Eat Healthier and Wealthier at Work

Eating out every day during your lunch hour is not only expensive, it's hard on your body. Use these tips to eat healthier and wealthier at work.

1. Prepare your lunch the night before. Better yet, use Sunday afternoon to prepare lunch food for the entire week. Make a batch of burritos that can be frozen until use, or grill chicken, slice it, and use it in a daily salad.

2. If you don't buy junk food, you can't pack it for lunch. Make a habit of skipping the cookie and chip aisle at the grocery store, and instead stock up on fruit and veggies. If your schedule is seriously demanding, buy prepackaged fruit cups and veggie trays.

3. Pack only what you know you'll eat. If you don't like it, you're going to a. be hungry because you're not going to eat or b. toss your packed lunch and walk around the corner to Burger King.

4. Nibble on healthy snacks throughout the day. A mid-morning fruit and yogurt break, and an mid-afternoon snack such as nuts, will help sustain your energy level, not to mention the feeling of a full belly. Nibbling can help you avoid a gut-buster at lunch.

5. Drink plenty of water throughout the day. And skip the expensive bottled stuff.