Banana Bread was left hanging on our front Door !
bobby5112
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If baked goods are in the house its all over. My sister in law left a loaf of still-warm banana bread on the front door this morning. 4 slices = 8 ounces = 800 calories. Since I already had a light breakfast it looks like - no lunch - and a glass of wine for dinner will finish the day.
What to do if someone else in the house buys oatmeal-raisin cookies etc ???
What to do if someone else in the house buys oatmeal-raisin cookies etc ???
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Have you told your sister that you're currently on a diet and trying to avoid baked goodies? Maybe you should see if anybody else would like it?0
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Well I hope it was delicious! Sounds like you are making it work, although if you think you have any problems with binge eating, I think it would help to still eat lunch and dinner as usual. It's OK to go over your calories one day.0
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AlanaTedmon wrote: »Have you told your sister that you're currently on a diet and trying to avoid baked goodies? Maybe you should see if anybody else would like it?
My wife says that how they show thier love . . they love cooking and sharing . . . that what they are best at, let them have their joy of giving.0 -
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How about learning portion control? Eat 1 slice of bread today, eat 2 or 3 cookies. Including it into your day in moderation. And if you don't want any fresh baked goods you can send them my way, I will make sure to properly dispose of them in my belly.0
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I need me a sister in law like that stat. For the baked deliciousness. Not the possible lb gain0
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Stuff like that goes directly in the trashcan on the street, without even being opened or sampled. I'd thank my sister for the gesture but insure the paraphernalia does not remain in the home to be eaten.0
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You could always eat a reasonable lunch and dinner and not punish yourself for this indulgence. (And bread can be eaten one slice at a time in the future.)0
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Hang it on my door, and slide some cookies through the letter slot0
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I wish somebody would leave baked goods on my door... I might great a bottle of wine before I get the bakes goods seeing I'm the baker in our family...0
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At some point you have to learn to live in a world that includes banana bread and oatmeal raisin cookies. This is an opportunity to practice and to figure out what you can change in the future so that you don't have this sort of reaction.
If you don't want to include these baked goods in your calorie allowance for the day, then pass along the love to someone you know who would like to enjoy them. You said that your sister-in-law bakes all of the time, so this is not the only loaf of banana bread that you will receive. Don't feel obligated to eat it, but at the same time you shouldn't be afraid of it. You're in control, not the food. You need to realize that if you're going to be successful long-term. Right now you're developing good habits. Sometimes it hurts, but you have to figure out how to address that pain.0 -
I know! Some jerk left a bag full of candy on our doorstep anonymously with a little note wishing us a Happy Halloween. Gosh, I hate it when people put in the time and effort to perform a nice gesture of goodwill. They should be put in stocks in the town square, I tell you!
OP, next time either eat one slice, divide it into single servings and freeze it (breads freeze well), or take it to work or give it to someone else who would appreciate it. I bet your letter carrier, garbage collector, school bus driver, or school administrative staff would all be happy to be acknowledged with a little gift like that for no reason.0 -
If it's how your wife and her sister share their love, then let your wife eat it. It's not about you.0
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Stuff like that goes directly in the trashcan on the street, without even being opened or sampled. I'd thank my sister for the gesture but insure the paraphernalia does not remain in the home to be eaten.
Sadly I do this around the holidays a lot. I feel terrible throwing food in the trash but I know If I eat one cookie or one sweet from the package I'll eat the whole thing... no doubt about it. Sometimes you can tell people your on a diet, and you can tell them "please don't make cookies for me I don't want any"... and they make them anyway...a whole freaking bunch of them.
I know for a fact my coworker makes a bunch of "goodies" and then feels guilty about it and doesn't want to eat everything she made so she saves 2 for herself and "kindly" gives the rest away to friends and family. She feels like she's controlling her eating and still getting what she wants (and maybe it works on her end)...but it sets the recipients up for failure and temptation they were trying to avoid. Especially when 2-3 other people gave you "goodies" over the same holiday.
So into the trash they go... maybe with some used kitty litter or dog poo on top so I'm not tempted to dig them back out of the trash 
Now if you wanna bring 1 individually packaged home baked cookie over with the calories already calculated out for me... thank you so much I will love you forever...but please don't bring me Santa's entire megalithic cookie collection when I've asked you not to.
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Crazy is living your life in a bubble. It's banana bread. You are in control of what you eat. If you're not? Then you need the banana bread on the kitchen counter every day - so you can practice being in control.0
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independant2406 wrote: »Stuff like that goes directly in the trashcan on the street, without even being opened or sampled. I'd thank my sister for the gesture but insure the paraphernalia does not remain in the home to be eaten.
Sadly I do this around the holidays a lot. I feel terrible throwing food in the trash but I know If I eat one cookie or one sweet from the package I'll eat the whole thing... no doubt about it. Sometimes you can tell people your on a diet, and you can tell them "please don't make cookies for me I don't want any"... and they make them anyway...a whole freaking bunch of them.
I know for a fact my coworker makes a bunch of "goodies" and then feels guilty about it and doesn't want to eat everything she made so she saves 2 for herself and "kindly" gives the rest away to friends and family. She feels like she's controlling her eating and still getting what she wants (and maybe it works on her end)...but it sets the recipients up for failure and temptation they were trying to avoid. Especially when 2-3 other people gave you "goodies" over the same holiday. So into the trash they go... maybe with some used kitty litter or dog poo on top so I'm not tempted to dig them back out of the trash
Now if you wanna bring 1 individually packaged home baked cookie over with the calories already calculated out for me... thank you so much I will love you forever...but please don't bring me Santa's entire megalithic cookie collection when I've asked you not to.
