It's one of those days...

MrsDanner78
MrsDanner78 Posts: 107
in Motivation and Support
I'm craving a Starbucks, my coworker is sitting next to me chowing down a chicken biscuit and drinking a Caribou latte, another is eating a giant omelet in the next cube over, and my blackberries are hard and under ripe. I want my mommy... and a Belgian waffle!

*sigh* Help me get through this day today!

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  • pjp1125
    pjp1125 Posts: 313
    Have a starbucks, just not one of those milkshakey things. Even add a scoop of chocolate protein powder to a cup of pikes roast (it is yummy).
    Have an egg white omelette!

    Don't deprive, adapt!
  • amieleighmac84
    amieleighmac84 Posts: 40 Member
    Have a starbucks, just not one of those milkshakey things. Even add a scoop of chocolate protein powder to a cup of pikes roast (it is yummy).
    Have an egg white omelette!

    Don't deprive, adapt!


    Agreed!!!! Its all about taking what you love (within reason) and modifying to a healthier choice!
  • nicola1141
    nicola1141 Posts: 613 Member
    Mmmm, yup. I'm heading down to Starbucks now for a skinny caramel latte.
  • TribeHokie
    TribeHokie Posts: 711 Member
    Cup of regular coffee (not a shot of espresso) + <1/4c. skim milk + non-calorie sweetener + ice = yummy for less than 25 calories. Guilt-free.
  • Fitfully_me
    Fitfully_me Posts: 647 Member
    Have a starbucks, just not one of those milkshakey things. Even add a scoop of chocolate protein powder to a cup of pikes roast (it is yummy).
    Have an egg white omelette!

    Don't deprive, adapt!

    ^ This
  • 4ever420
    4ever420 Posts: 4,088 Member
    I find if I REALLY want something that bad I just have it, enjoy it, and move on. When I don't I just crave it all day and I end up eating worse for the day anyway. Doesn't work for everyone but usually does for me.
  • MrsDanner78
    MrsDanner78 Posts: 107
    I'd love to have some of these yummy ideas, but I'm at work - I don't have all of this stuff at the office! LOL Just fast food joints and coffee shops around here!

    I'm making do... drinking my coffee mug full of water and eating hard blackberries and a Chobani yogurt. :drinker:
  • SkinnyMsFitness
    SkinnyMsFitness Posts: 389 Member
    Just picture the guilt they'll be feeling and you won't be! Helps me every time! =) You can and will get through this.
  • MrsDanner78
    MrsDanner78 Posts: 107
    Even add a scoop of chocolate protein powder to a cup of pikes roast (it is yummy).

    But THIS ^^ I can do!! I have chocolate protein powder with me at work! But then I don't have it for after my lifting session today... hmmm...
  • MrsDanner78
    MrsDanner78 Posts: 107
    Even add a scoop of chocolate protein powder to a cup of pikes roast (it is yummy).

    But THIS ^^ I can do!! I have chocolate protein powder with me at work! But then I don't have it for after my lifting session today... hmmm...

    OOH OOH OOH! I KNOW! I'll go get my Starbucks Pike's Roast AFTER my lifting session and add my protein powder to it! It's like a reward for lifting today! :love:
  • GlitterrMagpie
    GlitterrMagpie Posts: 302 Member
    Just had to google Chicken Biscuit ! Never heard of those. Is the biscuit sweet?
  • sandhillsmom
    sandhillsmom Posts: 319 Member
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    But THIS ^^ I can do!! I have chocolate protein powder with me at work! But then I don't have it for after my lifting session today... hmmm...
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    OOH OOH OOH! I KNOW! I'll go get my Starbucks Pike's Roast AFTER my lifting session and add my protein powder to it! It's like a reward for lifting today! :love:
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    There you go!! great thinking and a nice way to end your day!!
  • WillowWindow
    WillowWindow Posts: 100 Member
    Bring yourself an omelet from home. Bring milk and sweetener and order your starbucks plain. If you stock up your desk with safe foods and snacks then you're less vulnerable to food envy. Buy a portable zippered cold pack container if you need to so you have stuff at your desk. Include treats and stuff you like on your diet, especially when you're having a bad day.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    for some reason i have never considered adding protein powder to coffee. my mind is blown. i was blind but now i see.


    ill should submit this to TIL on Reddit.
  • MrsDanner78
    MrsDanner78 Posts: 107
    for some reason i have never considered adding protein powder to coffee. my mind is blown. i was blind but now i see.


    ill should submit this to TIL on Reddit.

    I know, RIGHT????
  • MrsDanner78
    MrsDanner78 Posts: 107
    Bring yourself an omelet from home. Bring milk and sweetener and order your starbucks plain. If you stock up your desk with safe foods and snacks then you're less vulnerable to food envy. Buy a portable zippered cold pack container if you need to so you have stuff at your desk. Include treats and stuff you like on your diet, especially when you're having a bad day.

    I actually bring a cooler full of healthy food and snacks to eat throughout the day, and when I'm running out of the house and don't remember, I eat things that I store in my desk and know where i can pick up semi-healthy fast food. But there are just DAYS, you know? Days when you want to pig out like you didn't care... anyway, I DO think the crisis is avoided for now... :laugh:
  • MrsDanner78
    MrsDanner78 Posts: 107
    Just had to google Chicken Biscuit ! Never heard of those. Is the biscuit sweet?

    No, it's a normal biscuit, with a breaded chicken patty on it.
    Chicken_Biscuit_440x282.jpg

    Not that it appeals to me normally, but it smelled SO DAMN GOOD and I was HUNGRY! :grumble:
  • mgs68pony
    mgs68pony Posts: 306 Member
    I find if I REALLY want something that bad I just have it, enjoy it, and move on. When I don't I just crave it all day and I end up eating worse for the day anyway. Doesn't work for everyone but usually does for me.

    ^
    This!
  • WillowWindow
    WillowWindow Posts: 100 Member
    Yeah, I know. And we're not alone. Occasionally if I'm out and can't find anything to eat I get a large fries with ketchup from somewhere. About 550 calories, so that's my meal. First time I thought I had blown it (until I checked the calories), but have you seen the database of fast food on here? I'd be willing to bet someone put in that chicken biscuit. Anyway. not recommending this as a regular thing, but you could peruse the database for the calorie counts of things in the places nearby. That's if you know you can spare the calories and won't go over later. Also maybe it will waste enough time so that the craving passes. Next time. :)
  • jadethief
    jadethief Posts: 266 Member
    Just had to google Chicken Biscuit ! Never heard of those. Is the biscuit sweet?

    No, it's a normal biscuit, with a breaded chicken patty on it.
    Chicken_Biscuit_440x282.jpg

    Not that it appeals to me normally, but it smelled SO DAMN GOOD and I was HUNGRY! :grumble:

    Mmmmmmm. . . . . . .chicken biscuit.
  • palmerar
    palmerar Posts: 489 Member
    The chicken biscuit on Wendys breakfast menu has honey butter on it....I got one and their homefries when I was hungover one time and it changed my life! But anyways I know how you feel, sometimes my friends will order things that are usually not in my calorie budget, like fries with their sandwich and I always think "man it must be nice to just eat whatever you want all the time and not even care at all" but then I look at my progress and know that I am healthy and I probably don't actually want to eat that food it's just the more healthfully thoughtless approach to eating that I am jealous of every once in a while.
  • magnum26
    magnum26 Posts: 356 Member
    Chicken.... In a biscuit? wtf is up with you people and your strange combos. Lol
  • jogglesngoggles
    jogglesngoggles Posts: 362 Member
    Currently enjoying black coffee with vanilla flavored protein powder over ice...and will have an egg and veggie omelet for lunch! Like someone else said...adapt! Don't deprive yourself, but find a healthier choice! Think about how much better you'll feel when you didn't cave...your body will thank you! A temporary taste in your mouth is NOT worth a day full of guilt, and a lifetime of unhealthiness. You've got this!
  • Blueyedtine
    Blueyedtine Posts: 52 Member
    CHICKEN BISCUITS!!!! Gah, I miss being in the south, I live in California now and they look at me like I'm crazy when I ask for one! Starbucks actually has a really yummy egg white and veggie wrap that is around 290 calories I think. You got this :)
  • amcsouth
    amcsouth Posts: 283 Member
    Just had to google Chicken Biscuit ! Never heard of those. Is the biscuit sweet?

    No, it's a normal biscuit, with a breaded chicken patty on it.
    Chicken_Biscuit_440x282.jpg

    Not that it appeals to me normally, but it smelled SO DAMN GOOD and I was HUNGRY! :grumble:

    Mmmmmmm. . . . . . .chicken biscuit.

    ^^^^ That is incredibly strange....
  • MrsDanner78
    MrsDanner78 Posts: 107
    MMMMMMMMMM.... OMG, I am sitting here at my desk sipping a Starbucks Pike's Place Roast iced coffee with a shot of espresso and chocolate fudge protein powder. I may be in heaven.... *drool* :love:

    I'm ignoring the fact that I'm going to bouncing off the walls in a few minutes because I haven't had a caffeinated beverage in a while... LOL
  • MrsDanner78
    MrsDanner78 Posts: 107
    Just had to google Chicken Biscuit ! Never heard of those. Is the biscuit sweet?

    No, it's a normal biscuit, with a breaded chicken patty on it.
    Chicken_Biscuit_440x282.jpg

    Not that it appeals to me normally, but it smelled SO DAMN GOOD and I was HUNGRY! :grumble:

    Mmmmmmm. . . . . . .chicken biscuit.

    ^^^^ That is incredibly strange....

    MMMMM, and TASTY!
  • BarefootSerenity
    BarefootSerenity Posts: 100
    Read: IT STARTS WITH FOOD. It will change your life.

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