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    edited January 5 in Food and Nutrition
    What are some must haves when you go to the grocery strore? I'm only talking about healthy stuff that have helped you on your weight loss journey

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    • Posts: 88 Member
      Chicken or turkey, stock cubes (to cook the chicken in), avocado, baby leaf salad, red wine.
    • Posts: 206
      1. Salad ingredients (lettuce, spinach, peppers, tomatoes, and any other fresh veggies I'm craving)
      2. Tofu
      3. Hummus
      4. Low-Fat greek yogurt (plain and vanilla)
      5. Beans (canned and dried)
      6. Almond milk
      7. Whatever vegetables are in season...
    • Posts: 1,407 Member
      Things I always have in my fridge or cupboard

      Kale or romaine lettuce
      Cucumbers
      Baby carrots
      Grape tomatoes
      Red, orange and yellow peppers
      Pork loin chops
      Ground chicken
      Salsa
      Cottage Cheese
      Greek yogurt
      12 grain bread
      Bananas
      Apples
      Shredded mozzarella cheese
      Canned tuna
      Berries
      Frozen broccoli and frozen mixed veg
      Eggs!
      Peanut butter
      Whole wheat english muffins
      Nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistachios..)

      ETA: Potatoes!
    • Posts: 2,215 Member
      Almond Milk, Romaine Lettuce, Broccoli heads, Bananas, Eggs, Chicken Breasts, Salmon, Onions, Tomatoes, Apples, Sweet potatoes, Asparagus, Oatmeal, Deli ham, low carb bread, cheese, Pam, Tuna, Hummus, Kashi bars...
      Dammit now I'm hungry.
    • Posts: 88 Member
      Good lord, how could I forget broccoli?
      If I had a girlfriend, she'd accused me of having an affair with broccoli. Every meal is served with a whole head of broccoli. Sometimes more. I eat a lot of broccoli.
    • Posts: 15 Member
      Veggies that can be eaten raw (baby carrots, cucumbers, celery etc)
      Hummus
      Bananas

      Great question - loved reading people's responses!
    • Posts: 4,710 Member
      meat
      fruit
      vegetables
      potatoes
      ice cream
      pancakes
      cereal
      bacon
    • Posts: 3,669 Member
      Greek yogurt is a must for me...
    • Posts: 892 Member
      fruits, veggies, snack packs lol
    • Posts: 48
      Baked bean curd (tofu)
      Ground pork
      Fresh green beans
      Always so sort of salad
      Mandarin oranges
      Grapes
    • Posts: 206
      Good lord, how could I forget broccoli?
      If I had a girlfriend, she'd accused me of having an affair with broccoli. Every meal is served with a whole head of broccoli. Sometimes more. I eat a lot of broccoli.

      I consume an illegal amount of broccoli. I am glad there is someone else out there like me!
    • Posts: 145 Member
      Every list starts with:

      bottled water
      salad makings
      carrots
      fruit
      superhummus
      yogurt
      egg beaters
      chicken
      ground turkey

      the rest pretty much varies depending on what the planned meals are for the week.
    • Posts: 1,291 Member
      vegetables. anything on sale, cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, green beans, broccoli, spinach, mixed salad greens.

      apples, bananas, berries (ALWAYS berries!) fruit on sale

      organic milk, greek yogurt or cottage cheese, almond butter

      organic meat if it's on sale, hamburger, steaks, fish, chicken.

      virgin coconut oil for sauteeing, or organic butter.

      go to condiments are sriracha, light soy sauce (only kikkoman, generic brands are terrible), cinnamon, freshly ground pepper.

      i also have protein powder on hand, spirutein brand, chocolate peanut butter (even better with PB2 mixed in) and chai latte (even better with bulletproof vanilla mixed in)
    • Posts: 2,244 Member
      Things I always have in my fridge or cupboard

      Kale or romaine lettuce
      Cucumbers
      Baby carrots
      Grape tomatoes
      Red, orange and yellow peppers
      Pork loin chops
      Ground chicken
      Salsa
      Cottage Cheese
      Greek yogurt
      12 grain bread
      Bananas
      Apples
      Shredded mozzarella cheese
      Canned tuna
      Berries
      Frozen broccoli and frozen mixed veg
      Eggs!
      Peanut butter
      Whole wheat english muffins
      Nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistachios..)

