Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the factors that barrier exercise compliance in individuals receiving weight control counseling and to develop recommendations for increasing exercise compliance and continuity. Methods: This study was carried out as a cross-sectional study in Karadeniz Technical University Family Medicine outpatient clinic between April 2018- March 2019. A questionnaire was prepared by the researchers to question the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants as well as the factors that prevent exercise compliance/exercise continuity. The questionnaire was applied to the participants by face to face interview method. Data of 384 participants were analyzed. Results: The median of the participants was 29 (IQR:23.0-41.0) years and 78.6% of the participants were women. It was found that 92.7% (n = 356) of the participants did not exercise. When the causes that prevented exercise compliance/exercise continuity were questioned, laziness was the most frequent reason with 67.1%. Lack of adequate time (54.4%) and difficulty in maintaining exercise (50.0%) were detected as two other important causes. The percentage of people who chose the option that not to believe in the benefit of exercise was 1.1%. When the participants were asked to rank the first three among the reasons, laziness was the most common cause with 43.5%. Conclusions: We are detected that, almost all of the participants did not exercise. In this study, the most important reason of non-exercise was found to be laziness. Participants who did not believe in the benefit of exercise were very few (1.1%).This was promising in terms of suggesting that success could go to very high levels when community-oriented studies were combined with person-based programs. In this context, it will be beneficial to raise awareness of the positive effects of individuals on exercise and health and to provide motivation for increasing physical activity levels.