What do you eat to stop yourself from starving between meals at offices?

chocolateandpb

I always have a morning snack and an afternoon snack at work, in addition to eating my breakfast and lunch there. Nuts, string or sliced cheese and whole grain crackers, yogurt, protein shakes, granola bars, instant oatmeal packets, hard boiled eggs or egg muffins, raw veggies & dip, rice cakes w/peanut butter or laughing cow cheese, and apples are all easy snacks to eat at work. I have a desk drawer dedicated to my snacks so I am never tempted to hit the vending machines.

MKEgal

Look at it this way:
you've been running on reserves (glycogen & fat) all night.
So you need a decent breakfast.
At least have 1/3 of your calories, even up to 1/2, and if you can make it high protein it will stick longer.
(Protein, fiber, fat, & fluid tend to be filling.)
During winter, I really like oatmeal. Good oatmeal, with lots of things thrown in. Slow-cook oats, walnuts,
cinnamon, brown sugar & cream on top. Yes, it's about half my calories, but it keeps me full for a long time.
That's got plenty of fiber, some protein, and isn't bad on fat.

For eating at work...
Hard-boiled egg.
Lowfat yogurt, esp. Greek.
Black beans over rice (or better, quinoa). Avocado on top is really good. Salsa is practically calorie-free, lots of flavor.
Nuts (almonds are particularly healthy).
Hummus & baby carrots (or other veggies; I like red bell pepper).
Take a can of soup, if you have a microwave. I like the Progresso healthy line.
I've also put the makings of miso soup (miso, mushrooms, onion) into a small tupperware, then add hot water @ work.
If you have the time, roll some maki (sushi rolls, which don't have to have raw fish).
Make a wrap with a 50 calorie whole-wheat tortilla, a slice of Swiss, some mustard, & turkey or ham slices. Add veggies ad lib.

Plan ahead. Take a couple hours some evening, or a weekend afternoon, to portion things out, boil the eggs,
make the rice, beans, let a roast fall apart in your slow-cooker, chop veggies, maybe even write what you're going
to take every day. Check to be sure you have enough yogurts, sliced meat, etc., & make a grocery list. The mornings
I'm running late, but can grab an assortment of healthy foods & shove them in my lunchbag make me feel better.

dewy333

Might need to eat more often. Take your total calories for the day and divide it by 4 or 5. I don't know what tool-box decided we needed to eat 3 times a day... but I know I can't wait that long between meals/snacks.

I usually divide my lunch in half and eat half at the scheduled lunch time and the other half for my snack. Then another snack before leaving work and normal dinner. Since I started doing that, I've had less "hunger pains" in the middle of the afternoon. I also keep "snack packs" in my purse for emergencies. My snack packs include measured trail mix, dried fruits, apple, tuna cups. I also keep a jar of peanut butter at my desk for apples or saltine crackers.

Good luck! Keep moving forward. Also, make sure you are drinking enough water. Sometimes you think you are hungry when you are actually thirsty!

Francl27

pandabear_ wrote: »

I started an office job a couple of months ago and finding it difficult to eat appropriately. I'm always starving and my stomach is so loud when I am hungry, it is hard to ignore and embarrassing. So I am just wondering what other people are eating between meals on here.

I work in an office and I have breakfast before I go (around 9am), which is usually coffee, yoghurt and muesli. Then before lunch (1pm) my stomach starts rumbling. So then I will end up eating my lunch early at my desk at about 12pm so that this noise will go away. Usually at work I just have a cheese sandwich, kind of basic, but easy to make, can eat it a desk without being messy, and easy to carry. Around 6pm my stomach again starts rumbling really loudly - despite now being half way through calories for the day. I go home at 7pm, exercise (doing Insanity) and then fill up on dinner - which is the only time I get to eat a lot of food and feel full.

Any other office workers who have a good food plan? I'm never painfully starving, I just have a really loud stomach.

Wrong food choices. Go for protein, fat, and fiber for breakfast. Then ditch the sandwich at lunch, use a low carb tortilla or some salad instead, that will save you over 100 calories from the bread, and have an apple or something with it.

Honestly I'm shocked that you actually manage not to be hungry for 4/6 hours eating what you are eating.

And there's absolutely no way that you wouldn't be losing on 1400 - you're either eating much more than you think, or you need to see a doctor.

iangelab

add me as a friend and look at my diary. I eat 5 times, breakfast at 7, small snack (greek yogurt & fruit) at 9:30, lunch at noon, afternoon snack (usually cottage cheese and fruit) around 3:30 then dinner around 6:30 or 7. I found that the protein really helps to keep me full and the snacks are quick and easy so not disruptive to coworkers or my schedule. I keep big containers of them at work but you could easily pack it in a cooler each morning too. hope that helps!