Do you find it HARD to refuse a free food?

hahahahaha... there was free food at school yesterday.. i was totally there!
although, i usually don't eat sandwiches, i ate one yesterday for dinner.

Free food at school is a big part of why I need to lose weight. Lunch lectures with ice cream, pizza, cookies, chips, pop... I just say no these days. The pizza may be free in monetary value, but not free to my stomach!

Depends on how much I want to eat it and my proximity to a trash can. If I don't want to eat it, I'll take some and throw it away when nobody's looking. Or if I get a helping larger than I like, I find a way to save part of it for later. If the person knows that I am watching what I eat, then I simply say, "No thank you, it doesn't fit in my plan for today." If it's just crap sitting on a table at work, just chew gum and don't go near the stuff.

it aint free if i gotta sweat it off later...and if its useless food that I really dont crave or desire..its gonna come out one end..soooo i rather just throw it away or decline...waste is waste no matter how it got there...so let the person who cares less eat it or the person who craves it more..

This is something I've always struggled with. At my job, there is food constantly being prepared and offered to me. At first, I had a very hard time saying no and ended up gaining 5lbs within my first month. Since then, I've stopped accepting the foods and find that I don't feel as guilty saying "no" as I did eating it!

A few weekends ago, someone brought in gourmet cupcakes. I about died when I had to say no but being honest with yourself and realizing your goals helps you stay on track! Best of luck!

This is probably the hardest part of the battle for me....simply refusing something that is free. I have no problem passing up junk food that I have to explicitly pay for.

Since I promised to log EVERYTHING in MFP, free is not free if I have to log it. I tend to just say no thank you if it's something I can't have on my plan and to have a little if it is and log it.

It depends what it is, for me.

I am with you...a co-worker purchased cookies this week one for herslef & one for me. Sugar is a gateway drug for me but I took the cookie because she was being kind. I did not want to eat it but what can I say I did...I wish I would have looked at the calories before I ate it It was good but not worth the calories.

I struggle with this, too. I think it is related to growing up so poor that there was often a shortage of food (we never starved; we just didn't have a lot or much to choose from). I still have some food hoarding issues, a fact to which anyone who has ever looked in my cupboards can attest. No longer financially insecure, I still sometimes feel like I'm going to panic if I am getting low on food at the house.

I have only recently (in the past few months) learned I don't have to eat whatever food is offered just because it's free. I keep healthy snacks in my desk drawer so that if someone brings in brownies, I can eat something and not feel deprived.

With all of the amazing protein smoothie recipes I have been trying out lately, I often feel like I am drinking dessert a couple of times per day. A couple of nights ago, this allowed me to turn down free cake, and ice cream (two flavors, one of which was my favorite!) because I'd just had an amazing cheesecake smoothie with 34 g protein and only 302 calories. So yes, it's a problem for me, but it's becoming less so, thank goodness!