Do you often rush off to work without having breakfast and discover that by morning tea you’re already onto your third coffee? Does the afternoon suddenly roll around and you find yourself feeling tired and groggy so you hit the snack box?
If this sounds like you, then welcome to the busy working lifestyle!
Here are some quick and easy ways to improve your diet at work and as a result increase your energy levels:
1. Don’t skip breakfast! If you don’t feel like eating when you first get up then why not have something when you get to work. Maybe leave a box of cereal in your staff room and fix yourself a bowl when you get to work.
2. Throw some fruit in your bag! Having a piece of fruit rather than running for the vending machine is an easy way to reach your 5+ target a day
3. Get out of the office! Make a plan to go out of the office for a walk to clear your head and make this your time to eat.
4. Stock up your desk! Most of us tend to eat whatever is in front of us and once we get the munchies and food is fair game. Try stocking one of your drawers up with healthy options to fill those gaps – such as:
vegetable sticks, rice crackers, mixed nuts, dried fruit, packet soup, muesli bars, tins of tuna/salmon
5. Have a plan and stick to it! It’s easier said than done sometimes, but planning ahead will mean you don’t starve yourself and end up running to the snack box. Try going to the supermarket on a Sunday night and buying your food for the week for work.
How about committing to choosing at least one of these new habits? You could start by setting up this new habit as a Goal in your [ Choose My Day ], that way you can keep track of how well you’re doing.
Have a great week!
The BE Intent team
