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Heh...I hear you on this one. I'm only a slight detour from two Taco Bells. As long as I stay on the hallway I'm safe.What about taking something with that's healthier to eat while you're passing?
Two things... take a different route... if it is longer, all the better. If that is not realistic as RA says, keep your hands full with a healthy snack.I am going to look for an article we had here on Bagels... kind of similar to the donut thing... Something like eating a donut a day is the equivalent of gaining 30lbs a year or something ridiculous... If you know just how bad it is for you (aside from 300 calories not being bad enough), then you might be able to walk by unphased.
Trust me - I am with you on this one... If there is a box of donuts in front of me, there is NO WAY I am just having one!!!
Wow, I suffer this too. Except mine is when they have donuts or bagels in one of the rooms at my work. I like Trudy's idea of avoiding it if you can. I also like Random's idea of eating while passing. My advice would be gum. I find that when I'm chewing gum, I'm not ready to jump on food and growl at people. Also as stupid as this sounds, try an affirmation too (Gosh I feel like such a moron for suggesting it, but it has helped me in tough times... something like "I'm healthy and in control of my eating habits" or something like that. I read that idea from Think Thin, Be Thin. They say 20xs in morning and 20xs in the evening. Again, I really feel like a doofus for suggesting it).
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That is a great way to look at it Debbie... The donuts will ALWAYS be there... There is no sense of urgency to have it now, so keep walking. After this thread all I could think about was donuts this weekend... lol... and there are three Dunkin Donuts from the gym to my house... sigh... But now I am looking at it like this: If you want one later, go out and get one... ONE - and maybe just a munchkin at that!!! That is actually a good idea for me... so I think the next time I am going crazy about it, I will get a couple (two) of munchkins instead of a whole donut!
Trudy: I've done that before! If you ask for one munchkin they do not charge you!! But, that's just in case of donut cravings emergencies!
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WOW - don't tell me the munchkins are free... LOL... I have enough DD's near me to schedule a donut emergency almost every day!!! : )
ok, so today is my first trip past the DD since this conversation... my mantra is: I don't think I can, I know I can. I know I can!
Awesome!!! I love that mantra!!! Hope it helped today Beth!
Hi all, Just to report back. I made it! Phew! It really wasn't a problem. Good news all and all!
So beth - how goes it these days with the donut temptation?
Hi Trudy, Thanks for asking! I haven't been back to D.D. since! I have to admit I've been tempted, but have resisted. Now if only I could resist ice cream when I am drunk. I had a pint glass sundae, delish by the way, yesterday. Only after I finished it did I realize, that it was a full pint of ice cream. HA! I feel pretty disgusting today.
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thanks debbie, i really appreciate those kind words. i will try to think about them today anytime i am down.
WTG on resisting DD... LOL - I know what you mean on the ice cream!!!
not when I am drunk though : )
That might be the reason you felt "disgusting"... you might want to rethink the cravings... beer and ice cream... that can't be a good combo for your tummy.
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No, I tend to get really bad heartburn when I overeat, so much so that I can't lay down. You would think I would learn my lesson, but I always seem to forget after that second beer. See my St. Patty's Day post....
my conundrum is this: i take public transportation home, and have to walk through a station with a dunkin donuts. they bake the cookies and donuts in the station, so it always smells really good. no matter how satisfied i am, and no matter how much i know that a good dinner is waiting for me at home, i have to use all my will power to resist stopping by and getting donuts!
i have given in once so far. each donut is about 300 calories, so i think about that a lot, and how i won't feel better after i eat it. but the issue for me is knowing that it is coming, and that i have to resist. its more a level of frustration with resisting day after day after day more than a problem of giving in.
does anyone have any suggestions on how i can make this not an issue? i am at my wits ends.