Clearing out the food!

what would I buy?? wel my cravings for junk food have gone down so I can say it won't be the first thing I buy... I guess lots of canned fruits and veggies, meats and baked potatoes!!

I found slowly adding healthy meals to the shelf and fridge really helped, im not a personal trainer though but I have found so far a good source of lean meats, Chicken, or Steak, with some Broccoli really helped me, as well as green tea. dont change too much as it may cause a bit of a stir at home. slowly introduce new meals and stuff family may love it that much they want more. Experiment find what works and what doesn't for the family I am still battling to get mine to change and for the most part I am now eating within my daily limit and have a day for treats, and it has served me well. which means I go out to a cafe and have dinner and a nice drink

My staples:

Bagged salad mix
Harris Teeter French style dressing
Olive Garden Italian dressing
Boneless skinless chicken breast
Lean steak (if its on sale)
93% lean ground beef
Bertolli marinara
Pasta (the regular stuff, no whole wheat or low carb - I'd rather eat less of the good stuff)
Red, white, fingerling, Yukon (whatever is on sale) potatoes
Del Monte canned green beans
Kashi Go Lean cereal
Frozen blueberries/strawberries
12 pack of 8 oz 1% vanilla flavored milk drink boxes
Arnold Health-full Flax & Fiber Bread
Hellman's light mayonaise
Deli turkey breast or ham (look for the lower sodium options)
3 lb tub of red seedless grapes
Carton of grape, roma, whatever looks pretty tomatoes
100 calorie snacks - pretzels, goldfish, choc cookies, choc pretzels, etc (whatever catches my eye)
Yellow onions
Bag of sweet mini peppers
Celery
Canned no salt tomatoes, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes
Success rice (we only eat it about once a month so I mostly get the white)
Green Giant canned corn (again, eaten about once a month)
8oz Plugra butter
Tub of "Move Over Butter" margarine (takes 1-2 months to use)
Store brand canola oil cooking spray
Panko bread crumbs (fewer calories than cracker or bread crumbs!)
8 oz whole milk mozarella cheese (the part skim tastes like feet to me, LOL)
8 oz colby jack (the 2% goes bad to fast...it may sit around for a month or two before we use it)
Old El Paso reduced sodium taco seasoning (about 1 per month)
Corn and flour tortillas (soft)
Bagged shredded green leaf lettuce (about 1 per month)
8 oz sour cream (about 1 per month)
No salt Veg All
Jar minced garlic
Greek seasoning
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Celery salt



Jeez, we're kinda boring eaters when I think about it. LOL So far it's working okay, though. I've been doing this since August and I haven't wanted to run away yet........



I try to eat from home/at home pretty much every meal. I only drink water cause everything else is like durned crack when I get a taste of it.

Does your husband snack a lot? Maybe at work.. Mine does. He is always eating. LOL. Hes not overweight but he has a very physical job and works out a lot. I keep telling him its gonna catch up to him eventually.

He only likes taking sandwiches to work as he likes to be able to eat whilst moving, so that's a pain.

Wraps are what I use for my guy, he has the same problem.. You can stuff it full of veggies and meat and it will come up to about 500 cals (if you use the big wraps) That's a substantial lunch and you can eat while moving. I also make burritos - both regular and breakfast wrap types. He loves those and you I can control the filling so I know he isn't eating too much.

Also you can make your own crisps in the oven. Way less calories than bagged ones. Just slice the potatoes really thin, put them on a pan lined with parchment, give them a little spray of oil or whatever and put them in the oven. It's a little effort but makes a nice alternative to the bags. You can do the same with pita chips. Split the pita bread into 2 halves and you have a pretty large bunch of pita chips that you can eat with hummus or salsa or whatever for way less calories.

Pop corn is nice too, especially if you have it portioned into little baggies that you / he can just grab and go. Toss some seasoning on them if you like.

The best food I have found to eat a lot for low calories that isn't 'salad' is fish so I try to make more of that now than I used to. I had the same problem as you..I love cooking and it was always the sauces that got me. I had to switch to more 'baked' items and tomato based sauces - My marinara sauce has only about 40 calories in half a cup, that's decent.

On the weekends i make pizza - dough and all... cut it up and eat 2 slices for dinner with a salad every day of the week... trust me... it does not get old when you eat pizza damn near every night haha..

Fresh Apples, kale, spinach, tomatoes, bell peppers, onion

Canned - black beans, large olives & verde salsa.

Carbs - Wheat Tortillas or low carb wrap's

frozen skinless chicken breast and fish.. (i only bbq my food...even my pizza lol... i live at a bachelor pad)

Vitamins: Flax seed gel capsules, Spiraluina pills, Bee propolis pills & Bee Royal Jelly pills & a good multi NOT Centrum... (sounds wierd but it works for me)

Liquids: Water...lots of water, Good orange juice - NOT SUNNY D garbage. I never drink soda anymore.

pretty much all i eat anymore....

what i've noticed if you make meals in bulk on the weekend, or prep your lunch salad the night before... it gives you alot more motivation to keep on task... at least it does for me... and i'm a lazy mid 20's dude...

He swears blind he rarely snacks now. He admits that every time he went to the fuel (gas) station he would grab a chocolate bar or crisps (or both) but reckons now he doesn't. He only likes taking sandwiches to work as he likes to be able to eat whilst moving, so that's a pain.
I'd really like him to lose some weight as I worry about him but even if I give him the same food as me, nothing seems to change so somethings not right, is it?
I can't keep mentioning it as he finds it a bit offensive I think.

LOL Years ago my father said that he "never" snacked at work. Then one day when I borrowed his car I was looking for something, opened up the glove box and out popped half a dozen "sno balls" (cream filled chocolate cake surrounded by colored marshmallow). Uh huh. Then, when quizzed "not snacking" meant he only ate at his am break, lunch and his pm break. Break time meant a candy bar or snack cake (he LOVED the bread store). Lunch was usually a dollar meal hamburger somewhere and hot & sour or chicken noodle soup from a nearby Chinese restaurant. Oh, and a sno ball or other type snack cake.