Eating well at work

[Ollie123]

Sat in the office all day, I'm conscious about what I eat, as its very easy to snack - more so with subsidised junk food on offer!

My typical lunch is by no means perfect, so if people can list some substitutes that would be great.

(eaten in no particulary order)

Wholemeal bread with cheese
2 packets of crisps (awful I know)
Some sort of ceral bar
Muller corner yoghurt
250ml apple juice
250ml orange juice
one cup of tea
two cups of coffee

I'm slowly weening myself off the coffee, but I really need a replacement for the crisps and sugary yogurt!!

[jas xjr]

That's not too bad. Maybe try some full fat plain yogurt with some fresh fruit sliced into it. Looks healthier than my work diet

[RemainAllHoof]

Buy some rice cakes like Snack-A-Jacks. Then eat one rice cake portion and one packet of crisps. Have another cereal bar instead of yoghurt (isn't yoghurt good for you?).

[Y282]

glad someone else has addressed this. i'm way too lazy to make my own lunch but there's sod all at my place except sausage baps and the like. alternatively someone usually drives to tesco express each day but i usually buy crap there as well.

[Ollie123]

I've actually just noticed there is a food forum section, so my bad.

Full fat plain yogurt doesnt sound very healthy? I was thinking of those yoghurt drinks, 'full of good bacteria' etc.

Rice cakes are a good call, nice enough to nibble on without any of the crap!

[jas xjr]

Fat in itself is not bad for you. Fat is what fills you up. Sugars are really bad for you. Salt is bad for you.

[RemainAllHoof]

With the rice cakes, you could go plain (ie unsalted) but that's a bit hardcore hence I recommend Snack-a-jacks or Tesco/Sainsbury flavoured rice cakes which are quite nice - try it and see how you get on. Could get some rice cakes, some cream cheese, a few slices of smoked salmon and slithers of cucumber. Tastes great but people might question your sexuality.

Don't really know much about yoghurts to be able to comment.

[didelydoo]

I'm a big advocate of eating what you want with common sense in mind. Limit bad things, good things in abundance. Most important, be happy with what you eat- no point hating it, you don't need a 100% healthy diet to loose weight/get stronger etc etc. You'll know already what's healthy and what's not. Everything in moderation.

[Huntsman]

Take some carrots to munch on, I have 2 large carrots every day in the office, if I forget, I end up raiding the choccy bar machine.

[anonymous-user]

Nothing wrong with the coffee.

I use this place, they make work snacks more interesting.

www.graze.com

[Ollie123]

fk carrots

[RemainAllHoof]

Ollie123 said:

fk carrots

I think women prefer rampant rabbits to fk carrots.

[ShampooEfficient]

RemainAllHoof said:

I think women prefer rampant rabbits to fk carrots.

How about nuts? Assuming you're not allergic? I've only just started eating them as a snack, after 24 years of "I really hate them", I just kept eating them til I liked them. Only took half a dozen mouthfuls.

[RemainAllHoof]

Just don't bring a 1kg bag into the office, dunk your hand in then when someone asks what you're doing, say you're "nuts deep". It could end in tears.

[parapaul]

ShampooEfficient said:

How about nuts? Assuming you're not allergic? I've only just started eating them as a snack, after 24 years of "I really hate them", I just kept eating them til I liked them. Only took half a dozen mouthfuls.

Only problem with nuts is they're really high in fat. I know it's 'good' fat, but it's fat nevertheless.

My ex wife was a yo-yo dieter, so I'm familiar with pretty much every diet plan around. My lunch at work consists of 2 wholemeal pitta breads filled with tuna mayo - light mayo, and not too much of it - a Muller light yoghurt, an apple and a drink. That's enough to get me through a 12 hour shift without feeling hungry again before I get home, and I've lost 2 stone since the start of the year by ditching normal sandwiches and crisps...

[BoRED S2upid]

I think the only bad bits are the two packs of crisps if you can replace these or even one of these with something else, a second cereal bar, a banana, apple or something healthier you will be doing fine. Quite easy to have 3 apples in a desk draw.

[Highway Star]

DR10 said:

Nothing wrong with the coffee.

I use this place, they make work snacks more interesting.

www.graze.com

You get nuts in the post, really?

[Burrow01]

Check out the calorific value of the Orange and Apple Juices...

Depends what you are trying to achieve, weight loss, bulking, general health etc, but there are a lot of calories in fruit juices (10-12% sugar)

[BlackVanDyke]

Highway Star said:

DR10 said:

Nothing wrong with the coffee.

I use this place, they make work snacks more interesting.

www.graze.com

You get nuts in the post, really?

It's quite fun really, you can specify what you do and don't like and a little box of munchies turns up on schedule.

[dudleybloke]

theres a worrying lack of bacon in your diet.