When you're trying to watch what you eat, brown-bagging it at work is a huge help. But let's face it: Not everyone has time to pack a lunch every night or morning before work. So why not start a lunch club at your office? It will help you eat better and encourage your co-workers to do the same.
Recruit a few of your officemates to join the club; anywhere from two to six members is a great start. Each week, assign each person to bring an ingredient for sandwiches or a smart salad. One person brings lettuce, or someone buys a loaf of bread, another member provides cold cuts, and so on. Then, every day, you can toss up a big salad to share, or let members make their own sandwiches with the provided ingredients.
If you want to get fancier, take more of a potluck approach. Have each person bring a different dish each day — anything from pasta salad to stir-fry — that everyone can eat for lunch. That way, each person only has to worry about lunch once a week.
Do any of you do this? If so, please do share your tips in the comments.
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i think that in the perfect work environment this could be a great thing. first off you don't have to really prepare all that much stuff - just one little thing that you know is healthy and 'easy' and 'inexpensive' and if you have 3 people or so who can do it - then what's better than that?
in my office though, we have such odd tastes for food, and i think that it's sometimes hard for us to all figure out time to have lunch near the same time that it wouldn't work. (i also don't have that kind of relationship with my co-workers for it to be worthwhile)