Re: office food temptations

[Guest guest]

Gemello - sounds perfectly normal to me. There is something cathartic and therapeutic about taking a donut and throwing it away (right after you mash it into inedibility). You are exhibiting command over the thing that beat you long ago - but never again! The act is filling a need so I say - "go for it and don't feel guilty". I suspect that eventually you won't need to "squash and toss" any longer.

I say if it feels good - do it!!

Happy squishing!!

in Cupertino

Pre-op

[Guest guest]

Gemello,

Thats beautiful!! lol I'm going to try that!!

but talk about temptations! try working in a hotel with a pastry

chief !! We have temptation all the time around us. Working in

human recourses I'm the candy lady. I have baskets of candy in the

office all the time for the associates. The cooks are forever

bringing us things to try, every where you turn there's something

new to try. What I do is remember how im going to feel if I eat A,B

or C. I got to tell you though sometimes I do eat it and I'm fine.

I'm not into never having something I like again. Its all in

moderation and balance for me

> Hello everyone:

>

> I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but I thought I'd

bring

> it up and ask how everyone deals with it.

>

> In my office, people are always bringing in donuts and pastries

for

> breakfast. Before, I would eat one with everyone else, then I'd

take

> another and another and another each time I passed the breakroom.

> Sometimes, I'd eat 4 - 6 donuts in a day.

>

> Now, I skip the donuts, but I still hear them calling me like a

> mermaid calls out to a sailor. But I've been doing something that

no

> one knows about, and I wanted to sort of confess it here where I

hope

> someone will understand me.

>

> Everytime I pass the donuts now, I take one, squish it in a napkin

> and throw it away. The donuts never get eaten up and many get

thrown

> out anyway. So I feel like I'm having some sort of victory over

the

> donuts when I squish them. I actually say to myself, " I don't

need

> this donut, and I'm just taking away the ones I would have eaten

in

> the past. " So now, instead of ending up in me, the donuts end up

in

> the trash.

>

> Somehow I feel good about doing this. But there has been part of

me

> that wants to bring this out in the open here because if anyone at

> work saw me doing this, I think they would brand me a total loon.

I

> actually feel like I've had a little victory when I slam dunk the

> squished donut into the trash and say, " Yes! "

>

> Anyway, I'm chuckling at myself now, and feeling somewhat silly.

But

> I just wanted to find out if anyone else here has some seemingly

> strange way to deal with food temptations. This one works for me,

> but again, it feels a little compulsive and somewhat strange...

but

> whatever works, right?

>

> Gemello

> open rny 06/03/03

> reconstruction 05/25/04

> -138 lbs

[Guest guest]

Hi Gemello –

that is funny, I can totally visualize slam dunking a donut! Actually, my way

of dealing with food is probably even more bizarre. I have always loved to cook

and still do. By cooking all (or most) of the foods I’ve always loved to

cook for my family, I feel like I’m kind of living vicariously through my

cooking. You know, I can’t eat it, but I still really enjoy cooking it! I

know that would be torturous for some people to cook good food and not be able

to eat it, but for me, it kind of gets the cravings out of my system just by preparing

it for others to eat!

- Lesa -

office food temptations

Hello everyone:

I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but I

thought I'd bring

it up and ask how everyone deals with it.

In my office, people are always bringing in donuts

and pastries for

breakfast. Before, I would eat one with

everyone else, then I'd take

another and another and another each time I passed

the breakroom.

Sometimes, I'd eat 4 - 6 donuts in a day.

Now, I skip the donuts, but I still hear them

calling me like a

mermaid calls out to a sailor. But I've been

doing something that no

one knows about, and I wanted to sort of confess

it here where I hope

someone will understand me.

Everytime I pass the donuts now, I take one,

squish it in a napkin

and throw it away. The donuts never get

eaten up and many get thrown

out anyway. So I feel like I'm having some

sort of victory over the

donuts when I squish them. I actually say to

myself, " I don't need

this donut, and I'm just taking away the ones I

would have eaten in

the past. " So now, instead of ending up

in me, the donuts end up in

the trash.

