Justifications for cheating...

raw_sugar
raw_sugar Posts: 87
edited October 3 in Health and Weight Loss
What are some of the weirdest justifications or rules for cheating you have come up with?

Mine:

Cookies don't count if they are broken
The two end crust pieces in a loaf of bread don't count.
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  • JacksMom12
    JacksMom12 Posts: 1,044 Member
    "If I eat all of this ______ tonight, then it won't be here tomorrow and I won't be able to have it...so I better eat it all now" (insert whatever in blank.. cake, cookies, pizza, etc. :)

    That was back when I used to binge though, which I've gotten much better about now.
  • deadstarsunburn
    deadstarsunburn Posts: 1,337 Member
    "If I eat all of this ______ tonight, then it won't be here tomorrow and I won't be able to have it...so I better eat it all now" (insert whatever in blank.. cake, cookies, pizza, etc. :)

    THIS also if no one sees me or I eat it fast then it didn't happen
  • nrtenagrl
    nrtenagrl Posts: 138 Member
    "it's only a little bit" of everything! :(
    I've been so good.
    I lost 20 lbs already, I know how to get back on track

    that was almost two weeks ago. I still have to get back on track! :(
  • kendeci
    kendeci Posts: 10
    "If I eat all of this ______ tonight, then it won't be here tomorrow and I won't be able to have it...so I better eat it all now" (insert whatever in blank.. cake, cookies, pizza, etc. :)

    Thats mine - I always justify it with I'll diet again tomorrow
  • 007DIVA
    007DIVA Posts: 12
    If I don't log those calories then it's like I never ate them
  • xoKarabearxo
    xoKarabearxo Posts: 8
    "If I eat all of this ______ tonight, then it won't be here tomorrow and I won't be able to have it...so I better eat it all now" (insert whatever in blank.. cake, cookies, pizza, etc. :)

    I do the same thing! Also, since I work at a bakery....with a ton of good food....it's so hard to say no when you have good Italian bakers asking you to sample everything!
  • BreakinTheChains
    BreakinTheChains Posts: 381 Member
    "If I eat all of this ______ tonight, then it won't be here tomorrow and I won't be able to have it...so I better eat it all now" (insert whatever in blank.. cake, cookies, pizza, etc. :)

    THIS also if no one sees me or I eat it fast then it didn't happen


    Both of these are exactly the way it is .. CRAZY
  • legsfordays
    legsfordays Posts: 32
    I just think, what if you walk outside and get hit by a bus tomorrow? You only life once, indulge. =P
    Then ultimately this ends up backfiring on me because then I have that mindset for the rest of the day >.<
  • Megan2Project
    Megan2Project Posts: 351 Member
    "If I eat all of this ______ tonight, then it won't be here tomorrow and I won't be able to have it...so I better eat it all now" (insert whatever in blank.. cake, cookies, pizza, etc. :)

    That was back when I used to binge though, which I've gotten much better about now.

    ^^ This. I am currently battling the piece of pumpkin pie on the counter that my husband told me he would eat a couple days ago...
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    I should finish it now so I don't eat it later.
  • xtinalovexo
    xtinalovexo Posts: 1,376 Member
    he didn't know what he was doing.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    If no one sees me do it, it didn't happen :laugh:
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Everything that comes from a plant is a vegetable, therefore healthy. This includes french fries, chocolate, and carrot cake.
  • bregalad5
    bregalad5 Posts: 3,965 Member
    If I don't log those calories then it's like I never ate them

    I have told myself this more than once. I know it's not true and I feel so guilty that I log it then go for a long walk to make up for it.
  • SLambertAlaska
    SLambertAlaska Posts: 197 Member
    I am currently battling the piece of pumpkin pie on the counter that my husband told me he would eat a couple days ago...
    [/quote]

    "If I eat it I will be saving my husband/family etc. from it and they need to be healthy too"
  • BondBomb
    BondBomb Posts: 1,781 Member
    Other girls don't count.
  • luvmycandies
    luvmycandies Posts: 489 Member
    Well..I just lost (insert whatever pds lost)...Ive been so good. One cookie wont hurt!
  • bigdawg025
    bigdawg025 Posts: 774 Member
    he didn't know what he was doing.

    LOL You're funny! :P
  • SewerUrchin
    SewerUrchin Posts: 53
    Taking the odd handful/mouthful of something doesn't count. Say, if I drink some milk out of the bottle in the fridge (I live alone, so it's not that disgusting), it doesn't count. Same goes if I grab a handful of pretzels from the bag in the cupboard.
  • Gigi_licious
    Gigi_licious Posts: 1,185 Member
    My weird justification is everything in moderation. As long as I track it, I can have it. Its insane, I know.
  • CindiBryce
    CindiBryce Posts: 438
    Well..I just lost (insert whatever pds lost)...Ive been so good. One cookie wont hurt!
    Yes, I am the same way in that I binge whenever I find out I lose weight.
    However, I actually never "justify" my bad eating behaviors. Though I feel awful for my lack of sense control, I log everything.
  • MrsSpratt
    MrsSpratt Posts: 200 Member
    Eating while standing up burns calories, so the calories in the food don't count.

    I am a gifted rationalizer. :-)
  • sweetdianachka
    sweetdianachka Posts: 318 Member
    Living in a foreign country i come in contact with a lot of food without nutritional info (but applies to anyone who maybe goes out to eat somewhere and doesn't know the calorie count)

    If I don't know the calories, I just can't log it, and its like it never happened
  • mmocarr
    mmocarr Posts: 108 Member
    I always feel like liquid calories shouldn't count. Doesnt it seem like your body would count them for less?
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    There are starving people all over the world, I can't let this go to waste.
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    Taking the odd handful/mouthful of something doesn't count. Say, if I drink some milk out of the bottle in the fridge (I live alone, so it's not that disgusting), it doesn't count. Same goes if I grab a handful of pretzels from the bag in the cupboard.

    this is what I do if I only eat a spoonful of ice cream
  • skinnnyxoxo
    skinnnyxoxo Posts: 210 Member
    If I don't eat this now, i'll binge on it later.
    I'll start tomorrow.
    Just this once last time.
    Only got one life.
    etc. haha.
  • karenbobaren
    karenbobaren Posts: 127 Member
    If I don't log those calories then it's like I never ate them

    GUILTY!! lol

    I indulge when I can't help myself. I love chinese food and thai noodle and this past Monday you better believe I had chow mein, fried rice, orange chicken, musroom chicken and vegetables and an egg roll and I still lost 2 lbs! And just today I had carne asada fries and a bacon wrapped hot dog but only because I went to the LA art walk last night and walked around for like 3 hours. It's okay to indulge just don't let it happen to the point where you put off exercising and fall of the bandwagon. Everytime I've fallen off the bandwagos is when I indulge on one thing and put off exericising.
  • lovelee79
    lovelee79 Posts: 362
    "If I eat all of this ______ tonight, then it won't be here tomorrow and I won't be able to have it...so I better eat it all now" (insert whatever in blank.. cake, cookies, pizza, etc. :)

    That was back when I used to binge though, which I've gotten much better about now.

    ^^ This. I am currently battling the piece of pumpkin pie on the counter that my husband told me he would eat a couple days ago...


    Just do what the super models do...... dump a bunch of salt on it so its inedible !!! lol
  • lovelee79
    lovelee79 Posts: 362
    There are starving people all over the world, I can't let this go to waste.

    YES!!! The guilt of this has gotten me my whole life..... parents drill that into kids heads... and it really sticks... then BAM... I'm eating huge portions of everything!!
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