UK users - supermarket tips & advice

lesley1981

Some really good ideas in here

I've been checking out own brand products vs branded products recently. I was quite surprised to find that most of the own brand products are a fair bit higher in calories, etc! It takes me ages to shop in Tesco because I'm always checking the nutritional information!

I tend to shop in my local Sainsburys for my fruit and veg. I just find theirs is much fresher. Now and again, I'll go to Lidl, but it's very hit and miss in our local!

Someone mentioned the Weetabix Oaty bars! They're absolutely lush!!! Problem with them is that sometimes one just isn't enough :blushing:

psychicteabag

I like M&S for lunch options. They do a 3 items for £5 deal which lasts me for 2 days. I tend to pick up a pack of 2 frittatas (really filling and only about 175 cals each), a pack of mexican chilli chicken (half the pack is about 85 cals) and a tub of olives (these last me more than a couple of days). Sometimes I pick up some red pepper hummus and have a dollop of that and some carrot/cucumber with it. If I've worked out in the morning, I'll also have some cottage cheese on a ryvita. I feel really satisfied after this and it feels like a proper gourmet lunch!

They do a chilli seed mix as well and I weigh out 15g on the franking machine at work and it's amazing how few seeds take the edge off your appetite and keep you going till lunch. A couple of brazil nuts also does the same for me.

I may have a yogurt for my afternoon snack and again, M&S do some nice ones.

Great thread.

snorker88

I'm addicted to those Belvita biscuits that Johnny Vaughan is advertising on TV at the moment! They really fill me up at breakfast and stop me eating my lunch early and snacking in the afternoon! They're not great for sugar though, which is a drawback.

Also loving Ryvita fruit crunch crispbread, much tastier than boring old dark rye/cardboard. 57 cals a slice not bad either.

This is a great post by the way! :bigsmile: