health and fitness
Do not eat at your desk
Over the last few weeks I have been bringing my lunch into work and eating the same meal every day. It's easy, cheap and practical, and I don't mind if it's monotonous – I guess I am lucky that way. Or unlucky, depending on how you see it.
What kept puzzling me was that some days (most days, in fact), right after eating, I would crave more food. So I'd have my afternoon piece of fruit early. And then I'd have my early evening handful of almonds early. And then I'd pop down to the canteen and go crazy. Other days, I would feel full and not think about food all afternoon.
I have kept a food journal for the last seven days and I noticed that apart from one day, whenever I eat my lunch in the kitchen (a thirty second walk from my desk, but at least it is not my desk) I feel fuller. When I eat at my desk instead (sometimes working, often just checking personal email and feeds), my brain probably does not even register that I have eaten at all.
I remember hearing somewhere that one should always sit down to eat at a table – and no, a desk is not a table.