Getting Through the Workday Secrets

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Permalink Reply by SaucyWench on June 16, 2008 at 3:02pm

I do a number of things:

1. There is /always/ water on my desk to drink.
2. I bring a good crunchy, sweet, healthy snack for my drawer.
3. I try to be the one coming up with the restaurant ideas if we go out to lunch.
4. I bring my lunch most days.
5. I make sure to eat a good meal before my workday begins.

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Permalink Reply by K. on June 17, 2008 at 7:47pm

I take two fruits with me to work...usually apples...and have one around 10:30 am and the other around 3:30. Also, I will drink some crystal light...somehow the sweetness of the drink (instead of plain water) allows me to avoid the need to eat something.

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Permalink Reply by HungryHippos on June 26, 2008 at 10:46pm

I look for fruit and load up on it. If you know there's going to be a party, you can bring a fruit tray, so you know that there will be something you can eat.

I recently went to this reception on an empty stomach. It was going to be awhile before I could get something to eat, so I had to eat something. I got one of each thing I really wanted to try. Then I filled the rest of my plate with strawberries. I didn't miss out on anything because I got to try it, but I didn't pig out. Then the strawberries kept me busy.

I used to keep a binder with nutritional information for local restaurants. This helps because normally you can find something to eat. You can print off points at dwlz.com or find a restaurant's web site. Many of them have nutritional information on their site. I have the points memorized now, so I don't carry the binder anymore.

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Permalink Reply by ronji on June 26, 2008 at 10:56pm

I take Ak Mak crackers, laughing cow cheese wedges and turkey pepperoni and keep it in a ziploc in the fridge. Very filling and takes the edge off no matter what....and it's pretty low in points. I also do fruit but sometime I need the crunchy junk food snack to make it. I am always so hungry in the morning but after lunch I am usually good until dinner. I do need to get more water in...I drink too much coffee in the mornings.

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Permalink Reply by Christine on July 21, 2008 at 6:11pm

I have been buying diet flavored iced tea and mixing it with my water--helps me get in my water.
I work on the 3rd floor and try to use the stairs.
A colleague and I head out for a 10 minute walk a couple of times a day.
I blog to lose at lunchtime!!

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Permalink Reply by HungryHippos on July 28, 2008 at 12:46am

Recently we had a luncheon at work. I packed an emergency lunch in case there was nothing for me to eat. There ended up being something for me to eat, but it was comforting to know that I had another choice.

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Permalink Reply by Katy on September 4, 2008 at 9:41pm

This is a great question. I try to pack something really awesome for lunch so that I have something to look forward to and do not give in and go out or get take out for lunch.

I avoid the lunchroom at all costs when I know there will be foods I can't resist in there (like a birthday celebration). I usually pop by the birthday gal/guy and wish them a Happy Birthday so that he/she doesn't feel slighted

Hmmm, what else... I drink a lot of water. Oh, and it helps that my boss is almost 6 feet tall, blond and could pass for any supermodel's slightly less cute sister. This is huge motivation for me.

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Permalink Reply by Ninny41077 on October 26, 2008 at 3:56pm

1. Your dietary program is NOT a diet you can give up after reaching your goal weight, it is a change for life. Therefore, as nobody is perfect, small sins should be allowed but kept in check.
2. Eat healthy meals as regular as possible.
3. Have enough water ready at hand!
4. Try to turn your thinking around: You are not denying yourself anything important by not eating that doughnut, but you are denying your body health if you ARE actually eating it or anything similar on a regular basis.
5. Find out about healthy foods you actually love. This way, you stop to think, "This and this is forbidden!" but, "I can eat X and Y, and I love it!". Try to find out about those things at restaurants, too.
6. Find out WHY it is so hard for you to resist. If you eat because of stress, try to find stress-relief techniques you can practice at work, for example.
7. Prepare yourself snacks and meals which taste so much better than bought food, that will make it easier to escape the laziness-trap.
8. Set yourself non-food rewards for surviving your day/week/month. Something which makes you smile and you can look forward to.
9. Maybe surround yourself with images of your goal, e.g. a small collage or list of your goal and all you connect it with at work or in your purse. So you can look at it every time it hits you.

I hope I will remember this advice more often, too. It really works well if you listen to it. ;)

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