The OP, in the comments section, writes: "I'm a consultant and, therefore, expected to track my billable hours throughout the week". I'm not sure how I would f

The OP, in the comments section, writes: "I'm a consultant and, therefore, expected to track my billable hours throughout the week". I'm not sure how I would feel about a consultant that is billing me by-the-hour at, presumably a not insignificant rate, claiming that they work with the same focus and productivity while they are eating lunch as they would during the other 7 hours of the day. I would say the OP should count himself lucky that he has a fairly lenient employer, as I would estimate that the vast majority of employers would not give credit for this "hour worked". Also, at least where I'm located (Canada), lunch "hour" is actually 0.5 hours and the work-day is 7.5 hours.