Sitting at an office job from nine to five tends to make us feel really hungry. Well, maybe not so much hungry as just wanting to eat all the time. Maybe itâs boredom, maybe itâs all the tempting treats in the office break room, but whatever you call it, it leads to us eating lots of extra calories.
Just how many? According to a new survey from Dutch food brand KallĂž, the average woman consumes a whopping 100,000 extra calories at work every year. So basically, weâre eating about 50 extra daysâ worth of food a year. To put it a different way â thatâs almost two months, ladies!
The survey finds that the average woman will eat 135 cookies, 90 pieces of cake, 90 bags of candy and 45 doughnuts a year. It might not seem like it when youâre innocently enjoying a slice of cake every other week for a coworkerâs birthday, but all those treats really add up.
Fridays are the day women are the most relaxed about what theyâre eating, followed by Monday. And hey, weâve all been there - when you need a little pick-me-up to deal with the start of the work week. But maybe itâs time to stash some healthy snacks in our desk drawer, because 100,000 calories of work treats is way too many!
Source: Cosmopolitan