The Cookie Made Me Do It

Have you had a tough day? Did you give in to temptation? Did you skip your workout? You're not alone, and if you're like me on my weak days, it's completely not your fault. These are some of my favorite diet excuses. Some I've used, some I've heard, some came to me through email. Feel free to share your excuses. And remember: A good, hard laugh burns calories.

• I have to eat something sweet to get the taste of (fill in the blank) out of my mouth.
• We're so close, we might as well stop in for a nummy!
• I had a dream where I turned down chocolate cake and something bad happened. Better safe than sorry.
• The cookie made me do it.
• It's not just my birthday. It's my whole birth-month!
• But I'm still hungry.
• You can't go out for dinner and NOT have a dessert!
  
• Well, I'll just cheat tonight, and I'll start my diet again tomorrow.
• This cookie is broken, so the calories fell out of it.
• But I'm sharing this cake, so that means all the calories are cut down by 75%.
• This is a 100 calorie chocolate bar, so it's ok if I eat five of them.
• Popcorn doesn't weigh much, so it can't make me gain much.
• I couldn't say no to birthday cake. That would be rude!
• But it's just not a bagel without cream cheese!
• The donuts were lonely.
• Drinking a diet soda cancels out the calories in dessert.
• I was just showing the baby how to eat an ice cream sandwich.
• The brownies were calling my name.
• I'll only eat the pie and the ice cream, I'll leave off the whipped cream.
• I needed something to go with my coffee.
• Life is short. Eat dessert first.
• The baby didn't finish the cookies, and I don't want to waste them.
  
• You're supposed to eat foods of different colors. Carrots, spinach, jelly beans, Skittles, M&Ms.....
• I'm working out more, so it's ok if I eat more.
• I'm getting in shape. Round is a shape.
• I'm just tasting it. .....All of it.
• Chocolate comes from beans (cacao beans), and sugar comes from plants (sugar cane or sugar beets). So Chocolate is a vegetable.

I know I'm not the only one using these excuses. And I know my excuses are lame and cheesy, but I use them anyway. At least when I see them in print, it's harder to justify my bad eating habits. *sigh* It's so hard to be healthy when being unhealthy tastes so much better!