How do you say NO to cake?

Say no to everyday common cakes, denial and delayed gratification make saying yes later all the sweeter (no pun initially intended). Especially if you choose when to say yes, choose what to say yes to, plan the rest of the day's consumption and exercise, and then, finally, when you are ready, sit down, SAVOR it. Then, move on.

PS find a really good bakery that makes everything from scratch with excellent frosting, and then, buy a cupcake. A bakery near our home here in Calgary - Crave - makes the most awesome cupcakes in the world. I have one about once a month. Oh delight.

Like someone else said, "Is it good cake?". If it is quality cake, like a nice dense, moist cake, instead of just some white cake out of a box, then you are probably more likely to be satisfied with a small slice.

But if your work place is one of those where there is always some treat staring you in the face, that would be really hard to resist. I'd suggest keeping your own good, tasty healthy snacks at hand that you can eat instead and remove some of the allure of those treats at work. Something with protein in it and not that much simple carbohydrates.

Keep it out of the house too. We only have so much will power, don't tax it needlessly.

I don't say NO I say everything in moderation!

^^^^^ THIS!!!!

If you want some have a small slice, nothing wrong with that. Why? Because I am not dieting...This is a life change, are you going to say no forever? I log it, and work with it. Take an evening stroll if you feel you need to work it off, but really....you can have your cake and eat it too!


*Please don't lie to people - that is just not nice :frown:

You don't say no. You work it into your daily calorie intake and macros.

^^^ this

I was "lucky". The first job I had was a big office and when trays of treats were put out, there was a stampede of all the fattest people in the office.
Its not an exaggeration, they would run and hoard the food for themselves.\

Didn't take me long to make the connection.

I just simply say "No, thanks." and continue on my way.

Easy I hate cake

That's my problem. I see slices of cake, trays of cookies, brownies and ooh cake pops in front of me.. How do you say NO?
I can't!!

Does anybody have some helpful tips or ideas? I need help with my constant desire for sweets!

Help?

Just say no. Really. That simple.

Or carry around your fattest picture with you, and look at it when you think of sweets.

I think of the disgusiting sugary film taste it leaves in my mouth and the burnout it gives me when I crash from the sugar rush...

No thanks

Working at Starbucks must be the pits :P I could probably do without everything except the cake pops. And even then, I might indulge a couple of times a week on them.

I say you buy yourself one of each of these things, and eat them all over the course of the week. Write down notes about the ones that you like best, and the ones that you didn't like all that much. Then, when you get serious cravings, you can rotate all the ones that you like every few days or so. I keep large bars of chocolate by my bed (the kind that you can break down into smaller, rectangular pieces), and it takes me at least 6 months to finish just one bar.

Knowing that the bars are there are enticing, but practicing saying no to them every day makes it so much easier. I don't think I've had candybar chocolate in over two months now. It's a nice feeling Good luck to you!

I think about what else I'd have to give up for the day to fit the cake in and still be within my calories.

I think about my blood pressure

I think about wanting to be in the next smallest size of jeans in my multi size closet

I keep strawberries nearby and think of those. If you're at work, put them in your office fridge and treat yourself after the cake party.

I get a cup of coffee and put in some splenda or hazelnut sugarfree flavoring and drink that instead

I think about how the scale will move (or not move) the next time I get on it

I tell myself "I won't have that this time, maybe next time." (This prevents me from feeling deprived, like can't have cake ever.) Just not right now. <--- studies have said this is the most effective kind of self talk. Not now, but on another day I can have it.

Lots of things work. Try some and find one that works for you. After awhile it gets easy to say no to anything.

Eat it in moderation, and small portions.

You sound like a fun girl... haha!!

Have a small piece - very small and that way you can enjoy it. Yes, there are calories, but depriving yourself is no way to live. I do weight watchers and try not to do the deprivation! Good luck.

Eat cake on YOUR terms. I don't eat cake because a coworker baked a cake and brought it to work. I also don't indulge in donuts at the staff meeting just because they are there. There will be many oppotunities to eat cake, so I choose when I eat it. Say no when you can't fit it into your daily calorie goal and when you want to enjoy it, fit it in

When I have a hard time resisting when I WANT to skip the cake, I tell myself that I know what cake (donuts, brownies, etc.) tastes like and that I will have it some other time. Living a life without cake... EVER... not for me, but I don't need it every day or week.