How To Avoid Sugar At Work

Controlling your sugar intake is much easier than trying to control your cravings at work. Here are a few ideas you could use to ignore your cravings at work!

Make a real effort. You know your supply of sweets at work? You need to throw them all out. No more sweets at work. Certain times of the years are also treat heavy such as Halloween or Christmas.

Avoid the desks or parts of the offices that might contain them like the pantry. Don’t go there! Instead, take your lunch and eat it outside at a park.

Tell your friends about it. There are sure to be people at work who have a similar problem to you. Find them and both of you can encourage each other to avoid junk food.

Start packing lunch and snacks to work. Substitute the junk food with whole fruits such as apple, pear and peaches. Bring a salad to work too. Fill your salad with capsicum, cucumber, lettuces, and tomatoes and top it with a little olive oil dressing. If you do need your junk food fix, you could have your choice of unsweetened and unsalted chips.

Don’t skip breakfast. Skipping breakfast will lower your blood sugar and makes you more vulnerable to your sugar cravings. Eat your breakfast before you go work. Fill it with protein or multi grained cereal to start you on your day.

Read the labels. If you’ve got a cafeteria at work, make sure you read the labels first before purchasing. They are often laden with artificial sweeteners and are considered fake food.

If you must, limit yourself to homemade treats only. If someone brought in cookies they have baked, don’t offend them. Say no to all company packed sugar foods.

Lastly, make a conscious decision today to kick your habit. Remember you can make this happen!

By: brown Michael

7 Handy Tips To Stopping Your Sugar Cravings

Sugar cravings are difficult to ignore. What is worse is that sugary treats are so easily available everywhere which makes it harder to ignore your craving. If you’re always craving for sugary snacks, you are not alone. Eating lots of simple carbohydrates i.e. sugar may only give your body a short term energy boost but they will always leave hungry and craving for more. So here a few tips to stop your body for craving for more sugar.

1_ Replace it with fruits. Keep fruits around when sugar cravings hit. Fruits are naturally sweet and full of fiber and nutrients.  Bring fruits to your work or and fill up your kitchen with fruits such as apples and pears. Those are easy to eat instead of fruits that require you to peel.

2_ Go for a walk. When you get a sugar craving, get out of the house and go for a walk. If you are at work, take a rest from your work, and walk about for 10 minutes. This will take your mind off the food.

3_ Eat regularly. If you don’t have three square meals a day, you may be craving for sugar because your body is low on sugar. So accompany your fruits with nuts, seed and dried fruits. These are protein and fiber rich food. For your three regular meals, increase your protein intake. Add an egg in the morning for your breakfast.

4_ Remove temptations. Go through your refrigerator and get rid of all the sugary treats. When you go grocery shopping, make a list of the things that you have to buy and stick to the list. After you are done, pay for it immediately instead of lingering around the sweets section.

5_ Read labels. Before you start buying food, be sure to read the label. Start being aware of content of the food that you purchased. Being aware of sugar contents can help you avoid high sugar food.

6_ Improve your diet. Eat more protein and fat. A well balanced meal will do your body good. Have small frequent meals to keep your blood sugar level stable. Take a daily multivitamin. This will help keep blood sugar stable.

7 Lastly, if you really do have to satisfy your sugar cravings, go for quality instead of quantity. Eat a small piece of dark chocolate instead of candy bar. This treat will be more satisfying for you.

By: brown Michael