Move them off the desk and far away. And if you need to explain yourself, which you don't need to do, use one word. Just say, "Diet." Everyone's on a diet these days.

Take one, put it in your pocket and dispose of it later. Tell him it was delicious!

Beat him with a pillow case full of the pastries calling him an insensitive jerk the whole time. But seriously I have chocolate treats out on my desk for my crew but they do not tempt me, if they tempt you move them.

But yes, there are some good options. I reckon we all need to be prepared for moments like that. I am 6okg overweight and yet my freinds think they are being kind when they offer cakes, chocolates etc. I say, no thnaks, they say just one, I say, its not a kindess to me, they say, no really, I say I am really overweight and I want to drop some of it, they say, oh no you are not that overweight. Funny, people are really trying to be kind, but really missing the reality that its not kind to push a morbidly obese oman to eat cake etc-- kind of like offering alcohol to an alcoholic.

I usually just take it and throw it away when nobody is looking. If they ask why I'm not eating it right away, I say I'm saving it for after lunch or for later. Little white lies, nobodies feelings get hurt, no biggie.

I would say I am gluten intolerant, and then people would not bother me with pastry and **** like that ever again .
Since I feel bad emotionally and feel sluggish/ bloated etc after eating wheat, it is just a borderline lie.

I would "take one home" and throw it away later. OR as suggested by fruttibiscott, lunch room is always an option.

My boss just brought in a pile of cakes and pastries that his wife made and told me to help myself. They are sitting on my desk.

Obviously I don't want to eat these. But I also don't want to offend. Or go into an explanation about paleo!

What would you do in such a situation?


* I can hear him in his office swearing crankily. Not in a mood for sass.

I don't think there is any requirement that you eat any of it.

Having said that, if I were in your shoes, I would smile graciously, say thank you, and eat one. I would savor it and fully enjoy it - and then offer the rest to others around me. One pastry isn't going to kill my eating plan (even though it's not *part* of my eating plan).

Nice that one doesn't hurt you. For my part, sugar makes my joints ache, so I am pretty motivated. My response here (to safeguard myself while saving face for the boss) would probably be to say with a great deal of longing in my voice (I still remember how much I used to love chewy brownies, for example), "Oh, that all looks delicious! Really wish I could have just one, but my body would react with three days of pain. I'll just put these in the breakroom for all those other lucky people..."

(And people, who knew me last spring, can still remember how crippled I was compared to now, would believe me.)

am I the only one feeling squicky about throwing away perfectly edible food? I mean, just because I don't want it doesn't mean I should just bin it :frown:

also LedgeHanger - I've discovered the hard way that one biscuit = 24hrs of pain, bloating, etc. Its never worthwhile for me!

I can certainly see that, and wouldn't suggest that my solution would work for everybody.