How "Lite" is Your Refrigerator?

[plumberscrack]

Open you refrigerator and tell me does it look like mine.

What used to be whole milk is now 2% low fat. Not as good but I'll tolerate it. I alone average 3 gallons a week.

What used to be 2% is now Soy :shocked2: Beans turned into milk? That's just not right.

Farm fresh eggs are now Eggbeaters. Why bother?

Butter is now Omega Buttery Spread. Yeck!

Bacon is now Turkey bacon (or what I like to call; Fake Bacon)

Jif Peanut Butter is now Omega 3. Refused to try it.

Hellmanns Real Mayonaisse is now reduced fat mayonaisse. I fought this one pretty hard. Made a pretty big fuss over it but by the looks of what's on the shelf, I lost :mad:

My wife is on a health kick lately. She does all the grocery shopping so I'm stuck eating this stuff.

Don't even get me started on what's in the pantry....

[Woussko]

You might like Kraft Light Miracle Whip in place of Light Mayo. It has a bit of kick to it.

As for fake MILK go get yourself some REAL milk and just hide it from the wife.

Turkey bacon is pretty good if you buy the good stuff. I have to find out more as so far I know know of one restaurant that serves it where it actually is good eating. I'll try to get info as I would like some myself.

Now for the serious side. Lower your horns, become Snorting Bull and demand to be able to enjoy life. If not then just go kick the old bucket over and give up.

[gear junkie]

I'm right there with you Bill but I do butter instead of margarine. Butter has 3 ingrediants/margarine has about 100. I don't care how low the calories are, any food that synthetic can't be good for you.

[plumberscrack]

Yea I miss real butter :(

She dropped that one because butter has tons of salt in it. Who knew? I've had a real salt craving lately

I forgot what cream cheese tastes like too:crying:

I'll see if Miracle Whip is allowed inside the house :confused:

Oh I forgot. I'm not allowed to talk to Girl Scouts

[DUNBAR]

I eat anything and everything that shows up on Oprah! on the table of what you shouldn't eat.

If it has a test tube showing fat or sugar, cue me up for a second round!


:barf:


Whup! That's alright! That just means room for more sugary snacks :smile2:

[NHMaster3015]

Before I had the by-pass I loved food, looked foreward to food, lived for food. Sausage, Beef, Any cooked Pork product. The more fat, the more flavor. Now, low fat, low salt, low flavor. Yuck. Not only don't I look forward to eating, It does'nt matter cause it all tastes the same anyway. Oh well. at least I dropped 20 lbs and feel better than I did at 30. Food is'nt everything anyway. Sex is.:D

[HVAC HAWK]

you can get no salt butter
and my wife got me to do the 2% milk 18 yrs ago and its ok

[Pipestone Kid]

PC: my refrigerator--
Eggs
Bacon- Hormel thick sliced
2% milk
Real butter!
Skippy
Salad dressing--don't like mayo
cream cheese
Bagels
Cheddar cheese-extra sharp
Beer--lots of beer!
Was just to see the Doc two weeks ago. He said whatever my secret was, to keep it up, so I will.

[MrsSeatDown]

Oh I forgot. I'm not allowed to talk to Girl Scouts

Yeah, but I don't think it has anything to do with their cookies:jumping:

[PLUMBER RICK]

Oh I forgot. I'm not allowed to talk to Girl Scouts


bill, that shot of you eating my cherry will haunt you for life:D

rick.

[Frankiarmz]

[QUOTE=plumberscrack;131678]Open you refrigerator and tell me does it look like mine.

She loves you and wants both of you to be healthy, but in my opinion the research does not back up the diet. I think unless you are prone to heart disease, bacon, mayonaise, real butter, eggs and milk in moderation will not make you fat or hurt you. I don't beleive the body was meant to process the many chemicals in all these low fat products. 2% milk okay, my wife has me drinking it too, but I still buy half and half! We just have to eat a little slower, a little less and exercise. I agree that plenty of sex is important but with being married that's out of the question. Thinking back when I use to have sex three times a day I weighed 150lbs, now I weigh 225lbs. Heck I even ate more food back then!

[NHMaster3015]

Turkey dogs, tofu burgers, My gawd who came up with this drek..

[wwsmith]

You guys/gals keep your peanut butter in the fridge? Doesn't that make it difficult spread? Fridge in the kitchen is full of all kinds of healthy and not so healthy foods for all ages. Only soy milk in our house though as that is all the baby can drink due to allergies and I don't drink enough to make it worthy buying my own so I gave it up. We use butter, real bacon, pork, sausage and other goodies. My wife is Asian so we eat Asian style regularly and it is much healthier than what I used to eat. Now the fridge in the garage, that contains vast amounts of various beers, Sprite and ice cream! ;)

[Frankiarmz]

