7 Weight Loss Mistakes You’re Making At Work

Chaterine Lennox
Jul 21, 2017 · 2 min read

You don’t need us to tell you that those free office donuts and weekly birthday celebrations are bad news for your diet (seriously, how can there be so many birthdays?!). But those aren’t the only work hazards stalling your weight loss progress: There’s no shortage of seemingly innocent on-the-job habits that can make you take in more calories than you need. And we’re betting at least a few of these sound uncomfortably familiar.

Here are 7 workday mistakes that aren’t doing your suit size any favors — and how to get back to a place you feel good about.

You skip breakfast to get to the office bright and early.

Sure, being the first one at your desk might give you a jumpstart on your task list (and a smug feeling as you watch late coworkers scamper in). But starting the day without any fuel sets you up for a mid-morning energy crash, says nutritionist Rania Batayneh, MPH, author of The One One One Diet. As a result, you’ll end up scrounging for calories wherever you can find them — like those break-room pastries that always seem to appear on your weaker willpower days.

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