Less than 10 feet from my desk is...

Congrats on your willpower and determination!!

I once watched a tv programme and it suggested that you tjhink of some food that is totally repulsive to you and imagine the foods in front of you covered in the stuff...at the same time take your index finger and thumb and squeeze tightly and continue with these thoughts.....whenever you feel the urge to look over at these foods keep pressing those digits together and thinking of your repulsive food.......Duno if it will work but its gotta be worth a try.........a moment on the lips is a lifetime on the hips.....the taste lasts moments...the weight gained takes a long time to get rid of......good luck x

what would happen if you just threw all of it out?

I feel your pain! My office is right next door to the tearoom so it takes about a millisecond to get up and grab some sugary snack to munch on.
We have cake for birthdays, sweets and biscuits when people get back from their holidays, treats that people don't want at home, homemade crumbles and cakes (just because!) biscuits and snacks that customers bring in as a thank you!
It's literally never ending..
Anyway, the purpose of my posting is just to say that one treat from that pile every so often won't hurt at all. I know its horrendous having to sit right by it all day every day, but just aim to save yourself for maybe one thing from it a week or a fortnight? And if you hang on til the end of the week, maybe you won't feel like it anymore, or the thing you were looking forward to will have been eaten by someone else anyway!
Good Luck

I say move it...You won't have to look at it and your co-workers who do want to consume it can burn some calories walking to the other side of the office. It's a win-win!

That is exactly the same here 'acpgee' and the dumping ground for the stuff they don't want at home.

Congratulations are not in order I'm on the verge of a panic attack lol.

I have a very, very sweet tooth and I'm often fighting a battle that ends up with me giving in.

I was off work the last two weeks with the children and it was great, there really wasn't any temptation in my path.

I have this problem too, it's right by the kettle so have to look at it when I'm boiling water to make my cup of Tea.
What I'm doing is filling my desk drawer with things that will satisfy my sweet tooth in packages of less than 100-150kcal.

Then, when I have a craving, is wait 30 minutes, have a glass of water/herbal tea. Then if after 30 minutes I still want it I have something from my drawer. like sweet wafers, chocolate coated nuts, or a Graze box.

Works for me most of the time

ah yes, I remember working at a convinience store. It was a LOT more rough to try and lose weight working around all the candy and high calorie foods. It didn't helped that I was working long hours AND going to school, making me always reach out for food inside the store which always made me go over the calories.

what would happen if you just threw all of it out?

Exactly. Stuff like that sits just on the other side of my cubicle wall! And sits and sits... then I pitch it.

Same here re the drawer of snacks, so far I've had 10 dates, 20g of sultana's, 20g of peanuts, 2 strawberries...I'm not even hungrey, 6 cups of tea...I'm not even hungry, the sweet craving won't switch off.

Dried fruit doesn't do a massive amount for me, I do have a few things that are genuinely sweet, some squares of chocolate, some biscuits a couple of fun-size chocolates. I just know that a few squares of chocolate is needed sometimes. With portioning I know I can have that much, and will hold me off having a slab of cake. (most of the time)

No-one is perfect, just log and chalk it up to experience.

I would definitely ask if it could be moved. Say that the sweets being there are impacting your ability to work effectively.

We have a guy a work that brings in big boxes of donuts holes every couples of weeks and places them around the office. I found myself grabbing them as I walked by because they were so small. But they add up. 100 calories here, 100 calories there. It drove me nuts! Thank God he just retired.

Brushing teeth is a great idea.... I also do the procrastination technique. 90% of the time the treat is gone by the time I come back to it. The advantage of working in a large office.

show previous quotes

Congrats on your willpower and determination!!

Agreed.

Why not suggest to your employer to bring in fruit and other healthy stuff as well.

^ This is exactly what I was going to say. I'm glad they don't keep stuff like that lying around in my office!

Yea that sounds like my job, except it's like someone goes to Dunkin Donuts everyday and brings in a 36 count sampler of everything they make.... Or it's ALWAYS someones birthday and people will be walking around with plates of CAKE.... UGH!!!

I just remind myself that a lot of the people I work with don't have the best hygiene and I don't want to ingest their germs. Basically works everytime! Then I remember that most of the time these people are complaining about feeling like garbage or being over weight and "thinking about dieting"... Reality check: I'm making my goals happen and I don't need a bogus fad diet to do it.

I'm not against periodic indulgence, however prefer to stick with consistency and healthy portions. If a healthy portion of something doesn't match my macros, then no thanks! Not always worth the recovery!

what would happen if you just threw all of it out?

Hydra would happen.