Cutting Out Sugar, Fridge Cleanup, Healthy Snack Haul | UPGRADE YOU EP1: Health 

I’ve never related more to a celebrity then when Jen Atkin talked about food for a solid 4 minutes 😂❤️ That’s literally me naming everything that I love to eat

I'm always envious of people who can keep snacks in the house. The minute I bring snacks in the house I eat them all lol

My quick tip for not wasting food: Fruit - when you see it’s starting to look kinda sad lol throw it in a pot with some lemon juice and a bit of really good honey, let it simmer until you have a compote! Put it on some gluten free healthy pancakes and no need for syrup 🥞 Veggies: Cut them up toss them with some olive oil, salt, pepper, rosemary whatever u like and roast them in the oven! Makes an awesome meal with sweet potatoes, or a great side dish. Hope that gives you some inspo! Sending you love ❤️❤️

Cutting out sugar from your diet is SO important! I went sugar free for 2 months and it's amazing how much of a difference it made to my life! Not only did I lose weight, but my skin also looked incredible and I found I was craving food less. IT IS LIFE CHANGING! Good luck girl! I hope you find the same results.

Who else got hungry while Jen was naming food places? I relate to you so much lol

When she listed a fav fast food items, I felt that on a level

Some things that work for me: - Delete delivery apps, if you don’t have them on your phone you cant use them. - Cooking healthy meals gets me excited about my health and makes me appreciate it and invest more in it. - Allow yourself to have something unhealthy every once in a while, for example don’t avoid going out to dinner with friends because you don’t want to eat something that is not that healthy, balance is key. - Don’t buy that much groceries at once, buy the right amount for the week, that way you’ll waste way less. - Start small bc every form of progress counts, sugar and processed foods are soooo addictive and giving them up is very hard but after a while of not having them and constantly thinking about them your body kinda stops asking for them. Love this new segment!!!Best of luck jen 💕💕💕

“I’ve never liked Domino’s because I care about myself” 😂😂😂

A tip for not wasting foods that have a short shelf life: Keep raw fruits and veggies on the highest shelf in your fridge so you don't forget about them in the crisper or hidden on the bottom shelf!

How to not waste food: grocery shop weekly... and only buy what you need for the week. For example, I buy one or two fruits to last me the whole week (aka 5 apples and a bag of grapes), that way they're gone and I have to get more, instead of having too much (I always keep frozen fruit for smoothies though). I always keep healthy TJ's meals in the freezer for emergency days so I don't Postmate.

I appreciate how real this video is. She’s the best!! Showing that she has things to work on and no one is perfect. Thanks for the video!!

GIRL i need this so bad right now, and your declutter video. hearing you talk about fast food & unhealthy food habits is so relatable and i love that you’re so open about it. a lot of people in your position wouldn’t share that they like this kind of food, or that they struggle with it sometimes, and your realness is really inspiring. “i’ve never liked dominos because i care about myself” S A M E

Best tip on saving produce: as soon as you get home from the store, soak the fruit and vegetables in a ACV water solution for 5-10 min, rinse and store in a breathable container or bowl with no lid! Same with greens - the acv water solution makes everything nice and crunchy, keeps produce fresh for longer, washes off residue of any kind of chemical dirt or contaminate. The hemp cloth reusable produce bags are bomb!

Diet is something that I'd say is overall in good shape, obviously there are areas to improve upon but my main goal is to cut out substances (ab)use. The last two years have been one long journey of using drugs/alcohol to add fullness and excitement to my days. I'd drink when I knew it wouldn't really give me any satisfaction and that's when it becomes a problem, when you drink/do drugs just because you're that bored. So my main health goal is to stop spending money on alcohol/weed (need to save money anyways) and instead try to use exercise as a way to get me excited and energized about the day ahead. It's free to move your body and I don't have to worry about any adverse effects physically or mentally, which I really can't afford anyways. Love your channel and thank you for this new series!! You are a motivation to me to want to do better for myself and live a fulfilling life.

