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I guess it's employee appreciation day or whatever. I have been trying to lose some weight, and I hate days like this. I brought my healthy food, and on a normal day it's easy for me to stick to what I brought but today...
We have this long table near the kitchen. It is literally covered end to end with boxes & baskets full of croissants, bagels, brownies, cookies, the list goes on & on. I managed to grab just a yogurt parfait (after having my oatmeal), but now I'm at that point where I'm hungry in between breakfast & lunch and all I want to do is go over there. I can't just grab one little thing...I'll just keep coming back for more! I hate this! I won't have time to work out after work...otherwise I probably would just say screw it.
i drink a lot of water. drinking water curbs your appetite for sure. i have some fatties in my office too.
who do fat people think they are kidding? there is room in the diet to be thin and eat a certain amount of all that stuff. but suddenly these fatties go on a diet and pretend as if they are only eating grilled chicken, brown rice and spinach. such bs. you piggies are eating too much food, you are snacking and that is even while you are crying about how you cant eat some cake or ice cream. you are eating plenty so stop kidding yourselves.
First of all, I am not a fattie CaptainNJ, but something tells me you are
Someone just pointed out in another thread that people online like to paint these pictures of people in their heads, and exaggerate what we are saying on here to no end. Venting about tables full of junk food at work and fighting the cravings does not mean I am some lazy "fattie"...I work out, I try to eat as healthy as I can, but having to walk by that table all day does take its toll.
Trust me, I've got 'fattie' coworkers who look like they've never taken care of themselves, and they happen to be the people who promote rewarding the office with crap food. They are the same people who can't take the stairs because of 'bad knees' or ask people to pick up papers off the printer for them because they are too lazy to walk. I am not one of those people, and if I sit here & eat all of that crap all day, I will become one!
First of all, I am not a fattie CaptainNJ, but something tells me you are
Someone just pointed out in another thread that people online like to paint these pictures of people in their heads, and exaggerate what we are saying on here to no end. Venting about tables full of junk food at work and fighting the cravings does not mean I am some lazy "fattie"...I work out, I try to eat as healthy as I can, but having to walk by that table all day does take its toll.
Trust me, I've got 'fattie' coworkers who look like they've never taken care of themselves, and they happen to be the people who promote rewarding the office with crap food. They are the same people who can't take the stairs because of 'bad knees' or ask people to pick up papers off the printer for them because they are too lazy to walk. I am not one of those people, and if I sit here & eat all of that crap all day, I will become one!
I know a lot of people on diets love complaining about their struggles so im conveniently taking out my complaint about them here
the important part is your overall daily calorie intake. so if you take something from the table, you could just cut it out somewhere else. unless you have ripped abs, there is probably plenty of adding/subtracting you could do. the only time I ever really struggle is when im cutting to get ripped abs (and usually failing). otherwise, im eating plenty of "wants" and never risking being called a ziggy piggy.
I guess it's employee appreciation day or whatever. I have been trying to lose some weight, and I hate days like this. I brought my healthy food, and on a normal day it's easy for me to stick to what I brought but today...
We have this long table near the kitchen. It is literally covered end to end with boxes & baskets full of croissants, bagels, brownies, cookies, the list goes on & on. I managed to grab just a yogurt parfait (after having my oatmeal), but now I'm at that point where I'm hungry in between breakfast & lunch and all I want to do is go over there. I can't just grab one little thing...I'll just keep coming back for more! I hate this! I won't have time to work out after work...otherwise I probably would just say screw it.
Try to see it this way, indulging sometimes is good for you. Just try not to associate indulging with binging or abusing. As far as falling off the wagon, hey we all do. I have fallen off the wagon more times than I care to remember. It is human nature, just get back up and climb aboard the wagon again. Remember Those Who Quit Never Win And Those Who Win Never Quit.
You should not let yourself 'get hungry in between breakfast and lunch' ... go ahead and have a snack ! Just make it something that is satisfying ! Pass up on the sugars, for sure. Go for some nuts or some other source of protein (keep an appropriate snack bar ready to stay off those hunger pangs until lunch without so many calories for such emergencies).
Eating regularly during the day and smaller portions works much better than letting yourself 'get hungry' which makes you feel 'deprived.'
snacking is for fatties. id imagine that it is the most common piece of a persons diet that causes them to go over the calories they should for the day.
I guess it's employee appreciation day or whatever. I have been trying to lose some weight, and I hate days like this. I brought my healthy food, and on a normal day it's easy for me to stick to what I brought but today...
We have this long table near the kitchen. It is literally covered end to end with boxes & baskets full of croissants, bagels, brownies, cookies, the list goes on & on. I managed to grab just a yogurt parfait (after having my oatmeal), but now I'm at that point where I'm hungry in between breakfast & lunch and all I want to do is go over there. I can't just grab one little thing...I'll just keep coming back for more! I hate this! I won't have time to work out after work...otherwise I probably would just say screw it.
No time to work out after work? So what, have what you want just account for it in your total daily intake.
Too many restrictions make most fail.
I lost 500 pounds over a period of 13 years (yes it took that long) but I did not restrict myself from anything I just accounted for it and if I wanted a piece of French Silk Pie for breakfast I had it.
I did not have surgery or use any program either, a lifestyle change and absolute awareness of everything I ate.
Also I don't mean I lost, gained, lost, gained........I lost from start to finish 500 pounds.
I also did not work out like a mad woman either, that is too much like manual labor, I walked 2 miles each day and not "fast" walk, I walked like I normally walk. It took a long time but I did it and I kept all the weight off until menopause hit 3 years ago then I gained a bit of the weight back. However, menopause is done and I'm back on the downhill to getting back to the weight I was before menopause hit.
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