You guys/gals keep your peanut butter in the fridge? Doesn't that make it difficult spread? Fridge in the kitchen is full of all kinds of healthy and not so healthy foods for all ages. Only soy milk in our house though as that is all the baby can drink due to allergies and I don't drink enough to make it worthy buying my own so I gave it up. We use butter, real bacon, pork, sausage and other goodies. My wife is Asian so we eat Asian style regularly and it is much healthier than what I used to eat. Now the fridge in the garage, that contains vast amounts of various beers, Sprite and ice cream! ;)

Had the good fortune to eat at my Chinese neighbors home one evening. The meal was great and very healthy too. I use to look at these folks and wonder how they stayed so fit, aside from being active they eat very small portions of meat and plenty of veggies, I on the other hand do just the opposite and my waisteline shows it.:D

[DuckButter]

..... I think unless you are prone to heart disease, bacon, mayonaise, real butter, eggs and milk in moderation will not make you fat or hurt you. I don't beleive the body was meant to process the many chemicals in all these low fat products.

I'm living proof to the contrary.
I had an overall cholesterol of 270, I forget what the LDL/HGL was, but my doc told me I was either going to have to try to get it down naturally or become dependant on a drug like lipitor for life.
He then explained that 80% of our cholesterol levels are dependant on heredity/genetics, it was very unlikely I'd get it down substantially with diet alone.
I gave it 4 months, ate whole grains, as little saturated & trans fats as possible, LOADS of shrimp & other seafoods (woohoo!)....got it down 100 points to a normal, healthy level in 4 months.
I need to be CLEAR on something...there are 4 main types of fats:
Saturated (BAD)
Trans fat (BAD)
mono unsaturated (GOOD)
Poly unsatured (GOOD)
Assuming that if something tastes bad it's good for you is silly.
What you need to do is look at labels, and become familiar with foods that are healthy/unhealthy....NOT just the overall fat, but the different types of fat listed on the labels.
An example is margarine, look at the label and you'll see that some brands are high in mono & poly unsaturated fats while low on trans/saturated fats.
I love shrimp with garlic & margarine, red meat (lean cuts- strained as cooked to drain fat when it's hamburg), & skinless chicken.
There are foods I love, that I just can't eat anymore, like parmesian cheese, beef/pork sausage, bacon, eggs (with yolks).
There are also fat free alternatives, like chicken/turkey sausage, fat free cheese, & egg beaters.
One of the most frustrating things is trying to find the right foods at the supermarket, so many products simply toss low calorie, low sodium, & low sugar into the same bag to lure consumers into buying healthy when all I need is low trans/unsaturated fats.

[Frankiarmz]

I'm living proof to the contrary.
I had an overall cholesterol of 270, I forget what the LDL/HGL was, but my doc told me I was either going to have to try to get it down naturally or become dependant on a drug like lipitor for life.
He then explained that 80% of our cholesterol levels are dependant on heredity/genetics, it was very unlikely I'd get it down substantially with diet alone.
I gave it 4 months, ate whole grains, as little saturated & trans fats as possible, LOADS of shrimp & other seafoods (woohoo!)....got it down 100 points to a normal, healthy level in 4 months.
I need to be CLEAR on something...there are 4 main types of fats:
Saturated (BAD)
Trans fat (BAD)
mono unsaturated (GOOD)
Poly unsatured (GOOD)
Assuming that if something tastes bad it's good for you is silly.
What you need to do is look at labels, and become familiar with foods that are healthy/unhealthy....NOT just the overall fat, but the different types of fat listed on the labels.
An example is margarine, look at the label and you'll see that some brands are high in mono & poly unsaturated fats while low on trans/saturated fats.
I love shrimp with garlic & margarine, red meat (lean cuts- strained as cooked to drain fat when it's hamburg), & skinless chicken.
There are foods I love, that I just can't eat anymore, like parmesian cheese, beef/pork sausage, bacon, eggs (with yolks).
There are also fat free alternatives, like chicken/turkey sausage, fat free cheese, & egg beaters.
One of the most frustrating things is trying to find the right foods at the supermarket, so many products simply toss low calorie, low sodium, & low sugar into the same bag to lure consumers into buying healthy when all I need is low trans/unsaturated fats.

What I said was just an opinion, but what you did is fact. I'm glad you had such good results and discipline. Keep up the good work!

[mrs. westcoast]

Hmmm....pretty light for me and not that lite for Robert:)

FROZEN SECTION: Beef from costco,boneless chicken breast from costco, big bag of mixed veggies from costco with brocolli,peppers,carrot,califlower etc.., big bucket of vanilla ice cream with red syrup in it, burritos for robert, hot dogs for robert

Normal section: medium sharp cheddar cheese, italian salami,bologna,sour cream,skim milk all from costco...2 big bags of broccoli that we eat each night,36 eggs,parmesan for me,bottle of lemon juice for my tilapia,asain honey mustard dressing for me,thousand island for robert,tortillas,hot dog buns from costco,bread from costco,currently coconut vanilla cream cake that i BEGGED ROBERT TO GET:love2:,big bucket of country something brand butter from costco, bucket of smashed garlic,onions,and that is ti i think...not sure...gotta check..be right back..

