Thanks for the cookies! I love my co-workers.

EvgeniZyntx

So, I travel a lot and am in the office about 3-4 days every other week.
This entire week my co-workers are in the Christmas spirit and bring cookies to work - home made, store bought, whatever.

They are great, we talk at the coffee machine and have one or two of these German delights. Cinnamon ginger loveliness.
Chocolate or sugar-coated. Love them!

Makes meeting my calorie goal easy and I enjoy the how nice everyone is. I brought chocolates from Belgium last week. That got scarfed down quickly.

Thanks! :flowerforyou:

<this post is not sarcastic. I love this about the place I work, we share food and work well together. The amount I put in my mouth depends on me, my goals and ... tracking. 3 extra cookies = a little bit of cardio, or more likely - 3 cookies help keep me at my calories from all the cardio>

SueGeer

Moderation......you don't have to give up those treats. It's knowing how many you can have.....and when to stop.

Sue xxx

EvgeniZyntx

Yep. The "co-workers are sabotaging me" thread a few days back got me thinking. I think there is a lot to be said about attitude - moderation is about being reasonable - being angry - not really needed.

Elizaj85

sounds like an awesome treat to me I'm all for a treat a day stop you from going crazy =P

LTGPSA

I'm happy for anyone that has great working environment - good for you! I'm pretty fortunate (for the most part) in that regard as well. I agree - 'tis the season, so either choose to enjoy yourself in moderation or not. Peace on Earth. :flowerforyou:

AntWrig

Enjoy the cookies!

IrishHarpy1

*stands and applauds* :flowerforyou:

pinkraynedropjacki

Empty calories. Sugar filled empty. Not really the best idea, but it's your weight-loss..... or not.

chrishgt4

Empty calories. Sugar filled empty. Not really the best idea, but it's your weight-loss..... or not.

I know, right, and all that time relaxing he should be in the gym eh? Wasted minutes spent on enjoying life - what an idiot...

SuperstarDJ

Yep. The "co-workers are sabotaging me" thread a few days back got me thinking. I think there is a lot to be said about attitude - moderation is about being reasonable - being angry - not really needed.

Exactly! :drinker:

jennaworksout

enjoy them...wish I could eat them in moderation, I pass on everything coming around my office, buttertarts,cookies, chocolates, not eating anything....no nutrition at all, just loads of crap.... :laugh:

obeseto13point1

What if they just leave stuff right on your desk? What should you do then if you don't want it?

SuperstarDJ

What if they just leave stuff right on your desk? What should you do then if you don't want it?

Move them elsewhere. Give them to another colleague. Bin them.

Out of sight, out of mind. They (in excess) are not worth risking your health for.

jetscreaminagain

Wow. Reasonable post about enjoying the season and your coworkers and maintaining ones own power and responsibility for ones own choices.

I feel sad about his many folks this is just too radical a notion for. Too much of a paradigm shift from thinking kind gestures are purposeful sabotage and one is somehow practically tied down and force fed these treats and "wow looks brest but I must pass" is somehow not an option. Sad.

robin52077

So, I travel a lot and am in the office about 3-4 days every other week.
This entire week my co-workers are in the Christmas spirit and bring cookies to work - home made, store bought, whatever.

They are great, we talk at the coffee machine and have one or two of these German delights. Cinnamon ginger loveliness.
Chocolate or sugar-coated. Love them!

Makes meeting my calorie goal easy and I enjoy the how nice everyone is. I brought chocolates from Belgium last week. That got scarfed down quickly.

Thanks! :flowerforyou:

<this post is not sarcastic. I love this about the place I work, we share food and work well together. The amount I put in my mouth depends on me, my goals and ... tracking. 3 extra cookies = a little bit of cardio, or more likely - 3 cookies help keep me at my calories from all the cardio>

My work is the same.
There's always free treats lying around, and we are having a huge potluck next friday. Bring it on!
Good food with good friends is never something to complain about.

Joanie919

Have the same thing where I work. I can pass up the sweet treats. Getting healthy means more. I can chat without eating. Just hope the holiday lunch they serve today will have foods that won't pile on calories. Not much workout time today with my schedule.

AntWrig

Empty calories. Sugar filled empty. Not really the best idea, but it's your weight-loss..... or not.

Don't know if serious.

jetscreaminagain

Naysayers : just realize that stress hormones get in the way of weight loss too. Relaxing and unclenching and having 100 or 200 calories of not perfect but enjoyable may well be good for this lifestyle change people go yammering on about.

EvgeniZyntx

Empty calories. Sugar filled empty. Not really the best idea, but it's your weight-loss..... or not.

See my ticker, hon.

I'm here for fitness, agility and overall mind/body wellness. A cookie a day (or chocolate) isn't going to hurt that. I guarantee you that in general my food quality, selection and cooking is generally excellent.

And a call-out to my awesome friends that have answered so far - you guys rock, too! (passing out virtual cookies!)

jetscreaminagain

Helpful hint for his ticker : a kg is 2.2 pounds. Hard to figure precisely where that star is but its a loss of more than 30#. With yummy food and good relationships and enjoying life. Crazy.

Takes cookie, says thank you.

missferoux

Hear Hear (or Here Here depending. Can never figure out :huh: )

Someone brought flapjacks and brownie in this week. just need to run a bit more. Life isn't for struggling through. It's for enjoying!!

tigersword

Empty calories. Sugar filled empty. Not really the best idea, but it's your weight-loss..... or not.

Orthorexia is considered a mental illness, just so you know.

For the OP, good food is always welcome. Cookies, candies, baked goods, humans have been able to eat these "sugar filled empty calories" for thousands of years with no ill effects, I find it incredibly sad when people try to make them out to somehow be evil or unhealthy.

SideSteel

Empty calories. Sugar filled empty. Not really the best idea, but it's your weight-loss..... or not.

Orthorexia is considered a mental illness, just so you know.

For the OP, good food is always welcome. Cookies, candies, baked goods, humans have been able to eat these "sugar filled empty calories" for thousands of years with no ill effects, I find it incredibly sad when people try to make them out to somehow be evil or unhealthy.

^^

Fozzi43

Empty calories. Sugar filled empty. Not really the best idea, but it's your weight-loss..... or not.

Huh? :huh:

One word...MODERATION

amonkey794

Why is this such a difficult concept to understand?

congrats to you, though!:flowerforyou: