8 Things You Feel When Mac and Cheese Is Your Clean-Eating Downfall

POPSUGAR Photography | Anna Monette Roberts
POPSUGAR Photography | Anna Monette Roberts

While we eat clean as much as humanly possible, there's no denying the magical comforting power of ooey, gooey mac and cheese. You can only be so strong before the cravings give in — it's tough for anyone's willpower to be ironclad enough to withstand the temptation of mac and cheese. Is there anything more delicious and warming than a fresh, hot bowl of mac on a cold night? Nay. There is not. If mac is your ultimate "cheat meal" or the downfall of your diet, you'll relate to these moments as much as we do.

When Mac and Cheese Is Your Primary Vice in Life

And It's the Only Thing That Can Relax You After a Long Day

When You Take Your Relationship to a . . . More Personal Level

When You Say "Eff It" and Ditch Whole 30 For Your Mac

Eff u, diet.

When You Realize That Mac Is Bae

And at the End of a Hard Day, You Just Want to Curl Up With Bae

And Trying to Make It Healthy Just Wouldn't Be Right

Just take a day off of clean eating and switch gears to cheese eating. One day won't kill ya, we promise.