You're at your desk, five hours into the work day, maybe five more hours to go, and your stomach has begun rumbling. You're out of dirhams and can't get any sustenance from the vending machine (if you're unlucky enough to have one of those tempting monstrosities in your workplace) and everyone has already ordered lunch without you. You open you drawer and save for a few old bags of tea, there's nothing in there to appease your hunger.
Sound familiar?
A friend recently gave me a tip that's been proving invaluable in helping me stay on the straight and narrow to avoid cookies, chips and pretzels as my mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks.
It's easy. First off, invest in some Tupperware of various sizes, containers you can get from pretty much anywhere. Find a few minutes to peel some cucumbers, buy a bag of baby carrots, buy some grapes and your favourite kind of cheese, and buy some ready-made hummus from the deli in your grocery store.
Pick an evening, or, if there's extra time, do it in the morning, and prepare a few plastic containers with all your healthy, yummy purchases. Next time your stomach grumbles, dipping carrots or cucumbers (or slices of pepper or even celery sticks) in your nutritious hummus, that's high in protein, is going to make all the difference. And your sweet tooth might stop screeching so loudly after a couple of grapes; the slices of cheese are a bonus!
It's not a bad idea to have something else to snack on besides the ever-popular apple.
