Wasteful Wednesday - 3/31

First off, I am sorry this post is late AND I missed last Wednesday!  Just flew right by me!  I am glad to report that last Wednesday, I was wasteful free!  But... this week I am not.  I had a hard week with produce.  Must be that time of the year because my produce has been starting to go bad FAST!  So this week it was basil, salad and tomatoes...  Darn it too, since tomato prices are getting up there!  And I do have to say, I am a bit of a salad snob, so if it starts to go bad and get little bits of slimy lettuce, it is gone!  Maybe some of you would have still eaten it but I couldn't do it!  And basil!  I love basil!  I just put it in the drawer and it got hidden by other stuff and I totally forgot about it until it was too late!  That makes me so mad!

On a different note, Amy Pavlock and I are teaching a "bootcamp" class Tuesday-Fridays for about 6 weeks and so far so good!  2 classes down and we have a lot of sore campers!  But they are enjoying it and say it is challenging, yet fun and motivating!  So that is good!  If you are interested, there still is time to join.  Just contact me and I can get you signed up.  There is a link on the blog telling you more about it or click here... 

Have a great day and a great weekend!  Get out and do something that raises your heart rate and makes you sweat!!  It is good for you! :)

Wasteful Wednesday - Happy St. Patricks day!

Happy St. Paddy's day!  Fitting as this Wasteful Wednesday has a lot of green items!  I don't have a picture, as my husband was being very nice and cleaning the kitchen after dinner last night and threw away my items to document!!  But I can tell you I am not very happy about this week..  We wasted way to much!  I somehow let 2 Green peppers get moldy and soggy (I did get to salvage about half of them, but the rest of it was too gross!), Parsley that my dear hubby got instead of cilantro, Dill which I was going to use for greek night and totally forgot to use it.., about 1/2 head of a small cabbage, 1 cucumber, and about 2 cups of 2% milk.. Darn thoes expiration dates!  I have found that lately my produce is not lasting long at all!  Maybe I just buy things that are ripe right then, but things that last a long time usually, have ended up going bad fast! *note - Green peppers and Cucumber...*  So I am going to work really hard this week to not let that happen again!!  Since I have been paying attention more to my waste, it actually makes me sick to have to throw out all this stuff!  Arghhh.. Anyway, enjoy your St. Patrick's Day and drink a green beer for me!

Wasteful Wednesday - 3/10

I know I am late with my posting.. but I remembered!  I am so glad I decided to start Wasteful Wednesday.  I have been so much better at paying attention to what I have in my refrigerator and using all I can.  For example, the other day I had some grapes that were going bad and before, I would have easily thrown them in the trash.  Instead, I made a grape/banana smoothie and it was great!  Couldn't even tell they were getting wrinkly!  Also, I currently have some very brown bananas...  I am going to make banana bread tomorrow! Yum.  So today's waste includes a very small amount of Cesar Salad dressing, a small amount of stuffing mix, a moldy half of a tomato ( I actually used the other half that wasn't moldy!!  If you know me at all, you would know that before I would have never used it!  Mold grosses me out.  My grandfather would be so proud!!)  And the worst of it all is a bag of whole wheat rolls that I made..  I just can't get it through my head that I cannot make bread!  For whatever reason, every time I try to make rolls, or bread, it turns out bad!  These rolls tasted like dense flower.. Anyway, I knew they were bad when Brian and my exchange student, Kyle (who eats EVERYTHING), didn't even have more than the ones when we tried them...  So, they are going.  But, that is it.  Much better than the first time for sure!! 

How about you?  Have you been keeping an eye on your food waste?  Have you been making a point of eating your left-over's and keeping track about what you have in your produce drawer?  Oooohh.. that reminds me, I have some green pepper that NEEDS to be used tomorrow.. 

Feel free to email me at fsquaredfitness@gmail.com and tell me about your improvements in food waste!

Wasteful Wednesday..oops...

So yesterday was Wednesday, and I forgot to post Wasteful Wednesday! Sorry! But I am happy to report the only thing wasted was about 2 Tablespoons of tunafish. Why I didn't just put in on my sandwich when I was making it, I have no idea... Sometimes I worry about myself.. :)

I recieved an email this morning that I thought would be of interest to some of you. Do you ever wonder what you can eat for snacks, since you are supposed to me eating 5-6 time a day (3 smaller meals and 2-3 snacks) to keep that metabolism of yours burning? Well, this email will help answer some of these questions. It is at: http://dustinmaherfitness.com/2009/04/24/21-healthy-snacks/

Did you clean out your fridge? What, if anything, did you waste? Email me at fsquaredfitness@gmail.com and let me know!

Wasteful Wednesday - Not too bad...

So, remember my earlier post last week sometime about how I cleaned my fridge out and realized the ridiculous amount of food we waste! Well, I am going to try to do that every Wednesday and am calling it: Wasteful Wednesday. I will try to remember to clean out my fridge/freezer/pantry and take a picture of the items I have to get rid of. Hopefully it will go down to nothing eventually! At least that is my goal! So this week, I have the following picture. MUCH better than the previous post, but still too much! I don't know if I forget I have these things in there or what, but I would have totally eaten it if I would have paid more attention! It is about 1/2 of a 1/2 gallon of 2% milk, some oatmeal I pre-cook to eat for breakfasts, a little bit of Madison's food that she didn't eat all of and a lonely jalapeno.. And I do have to confess, I did throw out a little bag of shredded coconut earlier this week. It was like a rock! So, off to get groceries for the week. I have actually planned out my menu for 7 days and am only getting what groceries I need for the meals and a few staples. We will see how it goes!

Clean out your fridge/freezer/pantry and see what you had to throw away... Even better take a picture and email it to me and we can add it to the blog! See if we can change the amout of waste we have! I look forward to seeing what you have. fsquaredfitness@gmail.com

Wasteful

OMG. I am actually embarrassed to do this post, but I think it is important in recognizing what we, as families, waste in just food! Especially in this time of the devastation in Haiti and around the world. I subscribe to a website, The Frugal Girl, www.thefrugalgirl.com and once a week, she takes a photo and posts it of what her family wastes for food. There is hardly anything! But to her it is alot. So, I decided to clean out my fridge today and this is what we have wasted. Disgusting! Take a minute to evaluate what you and your family wastes, and think about what you need to do to make it less. Maybe, make smaller portions, (hey, isn't that one of the keys to losing weight??), maybe freeze some of it for later. Anyway, think about it! Feel free to take pictures and post them on my facebook group, f squared fitness, or email them to me at: fsquaredfitness@gmail.com and I can post them for you. On a good note... Happy Valentines Day!