I'm doomedFollow

I'm trying so hard to be well behaved and eat healthy (and I'd like to lose 5 pounds I picked up over the winter as well). So I packed my healthy lunch, tossed in a mango for snacking, and marched off to work, resolved. I get here and what has some devil coworker left right next to my desk? Donut holes.

Alright, so I said no, and ate my mango and glared at the box of donut holes...but I felt good for resisting temptation. An hour goes by. Another coworker brings in ANOTHER BOX OF DONUT HOLES. This time it's different though, *this time* they include my *favorite* kind (chocolate with the buttercrunch stuff...it's actually tied with the chocolate with the coconut flakes, but anyway). I ate three. I'm only human people. Uncle.

Ever feel like everyone is out to sabotage you? Maybe it's just me...maybe because of that time my mom cut my brakes...

Nexa

Here at the office we have reps and what not passing through all the time bringing in goodies for the office folk. I go downstairs into the breakroom to make some healthy Oatmeal and I am greeted with Donuts, Munchkins, Bagels with 6 different spreads and cookies. Happens at least once a week.

Try thinking about all the nasty hands and fingers that reached into the box. Think of that fat smelly guy in the warehouse who doesn't wash his hands after he takes a leak.

That helps.

You ate like five didn't you?


You're weak Joph, so so weak.

My company really doesn't care about its employees so we don't have parties. Not even Christmas Parties because a couple years ago two employees hooked up at some out of office party they had. One was married.

My boss keeps putting beer in my fridge and I can hold out till about noon but then I lose all self-control. On the plus side, I can't remember if I ate dinner last night, but I feel pretty hollow, so I'm gonna assume I didn't.

If it makes you feel any better I heard there are some kick *** donut holes by your desk!

Take out company and insert Navy, take out Employees and insert Sailors. That is where I work. Only they are usually both married.

I think a rusty trombone is the preferred way, but I haven't taken a survey lately.

Nexa

I totally sympathize. My last company was the exact same way. So many frickin employees that like every two weeks our department had a Costco cake. And if that wasn't bad enough, whenever Customer Service, Accounting, or Corporate had a birthday, their cake was too big and they'd come dump the leftovers on Merchandising. Then during Christmas all the vendors would send chocolates and gift baskets and cakes and pies and everything fattening under the sun.

As if all that wasn't bad enough, over half the women near the table of food were on Weight Watchers and they had great will power so the stash hardly ever went down.

Nexa, my advice is next time someone leaves it there, get rid of it as soon as they put it down. Don't even give yourself the time to think about it. Just jump up and tell them, "I'm sorry, but can you put that by someone else, I'm trying to watch what I eat."

To help with getting hungry early eat a very filling hot healthy breakfast. Almost every morning I fry 1/8c bell pepper and 1/8c onion seasoned with pepper and onion powder, then add olive oil and ff egg substitute. Since it's hot and fiber heavy, I can usually last quite nicely until 11:30ish. If you already do eat breakfast but get hungry early cause you wake up and eat so early, try just packing it up with you and eating it once you get to work. Breakfast bento!

Agreed.

This is why the more learned folk call them "TimBits".

By more learned, of course I mean Canadian.

3 donut holes aren't going to kill you. The best way to fail at a diet is to completely cut off everything you love. Give yourself a cheat day, a weekend snack or something.

What about nine? Will nine kill me? Tomorrow there will be cake and pizza. I can't wait until the weekend when I'm in my fortress of low-fattyness and doing yardwork, haha!

Nexa