Please help me avoid the donuts.

AndyRogan

Add in your meals for the rest of the day, down to each snack, then decide if you would rather:

a: eat a donut and put weight on, feel depressed about it the rest of the day/week
b: eat a donut, skip a meal since you have no spare calories for it and be hungry all day
c: skip the donut, feel amazing, look amazing and feel proud that you said no

Sharon_C

When something like that happens to me I log it before I eat it. Sometimes when I see the calorie content I suddenly don't want it anymore. Or, sometimes I'll see that I can totally fit it into my day and go ahead and have it.

numinousnymph

thanks everyone for your comments! i made it through the day without so much as a nibble. and there were still some left today, but i still refrained!

qstneverything

These comments were great, my university constantly offers free food usually high in sugar/fat and it's always so hard to resist!

pixelatedsun

I am a huuuuuge donut fan. Put a donut anywhere near me, and I'll eat it. Like, go into a gas station or grocery store, come within 15 feet of a donut and I'll buy it, even if it's stale.

What I've done now is limit myself to a delicious, freshly baked donut or 2 on the weekend. When I see a donut any other time, I instead look forward to the still warm cake donut I'll get to enjoy on Sunday morning. Delaying the gratification allows me to plan my indulgences so that I can fit them in, rather than shun and avoid them all together. So far, 60 lbs lost on a donut a week, so it's working for me.

Ugh, you've got me DROOLING over the notion of a cake doughnut now! I used to go to the local Krispy Kreme with my grandparents and they'd get me a cake doughnut, I still remember eating a cake doughnut with a big glass of milk at their kitchen table. Memories.

AuroraD82

Fantastick!

FindingAmy77

I worked somewhere that there were donuts out every single morning. I got sick of seeing them just waiting for people to grab one so every few hours I would grab one and secretly throw it away. I swear I did this. Nobody ever noticed. Just bring in your own snacks and don't look at them if you can or grab one every few hours and do what I do. They will sit there all day cuz everyone is trying to avoid them. I promise you that. I had to learn this myself. Don't think of it as wasting, think of it as saving yourself and your coworkers. :laugh: :drinker:

Collier78

Aren't donuts the things that taste like eating a washing sponge that was accidentally dropped into the deep fryer after being used to clean the cake stand?

You could try and concentrate on work like you probably ought to. Or, if there isn't much to do, go download yourself an app or game on your phone and use it to distract yourself.

^^THIS is NOT what Donuts are...LOL a still warm pumpkin cake donut is a beautiful thing..don't judge I just don't eat them if I can't make them fit.

DanZiehm

Last year, I was at a large grocery store that had a self-serve donut area in the bakery. I saw a little kid walk up, open the glass doors to the donuts, pick up one donut, LICK IT, and then put it back on the shelf. From then on, I became very picky about where I get my donuts from!

Collier78

I worked somewhere that there were donuts out every single morning. I got sick of seeing them just waiting for people to grab one so every few hours I would grab one and secretly throw it away. I swear I did this. Nobody ever noticed. Just bring in your own snacks and don't look at them if you can or grab one every few hours and do what I do. They will sit there all day cuz everyone is trying to avoid them. I promise you that. I had to learn this myself. Don't think of it as wasting, think of it as saving yourself and your coworkers. :laugh: :drinker:

As someone who frequently doles out my own money to treat my employees, whether it be donuts, lunch, or a healthy snack, maybe approaching the person who brings them and talking to them about how no one wants them and they are going to waste would be a better solution. If you look at it from a different perpspective, like if you took the time and money to bring in something to treat the office and found someone was throwing it away just to get rid of it, you would consider it rude. Best policy is to just leave it be or have a conversation.

I often bring in veggie trays or fruit trays instead of donuts simply because after speaking with my employees, that was the general consensus on what they would like to have in the office for snacks. The person bringing donuts to your office may not realize no one wants them, especially if they are disappearing...they may think they are getting eaten. Just a thought..:flowerforyou:

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dopeysmelly

thanks everyone for your comments! i made it through the day without so much as a nibble. and there were still some left today, but i still refrained!

Yippee!!

Seriously, my office is like this too, but I've practiced and practiced and practiced for the last 2 years, but now I just ignore all the "free", unhealthy snacks and leftovers lying around. It doesn't even enter my head to look, and it all comes down to that first time I decided to say no. After that making the conscious choice to eat or not to eat something was waaay easier.

Way to go!

dopeysmelly

I worked somewhere that there were donuts out every single morning. I got sick of seeing them just waiting for people to grab one so every few hours I would grab one and secretly throw it away. I swear I did this. Nobody ever noticed. Just bring in your own snacks and don't look at them if you can or grab one every few hours and do what I do. They will sit there all day cuz everyone is trying to avoid them. I promise you that. I had to learn this myself. Don't think of it as wasting, think of it as saving yourself and your coworkers. :laugh: :drinker:

As someone who frequently doles out my own money to treat my employees, whether it be donuts, lunch, or a healthy snack, maybe approaching the person who brings them and talking to them about how no one wants them and they are going to waste would be a better solution. If you look at it from a different perpspective, like if you took the time and money to bring in something to treat the office and found someone was throwing it away just to get rid of it, you would consider it rude. Best policy is to just leave it be or have a conversation.

I often bring in veggie trays or fruit trays instead of donuts simply because after speaking with my employees, that was the general consensus on what they would like to have in the office for snacks. The person bringing donuts to your office may not realize no one wants them, especially if they are disappearing...they may think they are getting eaten. Just a thought..:flowerforyou:

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My office started a fruit delivery every week. Every Wednesday a basket of fruit is delivered to every pantry, the email zips around the office and the good stuff is gone in 20 mins. Some people even go on the hunt for "their" fruit around the different floors if they miss out!

If your employer is self-insured, this is an easy sell to management.

LisaRN9

Back away from the donuts...besides they were sneezed on!!! In addition, some gross guy handled them without washing his hands after leaving the toilet. Totally not worth getting de-railed...

abadvat

Pre-workout at it's best - I'll have them!