Comments on: Do you think you can put baked goods on freecycle?

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:50:15 +0000

Here’s my attitude about food that I don’t REALLY want to eat. If you eat it when you don’t need it or want it, it is STILL WASTEFUL. It is like THROWING THE FOOD AWAY inside your body instead of inside your trash can. PLUS the added negative externality of consuming wasted calories.

Seriously. Throw it away, give it away, WHATEVER, but if you don’t want it and you’re not hungry, don’t eat it.

By: Green

Green — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:42:28 +0000

That’s what work and homeless people are for – to eat the food that hasn’t officially Gone Bad, but isn’t good (to you).

If you’re not sure the food you’re bringing to work will be liked, just drop it in the kitchen with a note that says “Enjoy” and don’t tell anyone you’re the person who brought it in.

By: NGS

NGS — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:19:35 +0000

I really wanted cookies last week. It was a craving that could not be satisfied. But I cannot buy cookies from the store! And because my husband needs gluten-free cookies, I could not just go home and throw together a batch. It involved trips to three grocery stores to obtain all the necessary flours (white rice flour, tapioca flour, and potato starch, to be specific) and then another half hour mixing the flour together. THEN, another forty-five minutes actually making the cookies.

They were delicious, but by the time they were finished, I didn’t want any.

So, next time you have the craving, just make it really difficult to make.

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:00 +0000

i had the same idea as swistle…. i work with a bunch of tech-y computer nerd types, and they eat ANYTHING. as long as it’s free

it seems like the more aware i am of how much i shouldn’t spend, the more aware i am of what new articles of clothing i TOTALLY NEED.

By: Nilsa

Nilsa — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:04:17 +0000

Totally a tough battle. I feel your pain. My problem with trying to be better about what we bring into the house? If I go food shopping with Sweets, inevitably cookies or some other sugar-laced treat winds up in our bag. I never seem to notice until we get home and it’s way too late to demand he put it back. And once it’s in the home, well I have to help eat it, right? RIGHT?!

By: Swistle

Swistle — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:28:03 +0000

I send so-so baked stuff in with Paul to work. I’ve heard this practice is less-than-appreciated in some workplaces (diet sabotage is even worse when it’s so-so stuff), but his workplace is 99% male and they eat/appreciate ANYTHING.