Eating Heart Healthy at Work
The office can be a tricky place to navigate once you've made the commitment to eating healthfully. So what's a healthy person to do? You're only human, after all, and delicious homemade cookies and cakes can be impossible to refuse.
The following tips to eating heart healthy at work will get on your way to becoming a more healthy and productive you!
1. Just say no! Often times, people eat junk food mindlessly just because it's there. Saying "NO!" out loud will bring you back into the present, preventing mindless eating.
2. Bring healthy snacks to work. Pre-pack baby carrots, fruits, and veggies to bring with you for when you feel the need to nibble. Fruits, like grapes, will help curve your sweet tooth.
3. Write down what you eat. It may seem like a chore, but writing down everything you eat, even for one week, along with your feelings at that time, may shed light on your eating habits.
5. Be aware of your schedule. If you have a meeting at 12pm, and you usually eat lunch at 1pm, don't count on getting out on time. Eat a snack before you go, or bring one with you.
6. Choose a health buddy. Chances are you're not the only person struggling with the temptations office life throws at you. Enlist the help of a coworker and be accountable to each other.
It's not always easy to stick to healthy eating at work, but with some determination and creativity, you can reach your goal of living a healthy lifestyle-even when it seems like every day is someone's birthday in the office.
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