| Many of us try to have a healthy diet at home, | | | | refrigerated. Sadly, this is the voice of experience |
| but what about healthy eating at work? When | | | | speaking. |
| you are at the office, it's just easier to go out to | | | | 2. Try not to eat at your desk while talking on |
| lunch every day. You don't have to plan ahead, | | | | the phone or working on the computer. If you |
| and you can grab whatever you want. Except | | | | don't pay attention to your food, you won't |
| you may not be nibbling carrots and celery at the | | | | receive any signals that your body is full. Try a |
| local restaurants. In my husband's case, he finally | | | | change of scenery such as a lunch room, or |
| realized he was paying other people sums of | | | | outside on a nice day. Healthy eating at work |
| money to make his waistline expand. | | | | doesn't mean you have to stay inside your office |
| Not one of his better ideas. | | | | building. |
| So what did he do? My brave husband decided to | | | | 3. If you must eat at your desk, clean it up and |
| take our dinner leftovers into work for his lunch. | | | | clean it off. Desks, phones, and computer |
| At first his coworkers teased him - LOTS. Then | | | | keyboards are germ magnets. Use a disinfecting |
| they made fun of him - MORE. When he started | | | | wipe to clean off your desk, phone, and |
| losing the extra weight, the noise around him died | | | | keyboard. Remove all the paper clutter from your |
| down. When we both realized how much time and | | | | desktop. There's nothing like a tomato soup spill |
| money he was saving, it became a habit to bring | | | | on an important memo to improve your |
| his own food to the office. | | | | professional image. |
| Some days he brings sandwiches, other days it is | | | | 4. Since you save so much time eating your |
| leftovers in a Tupperware. Once a week he goes | | | | homemade lunch instead of going to a restaurant, |
| out to eat, just to be social or to satisfy his | | | | takes a walk for some fresh air. A walk may be |
| craving for Thai food. | | | | ten minutes or it may be half an hour. Enjoy this |
| Here are some of our tips for healthy eating at | | | | bit of exercise as many people feel it helps you |
| work: | | | | to focus better on your work after lunch. |
| 1. It's best to bring your own lunch, so you can | | | | 5. Keep a stash of non-perishable snacks in your |
| control ingredients and portion size. Store it with | | | | desk to use when you hear the office vending |
| an ice pack in an insulated reusable lunch bag, or | | | | machine calling your name. Try small bags of nuts |
| keep it in a refrigerator. You don't want to get | | | | such as almonds, bags of trail mix, dried apricots, |
| sick from food that has not been properly | | | | or energy bars. |