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    What kind of excuse is that??

    Posts: 44 Member
    edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    I witnessed a television show on when I got my nails done yesterday, and it happened to be highlighting a bride who was trying to lose weight in the week before her wedding. And HOLY. She caved and drove to the drive through and got cheesecake and a chopped beef baked potato (who knew you can get cheesecake in a drive through?).

    But here's the kicker. Her interview showed her explaining how she wasn't cheating on her diet, because she wasn't eating it, she was just tasting. She then FURTHER explains that if you don't chew, just let it go down your throat, then you aren't eating. Therefore not cheating on her diet! You have got to be kidding me!

    What kind of whacky excuses have you heard from others? Better yet, did you ever give some great excuses like that before you got serious about your weight loss?

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    • Posts: 1,454 Member
      It's kinda like having a big piece of cake and trying to rationalize it by drinking a Diet CokeI
    • Posts: 1,322 Member
      That is some crazy reasoning!
    • Posts: 9 Member
      Haha my friend's mother says brownies are healthy because they have dairy in them.
    • Posts: 738 Member
      If you eat it from someone elses plate they get the calories, not you.
    • Posts: 3,477 Member
      It was probably part of the script. :laugh:
    • Posts: 1,690 Member
      My husband likes to say that Mountain Dew is healthy because there is real orange juice in it o_O
    • Posts: 264 Member
      If you eat it from someone elses plate they get the calories, not you.

      Lol, I never knew this. That explains why my dad always stole my french fries!
    • Posts: 498
      If you eat it from someone elses plate they get the calories, not you.

      I tried this it doesn't work!
    • Posts: 1,527 Member
      My Mumm likes to eat the broken cookies and potato chips because the "calories leaked out".





      She's totally joking though.
    • Posts: 556 Member
      If you eat while standing, the calories literally pass through you and into the floor.

      True story. :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 780 Member
      I saw that I don't think she fit into her dress. I wish there was a cheesecake drive through by me I would taste all the time LOL
    • Posts: 820 Member
      If nobody sees you eat it it didn't happen so doesn't count :wink:
    • Posts: 976
      It's kinda like having a big piece of cake and trying to rationalize it by drinking a Diet CokeI

      I read an article one time that said only fat people drink diet coke, so maybe you are right, that they eat cake and justify with a diet soda lol!
    • Posts: 113 Member
      I work at a hospital as a dietitian. I was educating a nice fellow about healthy eating because of his elevated cholesterol. He said "You won't believe this, but I"m in really good shape. My wife runs marathons". He was serious. And I was speechless.
    • Posts: 869 Member
      I've heard "if you microwave it, for every minuet it burns 300 calories off the meal"
    • Posts: 949 Member
      When I make my dad a sandwich I have to cut off the crusts because he has no teeth and they are tough to chew. Usually the crusts also have jelly, or peanut butter, or whatever the sandwich is made from. Since all the calories stay with the sandwich I can eat the bread crusts without logging it.
    • Posts: 145
      OMG this is gold !!! What people will try to convince themselves that they're saints ! LOL
    • Posts: 85 Member
      It's kinda like having a big piece of cake and trying to rationalize it by drinking a Diet CokeI

      Who cares if they order diet coke. I always get diet coke with food when I'm out and at home. My reasons are im not a big water person, I like the taste of diet coke and if I'm having a lot of calories then why would I want to be drinking tons of calories aswell? It a bit of damage control if you want to think of it that way. If it fits in to your goals then that's fine, as long as you log it. Everything in moderation is the key.
    • Posts: 3,628 Member
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    • Posts: 1,414 Member
      <---knew you can get cheesecake from a drive thru.

      hello Jack in the Box.

      and being in Tx i'm not surprised she could get bbq at a drive thru.
    • Posts: 85 Member
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      I read an article one time that said only fat people drink diet coke, so maybe you are right, that they eat cake and justify with a diet soda lol!

      Theres plenty of thin people who do the same. Just because it's in an article doesn't mean it's true.
    • Posts: 209 Member
      I hate it when people talk about "cheat days". It's much better to just eat ONE snack as a treat on a random day once a week etc. when you feel like it. As long as it fits into your calorie goal. A cheat day implies a whole day of binging...
    • Posts: 675 Member
      I work at a hospital as a dietitian. I was educating a nice fellow about healthy eating because of his elevated cholesterol. He said "You won't believe this, but I"m in really good shape. My wife runs marathons". He was serious. And I was speechless.
      Love it.
      My friend's boyfriend goes out for jogs with her but stops for breaks while she does and out-and-back or cuts across an alley while she does a full block and then asks here "how many miles did we go?"
    • Posts: 14,517 Member
      It was probably part of the script. :laugh:

      There you go ..... "reality television."
    • Posts: 169 Member
      What kind of excuse is that??!

      A very lame... a very stupid.... a very asinine excuse.....
    • Posts: 44 Member
      I used to never log condiments because I didn't think they were substantial enough! Boy, was I wrong, or lying to myself!
      Luckily I hate mayo and most salad dressings - it saves me a ton of grief!
    • Posts: 292
      This thread makes me want a piece of cake
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