When your bored at work and there's a big bowl of chocolates just waiting to be eaten....

Dyana1109

What do you do to keep yourself from the temptation? I fail everyday! My jobs always have goodies around. I want to stop grabbing but it's so hard when I start getting hungry and 5pm is not coming anytime soon.

LKArgh

Bring your own snacks and beverages, so you do not feel tempted to eat everything that is available.

cessi0909

I have to pack myself quite a bit of food each day. Most day it is hard to zip my lunch bag haha but I keep good snacks and most days I have leftovers but I know I won't go hungry. I keep fruit like apples and pears and veggies like celery and carrots. Then I also put motivational sayings at my desk and on a calendar pop-up -- they remind me why I really don't want to eat that junk. It gets easier with time.

__Wolf__

There is no secret technique to avoiding them. However, the key to health is having a sense of mindfulness of what you're putting in your body and accountability for its impact on our bodies.

Packerjohn

Let it sit untouched by me. No need for the calories that go with it

Dyana1109

cessi0909 wrote: »

I have to pack myself quite a bit of food each day. Most day it is hard to zip my lunch bag haha but I keep good snacks and most days I have leftovers but I know I won't go hungry. I keep fruit like apples and pears and veggies like celery and carrots. Then I also put motivational sayings at my desk and on a calendar pop-up -- they remind me why I really don't want to eat that junk. It gets easier with time.

I really like this! I'm going to set that up at work to keep my motivation going!

zoeysasha37

I do my job instead of eating. Lol !

In all seriousness, I bring my own snacks and keep my goals in mind ! I keep oranges, apples, and granola or trail mix with me in my lunch bag and fit the snacks into my preplanned day. Honestly, snacks from home usually taste better then cheap office candy anyway. I'd rather spend my calories on a delicious chocolate rather then the typical break room goodies anyway!

Veryana

Do you have to sit close to where you can see the bowl? It's less tempting if you don't see it Also bringing your own food and drinking lots of water before, after and between meals helps.

Calliope610

I have a box of Clif bars (oatmeal raisin walnut is one of my favorites) in my desk drawer. A bar always fills the bill, if it's when I forget my breakfast or have the late afternoon munchies.

maxit

My experience is that it is easier to say "no" to the first piece than the second piece. Like others, I bring my own snacks. I also have found that adequate (for me) protein and fat in my meals really lessens the force of any temptation to eat stuff I don't have calorie room for.

cthakkar1985

I had the same issue at my job. I decided to start a wellness & fitness committee. I pushed for healthier snacks in the break room. Although, we still have chocolates/cookies, etc. there are many healthy options available as well. Talk to your boss.

AliMalek21

Eat them and burn in them in the gym

gracepost123

Eat them!! Just make sure you've planned ahead and made room for them within your Calorie goal

pineapple1989

I find it's generally easier to not have any at all rather than limiting to one or two, so I tend to stay well away from them. It is tempting though! If I am tempted I look at the nutritional info first, then usually back away quickly! If I need to buy treats for my team I now split it and get half chocolate and half nice fruit, which always goes down well. Maybe you could suggest that?

OyGeeBiv

If there was a bowl of dog biscuits, would you eat them? If someone left their lunch bag on the counter, would you eat their lunch? Just because there's "food" in sight, it doesn't mean it's meant for you. Think of the chocolates as "not mine" and you'll be less tempted.

sianlr87

maxit wrote: »

My experience is that it is easier to say "no" to the first piece than the second piece. Like others, I bring my own snacks. I also have found that adequate (for me) protein and fat in my meals really lessens the force of any temptation to eat stuff I don't have calorie room for.

This is it for me! I'm better off having nothing. I bring my own treats. Usually have a few squares of chocolate. Enough so it feels like I'm indulging, but it's safely within my calorie limit. Then I have apples/oranges etc in my bag ready. I've also done the motivational sayings ideas where they pop up - around 10.30 is when I start feeling peckish.

