PUT DOWN THE CHOCOLATE
Lizabelle1212
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So, part of my job as an office manager, is to receive, open & figure out what to do with any packages the company receives. This time of year, that obviously consists mostly of gift baskets full of goodies. Today we got a doozie. A 7-pound bucket stuffed full of all my favorite chocolatey things... Reese's, krackel, hershey's kisses, etc... Can someone come wire my jaw shut for me? Please and thanks.
Anybody else having to deal with the onslaught of Christmas goodies at work right now? How are you dealing with it? lol I'm trying the "moderation" approach, and I allowed myself to have a few pieces and just tracked them all. But of course, I want more than just a "few." I left them in the break room so hopefully everyone else will eat them & they'll be gone soon. lol
Anybody else having to deal with the onslaught of Christmas goodies at work right now? How are you dealing with it? lol I'm trying the "moderation" approach, and I allowed myself to have a few pieces and just tracked them all. But of course, I want more than just a "few." I left them in the break room so hopefully everyone else will eat them & they'll be gone soon. lol
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Thank you for posting this! I am having the same problem. We keep candy in our office and I'm good about not eating that. (The HUGE bowl is on my boss's desk so I can avoid it pretty good.) But a coworker had his birthday yesterday and another guy brought him some AMAZING snookies (snickers cookies) and I've had about 5 (they're little but that is way too much sugar for me). Now I can't shut off wanting chocolate.
I'm glad someone else is having trouble so I'm not alone! Hopefully your candy is gone soon too!0 -
...and back away.
Giving them out or placing them in the kitchen is a good alternative.
I ration my lindt chocolate to one square at a time. It's hard, but if you get the dark stuff it can be enough.0 -
use a hot glue gun to turn all candy and treats into immortal christmas wreaths. Finish with a clear sealant. Paint if desired.
Adding glitter and embellishments is also fun.0 -
Take a few things you really want and leave the bucket at work, it will become someone else's problem.0
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NO! I will not put down the chocolate. I will select my favourite and make them fit my day, or save them for a day they can fit.0
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Lizabelle1212 wrote: »So, part of my job as an office manager, is to receive, open & figure out what to do with any packages the company receives. This time of year, that obviously consists mostly of gift baskets full of goodies. Today we got a doozie. A 7-pound bucket stuffed full of all my favorite chocolatey things... Reese's, krackel, hershey's kisses, etc... Can someone come wire my jaw shut for me? Please and thanks.
Anybody else having to deal with the onslaught of Christmas goodies at work right now? How are you dealing with it? lol I'm trying the "moderation" approach, and I allowed myself to have a few pieces and just tracked them all. But of course, I want more than just a "few." I left them in the break room so hopefully everyone else will eat them & they'll be gone soon. lol
Put them in the reception area. Every time you go for another one you have to walk by the receptionist again and again...
When I worked in the office I was never able to keep on track this time of year. The goodies came in droves.
Try packing your lunch in a cooler and only eating out the cooler. If it doesn't come out of your cooler is doesn't go into your mouth.
Also, prelog the goodies you plan to eat that day out of the office stash.
Keep logging your food!
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Yesterday, I altered my dinner plans so that I could have a cookie. NO regrets. It's all about choices.0
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I'll take it..0
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In for the 8 million responses that say you can eat chocolate and stay under your calorie goals. That didn't get old like 15 years ago....
As a fellow non-will-power-possessing mortal, I feel your pain. Try to make them fit into your calories, or pay penance for your sins by 12 hours of elliptical!0 -
libbydoodle11 wrote: »Lizabelle1212 wrote: »So, part of my job as an office manager, is to receive, open & figure out what to do with any packages the company receives. This time of year, that obviously consists mostly of gift baskets full of goodies. Today we got a doozie. A 7-pound bucket stuffed full of all my favorite chocolatey things... Reese's, krackel, hershey's kisses, etc... Can someone come wire my jaw shut for me? Please and thanks.
Anybody else having to deal with the onslaught of Christmas goodies at work right now? How are you dealing with it? lol I'm trying the "moderation" approach, and I allowed myself to have a few pieces and just tracked them all. But of course, I want more than just a "few." I left them in the break room so hopefully everyone else will eat them & they'll be gone soon. lol
Put them in the reception area. Every time you go for another one you have to walk by the receptionist again and again...
When I worked in the office I was never able to keep on track this time of year. The goodies came in droves.
Try packing your lunch in a cooler and only eating out the cooler. If it doesn't come out of your cooler is doesn't go into your mouth.
Also, prelog the goodies you plan to eat that day out of the office stash.
Keep logging your food!
Now here's a quality and productive response. I like these ideas a lot.0 -
"Put down the chocolate."
