Why are there always fresh fluffy donuts on the table? Oh it's brutal! The sprinkles! The Boston cream! Make it stop!
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Thread: Work meetings
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05-04-2011, 08:05 AM #1
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05-04-2011, 08:24 AM #3
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Eat something prior or bring your own snack and chew gum if you can (or even suck on a breath mint). Honestly, donuts aren't that tempting to me, unless I'm hungry.
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05-04-2011, 08:38 AM #6
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To each his own, but I often wonder why we can't have a meeting or celebration at work without cake, ice cream, or donuts, and it's usually subpar.
How about nuts or fruit or cheese or mini sandwiches or dark chocolate squares......or nada. Imagine that?
Before I had a "handle" on my diet, it would piss me off. Now it doesn't phase me. They have a right to "party" however they want to, and it's up to me to take responsibility for myself.
But, yeah, why always cake, ice cream, and donuts?
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05-04-2011, 09:42 AM #7
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i made it through the meeting without eating one. i wasn't even hungry when i went in. but they were really really fresh. so the aroma was a bit intoxicating. but now i'm back at my desk and eating black beans, ground turkey, avocado and salsa. i did have one tortilla, but there is definitely enough protein here to fill two of them.
the next time we have an office party, i am going to bring a fruit/veggie tray.
maybe i should bring one for the next big meeting...I'm gonna be one to watch in 2012. Just wait and see.
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05-04-2011, 12:55 PM #8
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05-04-2011, 03:36 PM #9
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I heard the other day that the top item on the list that a person may eat that "breaks" their diet is...drumroll.....a donut!! And I am SURE its because of office situations! I am not normally a person who would ever go to a donut shop or buy them, but when you are hungry and everyone is eating them and they are sitting there....lol.
I agree with thepowerwithin, why do celebrations/meetings always revolve around food? I was watching an episode of Heavy the other day in which an obese person returned home from the "fat farm" to his family. And guess what? Huge spread of bad for you junk food. Ridiculous."A champion is someone who gets up even when he can't" ---Jack Dempsey
I eat for living, not just lifting.
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05-04-2011, 03:40 PM #10
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05-04-2011, 03:45 PM #11
in a job i used to have, i got to do the food order (i agree that it's unnecessary that meetings revolve around or involve food). i'd try to do a nice mix. it's tricky b/c the dept will only let you spend so much, and the healthier stuff is more $, not to mention people aren't always up for change. so i'd at least make sure there was a veggie tray or fruit salad. afternoon meetings were easier b/c some of the sandwich options were healthy. am meetings were harder b/c it really was mostly baked goods (and my always-ordered fruit salad and ypgurt, which man, was really pricey). at least they could offer english muffins or even cereal. the cafeteria had all these things but they were never options. i tried!
btw, rowyn, i love heavy. liked the beginning ones more (preferred the non hilton head ones. forget where they were, but liked the trainers better).
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05-04-2011, 04:33 PM #12
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05-04-2011, 06:57 PM #13
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05-04-2011, 07:22 PM #14
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05-04-2011, 07:44 PM #15
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05-05-2011, 05:41 PM #16
This made me LOL.
I am feeling this post! Just complaining to a co-worker today...the VP is ordering pizza tomorrow to celebrate quarter end. Usually, they will put it in a conference room & when the dinner bell tolls, I just stay at my desk. But this time, it's in our big meeting room & they're also talking about happenings from Q1, so I have to go. Boo hiss. I already bought gum to chew. I hope it works since I'm subbing sweet for PIZZA.
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05-05-2011, 05:50 PM #17
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05-07-2011, 04:49 AM #20
worse than this - b/c this is to be expected, although i did try to change it at my old job, as i said!! - is treats at the gym. the equipment is on the second floor and snack bar on the first floor, and sometimes they're baking ("low fat" brownies and whole wheat granola cookies) while i'm working out, and it's just wrong! or even the smell of other food. but mainly those brownies. i'm never tempted when i see them, even though they look really good and are huuuuuge, but smelling them...
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05-07-2011, 12:03 PM #21
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05-07-2011, 02:16 PM #22
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05-07-2011, 02:42 PM #23
ugh, yeah, horrible. sometimes people are selling stuff in the lobby (it's kind of weird, actually), and sometimes this chocolate guy comes. fancy shmancy chocolate samples. tons of them. and on member appreciation day (which is a monthly thing) they have free brownies (the same brownies cut into little pieces) and sometimes even wine and cheese! they do get some credit for also having some cut up veggies too, at least (not on wine and cheese day, though). why can't anything be w/o food, esp "junk" food, and esp at a gym? but meetings too (back to the op's topic. sorry, didn't mean to hijack). and what is it abt donuts specially? like if it's a bfast meeting, always donuts. lunch, always pizza. why those foods? there are other foods in those price ranges. such a connection, though. i guess it's just easy.
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05-08-2011, 05:13 AM #24
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05-08-2011, 06:11 AM #25
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and sometimes even wine and cheese!"Eat some oatmeal, do some squats, how hard is that seriously."--Prof Ham
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05-08-2011, 03:47 PM #28
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05-09-2011, 02:57 AM #29
I was actually really impressed once when I visited another gym of a chain I was a member of (Campbelltown Fitness First, Aussies) - IIRC, they had a little cafe inside that had healthy smoothies and other kind of workout-ish options ... my memory is not the best, but it seemed pretty convenient and like a bloody good idea at the time.
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