Dealing with a FOOD hostile work environment

I have delt with this the last 3 years of my weight loss journey. I would say 4 out of 5 days a week they order lunch in. We are allowed to eat at our desk so I have delish smelling food all around me almost every day. I am hard core when It comes to will power and only eat give in maybe 4 times a year and have some. There also always food brought in in the breakroom, carry ins etc…. I am literally the only person that watches what I eat. I have 2 other girls on the other side of the building that are supportive but NO one in my office. In fact they give me a hard time for being so strict. My “cheat” days are on Friday’s when I go out to eat with my husband so I’m not wasting calories on every day junk at work but sometimes it is Sooooooo hard. Even though I know I am healthier and look and feel way better I am actually JEALOUS of them!! I want to eat pizza hut, mcdonalds, cookie and donuts all day long!! I just need know if anyone else suffers thru this. How do you keep your motivation to stay away and how do you break these feeling of anger toward them lol?

Well said 'side steel' Love your comment. Great motivating!

I wish more offices would make it so that people didn't eat at their desks. For several reasons - I am a geek and to see what is in people's keyboards is so revolting it is beyond words. Secondly, where have our social skills gone? Is it so impossible to ask people to sit around a table for like 30 minutes to respect their food and each other? It isn't surprising they order all sorts of rubbish - when you eat at your desk you obviously don't care that much about it - otherwise you would go out and make an effort. I hate the smell of lingering food in the air so I would also try to see if people couldn't eat in a designated break room...but if that isn't your offices' culture I'd leave that.

I think the previous poster hit the nail on the head - get out of the office and move and go and sit somewhere for your lunch. Another thing you could do is to recruit some friends to your team - let someone you like in the office know about a great place within walking distance that you like to eat your brought in lunch or a great little place you could pick something up and give them a day that you go there. What you will find is that you will become the pied piper of the office as people get interested in the novelty of the new place but also in the out of the office thing. I always found my day was smoother and less stressful when I got out and about. Even if that meant just a walk around the block in the industrial park where I worked.



I see 88 lbs lost on your ticker.
If anyone else has a problem with your dietary choices they can eat this big calorie dense duck. And when I say duck I don't really mean duck.

(1)How many people have lost 88lbs in your office and (2)how many need to lose 88lbs. I'm guessing the answers are:

1) Almost none.
and
2) Quite a few.

You stick to your plan and don't worry about what anyone else thinks.

Thanks for the replies! I will stay strong! And yes everyone in my office is over weight except 1 person. Most of them are 70 to 150 lbs overweight too. I guess I'm not jealous of that. I do walk every single day on my lunch even in the freezing weather lol. Somedays are much easier. Today wa just one of those hard days! Pizza and breadsticks smelled soooo good! Thanks for the encouraging words! It's helps a lot that someone else understands!