Favourite justifications for eating junk.

Tupins

Ok so we all (well most of us) indulge in junk food, crisps, chocolate etc from time to time but I love hearing the excuses that some of my girlfriends and I use to try to justify eating it and to make ourselves feel better about it.

Some examples:

- It doesn't count in someone elses house / didn't buy it yourself.
- It doesn't count when you're on holidays.

But my favourite rationalisation by my friend when eating a mint Aero:

- sure it's mostly mint!

Anyone got any more excuses to take away the junk food guilt??

MadgeBadge

Three classics I use;

It's winter, and my body needs more calories to survive in this cold.

I have my period and will make up for it the rest of the month.

It's good for my mental health.

missmatty

It's Friday! (had chips at lunch......)

SeekUp

I feel like it, d*mmit!!!

Boards made me do it





after reading this thread...

metaoblivia

I'm skinny enough, once won't hurt!

and

It's been a long day/week - I deserve a treat!

LouOB

-I was in the gym today
-Ill go for a walk later
-I dont care
-I have enough points (weightwatcher)
-Ill only have abit (nom nom)
-Its your fault for teasing me

Stheno

That stress induced adrenaline will burn it off, much as it increases your blood pressure

When I am sick (as in sick nauseous/throwy uppy) I only eat food I really really like.

Birdie086

Its ok I broke the biscuit in half before I ate it so the calories escaped

shellyboo

Um... it tastes good and I want to? I don't find myself needing any other justification

CeilingCat

Cadbury's Fruit & Nut bar instead of the milk chocolate one --> fruit + nuts = good for you

Dark chocolate has lots of antioxidants

The veg and tomato sauce on the pizza counts towards my 5-a-day

jellie

Ive been on a diet for what feels like forever so i really only eat junk on a friday after ive been weighed on a thurs. so my excuse is usually its a friday :P
(i ate a whole (little!) easter egg this morning)

rainbow kirby

Generally, it's just "because I felt like it".

Others include "sure I'm going for a run later" (generally true, running 5 days a week at the moment), and "it's only a little one" - I've a bad habit of eating lots of different lower-calorie snacks rather than one big blowout.

Nevyn

Because I fúcking well want to, no other reason needed.
Hey I am well able to figure out why I want to comfort eat which is good but alittle of what you fancy does you good.

Wibbs

Birdie086 wrote: »

Its ok I broke the biscuit in half before I ate it so the calories escaped

:D Kudos

Acacia

"I've read a chapter of that 6000- page- long college book, after my hard work I deserve to unwind for an hour with a coffee and some chocolate. Hey, might as well check my email and boards while I'm at it...":pac:

sam34

i have a theory that i have to eat chocolate/sweets that someone bought for me, as, well, it would just be plain rude not to do so!

RxQueen

cause i want to

*note i just ate four chocolate biccies*

i dont feel guilty for eating them either... shall have more later

LivingDeadGirl

It's just after Easter, I need to eat all the chocolate now or it'll hang around for ages teasing me!

*wanders off to find the rest of the Galaxy Caramel*

Black Swan

SALE! Can't pass up a SALE! Del Taco has "Taco Tuesday" with 3 for a dollar in California.:cool:

Pyr0

"I've been in the gym a few days this week, I deserve it !" Is something I use when justifying eating a whole tub of ben and jerrys ice cream..big tub..

bills

Im upset/ in a bad mood/ had a crap day etc.!

mental07

It's Monday
It's Tuesday
It's Wednesday
It's Thursday
It's Friday
It's the weekend

liah

I can't be left alone with chocolate or ice cream.

I ate an entire half a vanilla vienetta today. That's like, a whole half a foot of ice cream.

Yesterday I got one of those chocolating things from tesco-- ate half of that, too.

Easter day I ate an entire giant snickers egg plus the two bars, and the day after an entire giant maltesers egg and two packets of maltesers.

I can't control myself, if I know there's chocolate or ice cream in the house, I WILL eat it. So I generally don't keep it around, ever. This is the first time in aaaaaaaaages there's been chocolate or ice cream around. Normally I eat healthily (or at least, not chocolate!)

Stems from growing up one of those uberskinny kids who couldn't put on weight no matter how hard I tried, I remember being able to eat entire tubs of ice cream all to myself and never worry.. things have changed now and my metabolism is out to get me, and it's one heck of a hard habit to break! It's a wonder I'm not a tank...

My excuse is just "ah sure I'll go for a walk into town later, 30 minutes there and back, i'll be grand.."

..never usually end up going though.

sillyputty

Its a wispa - you never know when they will take them away from us again, i should enjoy them while i still can

LivingDeadGirl

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

SALE! Can't pass up a SALE! Del Taco has "Taco Tuesday" with 3 for a dollar in California.:cool:

:eek::eek::eek:

We have a winner!! Ultimate excuse!!

Jules

But they grill the burger that is much better for you!

Acacia

liah wrote: »

Stems from growing up one of those uberskinny kids who couldn't put on weight no matter how hard I tried, I remember being able to eat entire tubs of ice cream all to myself and never worry.. things have changed now and my metabolism is out to get me, and it's one heck of a hard habit to break! It's a wonder I'm not a tank...

