Desk Drawer Snacks?

In my desk drawer, I keep beef jerky in 1 oz portion snack bags (80 calories), canned smoked salmon (70cal/servicing), saltine crackers (for salmon), KIND healthy grains bars (140-150 calories/bar), plain rice cakes, peanut butter, natural and cocoa roasted almonds (14 almonds=.5 serving), single serving microwave popcorn, Lindt 85% dark chocolate (2 squares is my serving size), and green tea bags.

In the fridge, I keep Fage 2% plain yogurt and Key Lime flavored Sparkling water. I'm lucky in that no one else wants my "healthy" items in the fridge!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW JOB AND KEEPING IT HEALTHY!

shinycrazy wrote: »

CasperNaegle wrote: »

I keep quest protein bars, quest protein chips, tuna packages, sometimes salmon (higher fat).

@CasperNaegle - How are those quest chips? I've been thinking of trying them.

I really like them.. keep in mind far from a "real" chip but honestly pretty good in my opinion.

chunky_pinup wrote: »

peleroja wrote: »

Unpopular opinion, but as an office worker I kind of think I don't need snacks.

I eat breakfast, I eat lunch, and I'm doing literally nothing after I eat that would warrant extra calories because I'm just sitting on my butt at my desk and making occasional trips to the printer/mailbox/coffee/whatever. If I'm being so sedentary it seems kind of crazy to not be able to go like five hours without eating.

I find I'm much more satisfied with my meals in general if I don't waste calories on snacking.

But, obviously, this is a minority opinion as so many posters here have already suggested a million things they keep at their desks, so feel free to disregard. I just wanted to present another option, that of sticking to meals only and not getting into the graze-all-day habit that seems so endemic in office culture.

yes, but do you know what every single "office worker" is doing outside of the office? Before work? After work? During lunch? I powerlift for 60-90 minutes before work, have my breakfast at my desk, and yes, because of my burn, NEED more cals before I go to lunch. I then take a 2-3 mile walk at lunch, eat quickly and NEED a small snack to hold me over until dinner time. Not every single office worker just sits on their butt. My job is sedentary, but I am not. And this definitely warrants having oatmeal, almond butter and other snacks as I see fit.

I know you see a graze-all-day as endemic, but for some people, small meals are better than three big meals, just like some people in office culture actually burn calories outside of the office.

Hey, if you need them, then you need them. I'm not attacking anyone, I'm just saying that snacks don't have to be an automatic necessity but many people seem to take them as a matter of course.

As a generalization, it seems like everyone in your average office seems to be in a constant state of hand-to-mouth, and I can guarantee that, in my office for example, very few of those people are doing it to fuel workouts like you are, judging from the incredible number of comments I get about my gym bag in the elevator.

I run about 20 miles total either before work or at lunch every Mon-Fri (and add another 10-20 on the weekends) and strength train on at least 2 lunch breaks as well (as well as a 3-mile walking commute every day.) I'm not sedentary outside the office either. I just don't feel like I need the food to fuel that outside of my meals/while I'm parked at my desk, personally. I'm not telling anyone else what to do, just offering that snacks aren't necessarily a requirement, you know?

Do you need food at your desk? I eat breakfast then sip black coffee and water until lunch. Then I eat lunch. Then I sip water and hot unsweetened green tea all afternoon. I go home and have dinner then I'm done eating. Tonight I'll do yard work till dark then have dinner. Do you get hungry between meals?

I only keep pistachios, sugar-free gum or crystal light.

My graze box. When it's done, snacks done

Right now I have a packet of instant oatmeal, Fiber One strawberry streusel and Fiber One lemon bars, small squares of Ghiradelli peppermint bark with dark chocolate (for my afternoon sugar craving) and a bottle of honey for my green tea or to add to plain greek yogurt. I actually need to restock the drawer!
I'll also have things like packs of peanut butter crackers, mixed nuts, Kind bars (I buy the flavors with only 4-5g of sugar), Nature Valley biscuits with almond butter and Kashi honey almond flax granola bars.
I tend to bring a lot of my food with me right from home, but it's nice to have back ups!

CHOCOLATE. Oh and tea.

Single serve bags of popcorn, Special K pastry crisps, granola bars, pretzel sticks, cuties (I bring 3-4 on monday), instant oatmeal, rice cakes, Fiber one bars for a sweet treat, raisins, etc. I don't keep all of it at once but its the stuff I like to rotate through!

A clean shaker bottle, liquid coconut oil and a slow release protein powder. I also have stashed away some nuts BUT the packaged is still sealed. I know if I break into it, I will eat it in short order (my willpower is not having it available).

Peanut butter
Tuna packets
Smoked salmon packets
Crackers
Protein powder
Variety of teas depending on my taste that day
Mustard packets (use it in my tuna packets)
Snack bars if I remember to buy them
Hershey Kisses
Sweetener (Truvia and Sweet'N'Low)
Vitamin C drink mixes
Shaker bottle