January 20th, 2013

Well I have completely destroyed my 'diet' and missed my meeting.  I will rejoin in two weeks and not beat myself up over this setback.

On the food waste front, I threw out some cooked chicken (which could have easily been frozen, but I was too lazy) and some mouldy carrots yesterday.  How long does it take for a carrot to actually go mouldy?

Arrrrgggh!

I have gained 5.3 pounds.  In four days.  Seriously.  How is this even possible?  I know I am upset and stress eating, but really.  Time to focus!

As for the food waste - well the fridge didn't get cleaned out Thursday because I ended up working Thursday night for a couple hours, so I slept after dinner.  I threw out a sad eggplant that I had bought to make smokey baba ganouche.

Sad.

This week - plan to continue eating/using up the pantry, try to avoid perishable waste, attempt to submit first writing assignment.  Really, really try.

2013 - still a long ways to go

I have been following The Frugal Girl for quite a while now.  I have been trying to reduce my food waste, and some weeks have good success, but other weeks are pretty bad.

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Not sure how this all will work out - but I thought I'd resurrect the blog and attempt to honestly track waste this year.

I'm half-heartedly attempting a pantry challenge this month, but prior to the new year, I managed to purchase a LOT of groceries that just never got eaten.

So I finally threw out (into the compost at least):

1. english cucumber (whole)
2. 1 large box of prepared salad
3. 1 box of 'live' lettuce

I'm sure when I go to clean the fridge out I will find some more....

Hopefully I will do better next week!