FOOD PREP SUCKS!!!!!

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  • Noogynoogs
    Noogynoogs Posts: 1,028 Member
    Food prep is half the battle to sustained weightloss. I allways carry a snack in my bag for a quick munch.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    I've cooked everything from scratch for years... For me the PREP is what is most time consuming. For Veggies, I wash them and then sit down and prep them while watching TV or talking on the phone with my sister.... I'll start with the fruit for the day. three apples, a large peach, a bunch of grapes, a few plums, maybe a clementine..... all diced into a fruit salad then I move on to the veggies...two pounds of carrots, a couple peppers,one or two onions, three tomatoes, a cucumber a few cloves of garlic, half a bunch of parsley or cilantro, whatever greens are in season at the moment. If I'm serving potatoes that evening I'll do those too. It's a lot of work to do every day but totally worth it and I get to indulge in some guilty pleasure television.

    Another thing you can do is put some of your stuff in plastic bags instead of those little bowls. Just use the really cheap sandwich bags, or even just re-use the bags you get your produce in.. When I used to take my meals to work, I'd bring them in plastic bags and then dump onto a ceramic plate at work.. I just had to wash the plate and my fork every day.
  • eels4peels
    eels4peels Posts: 229 Member
    And this is why I fast half the day at work! Ain't nobody got time for that! I went there. Deal with it.
  • FindingAmy77
    FindingAmy77 Posts: 1,268 Member
    I got the solution for ya: I just seen a stackable doodad at Walmart in the lunch box and water bottle section. There are a few to choose from. Go check it out. Eating healthy was never said to be easy but these new inventions help. :drinker:
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    And this is why I fast half the day at work! Ain't nobody got time for that! I went there. Deal with it.

    Lulz. funny
    I don't start eating till 1 or 2 PM. that IS only food for half the day.
    I got the solution for ya: I just seen a stackable doodad at Walmart in the lunch box and water bottle section. There are a few to choose from. Go check it out. Eating healthy was never said to be easy but these new inventions help. drinke

    well some of mine stack- but ultimately it's the fact I have a big *kitten* pile of tupperwears at work to content with LOL- but was mostly a lighthearted joke.
  • teresamwhite
    teresamwhite Posts: 947 Member
    I agree with baggies for what you can. I don't take my lunch to work as often as I used to anymore, but need to get back in the habit...I use a tiffin, with an insulated sleeve when i do though.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Yah I use baggies and foil for a lot...usually put those in a container (but I don't have to wash it afterwards)

    And yes I am a tree hugger so I do reuse the baggies as long as it's the same food item going in it the next day.

    Not so much foil tho as that is usually meat...ick.
  • eels4peels
    eels4peels Posts: 229 Member
    And this is why I fast half the day at work! Ain't nobody got time for that! I went there. Deal with it.

    Lulz. funny
    I don't start eating till 1 or 2 PM. that IS only food for half the day.

    O.I.C. I actually just got one of those big like glass Tupperware containers with a lid and I just measure everything out in that and just kind of mix it up and eat it. Then I have like yogurt on the side or something easy like that.

    On another note, I'm loving that 1982 phone on your desk. So vintage! :happy:
  • activefatgirl
    activefatgirl Posts: 107 Member
    I love to food prep when I am on track... Lately I have been off track and I hate it! To help me food prep I use recyclable containers and lunch baggies. If I have to wash all those containers all the time... I would end up throwing them out. I buy a package of 8 containers for 1.25 at the dollar store they go in the freezer, and the microwave. I heat up my food and throw away the container. If I only put raw veggies, fruit or dry times in the container I will rinse it out (I'm not that lazy). The baggies are great too, I have a plate at work I use when I pack my food in a baggie.

    Its all about helping yourself get the job done faster, with less mess and dreadful dish washing.

    Man I need to get back on track...
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Yah I use baggies and foil for a lot...usually put those in a container (but I don't have to wash it afterwards)

    And yes I am a tree hugger so I do reuse the baggies as long as it's the same food item going in it the next day.

    Not so much foil tho as that is usually meat...ick.

    I've put meat into baggies before (dirty jokes dirty jokes) but it's just messy and I don't like the way it heats up.

