Food Sabotage At Work
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SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »1) Pick up snacks
2) Walk them over to the trash bin
3) Loudly dump them in
4) ???
5) Yell "Come at me bro!" to the first person who looks at you funny
I so want to see this happen...0 -
Here is a step by step process that helps me not eat all the donuts, candy, pizza etc that people bring into work
Step 1. Dont eat it.
that its! works every time.0 -
One way to be successful is to remove any words from your vocabulary that makes it appear as though the consequences of your decisions are someone else’s fault. The word sabotage means a conscious and deliberate action and that is not the case when co-workers bring in food. Even if it was the case, you don't have to eat any of it. Since you know this happens, plan for it ahead of time by saving a few hundred calories if you want to eat any of it.0
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Try to walk the long way around them, so you don't have to see them. That helps a lot. Don't let anyone park snacks near your desk. Make healthy snack foods more accessible than the junky stuff. If you have to walk by the snacks, try really hard not to look at them, and repeat your goal over and over in your head while you do. "That snack isn't going to help me to get to my 45 pound weight lose goal!" I tell myself, as I walk by the counter where they keep snacks. Also, I do occasionally just have one, and work it into my day.
Google has free M&Ms for their employees, and they found that if they put a lid on the candies, and put healthier snacks right next to them in open containers, "In the New York office alone, employees consumed 3.1 million fewer calories from M&Ms over seven weeks. That’s a decrease of nine vending-machine-size packages of M&Ms for each of the office’s 2,000 employees."
Humans are very out of site, out of mind creatures, (and saying "Just don't eat them" is not helpful, by the way). Perhaps you can provide snack "bins" to the office that have lids, or make sure the lids on the doughnut boxes are closed.
Even better, try providing a healthy alternative right next to the snacks, to keep yourself on track, and help others in your office to make healthy choices. I keep an emergency bag of dried fruit that I put out a bit of next to unhealthy snacks in the office to help all of us trying to lose weight.
Remember to have faith in yourself, your diet plan, and your decisions to eat healthier. You can do this! Also, remember, if you eat one small piece of candy or a doughnut, it's not the end of the world!
Keep on keeping on, my friend!
Actually, it is. Everyone has to deal with tasty treats in their lives. If it's not at work, it's samples at the grocery store, or the dessert cart at a restaurant, or food at a holiday dinner.
Putting the treats out of sight at work does not help you deal with situations where the food is right there, in your face. At best, it's a good technique to use until you've mastered self control in easier settings and can handle having the treats out all of the time. On the other hand, developing the will power to say no, or learning how to portion control, works in all situations.0 -
One way to be successful is to remove any words from your vocabulary that makes it appear as though the consequences of your decisions are someone else’s fault. The word sabotage means a conscious and deliberate action and that is not the case when co-workers bring in food. Even if it was the case, you don't have to eat any of it. Since you know this happens, plan for it ahead of time by saving a few hundred calories if you want to eat any of it.
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SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »1) Pick up snacks
2) Walk them over to the trash bin
3) Loudly dump them in
4) ???
5) Yell "Come at me bro!" to the first person who looks at you funny
Too funny!!!0 -
Of course I know it's my fault if I over indulge....it just FEELS like sabotage
Usually, out of sight out of mind works for me. I generally can't eat "just one"--I'm a total sugar addict. 0 -
YepOne way to be successful is to remove any words from your vocabulary that makes it appear as though the consequences of your decisions are someone else’s fault. The word sabotage means a conscious and deliberate action and that is not the case when co-workers bring in food. Even if it was the case, you don't have to eat any of it. Since you know this happens, plan for it ahead of time by saving a few hundred calories if you want to eat any of it.
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Of course I know it's my fault if I over indulge....it just FEELS like sabotage Usually, out of sight out of mind works for me. I generally can't eat "just one"--I'm a total sugar addict.
your post did not say "it feels like food sabotage" ..your post said "food sabotage at work" which implies that someone is deliberately trying to sabotage your progress....big difference...0 -
I don't work in an office but am around food all day, every day.
I think just logging food in advance is helpful. You can see if you have room to eat something someone brought or if you want to exercise more just so you can eat it. Think before eating.
Putting things out of sight can be helpful.
Say no thank you and get busy with something else. I think if you are keeping busy then you aren't eating.
Drink water. Have healthy snacks available.
