What to do when the donut calls me?

Maybe eat more protein to actually feel satisfied with your meals.

Here's what my friend did... and ever since, I have a hard time eating donuts (though I will enjoy one once in awhile).... Look at the donut.... and then imagine ripping out a giant piece of your thigh (try being dramatic about it & sort of act it out - like grab your leg & then lift up the imaginary thigh in your hand) & pretend that you are eating your thigh. That = eating donut. Haha. Sounds stupid, but after the explained it like that, I no longer wanted them like I used to. But sometimes I can't help but ask for a munchkin in the drive thru

I swear offices are the worst for this.....we have donuts every day, no exceptions. I was the skinny girl when I started, they all warned me it wouldn't last, and here I am 50 pounds heavier. Whatever you do, just say no. Get up, walk around, find some work to do, drink water.....its just not worth it. My waist grew 11 inches in a year.

Find a portion controlled snack that you can eat in place of the donut, but will still satisfy your sweet tooth.

A few suggestions all 100 cals and under:

Deep chocolate Vitatop?
Fiber One Brownie?
Sweet and salty Special K bars?
Piece of chocolate?
Hard candy?
Small choc chip cookie?
etc.

You can have your sweet and not face a 200+++ cal donut.

OR

on donut days, take a donut if you REALLY want one, right when you get it, split it in half and eat only half. You'll still get the taste and satisfaction of the donut but cutting the cals in half.

Think compromise.

seriously, I think bringing your own treat, something a bit decadent. Maybe some chocolate covered fruit, a few squares of good chocolate. something within reason to substitute for nasty processed donuts. This way you get a treat, do not feel deprived and get some nutrirtion. Have you ever tried the deep chocolate vitatops? Like cake, or make some brownies substritute oil and eggs with 1 cup pumpkin YUM@!.

This is the hardest thing to deal with but you have to look at the doughnut, imagine that you've just eaten it and another one of its friends then bring on the feeling of "Oh no, I wish I hadn't eaten that!!" Or, you can tell everyone that you can't eat doughnuts, too greasy they bring you out in spots/give you indigestion - once you've done that ou won't ever be able to take one again

Don't answer the phone!!!!! :bigsmile:

I used to be the person buying the goodies, now everybody is sad I'm not eating so much crap. When I get down a few more lb, I'll have half of one as a treat. Nothing is sustainable if you want it too much

If I know ahead that there's going to be doughnuts or something similar I'll just workout a little harder so I can at least have one.

I went gluten free two years ago and occasionally travel where donuts are a daily occurrence (and right next to the visitor's office). I deal with it by carefully selecting one donut and hiding out in my office where I lick the frosting off the entire donut, savoring the experience, before throwing the donut in the trash. It satisfies the craving and I feel like a little kid just enjoying her food when I do it.

I absolutely agree that a high protein diet can keep you more satisfied. I have had weight loss surgery and I can not go backwards ever again. I love apple fritters but have not had one in two years, because I do not want to go back to what I was before. Willpower keeps me from going there, and not wanting the scale to go up the way I know it will the next day if I give in. Drink water, exercise, do whatever it takes. YOU CAN DO IT...HANG IN THERE!!!!

Janine Alfke

Is there any way you could ask him to move the donuts elsewhere?

I have been pretty good with donuts, they were one of my all-time comfort foods. I allow myself one donut on the last Friday of every month, as that's when my husband's company gets them in for their monthly meeting. He saves me a white-iced donut every time and I class that (and a cup of tea) as lunch. =B

I was (am) a sugar addict. When I finally realized that there was no having one donut, or one cookie -- shoot, I got so tired of people telling me just one won't hurt you. If I couldn't eat the bag of cookies I didn't want any. Who wants one freaking cookie? That was me. Finally I realized that it was like being alcoholic. I had to give it up completely. I haven't had a cookie, a piece of candy, cake, donut, soda, ice cream--you get the picture--in almost four years. Within four months of giving up sugar I lost 30 lbs and that was without altering my diet in any other way. Now, I didn't give up bread, or pasta, or carbs and I realize that lots of things contain sugar. But if something even looks like dessert to me, like muffins, granola bars, breakfast cereal, etc. I don't eat it. The first few weeks were so hard I actually went through withdrawal. I felt like a junkie. Then, I experienced a kind of freedom like never before. Sweets don't control my life anymore and it's a miracle. I've kept that 30 lbs off for almost 4 years and now I'm trying to lose another 20 and I'll be a normal weight for the first time in years! I'm sharing my story to tell you, you can get the monkey off your back, if you are willing to completely give up that one thing that won't let go of you.

Also, there's a new guy at our office (been here a year). I warned him of the food overload when he started work here. He's now 20 lbs. heavier. People bring food every day and force it on everyone else. :drinker:

That's exactly what happened to me. I thought I could afford it, and then *poof* I gained like everyone else here. :embarassed:
Some workplaces need a warning label.