What's in your grocery cart?

any healthy swap is better then nothing! i shop at walmart and aldi. for breakfast i do breakfast sandwiches. you can make your own or buy them from aldi or wally. jimmy dean makes some just over 200 calories. for my lunches i do fruit, pretzels, wheat thins, peanut butter sandiches, turkey sandiches, yogurts.. depends. i change it up. but i keep my day light so i can splurge for my dinners. aldi had really good protein bars. double chocolate and strawberry. good for a snack and sweet tooth. i also sometimes make my own protein shakes. i sometimes go from work to gym and need a boost between. i mix a low cal protein powder with almond milk and a banana. very tasty to me. you can get small tubs for 10-15 at walmart or even walgreens. my dinners are mainly fish, brown rice, and veggies. i know you said you dont really like those things. but i keep my meals light during the week and eat out on the weekends. i still try to stay normal. i eat pizza and junk food. i am just much smarter about it. you can get yummy lean pockets for the pizza craving. turkey burgers and 40 calorie sargento cheese. you can also find low cal 35 calorie bread at wally. just learn what you like and try the low cal or sugar free versions and go from there.

I love fruits and veggies and they make the bulk of what I'm buying.
I usually get:

apples - kind of the perfect fruit, relatively cheap, easy to store, filling
bananas - great for after working out
pineapple/strawberries/grapes/oranges/mango/watermelon - depending on the season and price^^

bell peppers
zucchini - love them
cucumber - low on calories and great as snack
salads
broccoli - one of my favorites, especially because it's also great to take as a snack, cooked or as salad
carrots - the apples among the veggies
fennel - depending on the season
turnip cabbage - shredded and mixed with a shredded apple and you have a great salad
spring onions - great in omelet
ginger - also great in omelet or as tea
sweet potato - cut in disks, sprinkled with chili powder or cinnamon 390°F 10 minutes each side, great for breakfast
celery root - sauteed with a little bit of soy sauce and sesame seeds - yum!
mushrooms
purple cabbage - is also good, although for me it's more of a winter vegetable
potatoes - I usually steam them, also great as salad with cucumber (just a little bit of vinegar or lemon juice)

eggs
rice-and-soy-milk

oats - 1/2 cup with 3/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup milk and fruit and cinnamon for breakfast
brown rice as a staple, although I used to eat way more rice than I do nowadays
herbal tea - I prefer that over drinking a lot of plain water

frozen fish
frozen veggies for when I don't have time to go grocery shopping (broccoli and green beans)

There are many dishes that don't need a lot of time to cook, especially with vegetables. I often just throw together whatever is in the fridge, steam it or make a salad Ialso usually pack my lunch the night before, this way I don't run the risk of being in the city and hungry (which is a bad combination^^).

boneless chicken breast
turkey wings
salmon in the can
starkist tuna in water
special k cereal
special k cereal bar
special k meal bar
special k popcorn
special k chips
special k potein shake
almonds
raisins
craisins
sunflower seeds
pumpkin seeds
sugar free jello
diet snapple
sugar free ice cream
activia
greek yogurt
apples
oranges
spinach
collard greens
kale
cabbage
cantalope
honey dew
watermelon
talapida

Turkey Breast sliced from Deli
Skim Milk
Sugar Free Carnation instand breakfast
Light String Cheese
Koops spicey Mustard
whole almonds - unsalted
Danon Greek Yogurt - black cherry
Any fish I can grill
onions, broccoli, asparagus, water chestnuts
Chicken Breast that I can grill.
Sugar Free popsickles

My fruit & veggies vary based on sales and what is in season, but these are items I ALWAYS have on hand.

-Baby spinach
-Kale, or other leafy greens
-Broccoli
-Onions
-Strawberries
-Bananas
-Apples
-Soy milk
-Oatmeal
-Brown or basmati rice
-Beans and lentils
-Raw almonds
-Raw cashews
-Plant based protein powder
-Brown rice noodles
-Tomato paste
-Nutritional yeast
-Organic tofu
-Sprouted grain bread
-Clif energy bars

I go shopping every four days.. This usually includes most of the following items:


A flank steak
Either Salmon or Tilapia
A four pack of Purdue Turkey burgers
a bag of romaine lettuce
Fage 0% Greek Yogurt (the big container)
Fruit (strawberries, blueberries, banana)
two bags of green giant frozen veggies, whatever im feeling that week
boil in bag brown rice
mushrooms, onion or shallots, green pepper
four refilled gallons of water
two cans of tuna

These things will give me about four days of "prepped" food..
and as needed:
frigo light string cheese
reduced fat wheat thins
oatmeal
honey
olive oil
franks or sriacha!!
a loaf of whole wheat bread

milk
eggs
cheese
butter
chicken
hamburger
steak
porksteak
larabars
naked juice - green or blue machine
almonds
(shakeology - but not from the store)

I read in the Health magazine that the healthy stuff is always on the circumference of any grocery store - so you will find fruits, vegetables, bread, meats, eggs, milk always in the circumference tour. All other stuff that you might want to buy only once a month is in the "in between" area. So My list is:

Strawberries (Always Always in my cart)
Blueberries
Lemons
Kiwis / oranges
Apples / Pears
Green Peppers (Always Always - makes for great sandwiches, salads, veggie omelette)
Jalapenos/ Serrano Peppers (Any pepper/ chilli is good for metabolism and adds flavor without adding any calories or fats)
Onions , Tomatoes
Sara Lee Whole Wheat Bread - 60 calories per slice + 2 grams of fiber
Jumbo Size Eggs
2% Milk
Cream Cheese and Bagels (for days I crave carbohydrates)
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (Always)
Cilantro
Bananas

Some days for my monthly stock - I add
Salad Dressings
Mustard - Dijon and Whole ground
Green tea - Organic India Tulsi is awesome
Whole Wheat Pasta
Brown Rice
Canned Beans
Sugar / Salt and other Spices

Hope you can find some useful stuff.