My rant about people being in cakes/biscuits to work!!

wasveganvictoria88
wasveganvictoria88 Posts: 249 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I HATE IT when people bring in cakes and biscuits to work - I've put a stone on in biscuits and cake (oh and the occasional staff buffet at the end of term). I don't even like cake that much but I feel compelled to it at work!! I've avoided the staff room all day today because its someones bday and they've bought in a ton of cakes. Shes super skinny as well!!

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  • musicgirl99
    musicgirl99 Posts: 252 Member
    Sometimes people/co-workers are just trying to be nice by bringing in sweets. I know it's hard to avoid when it's at work and you have to see it but try your best to resist.
  • wasveganvictoria88
    wasveganvictoria88 Posts: 249 Member
    I know I know its just so hard!!
  • mendenhall428
    mendenhall428 Posts: 4
    She's probably super skinny because she brings the cakes to work instead of eating them :)

    I bring sweets and baked goods to work on occasion. I'm not holding a gun to anyone's head forcing them to eat it. I do understand the frustration though. I swear every time I try to get back on the healthy eating bandwagon someone brings sticky buns or cheesecake or something to work. Agh!
  • MrsRoundbottom
    MrsRoundbottom Posts: 33
    hear hear!
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I don't even like cake that much but I feel compelled to it at work!!
    Really now. Feeling compelled to eat food you don't like just because it's there is a problem that you seriously need to deal with. You will never be successful if you don't learn some self-control.
  • oldmanstauf
    oldmanstauf Posts: 202 Member
    I know the feeling. Two cakes were brought into work yesterday to celebrate a birthday and a citizenship. They were plated with fruit around the border. I skipped the cake and probably saved 500+ calories. It's hard, but people shouldn't compel you.
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    I HATE IT when people bring in cakes and biscuits to work - I've put a stone on in biscuits and cake (oh and the occasional staff buffet at the end of term). I don't even like cake that much but I feel compelled to it at work!! I've avoided the staff room all day today because its someones bday and they've bought in a ton of cakes. Shes super skinny as well!!

    No one said you HAVE to eat them.
  • emgel9
    emgel9 Posts: 218 Member
    My very small office does pizza parties and then literally peer pressures you into eating. If I say "o I brought my lunch, I am just going to eat that" even my BOSS will say "what? no, save it for tomorrow. Eat your pizza." and I just get BADGERED...I hate it. Apparently today is a pizza party day...and I brought delicious quinoa mac n cheese for lunch =(
  • wasveganvictoria88
    wasveganvictoria88 Posts: 249 Member
    I don't even like cake that much but I feel compelled to it at work!!
    Really now. Feeling compelled to eat food you don't like just because it's there is a problem that you seriously need to deal with. You will never be successful if you don't learn some self-control.

    I was overexaggerating a little there...but I am trying really hard :-(
  • psideon
    psideon Posts: 24
    Eat a small sliver to be polite if it's a celebration, but instead of seeing a tasty sweet treat, try to see the calories and how long it will take you to work them off. Has been working for me for the past 2 weeks (just started the program) and will hopefully stay that way.

    1 chocolate chip cookie = 20 mins. and so on.

    An alternative/addition: Bring in your own healthy snacks to work... so you see cake, you eat carrots.
    Be strong! Keep it up... YOU are in charge of your diet. Not your colleagues.
  • wasveganvictoria88
    wasveganvictoria88 Posts: 249 Member
    My very small office does pizza parties and then literally peer pressures you into eating. If I say "o I brought my lunch, I am just going to eat that" even my BOSS will say "what? no, save it for tomorrow. Eat your pizza." and I just get BADGERED...I hate it. Apparently today is a pizza party day...and I brought delicious quinoa mac n cheese for lunch =(

    I know what you mean...its like when you go out for drinks and everyones like have one have one why arnt you drinking...COS I DONT WANT EMPTY CALS OK?!

    Haha...there is a lot of peer pressure at work/going out I think...
  • Emily_Katherine
    Emily_Katherine Posts: 150
    I am totally guilty of doing this when I end up with too much cake. I figure many people eating a little cake is better than me eating a lot of cake!
  • fatmom51
    fatmom51 Posts: 173 Member
    I'm sure it's frustrating, but people aren't doing it to torture you personally. We live in a food-centered culture.
    As I see it, you have a few options:
    1. If you have uber will power, avoid it altogether and keep on the path you're on. (Flavored coffees with a little bit of skim milk can be a tasty alternative.)
    2. Another willpower option: Have a tiny piece to celebrate with everyone else and work it into your calories. Ask yourself: Is it really worth spending my calories on this? If yes, then work it in. If it's just a run-of-the-mill cookie or sheet cake, it may not be worth bothering (a lesson I have to learn this week after indulging on a ho-hum piece of cake at a banquet.)
    3. If you want a treat, but don't have the willpower to just stop at a small piece, bring along a tasty treat of your own (or a piece of fruit)
    Good luck for continued success.
  • cmayfield3
    cmayfield3 Posts: 176 Member
    If you are vegan then how are you eating that stuff? Surely it's made with eggs and butter? Use that as a reason not to eat it.
  • Carfoodel
    Carfoodel Posts: 481 Member
    Our work is having a total theme day on the Sunday - a street party where the whole corridor will be wallpaper paste tables groaning with buffet food that has been brought in - but everyone in my area knows that I will be the one that brings in something healthy and its like a long standing joke now that they know I will be ignoring the unhealthy crap - work is just like everywhere else - we still make the choice of what we choose to eat :)
  • Phrak
    Phrak Posts: 353 Member
    I like to buy the stuff for others. If i make the people me fatter, my results look better right?
  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
    My very small office does pizza parties and then literally peer pressures you into eating. If I say "o I brought my lunch, I am just going to eat that" even my BOSS will say "what? no, save it for tomorrow. Eat your pizza." and I just get BADGERED...I hate it. Apparently today is a pizza party day...and I brought delicious quinoa mac n cheese for lunch =(