I see this complaint a lot and wondered do office workers who don't want to eat baked goods or candy ever bring healthy snacks and treats to share with the office? Maybe you could start a healthy office trend/challenge by making it a point to bring something healthy to share regularly. A lot of people might like the idea and change what they bring if you are positive not preachy or complaining.0 -
I work in an office full of food lovers. Especially around the holidays. I will usually politely decline any food offers and eat my own snacks. Or, I have found it makes it a lot easier on me to just take the donut or the piece of cake and walk back to my desk. When no one is looking, I will slip the food item into a Ziploc bag (I keep a stash in my desk) and take it home for my husband. For me, that has been easier than trying to explain WHY I don't want a piece of delicious birthday cake, even though they can see that I have been steadily losing weight. I don't think there is any easy answer, but you will find what works for you. Good luck!
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Mexicanbigfoot wrote: »I work in an office full of food lovers. Especially around the holidays. I will usually politely decline any food offers and eat my own snacks. Or, I have found it makes it a lot easier on me to just take the donut or the piece of cake and walk back to my desk. When no one is looking, I will slip the food item into a Ziploc bag (I keep a stash in my desk) and take it home for my husband. For me, that has been easier than trying to explain WHY I don't want a piece of delicious birthday cake, even though they can see that I have been steadily losing weight. I don't think there is any easy answer, but you will find what works for you. Good luck!
This is what I do when my students are having a bake sale and I want to support it. I buy something for hubs.0 -
I used to log it to see what I'd have to give up to make it fit. That would prevent me from eating it unless it really was worth it. Now I generally ignore most snacks that aren't worth the calories to me without even having to think about it. The things that are worth it I fit in, but that's much more rare.
It's also helpful that I pretty much eat only at my set eating times, so I am unlikely to even think much about what food is in the break room. I'm more likely to be tempted if it's something connected with our weekly work lunches, but then I also have more notice to decide if I want to fit it in.0 -
TODAY. My guys and I are painting our warehouse black with pirate skulls and stuff (the outside not the inside, let's not be silly). And my boss decided to pick up lunch for us since it's blazing sun and hard work. So he picked up 4 brooklyn pizza pies and a bunch of Coke. He brought 4 huge slices in to my office and put them on my desk, piping hot and smelling amazing. Eat it! He would say every five minutes as he ran past my desk.
...it's gonna get cold
... youre gonna waste it!
... come onnnnnnnnn you gotta eat some with us!!
... bri this is part of your payment, eat it! (nudging it in front of my keyboard).
Just now I told him i have a bagel with scallion cream cheese and avocado and cucumber in my desk if I get hungry. He made a 'thats not food' face and pushed the plate directly on to my keyboard.
Know how Im gonna get him back?
By not eating it.
At any minute the rest of the guys are going to finish painting and come here and be like OMG YOU SAVED US SOME MORE PIZZA??? and they'll microwave it, devour it and be very happy.
So will i.
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Nothing wrong with your coworkers bringing in treats and snacks. Your unhealthy relationship with food is not their problem. No diet should be so inflexible that you can't enjoy an office treat once in a while and if you practice moderation (the point of calorie counting in the first place) you shouldn't have a problem.
If you are always this hangry, maybe consider raising your calorie goal and shoot for an easier to obtain goal like .5 lbs per week. You can also hit the gym a little longer to make up for a high calorie week.
Ultimately, establish a healthy relationship with food. Coworkers and the treats they bring aren't your enemy, but rather your inability to control yourself around it.0 -
Stay away from the breakroom/kitchen. If it is like my office the food will be gone in hour. lol
Love the bowl of candy on the desk by the entrance of the office too.
Holidays coming: Baskets full of treats, cookie contest, pastries from customers etc...more fun to come. 0 -
I think the OP gets it, guys...she's just expressing her frustration. Just because she's tempted by cake and candy at work doesn't mean she has an "unhealthy relationship with food." Just because she used the word "sabotage" doesn't mean she blames everyone else for her issues. Lighten up, people...sheesh...0
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Of course I know it's my fault if I over indulge....it just FEELS like sabotage Usually, out of sight out of mind works for me. I generally can't eat "just one"--I'm a total sugar addict.
Way too much seriousness around here. And I have to warn you since you used the phrase "sugar addict." You're about to start a whole 'nother debate about whether sugar is addicting the way heroin is addicting. -1 -
When I go to the office, I just take and eat my own stuff. People might be surprised the first time you refuse, but they get used to it. And you can always take it home if you want to work it into the next day, I guess. If I want a treat, I want to have exactly the treat I want, not what's just been lying around for a few hours.
I work mostly from home, with the kitchen literally 6 ft from my desk, with lots of candy, cookies, bread, cheese etc. It takes pre-logging to just stick with what I have planned. And there's nothing wrong with pre-logging treats etc, but self-discipline comes from just doing the same thing over and over again. It's not magic and there's no reason why anyone can't develop it. It just takes lots of practice.0
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