anyone else work at home?

I'm a real estate appraiser and I work from home. I keep healthy snacks in my office and fridge. I also have Doritos Sweet Chili in the cupboard and I'll have a chip or two once a day when the craving hits. The key is to limit it to one or two chips and only once a day. If you have a sweet tooth try making some healthy trail mix with some dark chocolate chips in it. In moderation it is a good snack and it will feel like your eating something you shouldn't be. It also helps to plan your meals out for the day so you know exactly how many calories you have left to snack with.

I also take a break every couple of hours and walk up and down my stairs for 15-20 mins 2-4 times a day to get in some exercise since it's too cold to walk outside. Some days I don't have the time but I try to fit it in whenever I can. I found the time to get out of shape so I'm making damn sure to find the time to get back into shape.

gothchiq wrote: »

I work at home for my second job, which is to say, evenings and weekends. I find that it helps to brew a pot of tea to enjoy while working. Also, some nice ambient music in the background. That provides enough sensory enjoyment that I won't be snacking after dinner.

Yes! Tea is my saving grace! When I feel "snacky" I make myself a nice cup of tea. I have a wide variety of flavors to suit my moods, and it always feels like a treat. Or I'll have a cookie or two with my tea so I feel full, get my desired munchie food, and don't binge.

MouseFood wrote: »

jenny3008 wrote: »

When I say I don't have many problems snacking that is because there is nothing snackworthy to eat in the house apart from fruit.... I don't tend to have a stop button when I start.

I have the same problem, which also made it easier when I was living with my parents, because they simply didn't buy junk food, at least very rarely. But even when I don't my husband sometimes does, and I'm only a short walk from a convenience store.

I really do miss the days of having to drive 25 minutes to get to a grocery store ... that helped my diet a lot lol

When my partner brings home snacks I put them in a cupboard that I can barely reach... neither can he but heyho. Its a cupboard I don't open and I'm good at pretending its not there.

I live very close to the university campus there are convenience stores everywhere but I have gone so long without snacking I'm good at ignoring the call for it..... alcohol though the weekends are my downfall

jenny3008 wrote: »

When I say I don't have many problems snacking that is because there is nothing snackworthy to eat in the house apart from fruit.... I don't tend to have a stop button when I start.

I definitely think that helps. The food I have that I don't have to cook or prepare is fruit that I have already cut up in tupperware (pineapple & papaya). So that's all I snack on. Sometimes I'll get Tostitos and salsa, but if you get the bite-sized rounds they're only 130 calories for 25 g, which is about 20 chips. With the salsa, it's a 150 cal snack. I just portion them out so I'm not tempted to eat more, but you really don't need more. I've given my boyfriend the bag while I had my portioned cup and he always puts the bag away before I finish my chips, so he's eating about the same amount.

I find it a lot easier working from home... at least the eating part... I can plan out meals/snacks... log on to MFP and browse the forums for a few minutes here and there for motivation... plan and prep dinner...

I find what has helped me most of all is instead of snacking, I jump online and search for healthy recipe ideas. I use a free site called Pepperplate to save all my recipes to and there is an app for it so I can look when I'm at the grocery store on my cell or pull it up in the kitchen on my tablet. My favorite recipe sites are Skinnytaste and Chocolate Covered Katie... and everything I have made from both has been delicious!

Where I have a problem at home is keeping motivated to workout. I do videos and my treadmill. Eventually I will get a gym membership, but I'm waiting until it warms up a bit. I don't like the cold and enjoy that i only have to warm up the car to go to the grocery store lol

I work from home too. I thought the career change would mean more workouts and weight loss, but instead I rarely have time to workout and was munching all day long. So I eliminated all my go to stress snacks from the house like cheese, crackers, and pretzels, and now I make sure to eat a big breakfast. Just adding eggs and sausage to my morning seems to help me avoid snacks until late afternoon. Fruit or a 50 calorie natural applesauce help me hold out until dinner. Then caffeine free hot flavored tea at night to avoid my dessert craving. I'm just getting started and hopefully I can stick with it!

I work from home and have done on and off for the past 8 years. Personally I find it easier to eat less when working from home because when I was out working in towns or cities (worked and lived in London for a long time) I always had to pass shops selling food or snacks and would often make unhealthy choices because the temptation was there. On the way to work I used to stop and buy pastries for breakfast and I also felt more peer pressure when working in offices because other people would encourage me to eat more, or to snack at break times from the vending machine etc.

Now I plan my weekly shop based on foods which meet my macros so have a lot of meat, seafood and fish for protein as well as fresh vegetables, fruit and wholegrains. I also have two different types of protein shakes for after workouts and I always take time off in the middle of the day either to cook something which fits my daily calories or to go out for lunch which also gives me a break.

The other thing I find is that I am able to weigh and measure things more easily and I often save meals I have frequently in the database to save time when I know I want to eat them. I also often pre-log my next day's food or the food for the day first thing in the morning and then I don't have to think about it again.

My other half also works from home and some days he wants to eat slightly differently to me so I make substitutions to my meals like giving him chips but I will have veg etc. I try not to keep many snacks in the house, except 100 calorie snacks I can have without feeling I've gone over my calories or 'cheated' on my diet.

Working from home means I can do my workouts when I get breaks very easily too as I am an English teacher so between classes I often have 45 minute or hour long breaks.

The only downside I'd say is that it makes me very sedentary, although I work upstairs so have to come up and down a lot during the day to walk the dog, make tea or coffee or lunch etc. The fact I don't have a journey to work is a big problem and I don't have to walk in and out of other offices definitely means I move a lot less.