L Diet ~ Rule 3 (extended)
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Other examples of excuses
I don't have time to cook
It's easy to binge on too many takeaways or ready made meals if you believe that you don't have much time. But it's possible to cook a decent fresh meal in 10 minutes and if you order a takeaway it will take at least this amount of time to be delivered. So what are you actually doing in this time? Ironing, cleaning? or just mooching around doing nothing other than flicking with the TV remote?
Cooking fresh stuff is too expensive
The ingredients used by the takeaway business still have to be paid for and whilst they may buy in bulk and get a small discount, the price of the takeaway will always be higher than what it will cost you to buy the ingredients. When you buy a takeaway, a wage has to be paid to someone for cooking it, delivering it, delivering menus, printing menus, rent on the premises, VAT, business taxes, equipment, insurance, employee NI etc, and that business still has to turnover a profit. Therefore you could easily make any takeaway meal much cheaper, healthier and tastier than any takeaway.
You don't have to buy dozens of fresh herbs and spices too, you can use inexpensive dried herbs which will last a long time and can be used in many recipes. After all, it's doubtful that you will get fresh herbs or spices in any takeaway.
Other examples of excuses
I don't have time to cook
It's easy to binge on too many takeaways or ready made meals if you believe that you don't have much time. But it's possible to cook a decent fresh meal in 10 minutes and if you order a takeaway it will take at least this amount of time to be delivered. So what are you actually doing in this time? Ironing, cleaning? or just mooching around doing nothing other than flicking with the TV remote?
Cooking fresh stuff is too expensive
The ingredients used by the takeaway business still have to be paid for and whilst they may buy in bulk and get a small discount, the price of the takeaway will always be higher than what it will cost you to buy the ingredients. When you buy a takeaway, a wage has to be paid to someone for cooking it, delivering it, delivering menus, printing menus, rent on the premises, VAT, business taxes, equipment, insurance, employee NI etc, and that business still has to turnover a profit. Therefore you could easily make any takeaway meal much cheaper, healthier and tastier than any takeaway.
You don't have to buy dozens of fresh herbs and spices too, you can use inexpensive dried herbs which will last a long time and can be used in many recipes. After all, it's doubtful that you will get fresh herbs or spices in any takeaway.