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Meals and snacks
Eating real meals at real times, even on the days the work does not stop.
Meals and snacksHealthy snacks for work with no fridge: what keeps at your deskHealthy snacks for work with no fridge: nuts, fruit that keeps, roasted chickpeas, oatcakes and dark chocolate, plus how to stock a desk drawer well.
Meals and snacksHow long should a lunch break be? 30 vs 60 minutesHow long should a lunch break be? For most desk workers, 30 to 60 minutes, but even 20 minutes truly away from the screen helps. What fits in each length.
Meals and snacksQuick breakfasts for busy workdays, ready in five minutesQuick breakfasts for busy workdays that take five minutes or less: overnight oats, yogurt bowls, eggs, loaded toast, fruit and nuts, and what to prep ahead.- Meals and snacksSimple work lunches to prep on Sunday, and how long they keepSimple work lunches to prep on Sunday: grain bowls, soups, wraps and a big salad base, how long they keep in the fridge, and a plan for the week.
- Meals and snacksSkipping meals and headaches: why it happens and what helpsSkipping meals can bring on a headache and a short temper at work. Why it happens in plain words, what to eat first, and when to see a doctor.
- Meals and snacksWhy you get sleepy after lunch, and what actually helpsSleepy after lunch? Your body clock dips in the early afternoon and a big or heavy lunch deepens it. Lighter meals, a walk, daylight and water help.
- Meals and snacksWhy you snack more working from home, and what helpsWhy you snack more working from home: boredom, stress, a kitchen ten steps away and no lunch break. Set meal times, plan snacks and notice the cue.
- Meals and snacksBreakfast before email: a better order for busy morningsOpen the inbox before breakfast and the morning belongs to other people. Why eating first helps, five-minute breakfasts and an order that keeps email waiting.
- Meals and snacksDesk lunch vs a real lunch break: why 20 minutes away helpsEating at your desk saves a few minutes and loses the break. What a desk lunch misses, why 20 minutes away helps, and how to improve it when you can't leave.
- Meals and snacksHealthy desk snacks that won't crash your afternoonWhich desk snacks keep energy steady, why a sugary snack can leave you flat, when a mid-afternoon snack makes sense, and how to keep good options close.
- Meals and snacksForgetting to eat when you're focused, and what helpsDeep focus can hide hunger until it shows up as a headache or a short temper. Why the cues get missed, and simple ways to eat on time anyway.
- Meals and snacksMeal reminders on a Mac that you won't just dismissWhy a lunch alert at 12:00 gets swiped away, how to set meal reminders with Apple's own apps, and reminders that come in a window while you're at the Mac.
- Meals and snacksHow to keep regular meal times when you work from homeAt home, meals drift: grazing all morning, lunch at 3, dinner whenever the laptop shuts. How to set meal times that fit your day and keep them most days.
- Meals and snacksSkipping lunch at work: what it does to your afternoonSkipping lunch rarely saves time. What it does to energy, mood and focus by mid-afternoon, why it keeps happening, and how to protect a lunch window.
- Meals and snacksStop eating dinner at your desk: make it the end of the dayWorking through dinner pushes everything later: the meal, the evening and often your sleep. Why it happens, and how to make dinner a hard stop.