What sucks about eating healthy is...

I actually find it very surprising that so many people mention produce going bad so quickly! I'm not sure what the difference is between the produce I buy here (I'm in Saudi Arabia, I buy only local produce if I can possibly help it) and the produce available in other countries. Maybe the produce isn't picked as ripe or something? No idea.

All of my produce lasts between two weeks to a month, depending on what it is. I can get two weeks out of tomatoes, cucumbers, cilantro, zucchini, bell peppers, eggplants, and spinach (The spinach only keeps if I strip the leaves from the stalks, put them in a tupperware container, add a paper towel under the lid, then cover it and keep in the fridge). I can get a month or more easily out of parsley, spring onions, onions, lemons/limes, iceberg lettuce, and cauliflower.

I keep all my produce in the fridge (in the veggie drawer) and I don't wash them until I use them. If I do wash them, I carefully dry them before putting them in the veggie drawer so they won't get mouldy. I line the bottom of the drawer with parchment paper, just because it makes it easier to clean, but it also seems to absorb excessive moisture.

kommodevaran wrote: »

Of course it gets expensive if you let the food you buy go to waste. Stop that, eat the stuff you buy, and eating healthy is cheap. Difficult recepies will take time and skills. Make simple food, and it takes no more time or skill than convenience food.

This And also, I find that when I make a rough plan for what I'm going to eat that week and buy what I need for that plan, nothing goes to waste. I don't make a very detailed one--I plan dinners only, since my husband and I have mostly the same breakfasts and lunches, then buy the "special" planned stuff for the dinners; then, I just pick up the general items that we tend to have for breakfast and lunch, like cereal, oats, peanut butter, bread, and eggs.

cabbage (including the bags of preshredded coleslaw), kale, potatoes,onions, carrots,oranges (and OJ), Raisins, apples all last for quite a while, so I would start with those.

I also buy frozen veggies (in steamer bags for maximum laziness) when on sale.

I do a mid week run to the store for fresh lettuce, bread, milk, and tomatoes, because they dont keep, and we go through them quickly anyway.

What are you buying? I've never had an issue with things keeping for a week unless it was kind of on it's way out when I bought it. I occasionally have trouble with my greens, but everything else seems to last just fine.

... that my body no longer tolerates greasy and/or calorie dense foods in more than minuscule quantities such as one measly chicken wing. If I try to eat a fast food burger and fries, for example, that stuff will blast through my system at warp speed, leaving me bloated and sickened for 12 hours and laying waste to the bathroom.

If I had more calories to play with, I suppose I would have tried to have the occasional treat during my year long cutting phase... but as I am oldish and hypothyroid, I decided I wanted to eat greater volume with lower calories rather than the reverse. I really did not foresee this happening! :X

I grocery shop 1/week, sometimes every other week and I rarely ever throw food away. If I do, it was my own fault for not getting to it in time. But it's extremely rare. My stuff keeps just fine. Somethings you know you have to eat sooner than later.

It took me about two months to get the food for me about right. So give yourself time to learn. Eat berries right away, or get frozen. Veggies in the Cole family, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, tend to last well. Apples and oranges last well, just eat ones with bad spots soon or throw them out. Who!e lettuce will last longer than bagged. If stuff is looking like it will be going bad soon, change plans and cook it for dinner.

JessicaLP643 wrote: »

Thanks for the tips guys! I think I just got overzealous with the first "healthy eating" shopping trip & went a little crazy. My salads & most of my fruit was bad within 2-3 days. Most of my veggies were bought frozen thankfully & then I bought a pack of 10 chicken breast that I grilled & had in Tupperware in the fridge. After weighing them I realized I was only allowed 1/2 of each chicken breast making it now 20 chicken breast I had to eat or throw away in 2-3 days! Lol. It's deff a learning experience! I've learned so much already in just a week. I won't go so crazy next time.

You can also cook and then freeze chicken breast. I cook 3-5 pounds at a time then freeze it in portioned out bags.