Really work? You're a Jerk.

That is freaking ridiculous!!! My company has a wellness program where they reimburse any fees for running/walking races. They also have discounts @ local gyms and fitness classes @ lunch. Guess I'm lucky. Stay strong!!!!

My company has a wellness program too. And there is also ALWAYS food....the company offers a free lunch once a month...generally pizza. They constantly have catered lunches for "meetings", and then set the leftovers out for whoever wants them. Donuts and bagels are the norm. Cakes and such for birthdays. Today there was sausage gravy and biscuits, a breakfast casserole, watermelon, cookies...I'm not sure what all - lol, for a combination breakfast. I totally enjoyed my Greek yogurt with peaches and blueberries. yum!

We have monthly meetings (lunch and learns) where they bring in pizza and tacos. I usually stay away from it or find something relatively healthy to make out of what's there. That said, if I have a couple slices I just notch it and work it off. It's still ok to live a little.

I feel for you. Is there anyone else who feels the same as you? Perhaps they might be able to offer a variety of things rather than a giant order of a single item.

It's not the world's job to adapt to our needs, it's our job to adapt to the world.

There's also nothing stopping you from being the Good Example and bringing in a fruit or vegetable tray.

This.

I feel your pain, I work at a sporting goods store and they will entice us with candy and pop to get metrics. They reward us with pizza when we do well. Its hard when you're in the break room and 20 boxes of steaming pizza rolls in. The self control can be hard when a million people are devouring a bunch of it in front of me. Maybe have 1 doughnut and truly enjoy it, but if you can't stop at one, then maybe dont tempt yourself and avoid the break room and have lunch outside

One person mad because they bring in donuts, so what!....Let them bring in only a plate of carrots and celery, and there will be shots fired.

My previous job would be really pushy about their free food. It got to the point where they would put in on my desk and tell me to eat it. I sneak it into my lunch box and take it home so my brother would eat the treats. I work in a warehouse now so we don't have those sorts of things that often.

Krispy Kreme I can resist - I didn't grow up with them, didn't have one until about 10 yrs ago and it was from a store.

Now, Spudnuts, THAT is something else! Thankfully, the one I grew up near is almost 3k miles away, and the closest one to me now is 86 miles.

I bet the whole time she was baking them, she was thinking of how fat you would get eating them . WTF.

You're reading my mind. LOL.

Yep, It's a constant battle for me too. At my work it doesn't matter if you say "no thanks" or walk away. A piece of cake/doughnut/cookie will still somehow appear on your desk when you're not looking thanks to a co-worker just trying to be nice. I sometimes have to sneak into the break room after the party is over just to secretly trash it (I've been accused of not being a team player because I didn't eat it before, so yes I sneak). The company I work for has a lot of wellness programs, but they have to the way there is always food everywhere!

If I can plan ahead I bring fresh fruits & veggies (at least for myself, and sometimes for everyone). However I know these things pop up out of the blue sometimes/constantly, so I also keep a drawer of shelf stable goodies that I can eat more or less on the fly without feeling too guilty- sugar free gum, nuts, 94% fat free popcorn, dried fruit, etc., and pull it out when I need it. At least then people see me eating something, and seem less likely to keep pestering me about eating the junk.

Right about the time I quietly joined MFP someone in my office left large 100-calorie matzo crackers and a box of 0-cal flavor for water in our break room. Over a week I ate half the matzos and tried a couple packets of the flavor (no thanks). I don't think anyone else touched them in a week and eventually someone threw the last matzos out. Introduced me to a couple foods that I won't go out of my way to get, but really helped jump start my weight loss! Hidden angel somewhere...

I eat cake. I eat donuts. *Looks at my ticker* Yeah, I don't see the issue.

You also had a lot more weight to lose than the op. Someone trying to lose a small amount of weight probably couldn't do it if they regularly indulge in cake and donuts. Maybe as the rare occasional treat, but definitely not part of a regular diet.

Um, no. Weight loss is about sticking to calorie goals. Sticking to your calorie goal has absolutely nothing to do with how much weight you have to lose. The rules don't change based on how much weight you have to lose.

So its just as easy to stick to a 1200 cal plan as it is to stick to 2400. Yeah, obviously not.

No *kitten*... that's why I gained 23 pounds. Anyway, I'm not blaming my workplace, it's obvious it was my own personal lack of self control. I've lost 40 pounds since then, and am working towards losing another 20.... guess I did away with my "lack of self control."

-In response to the quote: "Lack of Self Control"-

So its just as easy to stick to a 1200 cal plan as it is to stick to 2400. Yeah, obviously not.

If that's the proper deficit for the amount a person has to lose, then you bet it is.

Except that very, very few people need to stay at 1200 calories.

Edited to add:

My husband's BMR is 2,951calories. Mine is 1,279. His body requires 1500 more calories than mine just for basic functions. So... yeah, for him to stick to 2400 calories would be just as hard or harder than me sticking to 1200.
I thinking the post was referring to amount of damage a high calorie and fat food would do to the calories left for other food that day.

but its not like theyre cutting special mini portions for all the small people. Of course you dont have to eat it all, but having less wiggle room makes calorie counting a lot more strict for someone with less to lose