Tell me about it. I thought I escaped puberty relatively unscathed...but no, I'm actually putting on weight now when I eat crap. 'Tis sh1te.

wolfpawnat

I just had a baby, I deserve every little treat I get me! :D:D

GirlInterrupted

sam34 wrote: »

i have a theory that i have to eat chocolate/sweets that someone bought for me, as, well, it would just be plain rude not to do so!

That would be rude. Its just good manners to eat the lot.

I have a 'reduced-fat Friday' rule. Everything on a Friday is reduced fat, so its reasonable to indulge.

Of course, the reduced fat rule applies to everything, whether reduced or not!

JessieJames

You ordered it not me

Aisling(",)

"men like women with curves so itll help:P"

thats said as i stuff my face then cant fit into my clothes later on

star-pants

Lol, I don't have to justify it to myself but sometimes I jokingly do.
Such as
'there's only 3biscuits left, no point leaving 1 or 2'
sharing with someone relieves the guilt, I always do that with my mother 'do *you* want some chocolate'
or 'pfft, sure I could do with a bit of weight' (possibly true!! lol)
or 'sure it;s early i'll burn it off later'

Pythia

"Cos work is crap" is my usual one. Stupid work.

MJOR

because sometimes an apple just won't do it for me.......:o

Catari Jaguar

It's the Easter holidays... I'll start the core plan again when I go back to school.

stovelid

I'm past thirty so I don't need to wear skinny jeans.

I'm playing football on Wednesday/Saturday so a packet of crisps won't hurt.

I have to try all those new walkers flavours because only one will win and remain and I can say I ate Builder's Breakfast flavoured crisps to my kids.

I am defying the meaningless bourgeois mores of Easter by eating all my kid's surplus present eggs before the actual day.

See above, but add fatuous excuse about not letting son have too much chocolate.

pow wow

exams, revision, exams, revision, exams....nyom nyom nyom

Maddison

I have to eat something sweet after I have something savory and vice versa so It goes like this crisps, chocolate, crisps, chocolate, crisps, chocolate.....mmmm someone has me craving a mint aero now

lemon_sherbert

It's negative calories on holidays
It has to be tolerated during revision, leads to more relaxation, hence better exam results
Chewing vigorously uses up the calories:D

Sinall

My favourite justifications include:

If you are eating standing up then the calories don't count.

Likewise, if you are eating out of the packet or whilst walking.

Oh and if you eat fruit after eating junk they cancel each other out so it's like you ate nothing!!

Hermione*

If I want it, I eat it. I only eat dark chocolate, never milk, so I never feel bad about that. It's impossible to eat more than two squares of dark chocolate at a time.

The trick, I find, is to try not to want junk all the time but to want something else nice, like wholegrain toast and hummus.

ASIL1983

Why not- sure i could be dead tomorrow. Who cares if i look skinny in the coffin or not

sunnyside

I'm stressed.:mad:




Because I'm worth it!:)

CathyMoran

I'm suffering from PMT and will be in a better mood if I eat chocolate etc.
I am trying to gain weight.
I am trying for a baby and need to put on weight.
I have a small stomach and need to eat calorie dense foods (sadly true).
I like chocolate.

pikachucheeks

1)I'll start my diet tomorrow...

2)I should eat it - I need it for a balanced diet!

3)I'm not THAT allergic...!


This thread reminds me of that Fat Fighters sketch in Little Britain;

"If you cut it in half, there's half the calories! And because there's half the calories, you can have twice as much!"

Niamho!

Pyr0 wrote: »

"I've been in the gym a few days this week, I deserve it !" Is something I use when justifying eating a whole tub of ben and jerrys ice cream..big tub..

Oooohhh you just reminded me about the tub i bought on Saturday thats still in The freezer. I'll eat that tonight, coz it's depressing Monday. hahaha.

But that easter egg one is so true. I'm supposed to be being good this week but i cant because i still have a full Galaxy egg at home. i better eat that first.

Malari

If you eat parts of the mixture/ingredients while you are cooking or baking then it doesn't count.

Sometimes then you can refuse a slice of the finished product because you've had enough during the manufacture, thus placing the guilt on others, who will therefore have smaller "guilt slices" and ultimately more will be left for yourself.

Shazam!

cuckoo

Bread is just raw toast, so by putting it in the toaster and covering it with real butter I'm helping it along the way to achieving it's destiny.

LouOB

I was in college ALL weekend and thought id treat myself to 'something'
Seen Kitkat in the vending machine - 5 points (sad I know)
Keyed in number - Got MORO (nom nom nom) 6.5 points ahhhh
It was 19.5sat fat - but was delish

shellyboo

LouOB wrote: »

I was in college ALL weekend and thought id treat myself to 'something'
Seen Kitkat in the vending machine - 5 points (sad I know)
Keyed in number - Got MORO (nom nom nom) 6.5 points ahhhh
It was 19.5sat fat - but was delish

Just thinking about food like that would take all the pleasure out of it for me!