If you’re like me, you’ve definitely overused the phrase “my diet starts tomorrow” so much so that your friends probably don’t even bother believing you anymore. But the problem with tomorrow is that it always approaches way too quickly and you figure “hey, Chinese food won’t hurt” and “I should really nap instead of going to the gym” and “diet soda is healthy, right?” And when someone suggests a midnight run to Sheetz? Forget it, your diet starts tomorrow anyway. For real this time.

9:00 a.m.: Breakfast is Always Perfect.

Never really a big fan of breakfast but you need it to get your metabolism going, right? So day ‘one’ of your diet, breakfast consists of some healthy oatmeal, some fruit, a yogurt. Perfect. You plan for a salad at lunch and wow, you can feel yourself losing weight already.

11:00 a.m.: The Tummy Rumbles Start

Ok so breakfast was great and now you’re in class and you swear you’ve never been this hungry in your entire life. You keep looking at the clock, waiting for your professor to finish his sentence and swearing to punch anyone who asks a question in the face. Literally anyone, try me, Mr. Football Player, I’m hangry.

12:00 p.m.: LUNCH

You get out of class, push everyone out of the way, making your way out the door and make it to lunch faster than you knew you could move. And then you remember, I told myself I would get a salad. You look at the salad bar, at the pizza station, the salad bar, the pizza station, a little drool forms at the corner of your mouth...well one slice of pizza can’t be that many calories, I’ll just get water instead of soda and chips instead of fries. That’s healthy! Salad definitely for dinner. I mean you saved some calories for breakfast so why not treat yourself to lunch?

3:00 p.m.: Gym Time!

Awesome you’ve scheduled some time for the gym, and actually made it! So you missed the salad at lunch, who cares? You’re about to burn all the calories you ate and then some, time to hit the elliptical.

3:10 p.m.: Gym Time?

10 minutes in and your legs hurt, you feel sweat pooling in your pits, and you notice that every cute guy on campus has decided to hit the gym. Maybe I should start slow, don’t wanna hurt myself after all. So you hop off the elliptical and wipe down the machine, just in case some sweat dripped, and head to the mats in the corner. You open Pinterest to check your exercise board and find that 28-day ab challenge. Perfect, now my mom can’t make fun of me for wearing yoga pants for everything but exercising.

6:00 p.m.: The Text.

So you're diet hasn't been perfect all day but dinner will really make or break the success of the day. Then you get the text. “Hey room bae, it's Monday which means the Bachelor’s on. Let's order Chinese and watch.” Instantly you panic. One does not simply turn down Chinese especially not on Bachelor night. So you think back and justify your day. Breakfast was great, pizza can't be that bad, and I went to the gym. Yup, that's it, I probably burned so many calories at the gym, so Chinese won't even count. You shoot back a text “sounds perfect!” As long as this is the last thing you eat, your diet is still intact, right??

11:00 p.m.: The Late Night Snack

Now it’s getting late, you haven’t eaten for a few hours and you’re convinced your stomach is beginning to eat itself. You think about the convenience store a short walk away. You try to do the math of calories expended on your walk there versus calories consumed. Your stomach continues to rumble in a not so silent protest against your diet. You look at the long list of work you have left, roll your eyes, grab your wallet and walk out the door. Whatever, my diet starts tomorrow.