Snacks at work to munch on!
KiwiGirl91
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Okay so I work for a company doing tech support (great job, great pay and I love it and my conworkers). Down side? I’m sitting on my butt allday munching on snacks because they encourage us to do this.
What I really want to do is start eating the right foods etc.. something that will help with my weight loss etc.... so suggestions are a must pretty please!
I’m a grazer so I literally munch through out the day so something that will help me - I’m thinking dried cranberries but that’s all I’m coming up with
Can you guys recommend me some healthy filling snacks!
What I really want to do is start eating the right foods etc.. something that will help with my weight loss etc.... so suggestions are a must pretty please!
I’m a grazer so I literally munch through out the day so something that will help me - I’m thinking dried cranberries but that’s all I’m coming up with
Can you guys recommend me some healthy filling snacks!
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How are they encouraging the snacks? is the company providing them? I was a frequent snacker for a long time, not because I needed to eat or even that I was hungry, I just always packed them with my lunch for work. I just stopped packing the extra stuff. Instead I drink a ton of water and black coffee throughout the day.3
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If you have a place to spit out the pits, cherries are the best for desk snacking. They're delicious, and each one takes a minute to eat because you have to eat around the pit, so it's impossible to eat them too fast.1
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Roast some chickpeas in the oven in your spice of choice: ranch, paprika, garlic salt, even cinnamon! They come out crunchy like chips and are good to mindlessly nosh on. You could also pre-portion baggies of popcorn, pretzels, rice cakes, veggies. If you're feeling lazy and just want a quick grab-and-go, grocery stores often sell bags of Baked Chips that are less calories.
For sweets, I tend to grab gummies (Annie's brand are my favorite, but you get so little per bag. Welch's make a great one too). The 100 Calorie Packs of assorted cookies are tasty too. Greek Yogurt can sometimes curb a sweet tooth. And there's a lot of recipes floating around for skinny donuts, cakes, muffins, etc.5 -
Hey there! I have the same problem! My co-worker has a BUCKET OF FREE CANDY outside her office door. I walk past the candy bucket like 20 times a day. Even if I ignore the candy 95 times out of a 100, I'm still eating it 5 times a week that I don't need to.
Something I did, which is kind of weird but it worked, was put up a poster on my office wall that said "0 days since a candy incident" and then marked off every day that I managed to not eat any. And then set myself different goals - a month, 100 days, etc.
Alternative snacks - I have almonds, which are good for me because I like them but I don't like them enough to chew through them mindlessly. Microwave popcorn is also good. I also have mints at my desk and I've found it's helpful to have a mint after I've eaten something to help send a signal to my brain that I'm done with eating that thing now.4 -
How are they encouraging the snacks? is the company providing them? I was a frequent snacker for a long time, not because I needed to eat or even that I was hungry, I just always packed them with my lunch for work. I just stopped packing the extra stuff. Instead I drink a ton of water and black coffee throughout the day.
They do as well as breakfast for early morning meetings - as well as numerous amounts of vending machines around the work place and switching between departments and working means 95% of my day I’m sitting at my desk working and munching
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janellereasoner wrote: »If you have a place to spit out the pits, cherries are the best for desk snacking. They're delicious, and each one takes a minute to eat because you have to eat around the pit, so it's impossible to eat them too fast.
I wish cherries are so damn expensive here more so cause we’re not in season yet - I’ve considered dried fruit as an option (I’m in winter atm )
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Just drink water and don't "graze". Period.
Problem solved.
I sit at a desk all day as well and food is everywhere.
Bagels, snacks, pastries, candies. Most of it is free.
I'm also about 11% or 12% body fat.
No snack is "healthy" if you are consuming more calories than you need.
It sounds like you are actually asking what foods you can eat that will support unhealthy eating habits.
The answer to that is "none".
Drink water, walk around the building, and take the stairs instead of the elevator.
It isn't like they pay you more if you "munch on snacks".
You are choosing to snack -going so far that you are asking for other things to eat- and blaming "them".
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How do they encourage snacking? This is absurd. You are an adult. Bring healthy snacks from home and make it a point to eat them at certain times. Grazing can be dangerous. Hummus/veggies, egg cups, small salad with a protein or fruit.2
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How do they encourage snacking? This is absurd. You are an adult. Bring healthy snacks from home and make it a point to eat them at certain times. Grazing can be dangerous. Hummus/veggies, egg cups, small salad with a protein or fruit.
The line of tech support that I work in is in a call center - so everything we do is timed so they encourage us to have snacks or food at our desks so we don’t have to get up and leave etc.. unless it’s a bathroom break or or lunch most the day we’re at our desk.2 -
I have been at a desk job for yrs.
We have a full vending kitchen downstairs.. that I rarely visit.
Every Sunday, I grocery shop. Prep my lunch and breakfast, then pack some snacks.
Popcorn, beef and cheese sticks, crackers, protein bars... list goes on.
I don't care what they are all snacking on, only what I am snacking on.5 -
KiwiGirl91 wrote: »How do they encourage snacking? This is absurd. You are an adult. Bring healthy snacks from home and make it a point to eat them at certain times. Grazing can be dangerous. Hummus/veggies, egg cups, small salad with a protein or fruit.
The line of tech support that I work in is in a call center - so everything we do is timed so they encourage us to have snacks or food at our desks so we don’t have to get up and leave etc.. unless it’s a bathroom break or or lunch most the day we’re at our desk.
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The line of tech support that I work in is in a call center - so everything we do is timed so they encourage us to have snacks or food at our desks so we don’t have to get up and leave etc.. unless it’s a bathroom break or or lunch most the day we’re at our desk. [/quote]
That's fine but, you have the choice to bring healthy snacks and eat them at certain times. Pretty sure they are not standing over you a gun telling you to "eat your snack now. "
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The line of tech support that I work in is in a call center - so everything we do is timed so they encourage us to have snacks or food at our desks so we don’t have to get up and leave etc.. unless it’s a bathroom break or or lunch most the day we’re at our desk.
That's fine but, you have the choice to bring healthy snacks and eat them at certain times. Pretty sure they are not standing over you a gun telling you to "eat your snack now. "
Definitely lol that’s why I asked if anyone could suggest ones that I could take in I’m starting out my healthy eating / weight loss journey so that is why I asked. I wanted to know what are types of food that are good for me and not going to make me want to binge at the end of the day.4 -
The only thing that will prevent you from going on a "binge at the end of the day" is discipline.
You will probably "want" to regardless. The point is that you decide not to.2 -
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I think ZERO snacks, as cqbkaju keeps suggesting, is the best option by far.
If you truly need snacks all day long, then I think it just means your breakfast, lunch, and dinner need some tweaking to be more satiating meals.4 -
I like Nuts, trail mix, etc. Sargento quick packs are really filling as well.
What works best for me(and I've been slacking) Is prelogging and packing everything for the whole day.5 -
I think what the OP meant to ask was how to avoid all the temptation for treats at work. And it's hard. I work in a library where there are frequent catered staff meetings, as well as tons of cakes, cookies, chocolate, and chips in the break room. It's super tough not to give in, and a lot of the time I will give in to a brownie. I just stop at one and make sure I bring my own snacks to tide me over.2
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Carrot sticks, low fat string cheese, jicima, raw sliced red peppers, cucumbers, Fresh fruit. I drink alot of cold water with Kool-Aid drops in it just for taste. I also drink Campbell's cup-a-soup just cause it's provided at my work and although very high in sodium it is mostly low calorie. If your calorie allotment is higher than mine the tuna snack kits with rice crackers are about 146 calories in Canada. I actually use them for breakfast but they could be a filling high protein snack.5
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