10.  I'm not eating red meat, it's well done.

  9.  My metabolism is still in overdrive so I can eat all the sweets I want.

  8.  Nestle's Crunch provides three of the five major food groups:  dairy (milk); grain (rice); and fruit (cocoa bean).

  7.  I have to patronize the restaurants that sponsor the races I enter.

  6.  I know you think eating dessert is bad for me, but I'mjust keeping my tolerance built up.

  5.  Mr. Goodbar also provides three of the five major foodgroups:  dairy (milk); meat (peanuts, legumes); and fruit (cocoa bean).

  4.  I'm training for a triathlon, so I'm following the advice of three different celebrities:  marathoner Don Kardong (ice cream); Snoopy (pizza); and Sara Lee (various desserts).

  3.  I said I'd reward myself for running a new PR, and I know I'm going to get one this weekend.

  2.  There's fast food, and there's fasting food -- food that makes you realize how long it's been since you ate.

  1.  It takes a lot of chocolate to load up enough carbohydrates for that 12K coming up.