Freezer Eating Challenge

Rachel B.
on 4/26/17 5:24 pm - Tucson, AZ
VSG on 08/11/08 with

I only have 1 steak in my freezer. I do, however, have pumpkin ravioli, frozen fruits for smoothies, and frozen veggies.

I just hoard other ...stuff...

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happyteacher
on 4/26/17 6:11 pm

We are so guilty of this here. I honestly think I could go two months and still not get through it all (assuming it is just hubby and I eating). About 2 weeks ago I said I was not going to buy any more meat fresh. Although I am failing at always using the freezer, I am using it a lot more. I will count that as an improvement, but still a work in progress.

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NYMom222
on 4/26/17 6:37 pm
RNY on 07/23/14

Oh my Donna- so funny...I am with you already, started this week....need to eat out of my freezer. I live alone so nothing gets finished...I am picky about what I will freeze cooked, but meats, fish veggies galore I got!. It is overflowing...

Ate Cod tonight from the freezer, lunch was freezer Turkey chili.

Earlier I took out a package of chicken cutlets, and pork carnitas...

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califsleevin
on 4/26/17 9:56 pm - CA

You need a good earthquake, or other power outage excuse. When the Northridge quake hit us back in '94(?), my wife had just done a Costco run and loaded up the freezer with meat. We had lots of BBQ that week with the neighbors - use it or lose it.

Funny thing, when she was at Costco, she was looking at the generators thinking that we really should...nah!

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Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 4/27/17 3:55 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16

LOL! Clearly there are many if us with this issue: I have always had a lot of fresh meat frozen, but since WLS and my IP purchase, now I have enough bagged individual servings for weeks! I need to do something too!

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Donna L.
on 4/27/17 6:55 am - Chicago, IL
Revision on 02/19/18

Challenge Day: 1

Found lamb in the freezer, pre-cooked, only four weeks old. Decided to try it. Verdict: oh god. Perhaps I need better freezing containers? I still ate it, likely because my culinary standards are low due to coming from New Jersey and having grown up eating pork roll.

I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!

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Cathy H.
on 4/27/17 7:10 am
VSG on 10/31/16

Invest in a vacuum sealer, they're life savers for us single people. I can buy family packs of meat, or a whole boneless pork loin and cut it into chops, seal them up, and they keep for 6 months with no issues at all. Well worth the investment!

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ILoveFlowers
on 4/27/17 7:39 am

Please, please, please don't tell my husband about this challenge. He would insist I participate. I have a freezer just like yours, but I really don't want to do this. I might have a panic attack if I look in the freezer and don't have enough food to last me a millennium. How am I going to feed my family a variety of foods if I don't restock? LOL Just kidding. I'm going to do my best to do this as well. Good idea. I need to clean out my freezer anyways to make room for all the veggies from my garden.

dh101
on 4/27/17 11:56 am
VSG on 06/29/17

I should probably check our freezer. My husband does 95% of the shopping as he is retired.

I do know that while our freezer is always full, it is hard to tell by just a quick glance how much is food and how much is water. Be the water be bags of ice cubes, or plastic bottles of water that are our ice blocks for coolers. I do try to go through it once a year and have a purge party. Perhaps this is as good a week as any.

It is better to travel and get lost...

Than never to travel at all.

AggieMae
on 4/30/17 6:28 pm
VSG on 10/25/16

Just yesterday the freezer drawer wouldn't close will report my reduction of frozen meat weekly... including the "back up" freezer in the garage.

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