Need Suggestions PLEASE!

Ou! tough one... I would change lifestyles. From your post, I would assume you're a bartender? Or just use the good 'ol mind over matter. It's what you're telling yourself about this crap in front of you that's permitting you to 'cave' - change your attitude about that sort of food (maybe documenting how you feel after you eat the crap)?

I know what you mean, there is so much food at my job too. There are a lot of events at work and food is brought in by the truck loads. Hard to say NO to FREE and very GOOD food. Im a housekeeper so I just stay off the floor with the parties till the even is over. Still had tho, cause you can smell the food in the whole building. Good luck...

Imagine that they've actually licked every piece of it!! Or didn't wash their hands in the bathroom.... I know it sounds gross, but maybe it won't be as appetizing if you think of it that way. Maybe??!!??? :ohwell:
Good luck - that's tough....

Depending on where you work.... go watch the food being made (one time seeing the lard that goes into Cracker Barrel gravy and 8 years later I still can't eat it!) and/or make yourself a list of those foods and the actual calorie / fat content and keep it behind the bar or in your pocket. Remind yourself of how bad it is for you. Eventually (maybe - it works for me and any fast food hamburger) it will just gross you out enough because your first thought will not be temptation but of the nastiness in those calories and the quantity.

Also - you say you bring healthy food for lunch, but end up caving on the junk. Maybe you are going for TOO healthy? Obviously super healthy is best, but super healthy + junk probably is overall worse than a moderately healthy lunch that gives you items to ward off the junk cravings later. So maybe you can have a salad and a little debbie for lunch, or you can do something like chicken strips with veggies and some peanut butter crackers .... or whatever... that last one is still pretty healthy... so maybe something more like - a more healthy pizza option or something which is not fantastic for you, but is better than a salad + nachos + pizza later?

Will give the gum and trying to imagine they haven't washed their hands a try. Never been a gum chewer. Once it loses that initial flavor I'm over it lol so any gum suggestions would be welcomed.

I originally suggested the gum, but to be honest, I hate the stuff. Havne't had it in my mouth for over 20 years. ICK. Sorry, can't suggest anything there, but I've 'heard' that it helps curb appetites. I'm more of a mint sucker though, lol. I'd have pockets full of mints, and probably cavities after it was all over.

Ha, sorry that I was a little help, but not much. :ohwell:

I don't know why that posted twice - it must be my laptop!:blushing:

I think the simple solution is to keep telling the customers no thanks. After a few different times you say no, they will take the hint and stop asking. Tell them, no thanks you're on a diet.

This would be particularlly helpfully with regulars.

The trouble with telling people you're on a diet, I find, is that they then say things like 'oh one won't hurt' or 'why are you on a diet, you look fine as you are' and worse than that are the diet saboteurs who deliberately try and tempt me into snacking by buying chocolate and acting all hurt when I refuse it. Yesterday at work, a colleague brought in some home-made carrot cake and was most offended when I said I didn't want any:grumble: