Today is my first day of work since the new year began. Today is really my first big challenge as to whether I can go a whole year without eating artificial, processed foods.
I work in an office. I sit in front of a computer all day for three days a week from 9AM to 5:30PM. Prior to spending the whole day on my hind end in the office, I spend an hour in the car on my hind end driving to work. Yes, I realize that one hour, one way commute significantly increases my carbon emissions and reduces my enviro cred, but that’s just the way it is for the time being.
Anyway, so not only do I spend more than 10 hours a day doing absolutely nothing, I also have to contend with the deadly candy dish of doom. Like so many other office settings, sitting on our rears all day just isn’t enough. We must also be stuffing our face with Hershey’s Kisses, mini-Reeses and caramel corn. It’s a rough job but someone has to do it.
For whatever reason, sitting in front of a computer doing absolutely nothing even mildly physically strenuous makes me ravenously hungry, and I normally find reasons to check the fax machine just so I can walk by the candy dish. But today, I had my steely resolve that I would not succumb to the chocolaty rich goodness. In fact, when my co-worker tried to share M&M’s with me, I shooed her away {insert my pat on the back here}.
And now that it is quitting time, I sit here proud - albeit still ravenously hungry - that I managed to survive the day. For whatever reason, fruits and cheese don’t seem to fill you up the way that only artificially sweetened candy concoctions can. But on the positive side, I did not seem to lose all brain function at 2pm which often occurs after I’ve indulged in a vending machine provided lunch of champions.
I work in an office. I sit in front of a computer all day for three days a week from 9AM to 5:30PM. Prior to spending the whole day on my hind end in the office, I spend an hour in the car on my hind end driving to work. Yes, I realize that one hour, one way commute significantly increases my carbon emissions and reduces my enviro cred, but that’s just the way it is for the time being.
Anyway, so not only do I spend more than 10 hours a day doing absolutely nothing, I also have to contend with the deadly candy dish of doom. Like so many other office settings, sitting on our rears all day just isn’t enough. We must also be stuffing our face with Hershey’s Kisses, mini-Reeses and caramel corn. It’s a rough job but someone has to do it.
For whatever reason, sitting in front of a computer doing absolutely nothing even mildly physically strenuous makes me ravenously hungry, and I normally find reasons to check the fax machine just so I can walk by the candy dish. But today, I had my steely resolve that I would not succumb to the chocolaty rich goodness. In fact, when my co-worker tried to share M&M’s with me, I shooed her away {insert my pat on the back here}.
And now that it is quitting time, I sit here proud - albeit still ravenously hungry - that I managed to survive the day. For whatever reason, fruits and cheese don’t seem to fill you up the way that only artificially sweetened candy concoctions can. But on the positive side, I did not seem to lose all brain function at 2pm which often occurs after I’ve indulged in a vending machine provided lunch of champions.
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