{"id":16635,"date":"2011-04-22T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=16635"},"modified":"2011-04-22T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T19:20:00","slug":"how-fit-is-your-fridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=16635","title":{"rendered":"How Fit is Your Fridge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, the Giveaway Winner! Thanks for all the comments and positive comments on yesterday’s post<\/a>. I appreciate the concern and support.<\/p>\n

The winner of the running skirt is…….<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

NIKKI<\/a>!!<\/h4>\n

Email me at 110pounds at gmail.com asap with your mailing address!<\/p>\n

I missed the #fitblog chat on Tuesday because it was too sunny to stay inside<\/a>! I was bummed because I really wanted to participate after reading the questions. They bring up some good discussion points, so let’s do them here!<\/p>\n

And because of the challenge to take photos of the fridge, it gave me an excuse to clean the fridge! I threw away tons of expired, old, nasty bottles of stuff that was growing things I don’t even want to know about. Usually I’m not that lax but it’s been a crazy few months.<\/p>\n

Q1: What do you consider healthy eating?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For me, healthy eating means eating lots of fruits, veggies, proteins and grains. I try to stay within my calories range<\/a> (1570-2,000 a day) and\u00a0 I honor the “90\/10 Rule<\/a>.” <\/strong><\/p>\n

Healthy eating means eating a lot of protein, less processed foods, fruits and veggies for snacks, Greek yogurt instead of sugary yogurts, low-calorie ice cream in small packages (single serving), and wine! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Q2: Do you consider your diet healthy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Compared to how I ate when I weighed 250+ pounds YES! My diet is very healthy. When I started to lose the weight I was very restrictive and my habits changed. I ate a lot of processed food because I could count the calories. I learned what serving sizes were (which was very helpful) too. In that way the processed food like Lean Cuisine Meals helped me lose the weight.<\/p>\n

In the last year it’s become more and more important to me to not eat as much processed food. It’s a slow process but I’m trying to eliminate things from my diet that come out of a box.
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Q3: What’s your favorite healthy food?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fruits and veggies are my favorite. They are things that I can always sneak into my daily intake. I don’t feel like it’s a chore to eat veggies–I like them! <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>Our veggie drawer is currently pretty bare. It’s time to go shopping. Right now we have broccoli, cauliflower, onions and carrots. Usually we have Costco spinach, lettuce, and celery.
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Q4: What’s one thing you could do to improve your diet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of me wants to reduce the amount of sugar in my diet but I struggle with that. I also want to be able to eat sweets in moderation. Completely restricting something from my diet is not how I want to live, and it’s not going to work either. I’ve learned the hard way over the years that Strict Restriction = Binge Eating for me. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Fridge<\/span><\/h3>\n

We currently have tons of bread. We were eating less bread for months and then had a house guest that bought a lot and we had some leftover ham we needed bread for sandwiches. We normally don’t have this much bread in the house.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>We have sandwich thins, bagel thins, regular loaf of Dave’s Killer Bread and half a loaf of Dave’s Killer Light Bread (75 calories a slice) for me. We also have a package of tortillas. Starting May 1st the bread better be gone!<\/p>\n

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\nString cheese from Coscto (Michael’s), one pudding pack, Chicken Broth, and Cougar Cheese that was a gift.<\/p>\n

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\nRegular Pepsi cans! Not mine, Michael’s.<\/p>\n

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\nThe meat and cheese drawer! We have an insane amount of cheese. White Cheddar, Colby Jack, Shredded Italian Mix from Costco, Gruyere, Goat cheese and Parmesan.<\/p>\n

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\n1% Milk, Bottle of Chardonnay, two pitchers of unsweetened iced tea, leftover mac n’ cheese and leftover soup.<\/p>\n

Now for the door of the fridge…I am a Condiment Queen!<\/p>\n

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\nSeveral different salad dressings: Light Raspberry Vinaigrette, Goddess Dressing, Light Kraft Ranch, vitamins, Light Chocolate Sauce.<\/p>\n

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\nAnchovy paste, Sriracha sauce, BBQ sauce.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd the Mustard Drawer! We usually have more varieties of mustard, but here are just a few. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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\nPickled peppers, pickled cheese, pickled garlic, pickled olives, ketchup. Hmm…Noticing a theme…<\/p>\n

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\nAnd the pickling theme continues with actual pickles and pickled jalapenos. Plus more chocolate sauce and homemade pimento cheese.<\/p>\n

Since we are at the end of the week and need to go grocery shopping you do not see the proteins we usually have: chicken, pork chops, steak, eggs. We also have tons of apples, squash and sweet potatoes in a bowl on the counter. In the freezer we have: homemade turkey burgers, ground turkey, frozen veggies (peas and spinach) and tons of fish.<\/p>\n

I’d give our fridge a solid 7 out of 10. It could be better, but it’s pretty good.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: How would you rate your fridge? And how would you answer those questions?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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