Inconsiderate coworkers wrecking my hard work

If they want to have a treat counter, fine, but it should not be next to the only source of water. Nobody is stopping them from putting their cake on their desk.

Our treat counter is also next to the water. It still doesn't mean I have to eat cake every time I walk by. This is YOUR issue not theirs.

This. We have a candy bowl, a treat counter and a vending machine right by the water and coffee stations. That's not to say someone is standing right there when I go to fill my water and shoving a treat in my mouth and saying I must eat it to pass. Can't hack walking past it, keep bottled water at your desk and consider skipping the coffee doing yourself a favor. I enjoy having the treat counter for when I bake at home and am able to bring in the left overs so I don't have it lying around tempting me.

Those "inconsiderate co-workers" aren't out to sabotage you, quite frankly they probably don't give a damn if you eat it or not. Are you the only one they are sending the email to? Probably not. This is a test of self control, you said it yourself. To avoid at home, you need to remove it from the house or you can't control yourself enough to not eat it. Its not for you to decide if the others in the office can share or treat themselves regardless of size. Its also not right for you to judge their side. You've made the decision to better yourself and lose weight, which you should know is not an easy decision to come to and even harder to stick with.

Unfortunately the world isn't going to bend to us. If it's that big of a deal, bring in 2 or however many giant waterbottles and a thermos of coffee.

Honestly though, the only one wrecking your hard work is you

... when somebody shoves it right in my face ...

You have a few choices:
A: Be weak and eat the cake.
B. Be strong and polite by saying "no thank you".
C. Eat the cake because you can fit it into your calorie allotment for the day.
D. Run away and weep uncontrollably.

It's your choice to make.

I suggested the trash for one lady's daughter who kept having too much candy in the house when it wasn't even her thing. I just meant that because if it all got eaten by the poster each time, I'd throw it in the trash instead of eating it all and then maybe the mom would keep it put up elsewhere or not buy it, etc. At least it would be 'gone' without being a binge, I meant.

But that's a private thing between two people!

No, no, in public you can't be doing that. Pretend it's the counter at Starbucks and you're just buying bottled water is all. It's not your counter It's not your food!

How about a grocery store - should they throw out all their 'bad food' because you will eat it too?!

No one else is responsible for wrecking your hard work but you. The rest of the world doesn't cater to your needs and wishes. Bring your own water and stay out of the kitchen if you can't control yourself. Why should others be punished? That's very self-centered thinking.

OP... you got served.

Build up your will power. If they want to eat junk so be it but don't *kitten* it up for the rest.

This is what I do to avoid temptation. When I see something left out on a counter I imagine a sick child with who knows what contagious disease getting into it and getting their germs all over.. (Cause really who knows what it's encountered at home) and I imagine being sick from that. (or whatever other variant my mind thinks of at the moment) and it turns me off the temptation. I do that in all sorts of situations.

I work in an office where there is always a party of some sort going on. I don't touch the food!

Why you ask yourself...

Years ago my boss brought cookies. After eating half of that chocolate chip cookie, guess what I found. A f_ucking pubic hair! I went and asked her if she baked them. Of course she said while smiling. I placed the cookie on her desk and asked her to please stop baking naked.

Are you still tempted to eat their treats?

This is about you, not them.

Wasn't it obvious this was a troll attempt when the OP referred to cake as a "nasty snack"?

Ditto what everyone else said basically but just adding that you should use this opportunity to be proud of yourself for practicing self control. You are going to be put in situations like this for the rest of your life. At the office, parties, heck even at the store where they give out free samples. You don't have to eat food just because it is there and if you can't wrap your head around that you will end up right back where you started. Walk past that table get your water and walk out with your head held high because you have CONTROL of your own actions.

On a personal note my office has a monthly office birthday party with all kinds of treats. We also have a catering for meetings - the leftovers always end up in the break room right by the fridge and water dispenser. I might add that often I find the best and biggest white chocolate macadamia nut and no bake cookies ever. I used to partake and grab a cookie or two here and there, a cupcake or bagel but that is part of what led me to MFP. I don't want to EVER see those 70lbs again so now I don't partake I use my self-control. And on Birthday Day I grab a cupcake, put it in a bowl on my desk and take it home to my daughter. Yes that's right a yummy delicious cupcake sits on my desk from 2-5 pm and I DON'T eat it. When I get home that evening my daughter lights up (because she rarely gets cupcakes) and I feel proud and strong knowing I CONTROL my own actions

I work in an office where there is always a party of some sort going on. I don't touch the food!

Why you ask yourself...

Years ago my boss brought cookies. After eating half of that chocolate chip cookie, guess what I found. A f_ucking pubic hair! I went and asked her if she baked them. Of course she said while smiling. I placed the cookie on her desk and asked her to please stop baking naked.

Are you still tempted to eat their treats?

:noway: :laugh: I am dying to know what happened next!

She doesn't bring food anymore.

It might be inconsiderate to throw it out. Can you put in the frig so it is "out of sight out of mine?"