50 excuses for not eating
2. You don’t like that certain food
3. You ate a big breakfast and are still full.
4. You’re allergic to that food
6. You have a sore throat
7. You’re vegetarian/vegan
8. You’re saving your hunger for a big family dinner
10. You have stomach cramps
12. You have a stomach ache
13. You’ll eat something later
14. You have a mouth ulcer
15. You bit your tongue and it hurts too much to eat
16. You’ll eat when you get home
17. You’ll eat when you get hungry
18. You don’t have any money to buy anything
19. Invent an illness where it hurts when you eat but when you don’t it’s fine
20. You don’t feel like eating right now
21. You just ate something
22. If you have braces say you just got them tightened and they hurt
23. You’re still full from lunch
24. You have a nut allergy
25. You don’t like that food unless it has a particular sauce/dip/dressing that isn’t there
26. You’re craving one particular food which you’ll have later
27. You ate too much earlier
29. You ate all your food and have none left
30. You can’t be bothered right now
31. You’re fasting for religious reasons
32. You ate with someone else
33. You need to finish your homework
34. You need to finish studying
35. You’re busy doing something ‘important’
36. You have an intolerance to a kind of food
37. You want to go for a run later and don’t want a full stomach
38. You forgot your lunch
39. You forgot to bring a snack with you
41. There was a bake sale earlier and you’re stuffed
42. You’re going out to eat later
44. Your doctor put you on a special diet
45. Your dietitian put you on a special diet
46. You’re fasting because you have a fasting blood test soon
47. You don’t want anything right now
48. You’re taking part in a famine
49. You don’t have time to eat
50. Nothing looks appealing
