Haven't we all been in this circumstance? We decide to start eating more healthy so we'll look cute in that new spring dress. So the first area we try to clean up in is what we're eating at work. We make full intention to skip the lunch run to the pizza place around the corner and pack a healthy lunch instead. We bring healthy snacks to store in our desk; doesn't a bowl of fresh fruit look enticing sitting on one's desk? However, it never fails someone out there always brings in the cinnamon rolls made over the weekend or puts a big dish of chocolates on their desk for everyone to grab. When you stop by the breakroom to refill your water bottle, there's that plate of leftover cake on the counter, calling for you "eat me, eat me".
What's a person to do? A great idea is to get the whole office motivated to start a healthy eating campaign. Encourage fellow co-workers to start bringing healthy snacks in....do a healthy potluck lunch...start a friendly competition to see who can lose the most (healthy) weight in a month, provide non-food related gift cards as prizes...ask for healthier foods to be served in the cafeteria and/or at staff meetings.
The workplace doesn't have to be a scary place where all those tempting foods hang out. It'll make your life a whole lot easier when you work in a healthy environment...and more then likely many of your co-workers will be thankful for it as well.
Here's to a happy, healthy spring!
Kim
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