[plumberscrack]

Hmmm....pretty light for me and not that lite for Robert:)

FROZEN SECTION: Beef from costco,boneless chicken breast from costco, big bag of mixed veggies from costco with brocolli,peppers,carrot,califlower etc.., big bucket of vanilla ice cream with red syrup in it, burritos for robert, hot dogs for robert

Normal section: medium sharp cheddar cheese, italian salami,bologna,sour cream,skim milk all from costco...2 big bags of broccoli that we eat each night,36 eggs,parmesan for me,bottle of lemon juice for my tilapia,asain honey mustard dressing for me,thousand island for robert,tortillas,hot dog buns from costco,bread from costco,currently coconut vanilla cream cake that i BEGGED ROBERT TO GET:love2:,big bucket of country something brand butter from costco, bucket of smashed garlic,onions,and that is ti i think...not sure...gotta check..be right back..

.....gave up waiting....

Costco must love to see you come through the door :)

That reminds me, we haven't had hot dogs in over a year:( Now I'm really craving one :oink::eek:

I found a recipe cut out of Cooking Lite magazine on the kitchen table for tofu burgers. Tore that thing up into tiny pieces :nanner:

Um...36 eggs? :scratchhead: Did you forget to hide your Easter eggs?

Eeeuuuwww!!... Coconut vanilla cream cake??

I think depriving me of all the food that I love just makes me over indulge when shes not around.

Girls night out tonight...."Hello?.. Charlie Chiangs?..yes I'd like to place an order of Peking Duck for delivery, please. Yes, extra pancakes" :grin-devilish:

[garager]

Open you refrigerator and tell me does it look like mine.

What used to be whole milk is now 2% low fat. Not as good but I'll tolerate it. I alone average 3 gallons a week.

What used to be 2% is now Soy :shocked2: Beans turned into milk? That's just not right.

Farm fresh eggs are now Eggbeaters. Why bother?

Butter is now Omega Buttery Spread. Yeck!

Bacon is now Turkey bacon (or what I like to call; Fake Bacon)

Jif Peanut Butter is now Omega 3. Refused to try it.

Hellmanns Real Mayonaisse is now reduced fat mayonaisse. I fought this one pretty hard. Made a pretty big fuss over it but by the looks of what's on the shelf, I lost :mad:

My wife is on a health kick lately. She does all the grocery shopping so I'm stuck eating this stuff.

Don't even get me started on what's in the pantry....

I only eat bacon about 3 times a year.

I have been drinking 1% milk for over 10 yrs now.

My Peanut Butter, never goes into the fridge. But I only go through a small jar a year.

Reduced fat mayonnaise, I've been using for 3 yrs now.

The one thing my wife loves and I hate, veggie noodles. Yuck

My biggest problem is cheese, I love my cheese....

[DUNBAR]

My biggest problem is cheese, I love my cheese....


Sharp, real sharp cheese is so addicting.

That pepper jack can be good.....but dangerous depending how many times you eat it in one day.

I honestly can say I don't buy cheese as a rule because I cannot discipline myself not to eat a whole bunch of it at one time.

Same with candy; keep it out of view and I'm fine with it. I sometimes wish easter was about something other than candy when it comes to neat colored foiled goodies.

[Frankiarmz]

Sharp, real sharp cheese is so addicting.

That pepper jack can be good.....but dangerous depending how many times you eat it in one day.

I honestly can say I don't buy cheese as a rule because I cannot discipline myself not to eat a whole bunch of it at one time.

Same with candy; keep it out of view and I'm fine with it. I sometimes wish easter was about something other than candy when it comes to neat colored foiled goodies.

I love chocolate and try to avoid it since once I start eating I usually go overboard. I was doing okay this Easter until my teenage daughter said she didn't want her chocolate bunnies. She gave me two and my wife gave me one. One good thing is that the brand we buy Russel Stover shrunk their 8oz to 7oz this season, so over the next few years they will weigh almost nothing.

[gear junkie]

bill, that shot of you eating my cherry will haunt you for life:D

rick.
Rick, stop talking about that cherry, it doesn't even sound right.

[drtyhands]

Rick, stop talking about that cherry, it doesn't even sound right.

Poor Ben...
I can't wait till June:p:p

I agree it does sound kinda creepy.But after a few days around Rick your gonna find that he don't care bout stuff like this.

[BHD]

Fresh Raw Goat milk,

fresh eggs from the chicken coop,

cheeses some boughten and some home made goat cheese, mostly a form of mozzarella.

usually boughten cow butter, either salted or unsalted, but if I want I can whip up a tub of goat butter, have the cream in the barn refrigerator.

meat from the home raised Beef, grass feed mostly, butchered on the farm.

home raised chickens in the freezer as well.

and we did for years home grind our home raised wheat for bread, wife baked about 12 loves a week, but since the kids moved out we mostly buy it now.

just got done planting hull less oats for the kids and us to have to grind or roll, and use for animal feed.

and the rest we usually buy, but wife has a large garden in the summer, so we get a fair share of fresh vegetables in the summer, and the cellar is full of canned goods, home and bought most of the other items.