Mindful Pause For Lunch
Since we've been deprived of socialization and have been away from people for as long as we can remember it's important to try and reach out to people.
Taking a break away from your workstation and having lunch maybe at the park or just by the balcony of your place and someone to talk to on the phone can recharge our batteries and possibly make us more focused and creative for the rest of the day.
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- Schedule an actual lunch break. Even though we're working from home it doesn't mean that we have to sit in our chairs the entire day working. It is important to have time for yourself.
- Move away from your work area and have a change in environment. Set the table where you can eat peacefully and not think about work for the next 30 minutes or so.
- Start behaving like you're actually going to work. Sometimes, it can be less stressful and even motivating to think that you're reporting to the office.
Having close proximity to food will increase the chances of developing a habit called "unconscious eating" where an individual will eat without giving it much thought and ignore the physiological cues that are being given to us while eating a meal.
When we do not pay attention to the cues being alerted to us regarding satiety we tend to eat quickly and don't feel full or satisfied from what we've eaten. Moreover, having easier access to food can also lead to higher calorie consumption.
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Many people eat three meals a day. But we don't have to eat this way.
In trying to find a new routine while working from home, many Americans are drawn to eating a Big Meal once a day when they're ready to have it. A Big meal is large and can be eaten at any time of the day, typically in the late afternoon. It is not a diet, just a convenient way of eating.
- Dietary guidelines, which came in the 1970s, instructed people to cut the fat from their diet, and increase the carbohydrates. Eating more of bread and sugar has contributed significantly to the obesity crisis thereafter.
- The concept of the 'anytime and anything' diet is courtesy the snack-food companies and dietitians/doctors who advised us to eat multiple times a day. This is a big contributor to the obesity crisis along with the rise in Diabetes.
- Create 3 piles; things to go to charity, to sell or to the bin.
- Anything you haven’t worn in the past 6 months goes straight to one of the piles.
- Work your way through each item and see its necessity.
- The rest goes back into the wardrobe, sectioned off into each type of clothing.
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