Eat right to work right

Feb 6
14:51

2011

Torri Myler

Torri Myler

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What you eat, as well as when, plays a vital role in supplying your body with all that necessary energy, so you have to make sure that you are paying attention to a proper meal schedule, the nutritious value and also to the meal at hand.

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You may not realize it,Eat right to work right Articles but your job requires constant supply of energy. What you eat, as well as when, plays a vital role in supplying your body with all that necessary energy, so you have to make sure that you are paying attention to a proper meal schedule, the nutritious value and also to the meal at hand, eating slowly, chewing thoroughly and avoiding unhealthy temptation that may make you drowsy or jumpy enough to interfere with your job.

To start with, always eat breakfast before you start working. It’s the most important meal of the day for a reason. Thanks to a complete breakfast you have the energy to do your job, your metabolism is working properly and you have a more positive outlook on the day ahead of you. But that’s only if your breakfast is healthy and nutritious, so if you eat sugary cereal or consider a cup of coffee with cream a breakfast, you’re not getting any of the benefits. Start your days off with a well balanced meal consisting of oatmeal with fruit and an orange juice or a cup of whole wheat cereal with nuts and seeds so that your breakfast is light yet filling and you can work on this fuel all the way until lunch without being distracted by an empty stomach.

A good start requires an equally good follow up, which is why a healthy lunch is so important. If you decide to eat a cheeseburger with fries or share a pepperoni pizza with a coworker, large amounts of fats in your meal will actually not be your biggest problem. After a heavy meal forcing your body to work hard on digestion you’ll feel tired and will have a nap instead of work on your mind. So rather than have a heavy lunch, opt for a good size salad with grilled chicken or fish, a pita bread sandwich leaded with lean turkey breast, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and your favorite fixings, or a bowl of hearty soup with whole wheat roll on the side. A lunch like that will satisfy your hunger and give you plenty of energy to continue working, instead of requiring a lot of energy to be digested.

On a regular day a solid portion at lunch will get you all the way until dinner time at home. However, when you’re working on an important project or your firm is in its busy season, like CPA firms right before tax filing deadline, for example, you may be needing more energy to get you through the afternoon, or you might be staying at the office a couple extra hours, which means you need a snack that will prevent you from buying out half the vending machine or eating too much and too fast once you get home. That’s why it’s important to have an emergency healthy snack in your desk, say a bag of mixed nuts, some peanut butter or fruit, so that you can eat something small but good for your body and mind to finish your tasks for the day and head home simply hungry and ready for a good dinner instead of famished, stopping at the nearest fast food.