    I would develop an "allergy" to a major component of pizza :D Maybe you could develop a yeast allergy or lactose intolerance ( for all they know the cheese you bring from home is soy cheese...)
  • killinme
    killinme Posts: 73 Member
    I HATE IT when people bring in cakes and biscuits to work - I've put a stone on in biscuits and cake (oh and the occasional staff buffet at the end of term). I don't even like cake that much but I feel compelled to it at work!! I've avoided the staff room all day today because its someones bday and they've bought in a ton of cakes. Shes super skinny as well!!

    I have made it through two "Panera Bagels at work days", it is tough but you can do it.
    I have zero will power, but I told myself the hour and a half workouts at the tennis courts was not worth an 1100 calorie bagel.

    HUGS!
  • tripitena
    tripitena Posts: 554 Member
    I don't even like cake that much but I feel compelled to it at work!!
    Really now. Feeling compelled to eat food you don't like just because it's there is a problem that you seriously need to deal with. You will never be successful if you don't learn some self-control.

    Sums up my thoughts
  • _hi_hat3r_
    _hi_hat3r_ Posts: 423 Member
    Don't blame your co-workers for your lack of self discipline.
  • mom2gar
    mom2gar Posts: 100 Member
    Oy my - today is food day at my office. I brought a fruit tart and their is a ridiculous amount of savory and sweet things to eat.
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    I know I know its just so hard!!

    Temptation is part of life and will be forever. You are making a lifestyle change, and you need to learn when to fit a small slice of cake in from time to time.

    This is the question you need to ask yourself: "Do I really want some, and can I afford it in my budget or work it off in the gym today?" If the answer to both is "yes", then you should have a small piece. If the answer to either is "no", then don't.

    This is the same question you will have to ask yourself about every temptation FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. So take a moment and thank your co-workers for toughening your resolve. Or thank them for the delicious cake which you will enjoy within your budget.

    The rest of the world won't change to make maintaining your weight easier. That's your job.
  • Jezebel_Barbie
    Jezebel_Barbie Posts: 198 Member
    If you are vegan then how are you eating that stuff? Surely it's made with eggs and butter? Use that as a reason not to eat it.

    I thought the same thing!
  • wasveganvictoria88
    wasveganvictoria88 Posts: 249 Member
    If you are vegan then how are you eating that stuff? Surely it's made with eggs and butter? Use that as a reason not to eat it.

    When I started MFP I was, not now
  • wasveganvictoria88
    wasveganvictoria88 Posts: 249 Member
    Don't blame your co-workers for your lack of self discipline.

    Haha but its so much easier!
  • thrld
    thrld Posts: 610 Member
    I have trouble when someone brings in bagels.


    But I believe that no-one truly cares if I eat the cake or not.
    Go, participate (sing happy birthday, make small chat) and then if you really feel compelled, take a piece of cake back to your desk and then toss it.

    Oh, and if you are feeling coerced, get yourself a cup of coffee, hold it with both hands and tell everyone you'll have a piece "in a few minutes" (and then either 'forget', or take it back to your desk and toss it).
  • reallyregina
    reallyregina Posts: 62 Member
    I send that stuff to my husband's work so I don't eat it all and because most of the people he works with don't have a lot of money. I remember working my butt off and being broke. It was always so nice when someone would bring food in. It didn't matter what they brought. It meant I had food in my stomach and I didn't pay for it. Lately the things I send are vegan but shhhh we don't tell them that.
  • wasveganvictoria88
    wasveganvictoria88 Posts: 249 Member
    I send that stuff to my husband's work so I don't eat it all and because most of the people he works with don't have a lot of money. I remember working my butt off and being broke. It was always so nice when someone would bring food in. It didn't matter what they brought. It meant I had food in my stomach and I didn't pay for it. Lately the things I send are vegan but shhhh we don't tell them that.

    LOVE that idea :)
  • jenj1313
    jenj1313 Posts: 898 Member
    For some reason, I find that if I bring sweets in, I'm less tempted to eat them. Not sure why, but it works for me! I think I get satisfaction out of bringing them for others, then don't feel the need to indulge myself.

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