There are cookies at work
lizmcvey
Posts: 64 Member
There are cookies at work...like nothing special about them regular old grocery store bakery cookies. In fact I ate two of them earlier this afternoon. It's not the end of the world. But for some reason I really want to eat more. I'll regret it as soon as I do it. So I logged on to my fitness pal instead. Now I'm posting this. I've turned down more cookies than I can count in that last 5 years. It's always worth it. Just reminding myself. Carry On.
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Good for you for finding ways to distract yourself and 1) realizing plain, store-bought cookies aren't worth the calories and 2) not beating yourself up for having a couple. Sounds like you're on the right track!2
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Cookies, doughnuts and other office grazing items should be illegal.
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I sneezed on them.
Does that help?18 -
There is literally ALWAYS food in my breakroom. I think in the span of a month, we had several going away parties, a bridal shower, and a baby shower, not to mention, someone always brings treats for meetings, of which we had three. *shaking head* it's so irritating to have to go find somewhere else to eat because I know I can't control myself around all that sugar.2
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I did the same thing once, log onto a weight. Loss message board and posted Help! Donuts! When some brought some to the office.
Came this reply- Someone sneezed on the donuts.
Amusing. But it caused me to look at my coworkers’ behavior around the food that was out. That did it. I soon adopted the policy- if I didn’t bring it, I wasn’t eating it. No thanks to food that’s just sitting out their with everyone’s hands in it.6 -
I feel your pain.
We have a snacks cabinet at work, that is conveniently next to my desk and on the way to the printer. Biscuits (plain and cream filled and chocolate coated), chips, muesli bars and lollies. I often get back to my desk with half a biscuit in my hand without even realising I've already eaten half of it.
I can honestly say it's the main reason I've gained so much weight!0 -
There are always sugar laden snacks at my work. It's going to be hard to resist.0
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Same here, people keep bringing treats to work and it's literally under my nose all day... Good for you for not taking more so you don't regret it!0
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Before I got transferred to another department, I worked in an area that used any excuse to have cakes and other sweets in the office. Birthday, birthday of offspring, promotion, completion of a project, going on holiday, returning from holiday, returning from maternity leave, 2 year anniversary in the department, a sunny day in London, even resignations. I get birthday cake. Resignation cake?2
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Before I got transferred to another department, I worked in an area that used any excuse to have cakes and other sweets in the office. Birthday, birthday of offspring, promotion, completion of a project, going on holiday, returning from holiday, returning from maternity leave, 2 year anniversary in the department, a sunny day in London, even resignations. I get birthday cake. Resignation cake?
@acpgee OMG! Tell me about it...
I think I've put on over 7lbs eating snacks from within the office ☹️1 -
OP, I bow to your will power. Office snacks are like heroin, you give them a try and before you know it you are living in a box over a subway grate (perhaps I exagerate ;-). Best to avoid them all the time, the longer your resistance streak the easier it is to resist.2
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Good work! It's so hard to say no to office treats! My office brings in paczkis every year and I always regret them the minute I finish eating one but year after year I keep getting them.0
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Before I got transferred to another department, I worked in an area that used any excuse to have cakes and other sweets in the office. Birthday, birthday of offspring, promotion, completion of a project, going on holiday, returning from holiday, returning from maternity leave, 2 year anniversary in the department, a sunny day in London, even resignations. I get birthday cake. Resignation cake?
This is where I currently work. When I started by current job 9 months ago, I put on 10 pounds. All team leads/managers are supplied candy to keep at their desks. Several retirement/anniversary cakes, lunch has been catered at least 5 times for the whole company since I have been here, plus we are supposed to bring treats on our birthday (I made brownie cheesecake protein bars, very yummy and only 140 cal/bar with 8g protein). I have since adjusted and learned to portion control and work the treats into my calories for the day, but some days are harder than others.1 -
As soon as I resolved to stop eating food that wasn't worth the calories in it, I lost my appetite for office goodies. Now I resent the calories spent on a small slice of grocery store bakery cake for birthdays that I take out of obligation because I know I could be having something much tastier
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These mother fn frs at my work bring in donuts at least once week, cater once a week, and seems like there is some *kitten* with a birthday once a week as well and there are only about 20 people in the whole building!!!!!!!!
I feel your pain.
Luckily, my lack of desire to increase my workouts to increase my caloric allotment precludes me from ever having to really struggle with the decision not to indulge.3 -
They truly are not that good
Now if it is a white cake with white buttercream frosting....I cannot help you
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My boss is out buying doughnuts to celebrate successful completion of a project.0
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We've got the bubonic plague going through our office at the moment ... usual winter flu.
Knowing that ... I really don't want to touch and eat stuff that others may have pawed through.0 -
I had a little old lady client who brought me in baklava she had just made and rushed to my office so I would have it while it was still warm out of the oven. One of the most delicious things I have ever eaten and had no clue how to log it so I just quick added 1000 calories and that may have been low.
