How to avoid FREE FOOD from work??

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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    My workplace is like this too. There is free food almost every day. At some point you just have to decide whether the food is worth it. Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't.
  • carlysuzanne85
    carlysuzanne85 Posts: 204 Member
    Two things I picked up from someone else: 1. Say to yourself, "I'm choosing not to have this," rather than saying, "I can't have this." The simple language change puts you in control and empowers you! It's amazing what a difference that little language (and thus mindset) tweak can make. 2. Say to yourself, "I'm choosing not to eat this right now; if I feel like eating it ______ (later, tomorrow, whatever), I can." I do this all the time when I'm tempted. If, for example, on the way home from work, I'm tempted to go through the drive-thru for dinner, I'll say to myself, "Tonight I'm going home and eating the healthy food I have prepped. If I still feel like eating Wendy's tomorrow, I can get Wendy's tomorrow." Again, puts me in the position of power and choice without feeling like I'm being denied something. By the time tomorrow comes, the temptation has passed.

    Best of luck to you! :)
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    I love when there is free food at work!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    LadybirdQueenie wrote: »
    elphie754 wrote: »
    I may be reading this wrong, but you eat your patients food?

    Food should not be the highlight of your day.


    Oh god no! We get a lot of spare meals when people don't want to eat or change their mind. We normally have lots of fresh, still hot leftovers like sweet and sour and sausages!!!

    But still totally healthy, right, because hospital?

    Also, low fat <> healthy.

    And a calorie surplus leading to unhealthy weight <> healthy.

    My advice is to stick to your calorie and macro targets each day regardless of the seeming freeness or healthfulness of the food.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    OP you may be the first person ever who is excited about hospital food...

  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    I may be reading this wrong, but you eat your patients food?

    Food should not be the highlight of your day.

    No no, she eats her patients.
  • soapsandropes
    soapsandropes Posts: 269 Member
    Hospital food generally looks unappetizing to me so I don't get this. Would it help if you told yourself that this is not free food, this is not your food? Free food at work can be tempting but at some point you have to set rules and then work by them (knowing that occasionally you will slip up).
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