Looking for other professional women on here!

I work in an Financial Planning/Accounting office. I bring my lunch/snacks every day but I tend to snack as soon as I get home because I am waiting for everyone else to get home from their activities so we can eat as a family. I need to find something else to do during that time! I go to the gym before work in the morning so that is a great start to my day but then I sit in front of a computer all day. I got a Fitbit Flex that syncs with MFP - that really helps motivate me to get up and walk around whenever I can. Feel free to add me.

I`m a health inspector, and moved to a new province almost 8 months ago now. When I was with my previous employer, we had a policy that junk food was not permitted in the office because we had to practice what we preached in terms of healthy eating (you were allowed to bring your own junk for personal consumption but not for meetings or functions). The office I work in now is a junk food gong show! When the Christmas holidays were over, people were brining in the extra chocolate they didn`t want, to the office! This week someone brought in cookies, a bag of chips, a box of chocolate and squares! I only had 1 small cookie & have been good sticking to my snacks of fruit or veggies. We also hired a new guy & went out for lunch. I unfortunately live in an isolated ares where there are not a lot of food options. I ended up having chicken fingers & fries. The only good thing was that they were made with their own chicken breasts & the fries were homemade. I believe in being realistic & not cutting all foods out, but it is just rediculous all the junk people bring to work every week! Public health people should know better lol.

Sure there's a lot of bad temptations at the office - I admit I have a candy basket on my desk - and it's a rarity that I reach into it. These days I'm focused on how I can increase my protein intake so that the weights I started lifting won't destroy my body instead of build me into a better me.

I just started working out 3 weeks ago, lots of cardio - and now I'm trying to develop a weight training routine. I keep telling myself I won't think about food yet, and just get used to exercising; setting a habit.

Being that I have to work at 8:30 - I get up at 4:30 am so that I can do my gym routine before the day begins. I struggle to wake up at that time, but it's easier to commit then than it would be to consistently make it to the gym after work.

So I'm all about setting habits right now. 3 weeks - monday thru friday - 4:30 wake up. I took a day off yesterday because I caught a nasty chest cold and couldn't imagine being at the gym and hacking away. I felt sOOOO guilty. This morning, I made it back to the gym and felt so much better that I didn't convince myself to take another day off.

One day at a time... I wish I could sleep better. The exercise routine has screwed up my sleep habits. I wake up 4 - 6 times a night and am starting to use meds to help sleep (that don't seem to be working). Even the Nyquil last night, and I was awake every hour and a half. The people at the gym say that my body will get used to the raised metabolism and eventually I'll sleep well again. I hope it won't take long for this - 3 weeks of dragging at 9:30 am and eating peanutbutter for energy seems a bit much...

Financial Analyst here. Anyone feel free to add me.

We have various foods brought in almost daily and then always have the usual birthday cake, donuts, etc.

This is the first I have worked in a setting where food is always there.

Thankfully, we are in health care and the company has free fresh fruit that is delivered daily.

I'm an office manager/bookkeeper/property manager lol, many hats I wear! On good weeks (sometimes I just don't have time) I meal prep on Sundays for the entire week! It's a saving grace! Also have my Graze boxes delivered to my office for snacks to be on hand!

I went from working in retail as a grunt and being on my feet all day every day, constantly moving to working in an office. I gained 40 pounds in one year from all of the goodies that people bring in, the lunches out with the boss, and the candy that I ate out of complete bordem.

I am working on eliminating these temptations from my brain as temptations and I try to remind myself how much better I feel without them. It's tough though. After saying no last week to cupcakes, cake, donuts, pizza, In N Out, and cupcakes again... I broke this week when there was another birthday cake.

There are seriously only 35 people that work here and we aren't all here at the same time! Why is there so much junk?!?

I swear they bring the doughnuts on purpose, to make you feel bad about yourself. I told myself that I was just going to never ever have it. Put it in mind that it was plastic doughnuts and look at them like they are poisonous!

I missed out on my second X chromosome, but I just had to post to say this.

My desk is next to a big room FULL of snacks. From muffins, potato chips, to danishes and donuts, 20 kinds of candy bars, beef jerky, pudding, etc. I have to walk past this area to get to my desk every day!

I used to grab a banana nut muffin and a candy bar on a whim. The muffin was almost 600 calories by itself !! The candy bad 250 calories. That was almost 850 calories for a snack!

Since then I have learned to become a foodie zen master. I walk past the snacks almost levitating and deep in meditation. It was hard at first but now I avoid it easily.

And honestly, if I'm going to eat 650+ calories and end up having to do 1+ hour of exercise, it had better be for something better than an artificially flavored muffin.

I am a legal office manager, feel free to add me.

Hello I am personal trainer who runs two succesfull bootcamps. I am excited to meet snd network with new people. Nice to meet everyone.

analyst here.

A haiku for the working professional:

work can be stressful
Eating healthy is wanted
donuts are better



accountability, please.

I'm not in an office, but have to travel a lot for work. I am always trying to make good choices, but it's so hard. Anybody have any favorite, healthy meals when eating out? Anybody else at the 1,200 calorie level?

I work in HR and there are always cakes in the office. Using my Jawbone UP24 with MFP which I find really helpful. Feel free to add me :-)


Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Nutrition Facts For Foods

I work as an account manager at an insurance broker.... LOTS of sitting. I recently got a fitbit and synced with with MFP. Totally helps! As much as everyone complains that we get Panera brought in for lunch too much, it's a LOT better than pizza or all the other crap people eat!

Started 30 Day Shred with Jillian (again) last night... let's see how this goes! Add me

Everyone feel free to add me! I am a social worker in a hospital setting. I am also a new mommy to an 8 month old! I love having supportive friends who have the same busy lifestyle as me!