100 reasons why it's impossible to eat well daily

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - here we go:

Reasons 1-10: I’m busy.

1. Cooking is unpaid labour.

2. The admin on reading food labels is insane.

3. Reviewing Flipp deals is an Olympic sport.

4. I had so much intention, but work stole my will to meal prep.

5. I’d rather spend Sunday literally doing nothing.

6. Cooking takes longer than my attention span.

7. Take out was built for my lifestyle.

8. I’d rather “save” a healthy recipe than make it.

9. My schedule changes more than my skincare routine.

10. The thought of meal prepping gives me an instant headache.

Reasons 11-20: It’s not me. It’s the world.

11. Costco snacks are always within reach.

12. Airports. Enough said.

13. Greater Toronto Area - is there even more than one healthy option?

14. Salads aren’t in drive-thrus. (Note to self for Better Bowls first brick and mortar)

15. Office snacks are right there.

16. Airplane lounge food should be illegal.

17. Hotel continental breakfasts = a crime against nutrition.

18. Smoothies. Straight up sugar sabotage. Don’t come for me.

19. Costco vegetables, who even buys that size?

20. The microwave was made for frozen pizza, not quinoa.

Reasons 21-30: My bank account is not built for this.

21. Seed monthly probiotic or paying my phone bill?

22. Organic groceries = a part-time job to afford.

23. A $27 salad should come with a bonus check.

24. “Grass-fed, grass finished” sounds expensive, and it is.

25. Junk food is subsidized, my health is not.

26. Meal kits? Cute idea, tragic price.

27. A $5.75 Badiali pizza slice or a $16 smoothie… let me think.

28. Every wellness influencer forgot I pay a mortgage.

29. AG1. I cannot.

30. Single sourced extra virgin olive oil are for people with trust funds.

Reasons 31-40: My cravings have me in a chokehold.

31. Andrea’s Cookies? It’s over.

32. Sugar runs my life.

33. Late night McDonalds nugget runs are my love language.

34. Chick-fil-A fries will always be the main character.

35. “Comfort food” is a scam I fully support.

36. Cortisol did it.

37. Late-night cravings don’t respect my goals.

38. Junk food is literally designed to addict me.

39. I don’t want a vanilla latte; I need it.

40. My taste buds refuse to evolve.

Reasons 41-50: Social events are just ambushes.

41. The office monthly lunch. Period.

42. Housewarming = free food.

43. Work birthdays = cake five times a month.

44. No one invites the friend who says, “I’ll just have a salad.”

45. “Just try a bit”.

46. The happy hour deal got me.

47. Holidays don’t count.

48. Family gatherings = peer pressure with side dishes.

49. Open bars exist to test my self-control.

50. Eating is my love language.

Reasons 51-60: My brain is a saboteur.

51. Decision fatigue = eating whatever requires zero thought.

52. Motivation clocks out by lunchtime.

53. Stress eating is for my mental health.

54. My emotions control my snacks. Leave me alone.

55. PMS.

56. Sad? Snack. Happy? Snack. Breathing? Snack.

57. If I’m bored, my kitchen becomes an amusement park.

58. “I already ate something bad, might as well ruin the day.”

59. Childhood food nostalgia owns me.

60. The internet = one big nutrition contradiction.

Reasons 61-70: The food industry is playing us.

61. “Healthy” labels lie harder than my ex.

62. “Low-fat” = high sugar, high scam.

63. “Sugar-free” = chemicals I can’t pronounce.

64. Cereal is just dessert in disguise.

65. Some salads have the calorie count of a steak dinner.

66. “Natural flavors” means absolutely nothing.

67. Restaurants trick me into eating for two.

68. Costco sets me up to fail.

69. Junk food companies are smarter than my self-control.

70. TikTok nutrition trends make me question reality.

Reasons 71-80: Logistics? Admin I didn’t sign up for.

71. Cooking every day. Even reading that made me tired.

72. Cleaning up after cooking is a personal attack.

73. Grocery shopping is a weekly commitment I do not want.

74. My fridge stays empty because I refuse to adult.

75. I’m a social media detective yet finding products with clean ingredients is goddamn impossible.

76. Healthy recipes require 27 ingredients I don’t own.

77. My fridge is too small for this lifestyle.

78. Wait, what’s even in my freezer?

79. Restaurant menus are out here lying to me.

80. I always forget to defrost the damn chicken.

Reasons 81-90: Taste buds = problematic.

81. “I don’t eat vegetables” (inspired by a real person who said this to me last year)

82. Same meal delivery menu. Still boring.

83. High-protein = high-key dry.

84. I grew up on junk, and I like it.

85. Raw veggies taste like punishment.

86. Cooking skills? I have none.

87. Some “health foods” feel like a science experiment.

88. Water is just too… watery.

89. Fermented foods smell like regret.

90. “Superfoods” often taste super tragic.

Reasons 91-100: Life is just not set up for success.

91. Traveling. You already know.

92. Jet lag = eating like I don’t know what time it is. Because I don’t.

93. Late work nights = Uber Eats it.

94. I get home and instantly lose all energy.

95. Random cravings, y’know?

96. Grocery shopping midweek? Instacart cannot make me.

97. Spontaneous plans got me again.

98. Planning what to eat requires actual thinking.

99. One bad meal = it’s over, don’t talk to me.

100. Because… LIFE.

What did I miss? Reply back to me.

I hope you chuckled. I hope you forward this to someone. It’s actually ridiciously funny how much we all deal with every day.

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Caitlyn

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