Holidays goodies at the office- rant

I can not deal with all the food, cookies, cakes, candies, etc. I walked out of the office today with 2 bags of cookies and 1 bag of chocolates. Everyone brings them with great intentions but it makes me miserable because I want to eat them but I know I shouldn't.  Yesterday I ate a cookie and it went down soooo smoothly, I felt like I could have 2 or 3 with no problem......I didn't but it made me want more.  I wish the cookie would have me sick instead so i wouldn't want more.   

I am re gifting the cookies and chocolate so I wont have the temptation at home but I am dreading going to work because we are getting baskets left and right and everyone is eating ALL day.  I have had such an easy ride thus far and this is truly the first time I feel deprived or crave bad food.   I cant stand all the good....bad.......amazing food the holidays bring

    

I couldn't stop myself....each day I was having a cookie, a candy, etc. I hit rock bottom yesterday when someone brought in a high-end, gooey carrot cake. Blobs of frosting were just laying all over in the box. Every time I walked by, I grabbed a blob of the frosting. Last night I felt like crap.

So, today I started the 5 day pouch test. By the time I'm done with it, the sugar will be gone. I realize I could pick, pick, pick all day long......never getting full. I know I could get in 2000+ calories a day eating like this.

I had to stop the madness. :(

Today wasn't so bad walking past those cookies -- it's all head hunger.

I would be asking for fruit baskets instead. I know you cant ask and I have no advice but I hope it will get better really soon.

I know what you mean -  our kitchen island right now is like a smorgasbord of what not to eat!!!  Goodies that my husband brings home that he got at work, little food gifts from friends, lots of cookies and candies -  oh my!!!  My family can eat that stuff - but not me. 

I literally try not to think about it.  I don't want to sample any of it or sneak some of it, because I am honestly afraid of going down that path.  Maybe when I am farther out from surgery and have more of this under my belt, I might feel comfortable having a cookie.... or some candy.... but I can't do that right now.  I want to firmly establish my new good eating habits and not sabotage myself.  I want to succeed!! 

So ... that cookie is just a cookie.... more like it will be around next year.... when you are at goal and you are thinner and stronger and more confident in your new self.... so just walk away! 

I feel ya on this. I work at a nursing home and all the families bring goodies this time of year. Cookies, cakes, cheese straws, sausage balls, homemade fudge etc.  It has been hard to not eat it. I have found if I give into carbs it just makes me want more so I try to not go there.

Oh man, a good reason to work at home.  I'me very glad I haven't had to deal with all that except when I have gone to meetings.  I generally set a number, like one thing, then pick carefully and throughly enjoy that one thing.  But that is for a couple hour meeting, not a whole day.  Maybe one in the morning, one in the afternoon.  Oh dear, that would be hard.  Chocolate calium chews help me also.

I work at a hospital...patients are giving us stuff and the things we get from the doctors and others reps...OH MY!  

Thankfully I dump...so I stay far far away.  I have been bringing to work WLS friendly snacks so that I can snack when my coworkers are eating crap.   It makes me feel less deprived!

Someone came up with the idea of setting up the goodie table in the cubical right next to mine.  So the first day back to work I'm sitting at my desk all day smelling something marvelous (still don't know what it was).

Since I'm only about 3 weeks out from surgery, most of the food isn't really tempting me, but good smelling food is making me insane.

Arg!  That's awful!

Don't feel badly about throwing away food you can't eat!  I know, there are people who starve.  But they don't need the sugar, either.  

It's ok to just discreetly get rid of it - no need to pass it off to someone else to get fat, either!  :)

I'm feeling ya!  We had our first office luncheon today.  I picked up chinese food for everyone so was able to get myself protein and veggies.  Then the trouble.  Someone gave me a big double layered box of the chocolates wrapped in the gold paper.  I ate one then realized I was in trouble so I went over to our big office where there are 2 dozen people and offered everyone chocolates.  I came home emptyhanded with a tummy ache from the 1 I did eat.  Tomorrow is the next luncheon but I know that it will be catered with chicken.  I think I'll ask my assistant to bring me back a plate with just a piece of chicken and broccoli so that I don't have to even walk into the main office.

I really need strategic planning at this time of year.  I need to visualize the situation and plan how to enjoy it without the sugar.