eating healthy while at work

HI! My title is Academic Support Specialist. I work for a large state college in a recruiting office for online classes.
I like to get organized on Sunday afternoons, I make up lots of little baggies of snacks and things for the weeks lunches. I bring fruit, cut up into small bite size pieces, carrot and celery sticks, little cups of dip to go with the veggies all pre measured to the right amount. I also cut up my veggies for the week so making a salad in the morning is easy to do. I also buy healthy snack bars for the drive home so I am not too hungry and can get my work out done right away when i get home. I also keep dentyne fire gum on hand which helps me with sugar cravings along with wintergreen lifesavers. I am also a tad obsessed with tic tacs however

I have a management position in the corporate / charter aviation industry. I eat in my office and pack my lunch every day. Today is a turkey sandwich on Dave's Killer Bread with a fuji apple. It's not glamorous but it is healthy and gets the job done.

I also made a smoothie in the kitchenette here at the office this morning.

I succeed by always brown bagging it and pre-logging my calories in the morning over a cup of coffee, so as to make sure it is a healthy day with numbers that work.

I'm an office manager for a pool company. We very rarely get customers coming into the office so its pretty easy for me to eat whatever, whenever. Lately I've been bringing a couple bags of mixed greens and some Perdue Short cuts, salad dressing and croutons to work the beginning of the week. Then everyday I bring my bowl and fork and some sliced fruit for snacks. I snack on fruit in the morning and afternoon... then make my salad for lunch.

I also have a box of cookies in my desk if I have a craving for a little something sweet... but I only let myself have 1 serving a few times a week. We have a water cooler here so that's all I drink all day.

Like some others said, I always bring everything with me... and pre-log everything when I get to work. When I get home and have access to not-so-great choices is the challenge.

I always pack my lunch. I never eat anything that is not inside my bag and i hardly ever go out to eat. Every once in a while my job does buy lunch and I will get that but other than that I am pretty good about not going to the vending machines.

I work as a wireless telecom admin. (IT)

I am an architect. I would say 95% of the time I pack my lunch and I ALWAYS bring breakfast! As a backup I have some packets of oatmeal in my desk as well as a jar of peanut butter if I need a snack.

Today I had a protein shake, an apple, and these little egg muffins for breakfast (I make them on Sunday and package them up in the fridge for each morning).

For lunch I brought turkey meatloaf that I made Sunday and portioned out for 3 lunches this week, a bag of baby carrots, and a Greek Yogurt.

I have a Quest bar if I need a snack later

Both my husband and I bring to work because buying lunch every day in NYC can get really expensive! We were wasting close to $140 a week on lunches out (and sometimes breakfast). I can buy our entire week of groceries inclusive of dinner food with 2/3 of that money!

I am an administrative assistant. I have a lunch bag that is insulated with cold packs built into the walls. The bag is kept in the freezer overnight and I fill it in the morning before I leave. I stuff it with a yogurt, weighed out serving of granola, pack of oatmeal, a banana, an apple, cup of soup, carrot sticks, seed/nut mixes, sandwich baggies full of chips I like, leftovers from the night before, etc. etc (not all of this stuff at once, this is just an idea of what I bring with me). I will sometimes run out and get soup or chili or a breakfast sandwich from quick chek if I don't bring enough food with me.


I don't eat "lunch", I eat something small at 8:30, 9, 10, 11, 1:20, 3:00 - Basically I am armed with lots of options and eat whenever I get hungry. I usually total out at 700-800 calories by the time I leave work, which leaves me with a lot of room for dinner and a night-time snack. We get free food, bagels and candy here all the time, I don't eat any of it. I've never been much of a chocolate person. The only thing I partake in is the free (black) coffee or if we have a company-wide celebration (usually once a month or quarter).

IMO, it comes down to planning..

I take my lunch pretty much everyday..have access to a fidge and microwave. today I had leftover split pea and ham soup..

I usually make extra of our dinner..that way myself and hubby (who also packs his lunch every day but fridays) have meals during the week. I keep yogurt and apples in the fridge if I need a snack.

I am an insurance agent and I have classes on my lunch break at a local college. I bring my lunch everyday and I have a few cans of soup or a lean cuisine that I keep here in case I forget or if I just don't feel like eating what I brought.

