only track the wins, you’re lying to yourself. The dashboard is the most honest thing about this entire project.
What’s Coming #
This site is a living document of the journey. New blog posts go up as the story unfolds. The tracker updates with every day’s data.
But the core of Burn The Excuse will always be the same: show up, track everything, be honest, and keep going. That’s it. That’s the brand.
Welcome. Now burn the excuse and get to work.