You know - you could do the same thing as your coworker and so could all the recipients of her gifts if they wanted to. Take what you can afford to eat (maybe nothing), and pass on the rest to someone else.
I only throw out food that I think is not good to eat. The softball-sized meringues I got as part of a cookie exchange? The ones where most of the insides were still raw (as I discovered while biting into one in front of the baker)? Straight into the trash as soon as I got home from the party while praying the egg whites hadn't been contaminated with salmonella or similar.0 -
AlanaTedmon wrote: »
Too many people at my office seem to have that idea.
Got to have a small bit of some tasty pumpkin bread as a result, though.0 -
independant2406 wrote: »Stuff like that goes directly in the trashcan on the street, without even being opened or sampled. I'd thank my sister for the gesture but insure the paraphernalia does not remain in the home to be eaten.
Sadly I do this around the holidays a lot. I feel terrible throwing food in the trash but I know If I eat one cookie or one sweet from the package I'll eat the whole thing... no doubt about it. Sometimes you can tell people your on a diet, and you can tell them "please don't make cookies for me I don't want any"... and they make them anyway...a whole freaking bunch of them.
I know for a fact my coworker makes a bunch of "goodies" and then feels guilty about it and doesn't want to eat everything she made so she saves 2 for herself and "kindly" gives the rest away to friends and family. She feels like she's controlling her eating and still getting what she wants (and maybe it works on her end)...but it sets the recipients up for failure and temptation they were trying to avoid. Especially when 2-3 other people gave you "goodies" over the same holiday. So into the trash they go... maybe with some used kitty litter or dog poo on top so I'm not tempted to dig them back out of the trash
Now if you wanna bring 1 individually packaged home baked cookie over with the calories already calculated out for me... thank you so much I will love you forever...but please don't bring me Santa's entire megalithic cookie collection when I've asked you not to.
Wow you can't think of anyone to give this too so you throw it all out??? Freeze some, give some away. Sorry you have all these mean evil people in your lives that make homemade treats for your families... the friggen nerve of some people.
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OP, your day is going to consist of a light breakfast, a loaf of banana bread and a glass of wine? You should think about addressing your food issues. Why not skip the wine, since you already ate the banana bread, and eat a vegetable or some protein?0
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Wow you can't think of anyone to give this too so you throw it all out??? Freeze some, give some away. Sorry you have all these mean evil people in your lives that make homemade treats for your families... the friggen nerve of some people.
There's nothing like the evil lurking in a gift of homemade baked goods. Can't wait to secretly sabotage everyone on Thanksgiving with some apple pie!
More seriously, this is actually going to make me neurotic about eating any more baked goods that show up at my office, as I'm now going to wonder if it's already on its third or fourth regifting.0 -
AlanaTedmon wrote: »
Exactly!! This is what I do alllll the time, as do others in my office. I live alone, so if there are goodies that I can't keep around (or will go bad before I possibly could eat them all), straight to the office they go.
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lemurcat12 wrote: »Wow you can't think of anyone to give this too so you throw it all out??? Freeze some, give some away. Sorry you have all these mean evil people in your lives that make homemade treats for your families... the friggen nerve of some people.
There's nothing like the evil lurking in a gift of homemade baked goods. Can't wait to secretly sabotage everyone on Thanksgiving with some apple pie!
More seriously, this is actually going to make me neurotic about eating any more baked goods that show up at my office, as I'm now going to wonder if it's already on its third or fourth regifting.
Exactly!
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independant2406 wrote: »Stuff like that goes directly in the trashcan on the street, without even being opened or sampled. I'd thank my sister for the gesture but insure the paraphernalia does not remain in the home to be eaten.
Sadly I do this around the holidays a lot. I feel terrible throwing food in the trash but I know If I eat one cookie or one sweet from the package I'll eat the whole thing... no doubt about it. Sometimes you can tell people your on a diet, and you can tell them "please don't make cookies for me I don't want any"... and they make them anyway...a whole freaking bunch of them.
I know for a fact my coworker makes a bunch of "goodies" and then feels guilty about it and doesn't want to eat everything she made so she saves 2 for herself and "kindly" gives the rest away to friends and family. She feels like she's controlling her eating and still getting what she wants (and maybe it works on her end)...but it sets the recipients up for failure and temptation they were trying to avoid. Especially when 2-3 other people gave you "goodies" over the same holiday. So into the trash they go... maybe with some used kitty litter or dog poo on top so I'm not tempted to dig them back out of the trash
Now if you wanna bring 1 individually packaged home baked cookie over with the calories already calculated out for me... thank you so much I will love you forever...but please don't bring me Santa's entire megalithic cookie collection when I've asked you not to.
Wow you can't think of anyone to give this too so you throw it all out??? Freeze some, give some away. Sorry you have all these mean evil people in your lives that make homemade treats for your families... the friggen nerve of some people.
Keyword being theyve asked them not to. I don't see why put all this thought into dealing with a situation you already tried to prevent. The trash can is an excellent solution here. It's baked food - not the cure to world hunger. It's not a big deal if you don't want the damn thing and feed it to your trash can instead
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Pumpkin muffins are totally happening in this house tonight. With cream cheese on top just like the Starbucks muffins. Oh yeaaaah.
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I would have taken the banana bread to share with colleagues. Wouldn't throw it away. Someone baked it. She had good intentions. Seems a waste to throw something so delicious and homemade away.I put some "banana" bread on the wifes back door a while back if you know what i mean. Wink wink nudge nudge.
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