“My Work Makes It Hard for Me to Lose Weight.” Have you ever said this?
Many of my clients and friends have said similar words, and I have been there too. Work Environments are a challenge for many, but the good news is their are easy habits you can implement to help you reach your wellness goals even when work makes it hard. Here are a few tips that can help you in a difficult work environment.
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- Mindfully Eat: Mindful eating can help in any environment. To read more about mindful eating click here. You can also download the Free Mindful Planner here.
- Walk during your lunch break, and eat a bag lunch at your desk. Try inviting them to join you on your walk.
- Have nourishing mood-boosting dark chocolate or healthy packaged snacks in your candy jar; instead of candy. Find nourishing and filling packaged snack ideas here.
- Bring your food instead of getting fast food, take out, or vending.
- Bring a pre-portioned nourishing frozen meal to work every day. Click here for the healthiest packaged frozen dinners according to dietitians.
- Make your own pre-portioned meals ahead of time. You can learn how to EASILY build your own meals in The Nourishing Meal Builder books.
- Have a fruit bowl instead of a candy bowl at work.
- Pre-portion nourishing snacks to take to work like fruits or sliced vegetables.
- Keep healthy options like carrot sticks closer to you or on your desk for when you are craving snacks.
- Turn dinner from the night before into a healthy lunch, by putting a serving of your dinner into a light whole wheat wrap.
- Freeze enough lunches for work for a whole month in one day with the “Mindfulness in Faith and Freezer Meals” Ebook
Sometimes it can be mentally draining to figure out what meals to bring to work day in and day out. If you want to take the stress out of planning your meals for work, then get it all done in a day! The “Mindfulness in Faith and Freezer Meals” ebook show you how to make a month of healthy freezer meals in one day. When you are ready to go to work, just grab a pre-portioned lunch out of the freezer and go. When it is time to eat lunch, simply pop your freezer meal in the microwave for two minutes and your healthy lunch is ready to eat! If work meals are your main issue, you can just use the lunch section of the ebook, or you can make all of your breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for a month in one day using this ebook!
Mindful Eating Can Help in Any Environment
*Remember that mindful eating can often help in any environment. To read more about mindful eating click here. You can also download the Free Mindful Planner here.
- If you would like to evaluate your own wellness plan and determine which tips work best for you, please take the free Christian Wellness self assessment and evaluation developed by a registered dietitian.
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