So my standard for office treats is now "will it be as good as the baklava was and, therefore, worth the calories?" If not, I don't eat it.3 -
I had a little old lady client who brought me in baklava she had just made and rushed to my office so I would have it while it was still warm out of the oven. One of the most delicious things I have ever eaten and had no clue how to log it so I just quick added 1000 calories and that may have been low.
So my standard for office treats is now "will it be as good as the baklava was and, therefore, worth the calories?" If not, I don't eat it.
Dang, all I get are angry phone calls from *kittened* off vendors or customers! I want baklava 
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I had a little old lady client who brought me in baklava she had just made and rushed to my office so I would have it while it was still warm out of the oven. One of the most delicious things I have ever eaten and had no clue how to log it so I just quick added 1000 calories and that may have been low.
So my standard for office treats is now "will it be as good as the baklava was and, therefore, worth the calories?" If not, I don't eat it. Dang, all I get are angry phone calls from *kittened* off vendors or customers! I want baklava
Me, too! Warm-out-of-the-oven baklava, at that. I would eat that with zero shame.
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I had a little old lady client who brought me in baklava she had just made and rushed to my office so I would have it while it was still warm out of the oven. One of the most delicious things I have ever eaten and had no clue how to log it so I just quick added 1000 calories and that may have been low.
So my standard for office treats is now "will it be as good as the baklava was and, therefore, worth the calories?" If not, I don't eat it.
This sounds like perfect criteria to me.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I had a little old lady client who brought me in baklava she had just made and rushed to my office so I would have it while it was still warm out of the oven. One of the most delicious things I have ever eaten and had no clue how to log it so I just quick added 1000 calories and that may have been low.
So my standard for office treats is now "will it be as good as the baklava was and, therefore, worth the calories?" If not, I don't eat it. Dang, all I get are angry phone calls from *kittened* off vendors or customers! I want baklava
Me, too! Warm-out-of-the-oven baklava, at that. I would eat that with zero shame.
Yeah, it was pretty amazing and she stood there beaming so it was totally worth the calories.
But it did ruin me for regular run-of-the-mill office treats.1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I had a little old lady client who brought me in baklava she had just made and rushed to my office so I would have it while it was still warm out of the oven. One of the most delicious things I have ever eaten and had no clue how to log it so I just quick added 1000 calories and that may have been low.
So my standard for office treats is now "will it be as good as the baklava was and, therefore, worth the calories?" If not, I don't eat it. Dang, all I get are angry phone calls from *kittened* off vendors or customers! I want baklava
Me, too! Warm-out-of-the-oven baklava, at that. I would eat that with zero shame.
Yeah, it was pretty amazing and she stood there beaming so it was totally worth the calories.
But it did ruin me for regular run-of-the-mill office treats.
I am totally on board with not wasting the delicious points (calories) on sub-par food.3 -
Yep, I ate two of those work cookies today too. Oh well. Life is too short. Logged it and i'll move on.2
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Sometimes we get the cookies & doughnuts. But more times than not it's the home smoked salmon (& spreads), crackers, cheese, & home pickled items (pickles, asparagus, etc). Not big into pickled foods, but I have a soft spot for cheese. So the cheese & crackers (w/ smoked fish) can get me in trouble if I'm not careful. Fortunately it's on the other end of the office so I don't have to smell it tempting me.0
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There was leftover catering in the break room the other day. It was pretty picked over, but there were two small bbq chicken wings left. I was under on my calories, so I figured it would be a nice treat.
Sadly, they weren't chicken wings. It was a shriveled up roasted plaintain that actually *did* look like a bbq chicken wing. I wasn't going to consume extra calories for something I really didn't like, so I politely spit it out and tossed it!1 -
I work for a nonprofit that has a lot of volunteers coming in every day. There are ALWAYS cookies, brownie bites, baked goods someone brought in, and takeout (usually pizza). It's like that because the volunteers are usually working over a mealtime. And there are only a few paid employees so eating with the volunteers is the norm.
When I started working there I gained like ten pounds because I wasn't watching my intake at that point and it's so easy to eat just one more of those Kroger mini chocolate chip cookies every time I passed the break room. At least I do the takeout ordering now so I can make sure there's something that won't blow my whole day. Office snacks are a scourge and I wouldn't be surprised if they were the source of at least 30% of excess calories in the average American's diet.0 -
Our office treats today were plums from someone's tree! SCORE!!!3
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Unless they are homemade treats or what I would consider a favorite, I don’t even bother with it. If it is something I truly want, I will try to find someone to split it or tell myself I can go back in an hour to scope it out. Secretly, I hope all the good stuff is gone before I get there0
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