Office Parties and Birthdays

There will always be a birthday or holiday party or a generous co-worker who brings or bakes goodies for others at your company. This doesn’t mean that you HAVE to indulge! Bring other snacks with you to work. Keep some fresh fruit in the refrigerator (if you have one), or stash some 100-calorie almond snack packs in your drawer for times when you are tempted. Think about all the calories that you burned at the gym that morning — is it really worth it to add them back to your body? Get distracted and strike up a conversation with a co-worker, go for a walk around the block, brew some herbal tea — basically, do anything you can to shut up the little voice in your head that’s telling you to eat!  If you just remember how much time and effort goes into burning off those junk foods, you'll stay far, far away!