Snacks at work to munch on!

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KiwiGirl91
KiwiGirl91 Posts: 43 Member
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Okay so I work for a company doing tech support (great job, great pay and I love it and my conworkers). Down side? I’m sitting on my butt allday munching on snacks because they encourage us to do this.

What I really want to do is start eating the right foods etc.. something that will help with my weight loss etc.... so suggestions are a must pretty please!

I’m a grazer so I literally munch through out the day so something that will help me - I’m thinking dried cranberries but that’s all I’m coming up with :/

Can you guys recommend me some healthy filling snacks!
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  • kd_mazur
    kd_mazur Posts: 569 Member
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    How are they encouraging the snacks? is the company providing them? I was a frequent snacker for a long time, not because I needed to eat or even that I was hungry, I just always packed them with my lunch for work. I just stopped packing the extra stuff. Instead I drink a ton of water and black coffee throughout the day.
  • janellereasoner
    janellereasoner Posts: 7 Member
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    If you have a place to spit out the pits, cherries are the best for desk snacking. They're delicious, and each one takes a minute to eat because you have to eat around the pit, so it's impossible to eat them too fast.
  • Kay_180
    Kay_180 Posts: 38 Member
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    Hey there! I have the same problem! My co-worker has a BUCKET OF FREE CANDY outside her office door. I walk past the candy bucket like 20 times a day. Even if I ignore the candy 95 times out of a 100, I'm still eating it 5 times a week that I don't need to.
    Something I did, which is kind of weird but it worked, was put up a poster on my office wall that said "0 days since a candy incident" and then marked off every day that I managed to not eat any. And then set myself different goals - a month, 100 days, etc.
    Alternative snacks - I have almonds, which are good for me because I like them but I don't like them enough to chew through them mindlessly. Microwave popcorn is also good. I also have mints at my desk and I've found it's helpful to have a mint after I've eaten something to help send a signal to my brain that I'm done with eating that thing now.
  • KiwiGirl91
    KiwiGirl91 Posts: 43 Member
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    kd_mazur wrote: »
    How are they encouraging the snacks? is the company providing them? I was a frequent snacker for a long time, not because I needed to eat or even that I was hungry, I just always packed them with my lunch for work. I just stopped packing the extra stuff. Instead I drink a ton of water and black coffee throughout the day.

    They do as well as breakfast for early morning meetings - as well as numerous amounts of vending machines around the work place and switching between departments and working means 95% of my day I’m sitting at my desk working and munching
  • KiwiGirl91
    KiwiGirl91 Posts: 43 Member
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    janellereasoner wrote: »
    If you have a place to spit out the pits, cherries are the best for desk snacking. They're delicious, and each one takes a minute to eat because you have to eat around the pit, so it's impossible to eat them too fast.

    I wish :( cherries are so damn expensive here more so cause we’re not in season yet - I’ve considered dried fruit as an option (I’m in winter atm ) :3
  • kbmnurse1
    kbmnurse1 Posts: 316 Member
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    How do they encourage snacking? This is absurd. You are an adult. Bring healthy snacks from home and make it a point to eat them at certain times. Grazing can be dangerous. Hummus/veggies, egg cups, small salad with a protein or fruit.
  • KiwiGirl91
    KiwiGirl91 Posts: 43 Member
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    kbmnurse1 wrote: »
    How do they encourage snacking? This is absurd. You are an adult. Bring healthy snacks from home and make it a point to eat them at certain times. Grazing can be dangerous. Hummus/veggies, egg cups, small salad with a protein or fruit.

    The line of tech support that I work in is in a call center - so everything we do is timed so they encourage us to have snacks or food at our desks so we don’t have to get up and leave etc.. unless it’s a bathroom break or or lunch most the day we’re at our desk.
  • kbmnurse1
    kbmnurse1 Posts: 316 Member
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    The line of tech support that I work in is in a call center - so everything we do is timed so they encourage us to have snacks or food at our desks so we don’t have to get up and leave etc.. unless it’s a bathroom break or or lunch most the day we’re at our desk. [/quote]

    That's fine but, you have the choice to bring healthy snacks and eat them at certain times. Pretty sure they are not standing over you a gun telling you to "eat your snack now. "

  • cqbkaju
    cqbkaju Posts: 1,011 Member
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    kbmnurse1 wrote: »
    That's fine but, you have the choice to bring healthy snacks and eat them at certain times. Pretty sure they are not standing over you a gun telling you to "eat your snack now. "
    That would be a fun job - for me.
  • KiwiGirl91
    KiwiGirl91 Posts: 43 Member
    edited June 2018
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    kbmnurse1 wrote: »

    The line of tech support that I work in is in a call center - so everything we do is timed so they encourage us to have snacks or food at our desks so we don’t have to get up and leave etc.. unless it’s a bathroom break or or lunch most the day we’re at our desk.

    That's fine but, you have the choice to bring healthy snacks and eat them at certain times. Pretty sure they are not standing over you a gun telling you to "eat your snack now. "

    Definitely lol that’s why I asked if anyone could suggest ones that I could take in :) I’m starting out my healthy eating / weight loss journey so that is why I asked. I wanted to know what are types of food that are good for me and not going to make me want to binge at the end of the day.
  • cqbkaju
    cqbkaju Posts: 1,011 Member
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    The only thing that will prevent you from going on a "binge at the end of the day" is discipline.
    You will probably "want" to regardless. The point is that you decide not to.
  • KiwiGirl91
    KiwiGirl91 Posts: 43 Member
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    cqbkaju wrote: »
    The only thing that will prevent you from going on a "binge at the end of the day" is discipline.
    You will probably "want" to regardless. The point is that you decide not to.

    I know :) that’s one thing I’m going to have to train myself on and if I fail I’ll try again twice as hard.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,742 Member
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    I think ZERO snacks, as cqbkaju keeps suggesting, is the best option by far.

    If you truly need snacks all day long, then I think it just means your breakfast, lunch, and dinner need some tweaking to be more satiating meals.
  • skelterhelter
    skelterhelter Posts: 803 Member
    edited June 2018
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    I think what the OP meant to ask was how to avoid all the temptation for treats at work. And it's hard. I work in a library where there are frequent catered staff meetings, as well as tons of cakes, cookies, chocolate, and chips in the break room. It's super tough not to give in, and a lot of the time I will give in to a brownie. I just stop at one and make sure I bring my own snacks to tide me over.

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