Where do you eat your meals-including snacks

If it works for you.

I eat at my computer desk. I could eat upstairs at one of the tables, but then I'd have to deal with my ILs talking at me or critiquing my meals.

I eat Breakfast either at my desk or on the train during my commute. Lunch is usually sitting at my desk in front of my computer. Dinner is usually sitting down at the table.

But in terms of snacks. I eat snacks anywhere. I walk and eat snacks. So it really depends. I think you can eat snacks anywhere. But your main meals probably are best consumed at a table.

I suppose the point would be more mindful eating...but really, I think it depends on the individual...it matters nothing for me. I'm mindful of my eating in that my meals and snacks are planned out and portioned out...it really doesn't matter that I eat at my desk or the break room or my dining room table, etc.

Today for lunch I had some salmon and mushrooms with quinoa and 1/2 an avocado and 6 ounces of broccoli...I ate it at my desk because that's where I always eat lunch...pretty sure nothing about that meal would be different if I ate it in the break room. I eat at my desk because I use my lunch break to workout...so there has to be a trade off somewhere.

Tonight for dinner I'm having roasted pork tenderloin and cauliflower soup...same deal...I don't know how eating that at my dinner table vs watching our favorite show while eating makes any difference.

The only two places I will not eat are the bed and the car...'cuz gross in bed and I don't want a bunch of food and *kitten* in my car.

I eat breakfast and lunch daily at my desk and have for years...I generally eat dinner with my wife while watching one of our shows...we only watch about 1/2 hour per night, so that's our little time to just deload the day with a funny show and enjoy a meal. Our meals are portioned out, so it's not like we're sitting there just mindlessly eating...every thing on the plate is properly portioned...so not sure what the issue would be.

That is an interesting idea. Being mindful about what you eat and where you eat. It is so true though my boys tend to throw a fit eating at the dinning room table because my wife enjoys eating on the couch in front of the tv but we have a little picnic table for our boys to eat at in front of the tv but we do tend to eat and snack there to. I think it is mainly about being mindful about what you are putting in your mouth instead of not paying attention as and just focusing on the fact that it's food.

Dinner almost always at the table as a family....my other meals and snacks? Im usually hiding in a corner of the kitchen eating as fast as I possibly can between shouts of "Mmmmooommm!" and shrieks of "I'm telling!".

I have 4 kids, and I mostly stay at home (I work out of the house 2-3 days a month).

My kids always eat breakfast at the table, and usually lunch too when they are at home. Snacks are eaten where ever....in their rooms, outside, in the car, in front of the tv...

irshgrl500 wrote: »

Hello,
I visited a very good Nutritionist before the holidays, at the end of last year. One of the "practices" she wanted me to change, was where I ate my meals. She said that all meals, including snacks should be eaten at a table(dinner, lunch, breakfast or kitchen bar)-somewhere specifically designated for eating.
Many of us, in fact most of us have developed a lifestyle of "on the run", even when we aren't really engaged in many activities. For example, we may have dinner tables in our home but chose to eat in front of the television or computer, instead. We may have time to eat our lunch at work, in the designated lunch area but chose to eat at our desks. Worse, when pressed for time, we plow through the drive-thru and eat our meal in our cars or while engaging in our next task (in class, at a meeting, on the sidelines of our kids' games). All of these secondary designations for eating, help contribute to poor eating habits.
I really think the Nutritionist really had something when she said to only eat at the table, or designated eating areas. What are your thoughts?

I think she has a good point. That said, as someone that has very VERY little time, I eat breakfast and lunch at my desk at work, and dinner usually in front of computer or tv. On the weekends, I eat at my kitchen counter, and lunch/dinner...depends on where I am. I never sit down to my dining room table anymore...not since my son left for college.

I agree with her but I don't do it. I eat my breakfast in the car everyday. Eat lunch at my desk at work. Dinner at home at the table. Fudge pop in the bed.

This is a bad habit for me, which has gotten worse since the kids grew and moved out...I eat ALL my meals from Monday to Friday at my desk, plus a couple snacks. Saturday hubs and I eat at the coffee table while watching Cops..lol..or hockey if the Leafs are playing

We sold our table years ao. The area i was in was too small. So we watch tv while we eat

Meals- Dining table, standing in the kitchen
Snacks- kitchen, desk, bedroom
Occasionally I eat in the car. It isn't really a rushed meal as I am still with my family talking and I don't eat more than if we took that food home and ate at the table.

I think maybe what you are doing might have more impact than the location. I think there is value in focusing on what you are consuming and fully experiencing it but you can do that lots of places.

This will work better if you have square meals. I eat all day long - about every hour or hour and a half. If I had to find a designated eating location, I'd never get anything done in life. That said, my family eats dinner at the dinner table, because it's a chance to be together. No TV tables for us, much to my sports-loving boys' chagrin.

Breakfast: desk. Morning snack: desk. Lunch: desk. Afternoon snack: desk. Dinner: dinner table!

Eating just fine, and still losing weight.