      ETA: Potatoes!
    • Posts: 851 Member
      obviously the lean meats and fruits and veggies but things that helped me not feel deprived:

      Thomas bagel Thins
      Laughing cow cheeses
      Healthy Life 35 cal bread
      Sara Lee buns 80cal
      Sandwich Thins
      egg beaters ( on occasion)
      turkey bacon
      Edy's slow churned 1/2 fat ice cream (i swear by it for a sweet treat)
      Skinny cow ice cream treats and candys (for an occasional treat)
      canned pumpkin (in place of egg and oil in cake mix)
    • Posts: 1,915 Member
      Boar's Head Ovengold turkey (cold cuts for lunches)
      Flavored tuna packets and tuna salad kit with crackers (lunches)
      Apples, oranges, bananas, and whatever berries are on sale
      broccoli (to steam)
      asparagus or brussels sprouts (to roast)
      chicken breasts
      pork loin
      greek yogurt
      laughing cow cheese
      light string cheese
      eggs
      light wheat bread
      fat free low sodium chicken and beef broth (to use as bases in cooking instead of oil and butter)

      ETA I also always have Skinny Cow or Weight Watchers ice cream bars on hand, and sometimes sugar free pudding cups for when I need something sweet. The boyfriend loves them too.
    • Posts: 232 Member
      These are a few of my staples: Extra lean ground turkey, eggs, fresh spinach, chicken breasts, alfa alfa sprouts, 0% fat greek yogurt
    • Posts: 1,049 Member
      Things I happen to buy almost every store trip:

      Chicken or shrimp
      Spinach
      Skim milk
      Almonds or pistachios
      Bell peppers
      Broccoli
      Berries
      Bananas
      Black beans
      Onions
      Tomatoes
      Cheese - my boyfriend's vegetarian, so we get a good chunk of our protein from cheese
      Quinoa
    • Posts: 382 Member
      Beans of all kinds.
      Loads of fresh herbs - I use them on everything.
      Scallions
      Mushrooms
      Broccoli
      Soy yoghurt
      1 Cal Spray
      Coconut Oil
      Maldon Sea Salt
      Black Pepper
      Spices
      Tuna
      Lentils
      Rocket
      Tomatoes
      9Bar Seed Bars
      Garlic
    • Posts: 816 Member
      Hummus, broccoli, red pepper, red onions and green onions, spinach, greek yogurt, coffee, almond milk, oatmeal, bananas, apples, eggs, cheese if on sale, dark chocolate bar, wraps, turkey deli meat, herb and garlic cream cheese, avocado, and ingredients for whatever my "make ahead and freeze" meal of the week is.
    • Posts: 1,490 Member
      Chobani, Clif Bars, Baby Carrots, Bananas, Chicken Breast, Deli Ham, Flatouts, romaine, bacon, apples, almonds...every week.
    • Posts: 25 Member
      Greek yogurt
      green tea bags
      Truvia
      whipped PB
      turkey pepperoni
      Ole Extreme low carb/high fiber wraps
      salsa
      boneless/skinless chicken
    • Posts: 7
      I heard a lot of people talk about almond milk and how good it is, i need to go get some asap.
    • Posts: 881 Member
      1. Salad ingredients (lettuce, spinach, peppers, tomatoes, and any other fresh veggies I'm craving)
      2. Tofu
      3. Hummus
      4. Low-Fat greek yogurt (plain and vanilla)
      5. Beans (canned and dried)
      6. Almond milk
      7. Whatever vegetables are in season...
      That's were my grocery list went!
    • Posts: 184 Member
      bump for later.
    • Posts: 881 Member
      show previous quotes

      I consume an illegal amount of broccoli. I am glad there is someone else out there like me!
      Because you had my grocery list... Not a broccoli fan...
    • Posts: 1,482 Member
      ETA: Potatoes!


      And Bacon!!
    • Posts: 211 Member
      chicken breast
      lean ground beef (95/3)
      spinach
      broccoli
      granola cereal
      almond milk
      eggs
      turkey breast meat
    • Posts: 278 Member
      almond butter
      almond milk
      low sodium veggie/chicken stock
      Barbara's Bakery Puffins Cereal.. only 5 gs of sugar and high fiber!
      apples
      tuna fish
      quick brown rice
      chicken breast
      lite havarti cheese
      bagged salads
      kashi bars
      whey protein powder
      spinach!!!!!
    • Posts: 213 Member
      My main grocery staples would have to be:
      cucumbers
      lettuce
      spinach
      sliced mushrooms
      radishes
      pomegranates
      bananas
      apples
      oranges
      carrots
      grapes
      hummus
      sliced turkey
      chicken breasts
      canned tuna
      protein powder
      brown rice
      skim milk
      almond milk
      greek yogurt
      rolled oats
      eggs...lots of them. i boil a package then use the other 12 to cook with. :)
      string cheese

      that's all i can think of right now (:
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