Sued0nim

Take a chocolate, log it, look at how many calories you have left. Think to yourself "Is it worth eating this knowing that I have to make it till bedtime with that many calories left"

If it is - eat it

If it isn't - don't

and repeat until you get to the second option

maasha81

I have one small piece and fit it into my calories if I really want the chocolate. Typically I walk with my own snacks which is usually greek yogurt, fruit, cottage cheese, string cheese or hard boiled egg. I almost always have a can of tuna, oatmeal with cinnamon and protein powder stash in my drawer.

oolou

Personally I would eat them, having planned for a number of calories to be used this way in my day but ... I'm getting the feeling you would rather not so may I instead suggest:

1) Tell yourself they are not yours - that they do not belong to you.
2) Imagining there is something in them that you do not like the taste of. For example, I don't like coconut, so whenever there's cookies on offer which I want to avoid, I tell myself they have coconut in them.
3) Worst comes to the worst, try the delay tactic. Agree that you'll let yourself have a treat but in half an hour's time. Then delay again. And again. Near the end of the day tell yourself, you can have something tomorrow morning. And so on.

Ah, these mind games we play ... ^^

KateTii

I use the "if I eat it now, I won't have spare calories to eat my favourite foods later in bed" trick. Every evening after dinner I get to "spend" the rest of my calories on whatever I want to eat. It means those store-bought cookies aren't actually all that tempting, compared to my #1 favourite food waiting for me at home

Edit: That's the technique I use if i'm not actually hungry. If you're eating because you're genuinely hungry, maybe it's time to re-evaluate your meals for the day?

Lucille4444

Perhaps you need a more challenging job that leaves less time for considering the snacks. There is no question that some people eat out of boredom.

chuckyjean

I find keeping a small orange helps. They are sweet so satisfies my sweet tooth

Sued0nim

chuckyjean wrote: »

I find keeping a small orange helps. They are sweet so satisfies my sweet tooth

an orange = 75+ calories
a chocolate = 40+

it truly depends on what will satisfy

Alatariel75

rabbitjb wrote: »

chuckyjean wrote: »

I find keeping a small orange helps. They are sweet so satisfies my sweet tooth

an orange = 75+ calories
a chocolate = 40+

it truly depends on what will satisfy

Very true. I find if I really, really want something and try to substitute, I end up eating the substitute and then the thing I was craving anyway, leading to even more calories.

Packerjohn

rabbitjb wrote: »

chuckyjean wrote: »

I find keeping a small orange helps. They are sweet so satisfies my sweet tooth

an orange = 75+ calories
a chocolate = 40+

it truly depends on what will satisfy

The orange has fiber and vitamins. a better choice.

Alatariel75

Packerjohn wrote: »

rabbitjb wrote: »

chuckyjean wrote: »

I find keeping a small orange helps. They are sweet so satisfies my sweet tooth

an orange = 75+ calories
a chocolate = 40+

it truly depends on what will satisfy

The orange has fiber and vitamins. a better choice.

And if you have had enough fibre and vitamins, there's nothing wrong with having a chocolate. Hell, even if you haven't, if a chocolate is what you want, go your hardest.

Sued0nim

Packerjohn wrote: »

rabbitjb wrote: »

chuckyjean wrote: »

I find keeping a small orange helps. They are sweet so satisfies my sweet tooth

an orange = 75+ calories
a chocolate = 40+

it truly depends on what will satisfy

The orange has fiber and vitamins. a better choice.

assuming nutritional requirements have been met then it's down to rathers

as in I'd rather have a choccie

Sued0nim

actually a lot of the time I wouldn't .. I'm not big on chocolate

shhh .. they'll chuck me out of the girl club

suziecue20

If the 'goodies' are around every day you are at work could you not compromise and take your own snacks most days but have the odd office 'goodie' day. That way you wont feel you're missing out.

becalee26

This is a very hard challenge for me as well. I am not good at all with self control when it is in front of me. I find that chewing gum helps tremendously!

lemurcat12

I don't snack, so I don't think of eating snacks. This was my best way of dealing with stuff like that.