Don’t buy so much food at one time. Girl, it’s just you & Mike. Your fridge looks like it can feed the Brady Bunch + Alice!

As some one who enjoys eating healthy & making at home meals I recommend buying less when you grocery shop for any cold items so you kinda force yourself to eat what you have before it goes bad. You’ll start going to the grocery store like twice a week but you’ll be wasting less food. Good lucky on the health journey!!

Hey Jen! Wow I loved this episode of your new series. I can relate so much to the dessert every night habit . Three years ago I felt addicted to sugar and relied on it to function. Over the last three years I have been training myself to enjoy healthy foods and cut my bad habits. Today I have a passion for health and wellness and actually enjoy the taste of earths natural gifts. One tip I would recommend to avoid wasting food, is to freeze anything right before it goes bad because that will extend the life of the item.

Hi Jen! I'm obsessed with frozen grapes (red or green) as a healthy sweet alternative to candy! I think you would like it, and it's so easy to do.

About fruits and veggies, my personal tip would be, dont buy a lot, and dont buy many different kinds. Max fruits i would get is 3x kinds (example: bananas 🍌 manadarins 🍊 grapes 🍇) easy to grab and eat whole. If you buy many different kinds you wont eat it. I resist buying strawberries 🍓 and raspberries etc, i eat a little of it forget it in the fridge, and it always goes bad 🤨. Also toss the fruit in the blender and make smoothies out of fruit before it goes bad! Thanks for being honest and showing the real you, love your channel! 🙏

This is the content we need!! Consuming content that will help us grow and better ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally!

I still can't believe how real you are and how real you keeping it! You are the best and such an inspiration on sooo many levels :) xxx

My number one tip for not wasting food is shopping as you go. It's also just me and my husband and we were wasting SO much food in an attempt to be healthy. It's definitely taxing to grocery shop so often especially in Canada during winter but I feel like with farmers markets and whatnot it's so much easier to go like three times a week. Makes you much more conscious of what you're eating and after a while you can shop less frequently because you get a feel for what you love and what you'll actually eat regularly.

Tip: Utilize the re-usable baggies that were on your instastory! You can store your snacks/fruits/veggies since you're always on the go and it's the perfect alternative to cover your half eaten pears lol

YES love your honestly and realness with your fast food cravings lol

The healthy attempts of food left in the fridge to die is so ME 😭

The beginning of this video is crazy! I loved every minute of you just talking about food you love. i couldnt relate to any celeb more than you at this moment.

Jen listing off all her fave foods had me rolling. 😂🤣

THANK YOU for letting me know I’m not alone on letting beautiful strawberries ROT and then procrastinating on throwing them away immediately and just enjoying the view of new species grow off them as days go by ♥️ Love your videos!!! 😃

I'm so excited for this!!! I am totally on the same page. I completely cut sugar out all together (yes even maple syrup & honey!), and am only allowing myself vodka or tequila on vacation (I told myself it has to be an out of the state, legit vacation, not a staycation or "the weekend"). I'm so excited to see what changes take place from this.

My husband and I have a trick to use up stray produce before it goes bad...we have a fridge clean out date night! We make a platter of whatever sliced veggies, last bits of hummus/cheese/deli meats, toasted pita and bread stragglers. Sometimes olives, pickles, and artichoke hearts from the pantry. If we need more dipping stuff, I mix onion soup mix or ranch seasoning with nonfat plain Greek yogurt. Kind of just a big pile of munchies! Then we dig in on the couch while we watch Netflix. It’s the most efficient, low cost, and perfectly lazy date night!

Okay this series is all i‘ve been waiting for!! You give me so much inspiration in all kinds of different topics and now this series is perfect to start out the new year😍 Love you Jen!!! Gonna hustle to achieve my goals this year even more than I did before!!!

I usually wash my fruit and let it dry then freeze it and make shakes with it so it doesn’t go to waste. I get it from the Hollywood farmers market every Sunday and put some in the fridge and put some away in the freezer.

