Let's face it: betches love to eat!! Unfortunately, the biggest struggle of life pretty much is wanting to eat, but you can't eat because you don't want to gain weight and look like a fat cow. This is my daily problem every day. If I could eat pizza for every meal, I would. Luckily for me, I am the queen of making up excuses to make myself "feel" better about eating more than I should be eating.
Here are the top 12 reasons that I use on the reg, and I'm sure you use them too. They are really convincing, and surprisingly work wonders.
1. "I'm bored...let's eat".
Ah yes, the phrase I use every day! This is when you aren't really hungry, but at the same time, you could go for a little something-something. Just a little to get your taste buds going, and usually to procrastinate from doing something else.
2. "I'm getting my period".
I don't know what it is about getting your period, but knowing it's coming gets me eating and craving so many different types of terrible foods. Stay away from chocolate at this time of the month, that can get dangerous.
3. "I don't want to be hungover in the morning".
You come home drunk and are thinking about that awful headache you are going to get in the morning. You just need some carbs to tide you over. Jimmy Johns or pizza.
4. "I walked 5 flights down the stairs".
Surprisingly,walking down the stairs takes more energy then walking up the stairs. Okay, do not believe this, but at least you're walking instead of taking the elevator. Going down the stairs makes up for at least getting sour cream on your burrito.
5. "I walked on the treadmill for 20 minutes".
I know this isn't much, but it's something..especially if you make it on an incline, you're golden! It may not be running, but it also isn't sitting on your couch Netflixing all afternoon either, so snaps to you for doing something. And you can burn actually a lot of calories from 20 minutes!
6. "It's okay, it's wheat bread".
The classic white betch excuse. I use it every single day and so does everyone else. I don't even know what makes wheat bread healthier...but it does. Bread is everyone's guilty pleasure, and it may not be as tasty, but makes you feel hell of a lot better. It's just too good to give up!
7. "I'm not going out tonight, so it's okay to be bloated".
When the weekends come around, that is usually when my eating starts to get out of control! Cheers to the nights eating Ben And Jerry's with a spoon and drinking a glass of wine with your girls. Surprisingly, sometimes this more fun than going out and you don't have to worry about looking fat in your dress!
8. "I'm getting my ranch on the side".
A salad is healthy, but when you add that dressing, it can go downhill quickly. I'm sorry for breaking the news this way, but Caesar salad is not good for you! Getting the dressing on the side will help you though, and hey, you are eating salad, there are way worse things to eat!
9. "I'm chasing with a zero-calorie juice".
The common Thursday night excuse. Since every shot is around 100 calories (ridiculous, right?), it makes us feel a little less guilty by chasing with that gross and disgusting sugar free 0 calorie drink. My favorite is sparkling vitamin water, it works like a charm!
10. "I'm getting brown rice".
The Typical Chipotle line. But actually, brown rice is healthy and surprisingly good!! Saying yes to getting brown rice on our burrito bowl makes us feel so much better for loading that cheese and sour cream and guacamole. ...Getting so hungry typing this...
11. "We're losing weight just by sweating in the sun".
Yes, living in Arizona is hot! This sun is doing the dieting for us! Just by walking to and from classes is a workout in itself. We are exercising by walking and sweating our heads off which is losing weight, it's perfect. Not to mention we are also getting a tan.
12. "It's the weekend, I'll start on Monday".
Procrastination at its finest. This excuse is one I make every day. It's so hard to actually bring oneself to the gym. I figure if I just eat somewhat healthy, I will be good enough to skip the gym. Unfortunately, this approach never works and we all need to actually go work out. Well, it can wait until tomorrow.
