The teachers' lounge is brimming with Mexican food. I brought my boring lunch-- rice, veggie mix. Funny, I was happy with the lunch yesterday, but today it pales next to the sour cream and cheese and meat and chips.

UUGH!

I ate 1 chip with salsa a minute ago. I was not even hungry.

The energy around the food is BIG- everone is into prep and mexican decorations and moving too fast.

I am going to eat my own lunch. I am down .5 pounds and am feeling good about my weight. I don't want to eat a 1500 caloirie lunch. Or even a 1000 calorie lunch. I have a great dinnner at home that I don't want to feel like I should skip it due to too much food/fat/salt at lunch. I don't want to feel yucky later.

There is no pressure to eat the lunch-- just my own pull toward cheese and sour cream and salty chips.

Any suggestions. tips, encouragment? I could use it from now until I leave at 1.00.

I wasn't really worried. Congrats!

Way to go Sandy! Congratulations on successfully dodging the food fest : )

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Originally posted by Bee:

How did you end up making out?

I ended up doing well. I ate my lunch and generally stayed out of the area. Oh...I did eat 3 peanut M&M's on the way out. So...my extras for the day include 3 M&M's and 1 chip. Not bad for a girl who used to eat until she felt sick and then think that I could find just the right thing to eat that might make me feel better. What kind of crazy thinking is that?

I appreciate your posts. I looked at them and did not have time to respond. They made a big difference in terms of my ability to stay away. The germ visualization was helpful. Let's hope that the M&M's had not been sneezed on just before I walked in.

I know that I'm too late to help but just wanted to offer my sympathy! When I used to do hospice work, the lunch room was ALWAYS brimming with treats and snacks. It was so difficult to walk by (and most times I didn't).

I applaud you for trying to stick to your plan and eat your lunch.

How did you end up making out?

PS I would have suggested the "avoid the lunch room like the plague" tactic : )

Grrlscout, I am not ashamed to say that I would be the one at the candy dish who sneakily looks both ways to make sure I am not being watched and quickly puts "all" of the mini snickers into my pocket......all for me!!!!

I feel your pain!!

Sandy, I don't have any advice for you, only comiseration!

For about a week now, someone has been bringing in candy - M&Ms, Hot Tamales, Hershey's hearts, Palmer dark chocolate hearts (I already snagged 2), mini Snickers (grabbed 1) - and leaving little bowls of them on just about every surface in every room of the office.

So I pass at least 4 of these treat bowls on my way to the kitchen or the front door. It's killin me!

I don't want to be a Valentine's grinch and tell them to stop. So my strategy is just to minimize exposure. Maybe do all my other office area errands all at once.

Don't even get me started on the TUB of Red Vines that my new officemate has.

Sometimes just posting puts things into perspective for me. I hope by posting that helped you too.

Can you plan a healthy Mexican dinner in your head to have in a day or two? That way, mentally, you're not depriving yourself of Mexican, and you can think "I can make BETTER and healthier Mexican at home!"

Dawn

Sandy, I hope you're still hanging in there. It may be close to 1 p.m. your time by now.

But if you just can't stay out of the room where the treats are, commit to doing a few laps around the table before you eat anything. Decide what's really worth the calories, if anything, and have a portion controlled serving of that. That way, you won't feel deprived.

If you really don't want to eat anything, just keep reminding yourself of how you'll feel later -- terrific if you pass it up, not-so-pretty-good if you don't.

Good luck!

Sandy!!! GET OUT OF THERE QUICK!!! Retreat to your classroom while you can!! Good girl for posting during the stressful time, Now Go Girl!!! Eat in your classroom and avoid the temptation. You won't be there much longer!!

Oh, Sandy, been there done that too. Can you tell yourself "not today, maybe next time"? Over and over and over...hehe

Or can you choose something else as a 'treat'- even food but preferably otherwise-for later today as a reward for skipping it?

Hang in there...you're down under an hour I think if I have your time zone right...

Peg

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Any suggestions. tips, encouragment? I could use it from now until I leave at 1.00.

I can only say, "I have sooooo been there!!" Teachers REALLY know how to pack away the calories.

Think of germs maybe... the communal chip bowl... the Howard Hughes approach to group food gatherings...

Be strong… hang in there!!!