Hearing you talk about your sweet tooth binging makes me feel so much better. I’m going to challenge myself this month too . . . we are in it together!

Your video about health made me postmates junk food in the first 2 min... you started mentioning all true good “bad” food and that was it for me

i grew up with a fridge that was always filled to the brim and always filled with expired, moldy, rotting food because it never got cleaned out. living on my own i learned to keep my fridge mostly empty with just enough to get through the week and not buy so much it will go bad. i can never go back to a crowded fridge!

When it comes to fresh food - always only buy what you need and nothing more! I usually buy what I know I’ll eat in the week and make sure I use all of it.

my biggest tip for not wasting fruit/veg is to not go crazy and buy a lot of it at once. that’s something i did a lot for a while, got on a healthy kick and bought all the perishable food that sounded good at once. but you’ll never eat it fast enough, especially if healthy eating is new or hard. buying enough for 2-3 days means you’ll go to the store more often but you’ll waste less

Thanks só much! Needed that! Lóved that you're só honest about it. Sunday's for me, are for meal prepping. So I make bananabread etc and put portions (on the go) in the freezer. Or I make soup for a week and make batches to put in the freezer. Soup is very healthy, it fills you up and prevents (me anyway) from snacking! These preperations are much cheeper than all the things you buy and also, you know what's inside. Also, I only buy for 2 or 3 days of groceries. This stops me from having to throw things away. Lóve that your theme is "health" and nót dieting! I'm with you!! Lóve from Holland! 😘

The yogurt that expires in a week is $25 probiotic supplement, you're only supposed to have a spoonful or two a day, better get cracking!! 😂😂

This is THE MOST relatable food vlog/fridge tour video EVER!

Hey Jen! Can you please make more of these videos continuing on health like your daily exercise routine journey, what you mostly eat daily and tips. Maybe other series related to career as an entrepreneur(fav:planners, goal writing templates, organization apps, books), motherhood and life balance, what motivates you and tips/tools on what keeps you going. Thanks!!

My biggest tip for not wasting food is buying less and freezing what I can. I think about what I’d like to eat for the week and only buy what I will REALISTICALLY eat / cook.

A good way to not waste fruits is to 1) Not compulsive shop, be realistic with what you buy and ask your self if your really gonna eat them this week. Also consider if your going on a trip and if the fruit is gonna last you long enough for when you return if not don’t buy them. 2) when you get home from shopping wash them and put them in little tupper containers to have around to snack on or to include in your meals, you can just grab one when your on your way out of if you want to use it for whatever it’s ready to go. 3) If your fruits are getting a bit old but still not moldy just put them in freezer bags or tuppers and freeze them and use them for smoothies ☺️

Your rant in the car is what I could talk about everyday all day 😂😍😍

Tip for no food waste is to plan your meals according to what you’re doing that week. Plan your breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks. Write it all done. I started doing that and I have zero food waste (: also I go grocery shopping once a week or week in a half and I clean my fridge out every single time I bring new food in.

I love how honest you where with all the food in fridge and what went bad. Best way not to waste is not over stock fridge and make a list of food for meals and snacks and stick to it. 😊😊

I eat more healthy food because when I bring home fresh fruits and vegetables I wash and prep and put them into grab-and-go size so there's no fuss when I'm preparing for my day. Stopped wasting so much fresh food by incorporating time in the prep after shopping! Of course I'm not good every week!! But most weeks! Good luck Jen, change is a challenge!

