I think sometimes people just don't think. A very good friend of mine once made me dinner, a grilled chicken pasta dish with parmesan cheese. She felt really bad when I didn't eat it, because she'd been so focused on the fact that it had spinach, olives, and chickpeas in it that she forgot I don't eat animal products.
Don't take it personally if this is the only time it's happened, chalk it up to silly people forgetting important things, be thankful she cares enough to think of you to get you a gift to brighten your day (even if it's a bad one!), and throw that cookie away!
I know how you feel. You work so hard and you just want someone to respect that. It's like the fact that my sons and I eat eggs for breakfast and my husband sits there eating his cereal. Grrrrr. He doesn't mean to upset us and it really doesn't but come on! I personally can't just take a bite of something and stop so I would give the cookie to someone or throw it out. I am allowed 2 cheat meals a week but usually don't indulge because I am afraid that if I give in I do I won't be able to go back to eating healthy like I do now. Everyone has to choose how they want to handle the situation. As far as your boss is concerned just ignore. Whether she meant any harm or not doesn't really matter. All that matters is what you want to do and how you decide to handle it.
I have to agree with some of the others in that alot of those store bought cookies really don't taste good so they aren't worth the calories.
Don't get sucked in! Whatever you do!! I don't know about you but when I don't have junk food, I'm ok but then if I have a bite or two, I end up craving more.
It's best to be polite either by saying Thank You and letting her think you ate it or by saying Thank You but I cannot accept this, I'm trying to get healthy and this is not in my eating plan. She may be annoyed/upset but if you don't let her know that you're not eating like this anymore, she may think you loved the cookie and may bring you another one. Not Good!
Some times I feel like the only one that still, once in a while, has a cookie. I probably would have done what mkendrick suggested and eaten a piece before throwing the rest away. It was meant as a nice gesture, and not everyone on a diet completely shuns a cookie like its the devil. I don't think I could maintain my eating plans for life if it completely eliminated cookies. (I say this, and I can't remember the last time I had one!)
Though I do agree that a lot of those large, store cookies are crap anyway.
I don't think I could maintain my eating plans for life if it completely eliminated cookies. (I say this, and I can't remember the last time I had one!)
Though I do agree that a lot of those large, store cookies are crap anyway.
This is exactly how I am going about my lifestyle/food changes.
But here is how I try to look at it for myself. If something is around the office (and believe you me....it is! Just yesterday a well-meaning patient delivered still-warm brownies and blondies to our office!), I have been pretty good about passing it up. If I want to eating something indulgent, I will choose it when I want to, not just because it is sitting there.
Luckily, I haven't had anyone attempt to sabotage my efforts and I hope they don't.
I would just say thank you., and get rid of it as soon as possible , in the garbage, down the toilet, whatever. I couldn't chance having it around all day.
It's so hard to keep on track with people trying to sabotage your efforts all the time huh ... I would've said thank you nicely and then thrown it straight out! That could not sit on my desk without me eating it.
I totally agree with windchime about cutting it into pieces and leaving it in the lunchroom. You appreciate the gesture and you're sharing. no harm done!
Goodness knows that if I were to leave anything at all unattended in the lunchroom, it'd be gone in a second if I wasn't keeping an eye on it! I was once cutting up an apple, turned around to wash the knife when a colleage waltzes in and snags a piece of my apple without even thinking about it.
Point 2: no evidence is left behind in all likelihood.
I hate wasting food as well, but I also hate when someone just SHOVES something you know you're not supposed to have into your face. My little sister did that with not one, or two, but a BUCKET of brownies, and then pulled them back to her and ate one!
), I have been pretty good about passing it up. If I want to eating something indulgent, I will choose it when I want to, not just because it is sitting there.
