Midlaw Lawyers: Do you eat healthy at work? Forum

[BeardofStanton]

For those of you who don't have Seamless at their disposal for their meals, how do you manage to eat healthy when working long hours? Billling around 180-200 hours a month at mid-sized firm, so I'm usually too tired to meal prep or cook. I end up eating like shit.

[lawschoolftw]

For those of you who don't have Seamless at their disposal for their meals, how do you manage to eat healthy when working long hours? Billling around 180-200 hours a month at mid-sized firm, so I'm usually too tired to meal prep or cook. I end up eating like shit.

Same. I eat too much chinese and other delivery crap. I try to justify it by sneaking out of the office a couple days a week in the middle of the day to go to the gym.

[kellyfrost]

You've got to grind through it and do the meal prep for the week. It is hard to do, but once you do it, you will find that you are eating healthier, feeling better physically and mentally, and saving money.

You should also get a crock pot. They are very helpful with meal prepping or just cooking in general. I also recommend getting a gas grill if you don't have one already.

[tyroneslothrop1]

Soylent

[Anonymous User]

Soylent

I tried Soylent for awhile but didnt like it enough. Do you mix it with fruits?

[kellyfrost]

Soylent

I haven't tried Soylent but I am intrigued.

[RaceJudicata]

Soylent

I haven't tried Soylent but I am intrigued.

Yeah.. anyone with experience using Soylent, feel free to give a review. Never heard of the stuff, but just checked out their website and im highly interested.

[kellyfrost]

Soylent

I haven't tried Soylent but I am intrigued.

Yeah.. anyone with experience using Soylent, feel free to give a review. Never heard of the stuff, but just checked out their website and im highly interested.

I did the exact same thing. Have you read this article about Soylent?
http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/17/58932 ... ourishment

[BaiAilian2013]

It's easier if you're not the type of person that psychologically needs a big plate of hot food to feel like they ate a meal. If you're happy with some yogurt here, some jerky there, and a string cheese later, you can control both calories and nutrition pretty well with minimal to no prep time. I usually do make a sandwich with cold cuts or PB, but that only takes a minute. I legit could not do this job and cook in any traditional sense.

My husband is the "big plate" type so he tries to meal prep on Sunday, but the danger is if it doesn't happen, he's SOL for the week.

[tyroneslothrop1]

I drink soylent on the regular. It tastes sort of like milky oatmeal. Not great but I believe the bland flavor is intentional. You'd get sick of it if it had a strong flavor. I drink, usually, six a day, which is 2400 calories. If I go out to lunch/dinner or feel like making dinner when I get home then I, well, drink less. To be clear, most of my friends think this is bizarre behavior. I don't sweat it. I appreciate good food but like the convenience and simplicity of soylent. 2400 calories costs like 12 bucks a day. So it is cheap.

[Diplock1]

I drink soylent on the regular. It tastes sort of like milky oatmeal. Not great but I believe the bland flavor is intentional. You'd get sick of it if it had a strong flavor. I drink, usually, six a day, which is 2400 calories. If I go out to lunch/dinner or feel like making dinner when I get home then I, well, drink less. To be clear, most of my friends think this is bizarre behavior. I don't sweat it. I appreciate good food but like the convenience and simplicity of soylent. 2400 calories costs like 12 bucks a day. So it is cheap.

I would agree with this, but I only ever replaced breakfast / lunch with it.

I'd also note that I sort of had to choke down the first several servings and really didn't like the taste, but pretty quickly became indifferent and then actually started to like it. Don't necessarily be put off if you try a single serving or sip of someone else's.

[dixiecupdrinking]

I can't think of anything that would bring partners more pleasure than knowing they could replace overtime meals with "soylent." You guys need to knock it off before this job becomes any more dystopian.

[kellyfrost]

#soylent

[1styearlateral]

I can't think of anything that would bring partners more pleasure than knowing they could replace overtime meals with "soylent." You guys need to knock it off before this job becomes any more dystopian.

