Contents:
- Medical Video: Overcome Junk Food Temptation in 4 Simple Steps
- Temptation 1: Unhealthy lunch choices
- Temptation 2: The habit of drinking alcohol after work
- Temptation 3: Too much chat
- Temptation 4: Smoking
Medical Video: Overcome Junk Food Temptation in 4 Simple Steps
Your co-worker invites you to lunch at a fast food restaurant, a friend next to your cubicle invites you to take a break and smoke, your division friends invite you to gather at the bar after work. These things may be some of the habits that you always encounter in the work environment.
The time you tend to spend more at work certainly makes the temptations even harder to resist. The result, not only reaches deeper, the habit is certainly not good for your health. However, take it easy, you can do the following tips so you don't fall into bad habits at work.
Temptation 1: Unhealthy lunch choices
Choosing healthy food at work may be a challenge for you. To resist the temptation of foods that are bad for your health and can gain weight, try to:
- Bring your own lunch so you can control what you eat.
- Keep healthy snacks on your table like nuts and cereal to prevent you from eating high-calorie snacks.
- Make a list of restaurants that have a healthy menu and invite your coworkers to lunch at the place.
- For office events, you can suggest holding a "healthy potluck." You and your colleagues can bring healthier foods such as salads and fruits.
Temptation 2: The habit of drinking alcohol after work
The habit of getting together after returning from work can lead to drinks that require you to consume calories higher than usual. In addition, you will also feel worse the next day. To avoid this kind of incident, you can:
- Limit the frequency of get-togethers with your office partner to just once a month.
- Use the time after work to exercise or spend time with family.
- When you gather with coworkers, try to order drinks without alcohol and avoid high-fat foods.
Temptation 3: Too much chat
For some people, the temptation to socialize may be harder to resist than the temptation of food. The desire to gossip usually tends to defeat your obligation to do office work. As a result, your tasks are increasingly piled up and never finished, making your resting time less. To overcome this:
- If you feel tempted to stop and chat every time you pass your coworker's cubicle, avoid the route that passes through the cubicle when walking.
- If your place is actually a place to gather and chat, tell your colleagues that you have deadline for your work that you must fulfill before resting.
- You can save your gossip for later, during lunch breaks, with a healthy menu of course.
Temptation 4: Smoking
For those of you who are smokers, taking a short pause to smoke a cigarette in the middle of occupational density might feel like looking for fresh air. But unfortunately, you are actually polluting your lungs and those around you. For that, you can do the following:
- When your co-worker invites you to smoke, you can refuse it but keep accompanying him without smoking.
- Follow your friend's smoking schedule, and use the schedule as a reminder to pause from your busy life, but not as a schedule for smoking too.
- Invite your coworkers to stop smoking and start new, healthier habits.
