Can't always eat at work

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    ......So I'll end my days hungry, rather than eating right before bed.

    Any suggestions?

    eat right before you go to bed

    that is not a valid suggestion on this thread....

    valid suggestions are a luxury

    apparently so...

    if it was me i would prepare something ready to eat when i got home... but thats probably not a valid suggestion either...
  • daniellerusbult2
    daniellerusbult2 Posts: 102 Member
    Since you work in a restaurant I assume you take smoke breaks. Go ahead and quit smoking and eat something on what would have been your cigarette breaks. BONUS: you'll be saving money by not buying cigs.

    That is one of the most absurd assumptions I've ever heard. I think I tried cigarettes a few times when I was 16 and haven't touched them since. No smoke breaks. No breaks at all.

    BONUS: I'm not a chimney. My lungs are happy. I have saved lots of money.

    Ps, try to not assume things about people. You just make yourself look bad.

    Why are you hating on me? I was just trying to offer a suggestion.


    So, based on my experience in the restaurant industry and the number of restaurant employees at most restaurants I have either been or seen taking smoke breaks I bet there is a few spare minutes you could cram something down your throat in the course of your 7 hours at the job. Either that or grab something on your way out the door.

    Bottom line: I don't think you're applying yourself

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    I just was irritated me to see someone assume something like that and then offer a suggestion on how I need to fix myself.

    What I'm saying is I eat right before my shifts, don't get hungry again until 5:30-6, when we get rushed for the next 3-4.5 hours. I don't stop moving during that time, because my tables are constantly in need. I can probably try to sip on something while entering orders or fixing salads, but not much.
  • daniellerusbult2
    daniellerusbult2 Posts: 102 Member
    My protein shake is simple. I use vanilla protein powder (my roommate also has cookie dough protein powder.. YUM) 1 scoop + Silk light almond milk... It is a little sweet but you can buy the unsweetened plain almond milk to make it less so I imagine. It's fast, delicious and I don't have to think twice about making it.

    P.S. It WON'T make you bulky!

    Thank you!! I'm not a big fan of vanilla, and I've never tried almond milk. I LOVE milk though... Is that an option? Is there a chocolate one? Or something that tastes like berries? I could handle those.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Since you work in a restaurant I assume you take smoke breaks. Go ahead and quit smoking and eat something on what would have been your cigarette breaks. BONUS: you'll be saving money by not buying cigs.

    That is one of the most absurd assumptions I've ever heard. I think I tried cigarettes a few times when I was 16 and haven't touched them since. No smoke breaks. No breaks at all.

    BONUS: I'm not a chimney. My lungs are happy. I have saved lots of money.

    Ps, try to not assume things about people. You just make yourself look bad.

    Why are you hating on me? I was just trying to offer a suggestion.


    So, based on my experience in the restaurant industry and the number of restaurant employees at most restaurants I have either been or seen taking smoke breaks I bet there is a few spare minutes you could cram something down your throat in the course of your 7 hours at the job. Either that or grab something on your way out the door.

    Bottom line: I don't think you're applying yourself

    1329505828_281477-big_worm.jpg

    I just was irritated me to see someone assume something like that and then offer a suggestion on how I need to fix myself.

    What I'm saying is I eat right before my shifts, don't get hungry again until 5:30-6, when we get rushed for the next 3-4.5 hours. I don't stop moving during that time, because my tables are constantly in need. I can probably try to sip on something while entering orders or fixing salads, but not much.

    Eat something at 5:15. Then eat something else at the end of your shift.
  • krawhitham
    krawhitham Posts: 831 Member
    The Federal rule, which applies in all States, requires two fifteen minute breaks, one in the first four hours of work and one in the second 4, 5 hours of work, plus a 30 minute lunch break in the mid part of the day.

    pretty sure you should be entitled to breaks x

    :laugh: LAWS! Where do you think we are, the US?!

    Sorry for laughing, but I worked in the medical field and my boyfriend works as a bar tender and apparently these two fields have absolutely no regard for federal or state law. I was literally laid off for telling the manager about the law and that I had to take my breaks. That's the reality... either I continued to gain weight because I'd binge when I was starving after having no food for 5-8 hours, or I get to be unemployed. I have a feeling the OP is in the same position, as restaurant industry bosses are not usually very forgiving.
  • whovian67
    whovian67 Posts: 608 Member
    Spoken like a true HR person...although I know many nurses and waitresses that don't really get those breaks...(we have to wait 10 hours to go to the bathroom sometimes-hence I have a gallon bladder)

    That is the labor law and some of the younger folks are afraid to mention that to their employers. I am GLAD you spoke up and let them know.
  • whovian67
    whovian67 Posts: 608 Member
    Baggies of pistachios in your pocket. Take a lunch cooler and stash it somewhere.. You can stuff a some turkey and string cheese in your mouth pretty quickly. 4 oz cups of yogurt are quick, sandwiches...

    I'm just saying, I drive 200 miles a day and dont eat fast food. i take what I am going to eat and drink with me in a bag with a gel ice pack. Once upon a time I was in the restaurant business and ate at the restaurant.. that gets old fast..
  • Greytfish
    Greytfish Posts: 810
    My protein shake is simple. I use vanilla protein powder (my roommate also has cookie dough protein powder.. YUM) 1 scoop + Silk light almond milk... It is a little sweet but you can buy the unsweetened plain almond milk to make it less so I imagine. It's fast, delicious and I don't have to think twice about making it.

    P.S. It WON'T make you bulky!

    Thank you!! I'm not a big fan of vanilla, and I've never tried almond milk. I LOVE milk though... Is that an option? Is there a chocolate one? Or something that tastes like berries? I could handle those.

    If you buy a decent protein with a mix of sources, you can have a combination of digestion and absorption rates and not need to mix it with anything other than water (unless you nedd/want the extra carbs/calories from milk - and you can try almosnd milk, coconut milk, cow's milks, etc.)

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