[DELG]

I can't think of anything that would bring partners more pleasure than knowing they could replace overtime meals with "soylent." You guys need to knock it off before this job becomes any more dystopian.

Wait do you think I could get a partner to order a case

[LAsonic]

Soylent ftw. Takes a little bit of time to get used to the flavor but once you do, it can save you a bunch of time, can manage your calories better, and won't be hungry. If you do have time (maybe for breakfast), I'd recommend making a soylent smoothie with bananas and peanut butter- delicious.

[RaceJudicata]

Do we refrigerate our soylent?

[monsterman]

Aren't guys not supposed to be eating too much soy?

[kellyfrost]

Aren't guys not supposed to be eating too much soy?

I'm not familiar with that. Why shouldn't guys eat a bunch of soy?

[bsktbll28082]

Aren't guys not supposed to be eating too much soy?

I'm not familiar with that. Why shouldn't guys eat a bunch of soy?

Messes with hormones or something. But I didn't think any of that was factually proven yet?

[mrs.miawallace]

I'm in law school and find that having a burger and fries for lunch makes me tired early in the day, especially in summer. But salad makes me gassy (for real and it's harder to eat, it spills and gets on your face and stuff). And the chicken breast meal never fill me up.

[IsThisForReal]

Soy has a ton of estrogen

http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/soy ... ve-effects

[Anonymous User]

soylent guerilla marketing for the win. Are midlaw lawyers your key demographic or something? why not all lawyers? are biglaw lawyers too fancy for soylent?

I don't believe the individuals with less than 10 posts happen to all be avid soylent entuhsiasts and conveniently show up just when the individual with 1 post is wondering how to fit all essential daily nutritients into an easy to mix drinkable shake that tastes great (assuming you love to guzzle semen).

[dudders]

1) I am big fan of making 1 or 2 big meals on the weekend (or on nights you just happen to get home at a decent hour), and packing the leftovers into individual meal containers so I have plenty of work lunches. I love cooking, so this is easy for me. But it doesn't have to be fancy. You can cook up a whole pack of chicken breasts, throw some brown rice in a rice cooker, and boom, food.

2) I keep plenty of healthy snacks at work (nuts, fruit, etc.), and usually on Sunday night/Monday morning chop up veggies (carrots, radishes, celery, cucumbers, whatever I have around) and bring a big container to work to last through the week, either with hummus or healthy dip or just to snack on plain.

3) I just don't drink soda or foo-foo coffee drinks.

4) If things are really busy or i'm out of leftovers or it's hot summer and i don't really want a hot lunch, I try to keep stuff for healthy wraps in the fridge (I usually go with mostly veggies and hummus, sometimes meat or cheese or whatever). Sometimes I bring some containers of cut-up salad stuff and keep a big box of salad in the fridge and just plow through that all week. The trick is something you like that you'll want to eat, that's at least moderately healthy, AND that you can throw together in a minute or two at work ... otherwise you'll just go get something else. Sandwiches are easy to fit in this category. I have a co-worker than eats a bunch of cereal - healthiest option ever? probably not. Better than takeout? Sure. You're not striving for perfection 100% of the time, it's about making better choices than you otherwise would at that moment.

5) I cook mostly from scratch and try to avoid most processed foods, but hey, a healthy frozen meal is still better than a lot of other options. Helps with portion control. And it can just live in the work freezer indefinitely until you need it in a pinch. (We have a fabulous tamale lady that comes by so I've usually got a bag or two of tamales in there, and a bag or two of entree-like frozen veggies.) Again, it's got to be food you like and want to eat vs. going to Chipotle and getting a 1200-calorie burrito.

Caveat: I am probably luckier than a lot of people in that there are no vending machines or free/honor bar snacks in my building. Nor is there any food in my building ... I'd have to drive in order to go GET something unhealthy. And we don't have Seamless.

[tyroneslothrop1]

I've already been called in by the CEO for my raise. He was impressed by my knowledge of the midlaw market, in particular the intricacies of midlaw long hours for not so much money.