NEVER. *crams spoonful of nutella in face*0 -
This week, one chocolate and one cracker with brie. It is tough because these foods haunt everywhere (the receptionist like you, is doing her best to offload it). The cracker with brie I passed three times and I told it "no" twice.0
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Eat all the chocolatz0
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The first 20 years I worked in this office, this time every year our vendors would bombard us with boxes and boxes of Sees candy and baskets filled with all sorts of other goodies, but about 6 years ago it was determined that accepting these gifts was a conflict-in-interest and we stopped accepting them (some of the vendors even wanted to donate the money they would have spent on us to a charity of our choice, but we had to turn that down too). That cut the floating treats during the holidays way down. That said, I am currently enjoying a yummy iced brownie courtesy of an evil coworker.
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JustinAnimal wrote: »In for the 8 million responses that say you can eat chocolate and stay under your calorie goals. That didn't get old like 15 years ago....
As a fellow non-will-power-possessing mortal, I feel your pain. Try to make them fit into your calories, or pay penance for your sins by 12 hours of elliptical!
Did you just complain about one thing in one paragraph, and then say the exact same thing you complained about in your second paragraph?
Well done.
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JustinAnimal wrote: »In for the 8 million responses that say you can eat chocolate and stay under your calorie goals. That didn't get old like 15 years ago....
As a fellow non-will-power-possessing mortal, I feel your pain. Try to make them fit into your calories, or pay penance for your sins by 12 hours of elliptical!
But isn't that what you just did?
Also, treating exercise as a penance for eating is not a healthy way to look at food or exercise.0 -
I feel for you! Last year (just as I started MFP), I worked at a large retail company. During the retail season (isn't it more about the retail than the actual holidays?), we have lunch sponsored daily but our vendors and gift baskets galore. Boy was that hard! Proud to say I didn't cave even once.
You can do it!0 -
OMG--I am right there with you! I teach and the three weeks from Thanksgiving until Christmas break are AWFUL--goodies out the wazoo. I got a big jar of homemade fudge from a former student-so delicious. In the teacher's lounge right now is a big canister of english toffee, a big tub of cheese popcorn (that I don't like, so no biggie there), and huge cookie cake from Mrs Field's. It's really hard. I have gained back two pounds in the past two weeks. Add to that the lack of working out due to Christmas-related events-UGH. I think we just have to stop. There is nothing magic, no special incantation that's going to make it so--just NO. I think deciding what is worth the calories helps--for me, I ate some fudge but none of the greasy stale popcorn or the stale Mrs Field's cookie.
But yes, really really hard!!!!!!0 -
Just eat a few pieces and enjoy it!
They should not last long in the break room anyway, something about free food that people cannot resist..0 -
Our work is crammed with foods, mostly very fattening ones. I just keep chewing gum and drinking water or coffee and telling myself "look how pretty and slender you are now. Would you throw that away for 5 minutes spent eating this junk?" I also do not look at the foods. I physically keep away. It works.... it may seem a bit grim but it's so much better than ruining your progress!0
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JustinAnimal wrote: »In for the 8 million responses that say you can eat chocolate and stay under your calorie goals. That didn't get old like 15 years ago....
As a fellow non-will-power-possessing mortal, I feel your pain. Try to make them fit into your calories, or pay penance for your sins by 12 hours of elliptical!
But isn't that what you just did?
Also, treating exercise as a penance for eating is not a healthy way to look at food or exercise.
^Agreed, I still struggle with my relationship with food and not punishing myself after eating it0 -
JustinAnimal wrote: »In for the 8 million responses that say you can eat chocolate and stay under your calorie goals. That didn't get old like 15 years ago....
As a fellow non-will-power-possessing mortal, I feel your pain. Try to make them fit into your calories, or pay penance for your sins by 12 hours of elliptical!
But isn't that what you just did?
Also, treating exercise as a penance for eating is not a healthy way to look at food or exercise.
I guess what I was trying to communicate is, you usually get a billion responses that try to brag about how the poster eats whatever they want, like it's not old news, and they usually post in a sarcastic tone. I was trying to not sound like an a-hole, but rather be encouraging and acknowledge that we're all pretty aware of logging our calories (hence being on this site). Surface level, yeah, I totally contradicted myself.0 -
And the penance comment was intended to be humorous. Apologies. I've really done a bad, bad thing in this forum.0
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JustinAnimal wrote: »JustinAnimal wrote: »In for the 8 million responses that say you can eat chocolate and stay under your calorie goals. That didn't get old like 15 years ago....
As a fellow non-will-power-possessing mortal, I feel your pain. Try to make them fit into your calories, or pay penance for your sins by 12 hours of elliptical!
But isn't that what you just did?
Also, treating exercise as a penance for eating is not a healthy way to look at food or exercise.
I guess what I was trying to communicate is, you usually get a billion responses that try to brag about how the poster eats whatever they want, like it's not old news, and they usually post in a sarcastic tone. I was trying to not sound like an a-hole, but rather be encouraging and acknowledge that we're all pretty aware of logging our calories (hence being on this site). Surface level, yeah, I totally contradicted myself.
Ok, gotcha.
I think when people say that they can eat whatever they want, it's because you really can. You just can't have EVERYTHING you want at any given time (which you essentially pointed out).
Make it fit or save it for another day!
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I would still be able to smell the chocolate through the shellac.0
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