Help! I work in a candy store... :/

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  • numbnumbnumb
    numbnumbnumb Posts: 237 Member
    The novelty should wear off. I worked at a donut store for two years in high school..... it was YEARS before I could eat a donut again. Figure out how many calories you can sacrifice to candy, stick to it, and you won't even want it after a while. Hopefully.
  • emmaprocopiou
    emmaprocopiou Posts: 246 Member
    I make cakes for a Living from home , big cakes, cupcakes, little sugar biscuits , macarons, fudge the list goes on.
    Everyone asks me how do you not want to eat it all, because working with it all day long doesn't have that effect on me.
    I got fat from generally overeating, not the cakes.
    I don't smell the sugar or chocolate anymore and my kids are generally uninterested too.
    Also the fact I make for customers, means means I would literally be eating my profit lol
    Now I do like a bit of lemon cake now and again and I am know to try a piece when make a new flavour but it's all worked into the calories.
    Don't give up your job if you love it , just learn control
  • nichalsont
    nichalsont Posts: 421 Member
    numbnumbnumb wrote: »
    The novelty should wear off. I worked at a donut store for two years in high school..... it was YEARS before I could eat a donut again. Figure out how many calories you can sacrifice to candy, stick to it, and you won't even want it after a while. Hopefully.

    I agree with this. I worked at Dairy Queen in high school. Still hate hot fudge.
  • icemom011
    icemom011 Posts: 999 Member
    I have a job where there's sweets around, and i used to help myself to it, and had constant sweet cravings. I'm lifetime sweets junkie. What helps me now, is a structured eating. I eat every four hours now, started up as every three hours. Break down your portions onto smaller ones, so you can eat it within two times. You might be surprised that it will carry you for the next 3-4 hours. Then eat again. For me, having to go long time between meals made me too hungry and my body was demanding sigar in any form of sweets, so eating more often eliminated that and i have no cravings at all. I have sweets at home and at work, with no desires to get into it. It turned out to be a wonderful side effect for me.
  • ceilingfansandfryingpans
    ceilingfansandfryingpans Posts: 18 Member
    I used to work at a large retail chain corner store that sold copious amounts of donuts, cookies, brownies, and had a cafe area where they sold breakfast and lunch/dinner meals. So I was surrounded by chips, candy, unlimited free soda, etc. I gained maybe 40lbs after about 6 months of working there combined with life in general.

    It all came down to willpower when I realized how big I had gotten. If I HAD to have something, I'd get it, do a bunch of needed work and cleaning around/outside the store and have my treat. I started to substitute bad stuff for slightly better stuff. Does your store sell sugar free candy at all? If so, I'd give those a try rather than the regular candy.

    I'd say, strap up your boots and say no to the candy. You're the only one in charge so it's up to you. You're in control and you don't need the candy. You may want but you don't NEED. And like others have said, the novelty does wear off eventually.
  • RWClary
    RWClary Posts: 192 Member
    I could never work in a place selling junk food, because I'd end up stuffing my face like it's my final night on death row.
    Good luck to you though...

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