Everyday Systems: nosdiet: message 2679 of 3212

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You know, Marianne has an excellent point. Just politely saying no 
with no explanation needed! Your co-worker doesn't know if you just 
don't like sandwiches or if your allergic or had the stomach flu the 
night before. And it's nobody's business! Like Marianne said, if 
it's just matter of factly and you don't make a big deal about it, 
then probably no one else will either!

I personally haven't told anyone (except my husband who is on it as 
well) about no-s. I think it's because I don't want to be watched 
or even sabotaged! Most of my extended family is overweight and I'd 
rather be a good role model by just cutting down the eating and 
saying no to unecessary sweets then to have to explain myself (even 
though I am [uncharacteristically] optimistic about this diet). I 
think we tend to explain ourselves too much anyways. A polite no 
thank you is enough! ---Maria



--- In , Michael Caricofe <mcaricofe@g...> 
wrote:
> 
> Yesterday, I was at work for a short while and a co-worker (Walter)
> offered me two bite-size sandwiches that his wife had made for a
> function at her work. They were really small, about one square inch
> each, and very good. One was a carrot-curry spread on white bread 

and
> the other was cashew butter and some kind of jelly on wheat bread. 

I
> took them, and ate them, rather than trying to explain no-s.
> 
> I feel awful, because not only did I have a snack, but one of them 

was
> a sweet. And I did it just because I was too lazy to explain my
> current mindset and eating habits. How do you guys refuse things
> offered to you in the course of a normal day?
> 
> I've not been keeping an actual calendar with slash marks (like 
I've
> heard you guys writing about) but I don't have a good mark for
> yesterday.
> 
> Otherwise, things are going well.
> 
> Michael