Keeping healthy habits while working long hours

Goal179

Hi Pals!

So I just started a new job and it is awesome. I love what I do very much. HOWEVER, it is some of the hardest work I have ever done in my life. I routinely work a 12-14 hour day. I am finding it very difficult to maintain healthy eating habits. THere are days when I don't even get lunch because meetings are scheduled right through the lunch hour. I bring my lunch almost every day, but I never have time to eat it. When I finally do get out, I am STARVING and I eat my lunch and every other fast food item that i can get my hands on. Please give me some tips and advice on how to eat well during long work hours.

Mariachicat

Congrats on the new job! Planning ahead helps. I'm going back to a similar situation myself in a couple of weeks. I plan on choosing healthy recipes, shopping for them, then making meals on Sunday and freezing them to eat throughout the week. There are some good make-ahead healthy recipes on Pinterest.

nicjustine

Congrats on the job! Try keeping healthy snacks at your desk so you can at least have a little something available to you if you end up skipping a meal.

Gr8ChangesAhead

lots of healthy easy to store snacks to hold you off

RodaRose

I think that we are used to putting everything ahead of our own needs. Take back your power and work it out.
Instead of trying to find time to eat lunch, "snack" all day long, eating the same calories that you would have had for lunch: cheese sticks, hard boiled eggs, cut up apples or pears, nuts, sliced cucumbers, a thermos of soup, . . .

Goal179

LOve this idea. thank you

girlviernes

You may be able to eat lunch during meetings. Plan ahead, especially for the transition from work to home. How can you avoid the fast food? Maybe plan a route that bypasses the fast food places you like. Have a reminder in your car why this matters to you.

CariJean64

Can you keep some healthy snack food in your car, such as Quest bars or nuts?