My job is sabotaging me!!!!

Something will always be trying to sabotage you. It's everywhere. If it's important to you, you'll find the willpower to resist. Take healthy snacks with you or get them in whatever way you can, and if you must have some of the goodies at your job, have them in moderation.

I met a women at the pool a few weeks ago and I followed her advice, and she knows this from her doctor and has lived it and succeded in loosing over 300 pounds. She told me to eat a low fat protein every two or three hours and your hunger and craving will go away. Stay away from junk food and sugar, it will trigger you to want to eat more.

I was loosing very little until I did this, my last weigh in at TOPS was 7 pounds. I count my calories, and eat mostly vegetables, and protein meals. I snack on a small amount of nuts for one snack, and another I snack on 1/2 of a protein bar and eat the rest later in the day. I do like my nutriBullet and I will add whey to it to add in the protein.

I work in a grocery store and I check in the express checkstand, so what do people mostly buy when they shop in the express, junk food. Instead of seeing and wanting it, I think to myself this is garbage and poison for my body.

I ask God also to help me to eat better, and I tell Him I do not want to eat foods that defile my body like Daniel said in the bible.

God Bless

Have you just started the job? Because I had a job as a short-order cook in my teens and it didn't take too many late shifts, clearing the grease from under the griddles and changing the dirty oil to put me off any of the food that was made there, ever.

I was in the same situation a few months ago, when I stopped working in Retail, where all my breaks were at the exact same time everyday and I worked from 9-5. (30hrs per week) NOW I work over 50hrs and don't get home until 8:30pm, at a Pizza shop and a local cafe.There is food everywhere and the 1st couple of months were SOOO HARD!! honestly I think my work mates were/are trying to make me fat and I had considered changing jobs again, but I LOVE what I do and the people I work with. I made the decision to be organised.

#1 breakfast - make it big and healthy and filling - much easy to say no to treats if you are full and satisfied.
#2 Sleep - I don't sleep enough but when I do it makes a big difference to my cravings.
#3 exercise - any, just do something
#4 add a daily treat in - when im at the cafe I know there will be a treat or two and a free lunch ( somedays I don't know what this will be so I over estimate)

AND now for the horrible part, one day after struggling with what to do, I took a look around at my workmates, and as much as I love them, I don't want to be them, mostly over weight, tired and always going on about how they should be on a diet.

Losing weight is a crappy process, but if you love what you do, you'll find a way to make it work.

GOOD LUCK.

Something will always be trying to sabotage you. It's everywhere. If it's important to you, you'll find the willpower to resist. Take healthy snacks with you or get them in whatever way you can, and if you must have some of the goodies at your job, have them in moderation.

This..all day long.

It would probably help to keep healthy snacks on hand :protein bars, yogurt, etc on hand to keep the hunger down and then the cravings as well.

No one is forcing food into your mouth. Try harder and be responsible for your own choices.

Oh trust me I know how this feels! I have my own burger van which I work! It can be a nightmare, but what I've been trying to do is keep some of my favorite cereal on the van and take a good lunch that I know I enjoy! Sometimes I will cave and have a bacon and egg roll or something but in those situations, I make it, cut it in half and throw half in the bin so I can only eat half of it! I haven't yet been desperate enough to go hunting through the bin! just try and make sure you always have some of your favorite healthy snacks with you, if you really feel the need to eat something bad, force yourself to have something healthy before hand, for me this always makes me think twice!

I've been working at this place for about two years now. My lack of willpower is what made me get to the weight that I am now. I have been so good in staying within my calorie limit and eating more wholesome food. Constantly reminding myself that I CANNOT have these things is honestly mentally exhausting. I am very mindful of how many calories there are in foods/drinks and which choices are better, and I really prefer the better choices when I am out and about. It is when I get bored because it is slow or when I am tired (I do not close until 12am) that it becomes difficult.

Don't tell yourself you CANNOT have it...that is going to be exhausting. Tell yourself that you DO NOT WANT IT. Big difference

Girl, I'm in the same boat. I work in a chain restaurant and everyone snacks ALL DAY LONG. I started bringing my own snacks. Yogurts, healthy sandwiches, oatmeal, etc. You have to mentally say "I will NOT eat this, I WILL eat this instead", and a lot of the time I'm angry and I eat it staring at someone scarfing down the food I want, but once I've eaten MY healthy food I'm usually full, satisfied, and not missing the junk food all that much. Just make sure you MAKE the good choices, drink lots of water, keep busy, and don't deny yourself a treat here and there.

Sabotage happens when you have NO CONTROL over the situation. While you can be tempted, you aren't sabotaged unless you engage in consuming.

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Good advice.

Why not take a bunch of healthy fruit and nuts in with you? It will look so much more appetising than all that sugary crap!

Don't pizza places have salads?

Even if you look at the pizza toppings, you could make one up with tomato, olives, spinach/rocket/arugula, maybe a little ham, a little mozzarella, corn, pineapple, chicken, basil, anything other than the pizza base.

Ok, if you're baking pastries all day, you're going to have to bring a lunch in with you, but if there are any fresh ingredients in the place, you'll be able to find something to eat.

But in other places, it's not as difficult if you think laterally.

Oh my gosh I totally feel you. I just started a new job and the boss keeps a kitchen fully stocked for all the employees to eat. Its not even good stuff either it's all chips and cokes, hot pockets... etc... Plus they are always bringing in breakfast burritos and donuts nearly every day.

I work in a school and it actually has a really nice canteen - and really nice banana bread, carrot cake, cookies........

I was overweight anyway when I first started here, but picking a cookie or bun or slice of cake to go with my sandwich each day probably added 7 lbs extra. Now I either bring in my own food or JUST buy a sandwich (and they are small - we're not talking pret a manger here!). I bring in fresh fruit or a cereal bar for morning break and one sandwich (two slices of good bread with a sensible filling) and that is all I have (bar 3 cups of tea, water and an occasional green tea if I'm really hungry). Its not easy, but even the canteen ladies have noticed I've lost. Or maybe it was their profits going down:laugh:

Constantly reminding myself that I CANNOT have these things is honestly mentally exhausting.

Instead of telling yourself you can never have them, tell yourself "Not today". It's a little thing, but somehow, it helps me.