Dear office snacks, we have to break up

[isit5yet 37]

I'm just venting here because I have to do something else besides walking into the kitchen one more time.

I'm two weeks post -op and back at work for the third day, and now I totally resent that my office has Snacks in the kitchen. I work for a small software company where there's always chips, snacks, fruit, candy, etc in the kitchen. I'm one week into the puree stage, so I can't go and eat the fruit, which would be my choice. I absolutely hate that this food is available. I did so much better post-op when I was home for 10 days.

This just sucks. I'm not even hungry, seriously. Not at all. However, those damn reeces mini eggs look so good. It's a head problem on my side, which I'm aware of. I chewed a stick of gum and that helped. I also know salty foods are my trigger. This has to get easier as the days go on, and in a few days I can move to soft solids like tuna and chicken salad which will help. The sad thing is that I have greek yogurt and some mashed bananas ready to eat, as well as a Protein Shake. But, I'm sitting on here obsessing about the damn reeces.

So now I have to say: F U office snacks; we have to break up. I'll come up with an elaborate story on how you cheated on me to tell my friends about it.

FYI: You all reading this who think I'm a little nutty; you'll soon get my humor. It's dry and sarcastic and a tad over the top

Cheers,

Carrie

[nallygirl 4]

I'm just venting here because I have to do something else besides walking into the kitchen one more time.

I'm two weeks post -op and back at work for the third day, and now I totally resent that my office has Snacks in the kitchen. I work for a small software company where there's always chips, snacks, fruit, candy, etc in the kitchen. I'm one week into the puree stage, so I can't go and eat the fruit, which would be my choice. I absolutely hate that this food is available. I did so much better post-op when I was home for 10 days.

This just sucks. I'm not even hungry, seriously. Not at all. However, those damn reeces mini eggs look so good. It's a head problem on my side, which I'm aware of. I chewed a stick of gum and that helped. I also know salty foods are my trigger. This has to get easier as the days go on, and in a few days I can move to soft solids like tuna and chicken salad which will help. The sad thing is that I have greek yogurt and some mashed bananas ready to eat, as well as a Protein Shake. But, I'm sitting on here obsessing about the damn reeces.

So now I have to say: F U office snacks; we have to break up. I'll come up with an elaborate story on how you cheated on me to tell my friends about it.

FYI: You all reading this who think I'm a little nutty; you'll soon get my humor. It's dry and sarcastic and a tad over the top

Cheers,

Carrie

LoL I am right there with you!!! I'm on day one of my pre-op diet and what does my department decide to order for lunch...PIZZA!!! I just made up an excuse as to why I couldn't join them in the conference room for lunch and sat at my desk drinking my tiny little Optifast shake. Good for you though for resisting all that delicious temptation!

[honk 780]

Your office is clearly a lot more restrained than the ones I've worked in. I've never been one to keep candy in my house. I would however buy some for work of which I would have one or two (esp stuff from Coscto because the bags are so big). One time I put the candy out at 9:00 (bridge mix) and took couple pieces at like 2:00 PM I stopped by and the 3lb bag was almost empty!

[shanrich96 0]

OMG this made me crack up!! Pre-op I wanted to hold a funeral for my old eating ways and favorite foods...thinking it would be good to mourn their loss. People looked at me funny. Maybe I should have tried the break-up route.

I do have to say going in the break room has been difficult, but not as bad as I thought. I actually joined in lunch today (my lovely Protein pudding..Yum), while they had normal meals. I did notice that my nose has become a lot more sensitive...I thouroughly enjoyed smelling all the delicious stuff in there. (torture) lol

[isit5yet 37]

The smells..oh the smells. My desk is by the kitchen, so I get to smell everyone's lunches. Wish people were horrible cooks and ate things that smelled like junk. When I was pregnant, I hated smelling anything cooking. Maybe the cure is to get knocked up.. ok, not so much heh.

After I wrote this post, I've been good about staying away from the office goodies. I also did a food log on Thurs as another way to keep me on track. I didn't want to write it down, so I didn't eat it. I also increased my Protein the yesterday and today to feel more full. It's helped.

There is a scheduled ice cream party at work today (in 15mins). Seriously, my office loves to eat. I planned my meals around this and accounted for the extra calories. I'll have a scoop of vanilla, and I brought my own pureed, fresh strawberries to put on top, so I feel like it's a treat and I'm not the freak being left out. I think this is a good plan - fingers crossed

[HeatherinCA 10]

OMG! My last job, we created hotel mini bars.. so my entire office was FULL of every kind of candy imaginable to create samples. I would eat so much it was terrible! Actually I think i got it all out of my system, not much of a candy person anymore haha