Food Storage Made Easy - Latest Comments in The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

AnnMarie — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:35:10 -0000

If you do this challenge again, I'd like to beg for the form to be turned in through the next morning. I'm not a night person, and I only remembered to fill it out 2 times before bedtime. :(

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

loretta — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:36:13 -0000

I think we did okay with this. We try not to eat fatty, salty,sugary foods. I try to cook as fresh and healthy as possible. Am trying to get hubby to read food labels when he goes shopping.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

mgariley — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:57:19 -0000

what can't we use the point system from weight watchers?

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

lbrewer — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:36:49 -0000

Healthy eating is not so hard for me since I enjoy the food and how it makes me feel. I made oatmeal for breakfast, had scrambled egg substitute (I freeze several cartons of eggbeaters), V-8 juice. Lunch was leftovers from Sunday Dinner. For dinner we had pinto beans that I had put in the crockpot before I left for work this morning. I highly recomend using the slow cooker, it is nice coming home to a meal ready to eat. We put some seasonings in the beans and ate them with wheat bread. Yummy and good for you too!

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

bradu — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:58:20 -0000

This was no problem for my family, we usually eat really health anyway. We juice a lot of fruit and vegies during the day to get in our daily amounts. I found it hard the first day eating out of our 72 hr kits, I did not realize how much I would miss eating healthy.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

sharonhaynie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:08:58 -0000

I tried really hard to do today's challenge, but my hubby is done. I did ok for breakfast and lunch, but dinner was pizza-hawaiian with pineapple. My storage really needs to be have more variety, we have been used to eating fresh fruits and veggies alot more.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

jocelynrobertson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:09:08 -0000

This was a good one for us, too. I have high cholesterol - a family legacy - and diabetis, so this is our life. (No high blood pressure, but we watch our salt as well.) Breakfast was granola and fresh raspberries with skim milk. Lunch was tuna sandwhich on 12 grain bread - lemon pepper instead of salt, with carrot sticks and V-8 type juice to drink. Dinner was Adzuki Bean Hotpot with celery, parsnips, sweet potato and tomatoes. Snacks are finger foods like raisins and nuts.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

Kaytee — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:08:13 -0000

For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants.
OK

You can’t use any pre-packaged or convenience foods
Hopefully, that doesn't include yoghurt, butter, max-packs of meat, bagged baby carrots....

Your breakfast has to be low sugar
Always is!! Plain yoghurt, banana, pineapple (fresh), strawberries. (2 servings fruit). Coffee (black). Toast with butter. Vitamins.

Your lunch has to be low fat (if you’re at work already, think about what you could have brought or made)
Usually is-- today's was. String cheese stick and apple. Tea (green, no sugar). Vitamins.

Your dinner has to be from scratch using whole grains and/or legumes
Brown/white rice mix. The rest of the teriyaki chicken. Baby carrots, celery sticks (raw). Vitamins. Lemonade (homemade, fresh squeezed; has some sugar-- 1/2 C in 1/2 gallon).

You have to have 3-5 servings of fruits and vegetables today
Did that!

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

Linda Harriman Tremmel Sorden — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:04:37 -0000

I have gotten to be the quick and easy queen since the kids all left and it is just us. I had all the stuff and knew how to do it I have just gotten lazy. I vow to do better for "just us" It was fun to cook from scratch like I used to when we had less money and I worried more about good nutrition

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

LGCS — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:51:00 -0000

I know but hope not to use to long just long enuff to get use to low sugar items.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

amberunfred — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:46:55 -0000

This one was very easy for me, as we usually eat homemade and healthy. The only challenge was the lack of really fresh stuff from not being able to goo to the store all week. I think this is why I haven't done as well on some of the other challenges, because we do eat so many fresh foods, that it is hard to learn to cook from cans and storage (other than the store whole grains).

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

KimL — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:30:24 -0000

This was a good one for me because I was just diagnosed with two issues that require me to eat healthier and get more exercise. Definitely will need more variety in the food storage, especially for a crisis situation; adding more low-fat, low-sugar dessert/comfort foods. Thanks again for doing this!
Kim

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

Stephen Schaefer — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:50:49 -0000

My wife is a diabetic and this day was a snap. I did refill the water barrels though. We eat like this everyday. Low fat and low sugar.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

Linda Goff — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:26:18 -0000

I love these challenges -- I have found several little things that I simply had not thought of -- thank you so much for helping me iron out the details.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

helenkoenig — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:15:22 -0000

I hope these tests stay up here for accessing after this week! I want to check and see how I do once I finish tweaking my supply to include what I should have included in the first place!

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

dorothysandaker — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:48:21 -0000

You may want to do some serious reserch on Aspertaim. I avoid that stuff like the plage.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

LGCS — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:27:26 -0000

I have some of this and it is great for any baking.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

LGCS — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:25:05 -0000

Low salt & low fat has been my life for the last 5 yrs. What has been hard for the last 3 months is lowering my sugar. I have switched to aspertain & it is helping some. I still get cravings for cholocate and ice cream, esp cholocate ice cream. I work full time & my husband is retired. Evening meals tend to be something quick to eat, ecp on my days off. Than I try to make a large meal & put some up in the freezer to take to work. I have not bought anything since this has started & we still have a good supply with lots of choices. I have replaced the water I have used & added more. I found an extra item to store water. I have several camping insulated bottles for any for of liquids. I placed water in these along with all my empty canning jars. Thank for the suggestion. This has shone me what I need to improve on.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

dorothysandaker — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:19:52 -0000

Peggy; No I dont dry the eggs myself. I bought some from Emergency Essentials and also from Honeyville store. I use them a lot. I put them in my home made bread too. They seem a little spendy at first until you realize how many eggs are in that can, and 2 tablespoons full makes 1 extra large egg.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

barbarapak — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:52:04 -0000

Every day is getting harder as I have less and less fresh food. I was late reading today's challenge and had already eaten breakfast and made my lunch. I will revisit these challenges again and try to be better prepared. Gosh, has this ever been eye-opening! Thanks Jodi and Julie!

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

mithreesons — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:24:09 -0000

I need to use much less salt. We rely alot on pre-packaged foods that are loaded with sodium. I noticed that there was alot of sodium in some of my Mountain House foods too. I plan to print some new recipes for low salt and low fat cooking.

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

deanabushman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:10:43 -0000

I can do this today. I have food stored just not water. This challenge has been fun and insitefull for me. Thank you!

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

peggypace — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:54:27 -0000

Dorothy, I have never heard of dried eggs -- do you make your own or buy them? Thanks, Peggy

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

Michelle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:54:26 -0000

This was an easy day for me, its how I eat normally. I am also glad we are getting close to soup season again. Its one of the things about fall and winter that I look forward too. I like my fresh fruits and veggies when they are in season, but I like when the cycle for soups comes back around too!

Re: The 7 Day Challenge: Day 6 (MONDAY)

krazedma — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:57:55 -0000

This is an easy challenge for us. We have been cooking from scratch for a while now to help with health issues. My mom says that I put to much work into feeding my family. Everything comes in a box now. My kids have had more energy and just love to have fresh things from home. I don't buy any store bought junk food anymore. They like the homemade goodies. Fruit smoothies are a great way to start off the day. I never thought of sneaking in some spinach. That is a great idea. Thanks.