# What About Sweets at the Office? The office candy bowl, birthday cake, or box of donuts in the kitchen can feel like landmines when you're trying to lose weight. The key is to treat them as experiments, not battles. ## Option 1: Skip Them One option is to simply skip them—often, the craving fades faster than you expect once you walk away. ## Option 2: Set a Rule Another approach is to decide beforehand what your rule will be: maybe you only take treats on Fridays, or only if it's something you truly love (homemade cake, not random store-bought cookies). ## Option 3: Just Take It And sometimes? Just take the damn donut. The point isn't to live in constant restriction—it's to figure out what balance works for you. ## Learn from the Data Pay attention to how you feel after eating sweets at the office: energized, sluggish, satisfied, regretful? That feedback teaches you more than any hard rule. ## It's Not a Test Whether you pass, indulge, or moderate, remember: it's not a test of discipline, it's just one small data point in a much bigger journey. ## The Real Goal The goal isn't to never eat office treats—it's to develop a sustainable relationship with them that doesn't derail your overall progress or make you feel guilty either way.