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I think part of the problem is, at least in my experience, buying stuff you tell yourself that you’ll eat but rarely do. If I were to be more honest with mysel

I think part of the problem is, at least in my experience, buying stuff you tell yourself that you’ll eat but rarely do. If I were to be more honest with myself in a store, I’d cut down on food waste. My problem is I see certain things, and think to myself, oh I’ll eat those. But in reality, only ideally I’d eat those. What ends up happening is I get hungry and look into the fridge for something to eat, only to see that exact thing staring me right in the face before I say, damn nothing to eat. As well, going to the store more often. Buying only a couple or three days worth of groceries makes it easy to lower food waste. When I try to buy over a weeks worth of groceries I find myself having to throw away things more often.

m0zg 7y ago
There's an easy solution to the problem you describe: intermittent fasting once a week. You eat your dinner, and then eat nothing at all until the next dinner. Longer intervals are also possible, but I've found that for me 24 hours works the best. You won't believe how appetizing even the most unappealing items in your fridge will look after just one day of not eating anything, especially if you're physically active.
fredsir 7y ago
> As well, going to the store more often. Buying only a couple or three days worth of groceries makes it easy to lower food waste. When I try to buy over a weeks worth of groceries I find myself having to throw away things more often. Exact opposite is true for my family. If I meal plan and shop once a week, we eat everything because everything was bought for a specific purpose. If we are more loose with it, we buy too much, and end up throwing out stuff. Of course, you could meal plan for 2 days or 3 days and also go to the store that often, but that seems like a complete waste of time. Save for the occasional spontaneous idea, or for things that can't keep for a whole week, meal planning and shopping once a week have cut down our food-budget and waste significantly. Of course, learning to buy the right amounts for a whole week takes a while. A couple of weeks at least.

m0zg 7y ago

There's an easy solution to the problem you describe: intermittent fasting once a week. You eat your dinner, and then eat nothing at all until the next dinner. Longer intervals are also possible, but I've found that for me 24 hours works the best. You won't believe how appetizing even the most unappealing items in your fridge will look after just one day of not eating anything, especially if you're physically active.

fredsir 7y ago

> As well, going to the store more often. Buying only a couple or three days worth of groceries makes it easy to lower food waste. When I try to buy over a weeks worth of groceries I find myself having to throw away things more often. Exact opposite is true for my family. If I meal plan and shop once a week, we eat everything because everything was bought for a specific purpose. If we are more loose with it, we buy too much, and end up throwing out stuff. Of course, you could meal plan for 2 days or 3 days and also go to the store that often, but that seems like a complete waste of time. Save for the occasional spontaneous idea, or for things that can't keep for a whole week, meal planning and shopping once a week have cut down our food-budget and waste significantly. Of course, learning to buy the right amounts for a whole week takes a while. A couple of weeks at least.