The biggest reason you’ve given up your healthy eating regime? Apparently it’s because you’ve had a bad day… which is a completely legit reason to treat yourself to chocolate with your tea in our eyes.
A survey has revealed that 41 per cent of women admit to a bad day being the reason to falling off the health wagon.
It also shows that a massive 84 per cent of women give up on diets sooner than they intended.
The survey, carried out by British Lion Eggs, revealed that other common excuses are “life is too short” (yup, we’ve been there) and “It’s my birthday” (also one we’ve taken advantage of).
Here are the top 25 reasons women ditch their diet. How many can you count up?
We’re going to keep our own figure mum for now but, yes, it is over 20.
1. I had a bad day
2. It was my birthday
3. I couldn’t resist
4. I needed cheering up
5. It’s hard to eat healthily when it’s cold and wet
6. I’ve been good and I deserve it
7. I haven’t got any willpower
8. Life is too short
9. I was eating out and couldn’t resist
10. I was bored
11. Someone bought me sweets/chocolate as a present and I couldn’t waste them
12. I enjoy eating unhealthy food or the odd treat
13. I’m thinking about food all the time
14. It was my partner’s birthday
15. I always felt hungry
16. I needed a sugar rush/energy
17. I’ve got a hangover and I need unhealthy food
18. Healthy food is too expensive
19. I find it too difficult to keep going
20. There wasn’t anything healthy in the cupboard
21. Other people were eating cake
22. It’s rude to turn food down when someone has made it for me
23. It’s that time of the month so chocolate is allowed
24. It was my child’s birthday
25. It’s too difficult and time-consuming to make healthy food
