Oh, America the great. Land of freedom and land of french fries. ("Freedom fries" just never caught on.) Where the majority of us have so much access to food that we gain weight from the excessive amounts of it that are accessible at your fingertips at any given moment. And we pay in diabetes, cancer, and dollar menus in lieu of leafy greens and nature's sweets. OrderUp delivers even your favorite sit down meals to your doorstep for a small fee. Delivery. Carry out. Drive thru. We are the home of fast food and it's international voyage to even the most pristine of culinary cultures, like France.
When curly fries, ice cream, and quesadillas are staring you in the eye and taunting you with their tantalizing aroma...how can we not cave? We try crash diets to shed those unnecessary pounds. Atkins. Weight Watchers. Southbeach Diet. Body for Life. Nutrisystem. They're all there to help us implement discipline in our McDonald's world. The temptation of the food industry knows no limits, though. Those golden arches can be more persuasive than the healthiest person on the planet.
We find ourselves torn between salad and sweets. And when you're trying to be good when you're out at dinner with your friends that somehow never concern themselves with a diet? That salad becomes a hard decision to make. We know in the long run that those salads are good for us and our bikini bods, but in this moment with The Cheesecake Factory menu, you want to ignore your diet with everything you have. And you're willing to do anything to justify that slice of cake right now.
15 Thoughts You Have When You Ignore Your Diet.
1. I'll start tomorrow.
Live in the now.
2. I have to eat all of this now, or it will tempt me later.
If this entire box of oreos isn't gone now, I'll end up eating them tomorrow and ruin that diet too.
3. Pizza is mostly vegetables.
Pizza sauce = tomato sauce = tomatoes = healthy
4. Chipotle is actually good for you. (strategically ignores 1,000 calorie intake)
5. Protein?
6. Oh my...
7. I could die tomorrow.
Don't miss out on this.
8. If food like this weren't meant to be eaten, it wouldn't taste this good.
9. *Daydreams about ice cream, cake, fries, nuggs, pizza*
10. It's harder to get kidnapped if you're 480 lbs.
11. I'm a monster.
12. I'll hit the gym hard later.
13. Calories after midnight don't count.
14. *When you've been on your diet for 1 day and your friend offers you a bite of their burger*
15. F*ck a diet!
Diets suck. Don't diet. Eat healthy to fuel your body with the best of the best. Strawberries, bananas, spinach, chia seeds, broccoli, apples, oranges, potatoes, are magical for your body. But it's definitely okay to treat yo' self to delicious desserts and fried food. What's life without pleasure anyway?
