Do you work around food?

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  • CrazyMermaid1
    CrazyMermaid1 Posts: 356 Member
    Congrats on losing 117 lbs! That's amazing! You can do anything you set your mind to.
  • daniip_la
    daniip_la Posts: 678 Member
    You obviously can do it, you're just not wanting to. It comes down to having self-restraint.
  • kittyy250
    kittyy250 Posts: 31 Member
    Hi OP I have the exact same job as you, I have been there for 5 years and I too had the same issue as you for a little while, just constantly picking and eating the food (not frowned upon at my work so it's even harder to stop lol) I have a particular weakness for their sweet morning teas!

    Anyway what I did is treated it like any other workplace and I told myself I was ONLY allowed to eat on my official breaks.
    So if I saw something that I would like to eat I would have to put a portion aside and then eat it when I went on my lunch break. This means I'm not denying myself what I want, just WHEN I could have it. This gives you what you want but in a sensible portion as it is easy to get carried away while picking.
    And to be honest, by the time your break rolls around you don't even really feel like it you would rather eat something substantive for lunch!!!!
    Works for me....
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  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    On a practical note, maybe try chewing gum? If you have something in your mouth while you're doing these food prep tasks, you'll be less likely to stick something else in there. Get a fresh stick of gum right before you start prepping. No one wants toast crumbs in their gum. Or brush your teeth after you eat your planned food.

    Don't chew gum while preparing food. It's against health code here and pretty nasty with saliva flying around.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    It will definitely happen when you are ready, I have worked in a lot of different kitchens and patisseries and I still nibble as you need to taste to season and taste to make sure things are ok. So much free food all around that soon enough I got tired of it and it just became "meh".
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