I buy fruit and then forget to eat it. So many tragic fruit funerals!

Same here. Also, veggies. I call it my expensive compost habit.

Me three.

I took another epic nap. So now I can't really go to the hardware store, as we have entered The Window for the delivery of The Cube. So I guess I'll eat a late lunch, see how tedious mopping by hand is, and maybe call to get my Internet set up.

Does whey-based protein powder go bad, does anybody know? I recently found an almost-full cannister that expired in January, and am wondering if I can use it anyway.

We have such awesome produce here that I'm making myself consume veg. Still not my first thought for "food", nor will ever be my favorite, but I'm trying to eat more of them. Still having humuus and crudites as snacks and occasional meals--lots of fiber, plus protein, plus garlic. It's palatable and almost entirely healthy.

But the wonderful thing is the fruit, in season. I froze whole strawberries--bagsful, and sliced unpeeled peaches, so they're available for smoothies. But if the whey powder's a bad idea, I can sub half a banana and a shot of almond milk along with the OJ/mango/peach juice and water, maybe.

Does whey-based protein powder go bad

I couldn't find the answer on "Still Tasty".

I have been having some fruit around 10:30-11:00 pm, and while fruit is okay for now, she warned me that people who start snacking on fruit soon progress to eating something much less healthy after they've established that habit, and it would be best to avoid doing that altogether

I've been thinking the same thing. During my 'clean eating' regimen, I've had one serving of fruit each day...most days in these truly awesome flaxseed/apple pancakes. I use the extra shredded apple as a syrup substitute. It's been great, but since I haven't had any other sort of sugar, it really, really tweeks my sugar need. Makes me want MORE sweet.

I've been so proud of myself for being on the regimen for a month. Turns out it's only been 18 days.

I've actually really enjoyed it, and have lost 7lbs without even trying...but I just thought it had been longer!

Bev, random scrolling through body building forums suggests that whey powder can go bad. I've only ever thrown it out if it smells weird.

eta: I wasn't actually being a troll...or in any way grammatical.

It's thinking like that that leads to fewer vitamins and fiber in your diet! Fruit is good! Just--add more (ick) veg to compensate for the sugar. Corn, carrots, limas, and omgpotatoes are just as high in sugar as most fruit, and have fewer vitamins, except for the carrots. And at that I'll eat sweet potatoes over carrots anytime, because carrots are so easy to overeat, thinking, "Mmm, healthy!" and they sort of asuage the crunchy craving. But cooked sweet potatoes vs. cooked carrots have far more beta carotene, higher fiber, and higher concentration of veg and minerals. For calories consumed, they're the better deal.

Okay, thanks for the input. I think I'll scrap the whey powder. Durned expensive waste, getting stuck in an unpacked box so long.

alas, bank account says pantry for dinner for the next few days. Maybe I'll make pan con tomate for Father's Day.

And don't forget that fruit, as tasty as it is, loses most of its nutritional value (other than the vitamin C) as soon as it's juiced. So, given a choice between orange juice and an orange, have the orange.

And don't forget that fruit, as tasty as it is, loses most of its nutritional value (other than the vitamin C) as soon as it's juiced. So, given a choice between orange juice and an orange, have the orange.

Unless you want the tasty and don't care about the fiber.

Unless you want the tasty and don't care about the fiber.

True! But for me, since the surgery, I really need the fiber, and since I'm already getting the vitamin C via my daily multivitamins, that bottle of juice is just 150 empty calories.