    I'm okay with all my tupperwearsies- but it is a bit excessive LOL.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    On another note, I'm loving that 1982 phone on your desk. So vintage! :happy:

    LOL sweet state worker- I don't get a new phone. All our *kitten* is about 50 years old LMAO

    but I don't mind- but it does make it weird when someone important calls and I don't know who it is... I don't get to play fun games on the phone b/c it could be like.. you know- the governor!!!
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    My hatred for leftover containers is the reason I tend to reach for Chipotle, Subway, or whatever I can easily grab from Kroger for lunch. I'll cook my dinner and add veggies/fruits/etc to that meal so that I don't have to deal with those darned containers.
  • Siannah
    Siannah Posts: 456 Member
    food prep is where its at, if you have a hard time with organization and work ethic thats a seperate issue but food prep is very powerful for health and fitness

    It's BORING
  • mikeyrp
    mikeyrp Posts: 1,616 Member
    Seriously-
    who wants to deal with all this at work!!!

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    :tongue:

    I think where you went wrong was that you forgot to put any food in the containers. Hope this helps.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I think where you went wrong was that you forgot to put any food in the containers. Hope this helps.

    delicious food was delicious. so i atzed it all.
  • jbee27
    jbee27 Posts: 356 Member
    i don't even bother. i keep a grocery store bag in one of the break room fridges that has my lunch stuff in it, then just make it fresh each day. nobody seems to want my stuff anyway :smile:.

    Your workplace could be totally different, but this bugs the crap out of me at work. We have two refrigerators for about 40-50 people to share. Space gets TIGHT when everyone's got their lunch/snacks for the day in there...much less when someone decides to keep an entire weeks worth of groceries stocked.
  • Mom_of_X
    Mom_of_X Posts: 85 Member
    i didn't realize how spoiled i was!

    *We have 7 kitchens for 100ish employees.
    *2 of those kitchens have dishwashers.
    *All of them are stocked with snacks and drinks, so no one feels obligated to snatch anyone else's fridge foods.
    *I have caller ID on my phone.

    WHOA. :bigsmile:
  • enzosmama
    enzosmama Posts: 134 Member
    OMG yes, the never ending washing of clear containers will be the death of me. Beats cleaning out fastfood wrappers out of my car :wink:
    Yup!! I am washing 2-3 containers and 2-3 drink containers (smoothie, water, etc.) a night. Ugh. But whatever, it's a small price to pay for the end result.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    We have a small "unit" fridge- the floor has a bigger fridge- but I would NEVER put my stuff in there- so this is the one we have- that's a standard office trash can next to it- and I"m squatting on the floor to take a picture (was awkward but oh well)
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    Your workplace could be totally different, but this bugs the crap out of me at work. We have two refrigerators for about 40-50 people to share. Space gets TIGHT when everyone's got their lunch/snacks for the day in there...much less when someone decides to keep an entire weeks worth of groceries stocked.
    - I think there is a guy here who does something like that- which is REALLY weird- because he's also the guy that does drive by scavanging- like he isn't from our unit- and he has to go out of his way to come be nosy in our food. It's so annoying- and to think he brings in a weeks worth of food too. grrrrrrrrrr

    there is absolutely no way anything but one tupperware per person food fits in ours- we have 7 employees- and only 3-4 of us actually use the fridge- everyone else eats out or buys from the cafe.

    mostly my stuff sits at my desk- so I have this growing pile of tupperware by the end of the day- I look like such a slob when I forget to wrangle them and put them in the "dirty" pile LOL
  • cranshinibon
    cranshinibon Posts: 129 Member
    I've got a safe in my office, and when I'm too lazy to wash the dishes right after eating I'll just throw them in there and wash them before I leave. I don't mind doing the dishes, I just can't stand when people take my tupperware ><
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I've got a safe in my office, and when I'm too lazy to wash the dishes right after eating I'll just throw them in there and wash them before I leave. I don't mind doing the dishes, I just can't stand when people take my tupperware ><

    We don't have much tupperware theft- food theft yes- one of the girls in another unit says there are all these passive aggressive notes on the "floor" fridge.

    it scares me- it's like how effing hold ARE YOU PEOPLE!!!
  • eels4peels
    eels4peels Posts: 229 Member
    I don't mind doing the dishes, I just can't stand when people take my tupperware ><

    I steal Tupperware....

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