Supermarket Frustration
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TravellerRay
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Just had a walk around a small Sainsbury supermarket. I am on low carb and wanted something snackish for the train home. Walked up and down the aisles reading sugar and carb levels. Ended up walking out with nothing. Not good for the morale
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What about jerky/biltong?4
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Pickles, olives, cheese, hard boiled eggs (some stores have them), nuts.5
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It takes a while to get familiar with what you can grab in a hurry, but I now know I can head to the jerky, cheese, or fruit in just about any convenience store and get something off the shelf that won't kill my eating plan2
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String cheese? Deli meat? Beef jerky? Pork rinds?4
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No "health food" section? Or Deli? Usually a supermarket will have some low carb bars hidden away near the protein powder. If not, that's pretty sad =(. I sometimes go buy some meat from the deli, even cheese, which stops sweet cravings for me. Mmmmm shredded beef and if they sell small tubs of full fat greek yogurt, I'll dive into that but lately so many have been selling the low fat garbage. Yuck.
Oh yeah and sometimes I'll indulge on some pork crackle or beef jerky =D
Hopefully that gives you some ideas on what to look at for next time.1 -
Too late now I know but if you go again.
I find these pretty good, from Sainsburys - Taste Original Mini Chicken Satay x12. 10 mini sticks have 4.4g of carbs. They're fairly filling for their size.2 -
Pepperami? Plus they might have Atkins bars/snacks too.0
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I think you made a great choice!!! It may not have felt too good at the time, but you made a choice for health! You are better off not snacking anyway, and keeping your appetite until you can get a proper meal! Well done!3
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no lunch meat?0
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"Full Fat Cubed Cheese, Pork Rinds, Jerky(Plain, Minimal Additives, No Flavoring), Nuts & Seeds, Veggies & Dips(Primarily Veggie Dip Packs in this specific case), Sugar-Free Jello."0
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Cooked meats, including chicken and satay sticks and Pepperami in the fridge. Snack cheeses also in the fridge.
In the health/pharmacy area you might find Atkins bars, there are certainly protein products.
Biltong/jerky/scratchings.
There are plenty of options I can come up with and I'm not even low carb.3 -
Nuts? Meat? Cheese?
All those things are available in snack portions.2 -
I think you made a great choice!!! It may not have felt too good at the time, but you made a choice for health! You are better off not snacking anyway, and keeping your appetite until you can get a proper meal! Well done!
How is not eating when you're hungry good for your health? And there's nothing wrong with snacking as long as your hitting your calorie targets (or in this case, carb targets).15 -
For a low carb snack, I'd think meat and/or cheese. So an ounce of cheese, some sliced turkey or ham. Here in the US I can find packs that have a little cheese, nuts and dried fruit. Small amounts of each, for about 170-210 cals total.TravellerRay wrote: »Just had a walk around a small Sainsbury supermarket. I am on low carb and wanted something snackish for the train home. Walked up and down the aisles reading sugar and carb levels. Ended up walking out with nothing. Not good for the morale
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Low carb on the go can be tricky - ready cooked sliced meats are a good choice, as are individual cheeses (babybel etc), the packs of nuts are a good option too (as long as you can portion control if you end up buying the 100g bags!). Co-Op do a boiled egg with mustard mayo snack pack as well as a pack of carrots and houmous which are my go to options on the way into work.1
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VintageFeline wrote: »Cooked meats, including chicken and satay sticks and Pepperami in the fridge. Snack cheeses also in the fridge.
In the health/pharmacy area you might find Atkins bars, there are certainly protein products.
Biltong/jerky/scratchings.
There are plenty of options I can come up with and I'm not even low carb.
Scratchings!?!
I love this site! seriously, am really loving new mindset towards 'bad' foods and haven't even thought about scratchings for months cos they are 'sooooooooooo bad'
and now I'm telling myself - no, they are only so bad when you eat a kilo of them in an hour!
sorry, minor hijack- but yay scratchings are back on the menu!!4 -
Scratching would just be pork rinds, right? Those are so dang good.3
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^ yep, the salty, yummy, crackly goodness!3
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Here's some ideas...
http://fedandfit.com/2013/04/15/paleo-off-the-shelf-kimberly-dunn/ (the eye candy on this site is not bad either!)
http://paleomagazine.com/list-of-the-best-paleo-snacks (just be aware that 'Paleo' may allow sweeteners that you don't want, like honey or maple syrup)
Nuts
Jerky
Epic bars
Berries
Frankfurters (if you can find decent ones without a lot of crap in them, and you have access to a microwave)
Cut veggies
Dark chocolate (>70% cacao)
Eggs
My advice is to shop the store perimeter...produce, then seafood, then meat, then dairy (if using milk products), then 'specialty' or 'prepared foods' or deli, then get out!
I live in NYC, so really there is hardly a neighborhood where I can't find something to nosh, whether in a supermarket, a convenience store, a bodega, an ethnic specialty shop, a restaurant...never at a loss for something to eat!
Good luck! Accept my FR if you like...1
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