Eating healthier at Work

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables. Eat Less Food High In Fat and Sugar

• Bring your lunch to work instead of eating out- it will be healthier and you'll save money.
• Put extra lettuce, tomato and other veggies on sandwiches. If you're eating out, ask for those extra veggies
• Pack a zip lock bag of cut up fruits or vegetables such as carrot, celery or cucumber sticks, or snack on raisins or other dried fruit instead of candy or potato chips.
• If your worksite has a vending machine, chose healthy options such as non-fat yogurt; milk and cereal, string cheese sticks, fruit and vegetables or baked veggie chips or 100 calorie snack packs, instead of potato chips.
• If you worksite has a cafeteria, check the menu board or the menu for healthy options such as grilled lean meats, rice and beans, vegetable soups, non-fat milk, fruit and or vegetables, vegetable salads with low or non-fat dressings.
• When you do eat out, limit how often you eat fast food, or try healthier options such as salads with grilled fish, chicken, tofu, grilled kabobs or tabouli and hummus in a pita pocket Try asking for substitutes of a salad or carrot sticks instead of french fries.
• Eat a piece of fruit instead of a sugary dessert. Try berries, peaches, melons and oranges.
• Bring fresh fruit and vegetable dishes to office parties and potlucks.
• Swap healthy recipes with your coworkers.

Taken from the Mass in Motion website. Find more at MassinMotion.gov