Ten Minute Fix: Refrigerator Evaluation

What does your refrigerator say about you? Are you a slob? Neat freak? Health nut? Bachelor? Spend ten minutes working on the following activity. It will help you listen to what your fridge desperately wants to tell you.
**NOTE** If you have the time, it’s okay if you spend more than ten minutes on this, but to be safe, don’t leave any food out longer than an hour.

1. Remove everything from your fridge and ask yourself these questions.
--Was it way too easy to empty your fridge, or did it put you over your ten minutes?
--Now that your fridge is empty, how does it look? Could it use a good cleaning?
--Did you find any “food” items that can’t be identified?




2. Put back everything you consider to be healthy (or at least not bad for you).
--Did anything make it back into your fridge?
--What are some healthy foods you enjoy that deserve some space in there?

3. Throw away anything expired or unsafe to eat.

4. Take a look at what’s left outside the fridge.
--Are there any vices staring back at you? Maybe a #10 can of chocolate pudding?
--Would you eat healthier if the cheese infused hotdogs weren’t around to tempt you?

5. Put everything that makes the cut back in the fridge.

6. Make goals based on what you saw.
--Nothing but soda, ketchup, and moldy take-out boxes in your fridge? Maybe you’re eating out too much and could save some money and calories making your own meal every once in a while.
--No fruits or vegetables? Perhaps a trip to the produce aisle is in order.
--Unidentified slime covering every surface? A monthly, or even yearly, cleaning might help.