I also keep my entire overhead storage bin full of things to eat. Popcorn, soup, 100 calorie packs, flavor packets for water, granola bars, thin mints and a drawer in the fridge with 100 calorie guacamole packs, sparkling water, string cheese, carrots, etc. I bring a container of greek yogurt and some fruit from home on a daily basis, but everything else is here already so I haven't forgotten it.

My "title" is User Agreement Specialist - it's a desk job.

Sometimes I pack my lunch, sometimes I eat out. I have a mental list of healthier lunch places around my office and will have Subway, salads, Panda Express, Potbelly Deli, etc. Almost every place has something I can eat, it just means I have to be diligent in choosing and also aware of the adjustments I need to make. Packing lunch is easier in terms of monitoring, though, and it doesn't leave as much room for bad choices.

I used to work at CVS. I would put a small frozen chicken breast and a handful of frozen veggies into a Ziploc Zip & Steam bag. Store in the breakroom fridge, put into microwave about 8 minutes before my break, and it would be ready for me when I got back. I also kept a little jar of seasoning in the breakroom so I could sprinkle some on after it was cooked.

And instead of grabbing a Snickers bar for sudden starving moments, I'd get a protein bar. These things, along with walking to/from work, helped me lose 50 pounds in a year.

I'm a nurse practitioner in family practice. I pack my lunch with a morning and afternoon snack. I also keep healthy, non perishables at my desk just in case. We have access to a fridge and mircowave which is nice. We don't get drug reps often (due to company policy) so that is kind of nice (They always bring the worst food!). I agree, planning ahead is the way to go. For me, avoiding the panic, I'm staving moment is key. I am pretty busy so I don't have to worry about it too much but it stinks when people bring snacks and leave them in the breakroom! It is so hard. Luckily, my co-works have been very support (it is a small office) and have tried to cut back :-)

:laugh: im an admin assist. i eat breakfast and lunch at home and bring snacks to work with me. i alway log my food before i eat it. i drink only water or green tea during the day. the hardest part is that my office is full of people who bring in treats or order out. I have been getting really good at saying no to them. the hardest part was convincing myself of this. "i can have that (donut, slice of pizza, or cupcake) anytime i want. so i can say no now and plan for it another time." i also make sure i tell everyone i see at work that there are treats in the breakroom. that way they will eat them up before i get a chance :happy:

Legal secretary; it's easy to eat healthy here. I can only eat what I bring, and when I shop and pack my food, I'm virtuous.

Graphic designer at a large company, so there's usually cake or treats brought in once every week or two. Hard to say no to, but not impossible. I get up early to work out before heading to work in the morning, so I'll either pack something for lunch while I'm cooling down, or stop at a grocery store before I get to the office. I usually have a large lunch bag of food that can last the week so I don't have to remember that much.

So I keep a loaf of bread and jar of peanut butter and usually some fiber1 bars at my desk for breakfasts, I'll bring in a banana for my mid-morning snack, and lunch is either a sandwich and yogurt/pudding/fruit cup or yogurt and some fruits/veg for lunch. I've started bringing portioned out crackers and cheese for the afternoon too, also easy to just bring a week's worth on Mondays.

I usually eat at my desk to catch up on reading the news or surfing the net instead of eating in the lunchroom, which is pretty anti-social BUT I don't have to see/crave what my coworkers are eating.

I am a financial analyst for a power utility company. I bring my breakfast and lunch to work most days. Occasionally, we order food and I try to order the healthiest options but I sometimes order what looks good and accommodate for the extra calories by eating steamed or roasted vegetables for dinner.

We have a fridge so I stock snacks at the beginning of the week. I keep Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds on hand for am and afternoon snacks. Eating a Greek yogurt with an ounce of slivered almonds or having fruit with some dry roasted almonds and drinking water satisfies my cravings when I feel hungry mid morning and mid afternoon. I try to make enough extra at my dinner meals to have left overs for lunch.

One fun thing that I did was start a Wellness Group at my office. We plan walks, activities and once a month we have a healthy potluck. I have discovered some great new recipes through the meals everyone has shared.