We all do it, Eating on the go, eating while driving, eating at the work desk. How often do we multi task to save time, eating has moved to our number one multi task activity behind multi tasking with the mobile phone.
So what’s the problem?
Well our food consumption goes up as we are not really focused on how much we are eating or enjoying the meal. It means that we’re trying to squeeze more into the day, whether it’s being glued to the ofice chair or not giving ourselves any down time.
Our choices become more limited as one hand on the mouse and the other holding a sandwich make for interesting eating habits. Eating highly processed packaged food is an easier option or heading for the vending machine.
Before you know it you have a stash of cookies or biscuits and other yummy food as the lunch time meal morphs into the mid afternoon snack.

Secondly eating while watching TV or watching a movie becomes an activity, once again snack type foods are consumes and a greater amount as we are not monitoring how much we are eating.

While there are genuine times where it may be necessary due to inclement weather conditions, lack of a lunch room or crazy deadlines is taking a 30 minute break that challenging?

A client who lived in Sweden for 2 years observed that it’s considered bad manners to eat any where other than a place designated for eating, ie restaurant, cafe, breakfast table etc.

So while this may be a tricky habit to change, try stopping eating on the go, while driving or at the work desk.

This entry was posted on Saturday, August 29th, 2009 at 2:32 pm by Andrew Talati and is filed under Weight loss.



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