This was super entertaining! I think you'll do well. I do have some strategies for keeping fresh food from going bad, since I eat a TON of veg and learned the hard way. -buy stuff that keeps for longer. Cabbage is the MVP, and while no one gets excited about eating it, it's actually super useful and tasty if you cook. If not, maybe pass. Cauliflower, onions, sweet potatoes and winter squash, pomegranates, root veggies like radish, green beans and sugar snap peas, carrots, celery, apples (in that order). -Do smaller shopping trips, more often. It's kinda inconvenient, but that's just how fresh food works. Meal planning really helps cut down food waste as well. -freeze it. When it starts to go... not bad exactly, just deflated and you know you won't get to it in time, freeze it. Or freeze it immediately upon purchase, like if you get a good deal and buy in bulk. Grapes and berries especially are nice to eat frozen like mini popsicles, and overripe bananas are especially nice frozen. Just make sure to cut it into little chunks first. Or buy frozen in the first place. Kale and other frozen veg works fine in soup. -alternatively, if it's about to go bad bake it or put it in soup. Basically any fruit, just sprinkle cinnamon on it and bake it, eat it with granola and yogurt, A+. Any veg, put it in a frittata or roast it in rosemary, salt, olive oil and vinegar. Edited to add: I forgot the most important part of all-- visibility! Veg you intend to snack on should go right at eye level, in the front. Or on the counter, if it's ok left out. Veg you intend to cook with should also be highly visible. I know the crisper is intended for veg, but for me if it's hidden away in a drawer it just rots. I use the crisper for stuff that lasts a long time. Oh, I forgot to mention the towel method of keeping lettuce and leafy greens fresh, it's easiest just to look it up on RU-vid.

TIP - Always store your tomatoes on the counter. The fridge zaps the flavor and makes them mealy. TIP - Wash your produce as soon as you get home from the store. You’re more likely to grab a grape, strawberry, carrot, etc. for a snack if it’s washed and ready to go. Pro Tip - Buy the dry ranch dressing packet and mix it with Greek yogurt

Totally needed this video as I realised sugar in the evening is keeping me awake!

okay soooo i'm obsessed with you and i'm sooo excited for this series I already fill my fridge and pantry with healthier alternatives I've been doing that for 2 years now and it was hard in the beginning but I do treat myself on the weekends. I do this thing where I don't give myself as much options for snacks and as I'm running low on snacks I have no choice but to reach for fruits in-between and they don't end up going bad! It doesn't feel like i'm depriving myself because I know I will feel better by making better choices, soon you won't even crave all the sweets! Good luck Jen!

Tips for not wasting food: Put the food you need to eat in a place where it will be visible. Often, fruit and veggies don't need to be refrigerated (tomatoes, for instance, should *not* be refrigerated) and putting them out on your counter can look really nice and reminds you to eat them. Simply don't buy snack food when you're grocery shopping for the week. If it's in your house, you'll eat it instead of eating fruit and veg. I only buy snack foods as a treat for when I'm hanging out with a friend or something like that, and I never stock up on them. If I want a "snack," I'll usually just have a small portion of leftovers or some toast or fruit or something like that. Get over the idea that you can't eat the same thing for multiple meals in a row, or find ways to make leftovers more tempting with different condiments, sides, or toppings. A lot of leftovers can also be frozen! Just make sure that you don't shove frozen leftovers into the back of your freezer and then forget about them. I know some people like to keep a list on the outside of the freezer to make sure they don't forget about anything. You can pretty easily find guides to what foods can be frozen and reheated on youtube (bread does super well frozen and then toasted, for example, and basically any kind of food that would be in a store-bought frozen dinner is something you can freeze).

Jen you are a angel for donating you Tate’s cookies and lays ranch dressing🤣🤣🤣🤣

Straight up, if I could all that food and have a figure like jen’s I wouldn’t change my diet 😂

Here's my fav ice cream: frozen bananas. Slice and freeze a bunch of bananas on a sheet pan. Once they're frozen you can bag them up in a ziplock. When you're craving ice cream, whiz them up in a food processor or blender and add a tiny touch of vanilla. That's it! It's like Dairy Queen softy ice cream with no added anything bad. It's really good! Good luck, Jen!

Most relatable video ever. Going through your fridge and tossing the spoiled food, dang that resonated with me to the core. That happens to my strawberries ever single time. Also, okay, Watchamacallits are literally the best candy bar ever. I can always find them at Rite Aid or CVS. The sweet tooth in me salutes and applauds you.

