Donuts at work...

We always have donuts at work too! I find if I have eaten a good breakfast I don't even want them, but when I skip breakfast I am more tempted. Or, before you take it, enter into your food diary and then think about the rest of the day and whether it is worth it. If it fits in with your calorie/exercise goals then eat it (or half of it), I think saying you can never have a certain food is a recipe for disaster.
I don't think anyone at the office will be hurt if you don't have a donut-more for them!

At my WW meetings we used to call people like that "food pushers"...if they were pushing drugs at work you'd say no!! For me...donuts might as well be crack!! Just say NO!!

Good Luck!!!

Keep some low-calorie granola bars that you think are especially yummy, I really like the Fiber one or the Fiber plus bars. I eat them very slowly and enjoy every chocolatey bite, I feel like I am being really bad but...it is actually the opposite and I get my sweet fix for the day. It works for me, try it!!!

try bringing a snack to keep in your desk maybe vitatops or special k crisp bars. If you can't resist try to stick with one cake donut they are a better choice then most of the others, or look up how many calories the donut you want is and tell yourself if you eat it that is how many calories you need to work off that day.

I ADORE donuts!

I say - don't say no every time. It's a lot easier to say no sometime then to say no all the time (or feel like you have to) and then cause it to make you cave.

Take a donut. But, be sure it's a kind you really like. I don't like the airy type, but sometimes I eat them anyway and then am like - WHY? But, if I have a cake donut with white chocolate and nuts I truly enjoy it and never feel guilty for eating one because they are my favorite!

Work it into your diet to have a little wiggle room. Take a walk at lunch, up your cardio that evening, or scale back another meal to compensate. And also eat just one (and not every time) and slowly so you enjoy it and those extra 300 cals (manageable) don't turn into 600 (a little overkill).

Side note - the dang donut ad is up on my screen - making me want some even more!

i bake a batch of blueberry muffins and make them in full-sized muffin tins but only put a very tiny amount of batter into each section. Where the mix says it yields 6, i get 12. Plus i add in a handful of thawed berries from the freezer. They bake up to be very short little muffins, but the top part is the best part anyways, IMO!

I can eat 1 or 2 or even 3 of these and feel like I am getting in that baked goodie treat (even better: going back for seconds!).

If you have access to a freezer in your office, bake up a batch to store in the freezer, then pull one out once in a while when your co-workers are indulging in oversized versions. That tiny, portion-controlled treat will get you thru!

My trick was to say a little fib. No one wants to hear "I'm sorry, I can't I'm on a diet". Then I get the eye rolls and then even more pushing to eat what they brought in.
I say "I'm in a weight-loss contest with my best friend and I weigh in tomorrow - I just gotta beat her." That always works for me.

I used to get stressed out worrying about what to say, and then I realized people don't need an explanation as often as I thought they did. Usually, "No, thank you" is enough. If someone pushes it farther and wants to know why, it's very difficult for them to argue with "Because I don't want one."

Here's what I do in these situations:

- Did I want a donut before I was aware that they were in the office?
No: I don't 'really' want one and the craving will pass. Wait it out, it WILL pass.
No (but I ate an entire donut anyway): Count it and move on. No guilt. Make the remainder of your food day accommodate this choice.
Yes: Perfect! You read my mind, bringer of donuts. I'll have half a donut because that has 50% fewer calories than a whole donut.

No matter what you pick, eat the rest of your day accordingly.

Hubby and I had sushi lunch a few days ago. Afterwards went to this AWESOME dessert place for coffee. He purchased two cupcakes (this place bakes them from scratch). I cut off 1/3 of each cupcake and ate it. Charged myself 150 or 200 calories (can't remember). It was delicious with my coffee. The point is, you can have ANYTHING, ANY day of the week. Live life! Taste life!

Charmagne