Starting a weight loss programme is easy, but following it up with your busy work schedule is not. Especially with a sedentary lifestyle, it is often difficult to keep a track of what goes inside your tummy. Birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers, farewells – we are all part of celebrations while sitting on our desk and answering our emails simultaneously. However, these small nooks end up hurting our weight loss regime in a major way. Here are some common mistakes which we all make while at work:

Skipping breakfast

There is a reason why skipping breakfast is considered to be a sin. Skipping breakfast is a mistake which needs to be rectified. When we sleep at night, our body repairs itself. This is the reason why our body is generally hungry in the morning. If we do not feed our body anything at this time, we are not only slowing our metabolism but also heading towards weight gain more than anything else. Therefore, skipping breakfast is not the wisest decision.

Obliging co-workers

One bite of chocolate from your work buddy or one slice of pizza because everyone in the team wants to order pizza can hamper your weight loss more than you think. It may look like a small quantity initially, but small quantities can add up to large ones and hence show on your weighing scale. Your solution: say NO!

Eating on your desk

Getting a boiled vegetable salad with dal prepared by your mother will not help if you are eating on your desk. While eating on your desk not only resonates inactivity but also, you’re not burning calories. Taking out 20 minutes for lunch may seem difficult on busy days, but make sure you make your desk a no-lunch zone. Take your lunch box to the cafeteria or any setting which is away from your desk. This will help you in two ways: firstly, you get a break and secondly, your food is being digested simultaneously and hence you’re burning calories.

Stress is eating you up

Stress is eating you up: Work stress can often get to the best of us. Late working hours, long meeting hours, desk jobs which require mental calmness can lead us to eating foods all the time. This happens because your body requires fuel to work and concentrate. Involuntarily our hands start reaching out for anything and everything that we see when we face mental pressure and stress. At such times, we often forget to drink even water. Here’s help. You can try two things: firstly, start with keeping a bottle of water with you always and secondly, keep healthy snack nibbles like dry fruits or gur (sugarcane), which are instant energy-providers.

Unhealthy snacks

That vending machine in your office pantry maybe stocked up with all your favourites and may seem like the ideal choice at certain times, but snacking on unhealthy foods can hurt you more than you think. You may consider burning calories next day in the gym, but eating unhealthy snacks everyday can hurt you in the long run as this can lead to weight loss plateau. Solution: Bring your home cooked snacks. This will help you because you will not munch on unhealthy snacks after a long meeting or a very tiring task.

Source: TOI