Jimmy johns the veggie - add hot peppers, EZ mayo got me thru undergrad and any hangover ever

Jen feels so normal, thank y

Jen, a good trip to not waste food is to cook with what you have instead of what you want. Think before you Postmates, it will probably take an hour anyway so do yourself the favor and FIND something to cook! I promise you’ll be impressed with what you can come up with.

Happy New Year ! I LOVE frozen grapes, Best treat ever. Also, If you like apples, slice them and they’re easier to eat that way. Best of luck on your healthy food journey 😉

The trick to food not going bad is making a meal plan for the week and only buying food accordingly. Also if you don’t have any prepackaged foods around, you’ll have to eat the fruit/veggies in the fridge.

I love making thick shakes with one cup of almond milk, sliced frozen bananas, 2 tbsp natural peanut butter. Taste so good! Got recipe from k Klossy. I omit the cocoa because I have an addiction to chocolate, but if you add a little bit of it, taste like chocolate shake. If you make your own almond milk, it’s even healthier with less additives 😉

Used to be a night time snacker 🤓 Was able to stop that by doing intermittent fasting! After 7.30-8 pm I stop eating and don’t eat til 12 the next day. Best thing I did and have been doing for more than 2 years✨ I will be cutting back on processed foods and sugar this year🤞

After grocery shopping, wash and put the fruits in a nice bowl that you can easily grab from the fridge. That way you don't forget and avoid wasting them.

Aspiration vs intention (also me!) The healthy foods aren’t a big part of your diet/ no time to prepare A lot of take out food untouched - part of bigger orders? A lot of sweet/junk snacks probably lessens desire for healthier food (I relate!) Impulse buys - nice in the store/ market but in reality you don’t eat it It’s a lifestyle - have an idea of what you’re going to make to help inform what you will actually use Ask yourself what you ate instead of the food you bought and left Finally: buying too much and/or busy/ eat out? Impressed with what you’ve cut out over a year. Makes sense to do it gradually and focus on other things this year.

Delete the post mates app then you can’t cheat 😂❤️

I feel the trick to not wasting food is to meal prep when you bring home the groceries. So wash the fruits put them in a glass container and into the fridge. Do the same with the veggies wash them and then you can make a salad or roast them in the oven. Put them into containers for the week. 🤗

I felt so sad when the Lay’s was getting kicked out haha

You kill me the face you make and the slow motion while replacing donuts 🍩 with a healthy version pop tart 🤣

Jen you're my snack spirit animal haha. Cheers to you for making healthy changes

For the rotten tomato you can wash them and get rid of their skin and mix them to make a tomato sauce for pizza or pasta! For the fruits save what's left and wash them and blend them to make a quick juice just add lemon to it and you're good!

My only snack weakness is chips...I recently started substituting them with popcorn! Sugar is one thing I don't crave or like, (until period time) so I'm glad for that. You can cut and put your fruit in tubberware so it's easier to eat and ready whenever you want it, that's what my mom and grandpa do.

Wow you just rattled off every fast food item known to man that was impressive 😂 Grapes 🍇 wash and freeze them it’s an OK alternative to a sweet treat at night . I find it helps (kinda) 😏

Jen you are MEEE when it comes to food 😭

Holy mackerel you must have an amazing metabolism to be so fit and to have those eating habits! I’d truly be massive if I ate like that... that being said a tip I can give is getting clear pretty containers to put your fruits in making sure the fruit is rinsed and ready to eat so it’s as easy to grab and snack on as the unhealthy snacks were.

I will never give up my soda. I can't, won't, don't want to.

Tip to not waste food > If your produce is for snacking clean and prep it as soon as you un-load your groceries, you'll be way more likely to eat something healthy if it's ready to go. And have a plan for other produce (what will you be making with it) and stick to it. Another thing I found helpful is buying less produce then I think. I would rather make an extra trip to the grocery store for fresh stuff then waste.

The best way to keep food fresh in your fridge is to use “Good grips greensaver produce keeper” by OXO. They are the best containers for fruits/veggies- they last way longer.