Somehow I feel good about doing this. But

there has been part of me

that wants to bring this out in the open here

because if anyone at

work saw me doing this, I think they would brand

me a total loon. I

actually feel like I've had a little victory when

I slam dunk the

squished donut into the trash and say,

" Yes! "

Anyway, I'm chuckling at myself now, and feeling

somewhat silly. But

I just wanted to find out if anyone else here has

some seemingly

strange way to deal with food temptations.

This one works for me,

but again, it feels a little compulsive and

somewhat strange... but

whatever works, right?

Gemello

open rny 06/03/03

reconstruction 05/25/04

-138 lbs

[Guest guest]

Hi Gemello –

that is funny, I can totally visualize slam dunking a donut! Actually, my way

of dealing with food is probably even more bizarre. I have always loved to cook

and still do. By cooking all (or most) of the foods I’ve always loved to

cook for my family, I feel like I’m kind of living vicariously through my

cooking. You know, I can’t eat it, but I still really enjoy cooking it! I

know that would be torturous for some people to cook good food and not be able

to eat it, but for me, it kind of gets the cravings out of my system just by preparing

it for others to eat!

- Lesa -

office food temptations

Hello everyone:

I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but I

thought I'd bring

it up and ask how everyone deals with it.

In my office, people are always bringing in donuts

and pastries for

breakfast. Before, I would eat one with

everyone else, then I'd take

another and another and another each time I passed

the breakroom.

Sometimes, I'd eat 4 - 6 donuts in a day.

Now, I skip the donuts, but I still hear them

calling me like a

mermaid calls out to a sailor. But I've been

doing something that no

one knows about, and I wanted to sort of confess

it here where I hope

someone will understand me.

Everytime I pass the donuts now, I take one,

squish it in a napkin

and throw it away. The donuts never get

eaten up and many get thrown

out anyway. So I feel like I'm having some

sort of victory over the

donuts when I squish them. I actually say to

myself, " I don't need

this donut, and I'm just taking away the ones I

would have eaten in

the past. " So now, instead of ending up

in me, the donuts end up in

the trash.

Somehow I feel good about doing this. But

there has been part of me

that wants to bring this out in the open here

because if anyone at

work saw me doing this, I think they would brand

me a total loon. I

actually feel like I've had a little victory when

I slam dunk the

squished donut into the trash and say,

" Yes! "

Anyway, I'm chuckling at myself now, and feeling

somewhat silly. But

I just wanted to find out if anyone else here has

some seemingly

strange way to deal with food temptations.

This one works for me,

but again, it feels a little compulsive and

somewhat strange... but

whatever works, right?

Gemello

open rny 06/03/03

reconstruction 05/25/04

-138 lbs

[Guest guest]

I LOVE IT!!!

You dont need to be eating the junk, neither does anyone else, the

trash seems like a good place for it! And I love the squishing it

part, too funny!!

Shanna

> Hello everyone:

>

> I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but I thought I'd

bring

> it up and ask how everyone deals with it.

>

> In my office, people are always bringing in donuts and pastries for

> breakfast. Before, I would eat one with everyone else, then I'd

take

> another and another and another each time I passed the breakroom.

> Sometimes, I'd eat 4 - 6 donuts in a day.

>

> Now, I skip the donuts, but I still hear them calling me like a

> mermaid calls out to a sailor. But I've been doing something that

no

> one knows about, and I wanted to sort of confess it here where I

hope

> someone will understand me.

>

> Everytime I pass the donuts now, I take one, squish it in a napkin

> and throw it away. The donuts never get eaten up and many get

thrown

> out anyway. So I feel like I'm having some sort of victory over

the

> donuts when I squish them. I actually say to myself, " I don't need

> this donut, and I'm just taking away the ones I would have eaten in

> the past. " So now, instead of ending up in me, the donuts end up

in

> the trash.

>

> Somehow I feel good about doing this. But there has been part of

me

> that wants to bring this out in the open here because if anyone at

> work saw me doing this, I think they would brand me a total loon.

I

> actually feel like I've had a little victory when I slam dunk the

> squished donut into the trash and say, " Yes! "

>

> Anyway, I'm chuckling at myself now, and feeling somewhat silly.

But

> I just wanted to find out if anyone else here has some seemingly

> strange way to deal with food temptations. This one works for me,

> but again, it feels a little compulsive and somewhat strange... but

> whatever works, right?

>

> Gemello

> open rny 06/03/03

> reconstruction 05/25/04

> -138 lbs