Whats your #1 go to item when FOOD SHOPPING?
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Apples, carrots, Philadelphia and oats0
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yogurt, nuts almonds or cashews, eggs (just the whites), blueberries, strawberries YUM!0
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Fruit: apple, orange, peach, nectarine, plum, berries, watermelon, and tomato. (depending on what is in season)
Veggies: lettuce, onions, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, beets, squash (again depending on what is in season)
Others: eggs, cheese, almond milk and Greek (or low fat) yogurt.0 -
One of my favorite carb options is the sweet potato. I only started eating them AT ALL 6 months ago. Bake them naked in a 375 degree oven (don't poke holes in them & be sure to line the bottom of your oven with foil) for approximately 40-50 minutes. They come out moist & tender and the natural sugar in them caramelizes in the oven. I eat about 4 ounces per meal so if I've got a large sweet potato it may last me several meals. I eat them plain and love them. This one food item has helped me to avoid the 'bad' carbs and jump started my weight loss.... down 24# so far!0
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Non-Fat Greek Yogurt
Eggs (I also mainly use just the whites)
Almond Milk
Strawberries
Variety of Veggies
Canned Tuna
Beans
Salmon
Talapia
Chicken Breasts0 -
I do my food shopping online and get it delivered, because I can keep track of how much i'm spending and it's so much easier.
Frozen broccoli
Scottish oats
Carrots
Are ALWAYS on my shopping list (:0 -
Produce managers LOVE me--it's the first place I go! My grocery budget is spent mostly in fresh fruits and veggies. I've found that once I get really in to fruit, I crave manufactured sweets a lot less. Then I find my go-to snack: dry-roasted, unsalted, shelled sunflower seeds. On to the freezer section: frozen fruit, mostly berries, to toss in my morning oatmeal or my homemade yogurt and mixed frozen veggies, usually broccoli/cauliflower/carrots, which can be microwaved for a quick meal or steamed, drained and cooled to add to salads. Then a package of boneless, skinless chicken breasts--a family-size generic pack, 'cause though I'm single, I buy 2 weeks at a time (except fresh produce). Actually, the chicken is my "real" go-to. Coupled with veggies, it's a reasonably healthy meal (I don't fry in oil--just a non-stick skillet with a couple of tablespoons of water), or can be sliced and mixed with your choice of ingredients for a salad.0
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Edamame. Yum! Carrots & hummus (I pretty much live on carrots & hummus.) Fresh fruit in season, good deli sliced chicken, yogurt, broccoli & califlower.0
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Almonds, Kashi cereal, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, eggs.0
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Beans including Edamame, milk, organic fruits & vegetables0
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Veggies. AAAALLLLL THE VEGGIES!!
Seriously, get whatever veg are cheap and in season, or that you fancy, get some lean frozen meats and fish - chicken fillets and thighs, mince, etc - and some basic carbs - rice and pasta - and you'l have some brilliant meals: you could make:
- stew
- stuffed peppers
- salads
- pasta dishes (what I like to do is, use about half to 2/3 of the reccommende3d serving size of the pasta - usually I go for 70g if the serving on the packet is 90g) then add some basic tomato sauce for a jar, some chicken, and chopped veggies that you sautee while the pasta cooked. A few days ago I had pasta, ready-cooked chicken breast chunks, courgette (zuchinni I think, for you yanks?) and mange tout. It was DELISH and filed a big bowl, but cos the veg and chicken filled it out it felt like I was eating a huge delicious pasta dish but without the cals!
- fish dishes - I like to get frozen fillets of white fish, then have them seasoned in various ways (heaps of pepper, or lemon, or some herbs....whatever you fancy!! Some low-fat garlic and herb cream cheese smeared on them then baking them is excellent) then you can ahve that with some grilled veggies and a bit of rice. Nice balanced meal!
Basically, anything you make, use veg to fill it out. You'll feel like you're eating loads and getting nice and full and satisfied, while actually you'll be cutting out carbs in a lot of places, and getting lots of vitamins and minerals0 -
kashi breakfast waffles, vita top muffins, spinach/romaine lettuce for salads, hummus (the brand i get is sabra - supremely spicy! it takes like spicy queso!), any fruit that's on sale, lots of veggies, 100% whole grain wheat thins, cottage cheese (REALLY tasty as veggie dip if you mix it with a bit of taco seasoning or dry ranch packet! or as a dressing for salads!), peanut butter, honey, kashi island vanilla cereal rooooocks too!0
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Meats, fish, nuts, nut butters, anything protein. It's the hardest for me to get enough of.;)I'm going food shopping in a bit, and I'm in a bit of a rut. I get the same foods every time, and though they are tasty, good for me, and low in calorie, I'm getting a bored.
Give me your top three healthy picks at the food store!!!0 -
Meat (mostly chicken and beef or whatever is on sale)
Cheese
Veggies (lettuce, peppers, onions, tomatoes (yes, I do know those are fruits, don't care)
Sour cream -- I can give up everything else but this0 -
Spinach0
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Chipotle sauce....I put this on eeeeeeevvvvryyyyyyythinggggggggg now. LOL If I go home without it (which I haven't yet) I'll be p.o.d.0
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I am absolutely, unapologetically ADDICTED to Emerald's dry roasted cocoa almonds. Oh, god..they are so delicious.. I get them every week
Pumpkin seeds are another staple.. my grocery store sells them in bulk. Big fat pumpkin seeds. Not those sad little prepackaged ones.
I also go through tons of almond milk, the 40 cal unsweetened kind.0 -
Top 3: spinach, eggs, cucumbers :-)0
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