I sooo appreciate the realness of this. I feel like every time I watch a video similar to this, it’s like “okay I’m going to clean out my fridge and be healthier!” and they open up the fridge to all vegan, organic, already healthy foods and replace everything with vegetables lol. But you showed us the moldy strawberries and the month old chicken!😂 and you bought SNACKS👏🏻👏🏻 love to see it

Tip for the tomatoes: We grow a ton of tomatoes & cucumbers in our garden in the summer, and we simply have too much. We make homemade bruschetta and add in a ton of garlic, red onion, fresh herbs, olive oil, lemon, & sea salt. It's great because it's so multi-purpose: use salad topper or mixed with cucumber & feta, a base for a pasta sauce or soup. Also, frozen grapes are basically sour skittles.

lol good to know I’m not the only one with mouldy and month old leftovers in the fridge sometimes 😆

When you named off all the good junk from fast food I couldn’t relate more 😫😭 the Burger King french toast sticks tho!!!!!

SO Delicious cashew milk ice cream in the salted caramel flavor...is way better than any ice cream I've ever had! I discovered it when I recently went dairy- free and needed a treat! Definitely give it a try!

When the food fruits veggies are about to go bad, wash it and put it on counter if you can. It’s helped me and I make the better choice because they are right there

you're a friggin mood I love it

If you find it hard to eat a lot of fresh fruit that only ends up in the bin buy frozen fruit (not canned) it is full of sugar at least with froxen fruit there is no waste. You can use it it smoothies and with the likes of oats for breakfast. Hope this helps Jen.

Proud of you your trying to eat healthier. It is def alot to learn. One thing to note...get in a habit of reading the ingredient labels and nutritional info. on all the processed things you buy. Might be in the healthy section of the store but sugar is sugar and turns to fat, spikes your blood sugar and is unhealthy. Try to buy things with not too many grams of sugar in them, resist the urge to buy snacks at all and think of healthier ones to make instead. Also if your don't want your produce to go bad, make a list of things your wanna make first, then the grocery list and meal prep and cut up things as soon as you get home. Just get it over with. All the best as you work toward healthy eating! I cleaned up my diet 6 years ago now., learnt alot and have never felt better! For me a low carb (not keto) diet is now my lifestyle and am happy with this way of eating. :)

I am a big waster of food, too. I feel like I have plans to use it or make dinner and then something happens and I waste it. I've been trying to keep my fridge cleaner (sometimes food gets lost behind other food) and make a grocery list and STICK TO IT. That's been the hardest part but I find myself being so much less wasteful. Good luck!

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My thoughts on not wasting food: ppl are starving in places you’ve never heard of. So I just make sure I eat everything for the next grocery trip and limit eating out. I grew up poor and my dad telling to like what we have cause it could be worse. So I’m just saying I try and look at a different perspective of it

I’m so bad at wasting food too! I have the best intentions when I shop and it all ends up rotten 😭

❤️ this! It's so nice to know that I am not alone when it comes to eating sugar.

Omg your habits with fresh fruits and veggies match mine exactly! I always let mine go bad 😭

you always look put together and neat! i really would like a video of how you can take care of your hair in the cheapest way.. that would be a fun video! c:

My heart hurts from all the food waste! Meal prepping 100% helps with food waste. I also give myself a grocery budget so I don't go crazy and buy everything lol takes some practice to build your specific budget but once you do, you know how much to get and how much it'll cost for a certain period of time :) goodluck!! xoxo

Let's do this!! I cut out coffee last year and feel so much better. Now I only have a cup when I really miss the taste. This year I'm moving towards cutting out dairy 😊

No dessert at night. Im with you. DAY 1 , starting today. thanks for the Inspo

I just love you! One of my top three fave RU-vid channels 🙌🏽

Awesome plan! I’m giving up chips and French fries

you can do it Jen! 💕🥥 The dang coconut chips & perfect bars are my FAV. Loved this!!