whats on your grocery list??

My grocery list has changed quite a bit since I have started my journey. Here are some things that I have found to be good swaps for high calorie food I enjoyed before.
- Clementines
- Vitatops - great calorie swap if you have a sweet tooth like me, they have cookies, muffins, english muffins, etc...
- Van's Frozen Waffles - easy breakfast, you can get 2 of the light waffles for 140 calories
- Egg Beaters and Fiber One Original cereal - I use this combination to substitute "breading" on chicken, fish, etc... it gets crunchy when baked and tastes very similar to shake and bake
- Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches - they come in several flavors, vanilla chocolate mint chocolate etc.. only 140 calories and taste amazing!!
- Sara Lee Light breads and buns - the breads are only 45 calories a slice and the buns are 80 calories per bun

Hopefully these are some things that sound good to you to add to your grocery list :-)

Fresh Fruits and veggies

Turkey Burger, chicken and fish

Jello Mousse temptations (chocolate) only 60 cals, great for that choc craving!

Sweet potatoes, I make spicy fries with them, bake them, better than potatoes

Popcorn (light butter for snacking at night cos thats my most difficult time)

Greek Yoghurt, I dont like the plain, so fruit ones

Fresh Fruits and veggies

Turkey Burger, chicken and fish

Jello Mousse temptations (chocolate) only 60 cals, great for that choc craving!

Sweet potatoes, I make spicy fries with them, bake them, better than potatoes

Popcorn (light butter for snacking at night cos thats my most difficult time)

Greek Yoghurt, I dont like the plain, so fruit ones

Omg yes! I love popcorn too! It totally curves the salty crunchy craving, and turkey burgers are way better than beef-my opinion :blushing:

Oats
Unsweetened cocoa powder
Splenda
Plain greek yogurt
Cottage cheese
Shirataki noodles
Protein powder
Unsweetened almond milk
Fish/chicken
Various veggies

My grocery list has changed quite a bit since I have started my journey. Here are some things that I have found to be good swaps for high calorie food I enjoyed before.
- Clementines
- Vitatops - great calorie swap if you have a sweet tooth like me, they have cookies, muffins, english muffins, etc...
- Van's Frozen Waffles - easy breakfast, you can get 2 of the light waffles for 140 calories
- Egg Beaters and Fiber One Original cereal - I use this combination to substitute "breading" on chicken, fish, etc... it gets crunchy when baked and tastes very similar to shake and bake
- Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches - they come in several flavors, vanilla chocolate mint chocolate etc.. only 140 calories and taste amazing!!
- Sara Lee Light breads and buns - the breads are only 45 calories a slice and the buns are 80 calories per bun

Hopefully these are some things that sound good to you to add to your grocery list :-)

[i'm curious as to why skinny cow is so good. fit and active has pretty much same flavors at 140 each... almost all brands around around 140-160 cals... what makes skinnycow special? other than laughing at the name?/quote]

-Brown rice
-Tofu or tempeh
-Kale
-Bulk mixed greens
-Bananas
-Apples
-Pears
-Almond/Peanut butter
-Quinoa
-Cucumber
-Onions
-Almonds

And other stuff here and there, of course, too!

I do Weight Watcher's flex points. I wouldn't necessary buy all of the following at once, but these are all good for WW, just mind the serving size and count the points. I generally don't do "non-fat," except for half-and-half.

All kinds of fresh fruit, including fresh berries -- (I'm in love with fresh berries for breakfast with vanilla yogurt & low-fat granola right now)
Low-Fat Vanilla Yogurt
Low-Fat Granola
High Fiber Cereal
Flaxseed Meal
Nuts
Pumpkin & sunflower seeds
Nestle Dark Chocolate Chips - 20 chips for a sweet snack
Quinoa - just bought this today to try for the first time
Wholewheat Flat Bagels & Buns - I don't love these, but they have low flex points
Organic Eggs
Organic Skim Milk
Brummel & Brown Yogurt Spread
Diet Green Tea
Flavored Seltzer Water - not the sweet kind
Fresh Salmon - so good as a main course or on a tossed salad for lunch or dinner
Canned salmon - make salmon patties
Canned Tuna - salad, sandwiches or main dishes
Canned Chicken - for salad, sandwiches or main dishes
Fresh Chicken Breast - frozen in vacuum packed portions
Frozen Raw Shrimp
Laughing Cow Cheeses - light
Babybel Cheese - Light
Ezekial sprouted grain breads - in the frozen foods dept. - LOVE THIS
Lemons and limes
Olive Oil
Broccolini & Broccoli
Asparagus
Collard Greens
Cauliflower
Swiss Chard
Carrots
Brussels Sprouts
Red & Green Bell Peppers
Sweet Potatoes
Red & Russet potatoes
Onions
Yellow Squash & Zucchini
Avocados
Ground Turkey Breast - turkey burgers, chili, spaghetti sauce, tacos, etc.
Deli Turkey sliced
Boca Burgers
Romaine
Fresh Spinach
Portobella (sp?) mushrooms
Button mushrooms
Cherry tomatoes
Truvia
Triscuits
Stella Dora Almond Toasts - haven't been able to find these lately
Sugarless gum
Cool Whip
Land-O-Lakes Fat-Free Half-and-Half
Pasta - whole wheat sometimes
Prego pasta sauce
Canned mandarin oranges
Crispy corn taco shells - only one point each
Hellman's Light Mayo
Daisy Light Sour Cream
Refrigerated Wholewheat flour tortillas
Refrigerated wholewheat corn tortillas
Assorted canned beans
Canned tomatoes
Oatmeal
Frito-Lay Cheese Dip - this is awesome on potatoes & veggies and it's only one point.
Canned re-fried beans

right now im waiting until the 15th... then ima BUY ALL THE CANDY!

but things I always make sure i have: cottage cheese, greek yogurt, beans, blood oranges, meat that is on sale, and right now winter squash

oatmeal
greek plain yogurt
boneless skinless chicken thighs
ground chicken breast
broccoli
onions
mushrooms
vanilla almond milk
light red kidney beans
black beans
great northern beans
tomatoes with green chiles
diced tomatoes
low sodium chili powder
coffee

Some new things I have tried:
Almond milk
Almond butter
House Foods Tofu Shirataki Fettuccine shaped noodles (great low cal pasta substitute!)
Vita muffin, vita tops....great for my sweet tooth....only 100 calories.
Frozen salmon burgers
Basically, I try and eat more fruit and vegetables. Try to greatly decrease processed food. Stick to weekends only with alcohol (I don't go crazy with that..just have a few glasses of wine with dinner.)

honestly?

decent razors
shaving soap
VO5 shampoo
cat food
vegetable oil
baby cheeses

(and a pile of numbers from the food scales)

Lately, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, golden raisins, maple syrup and steel cut oats have become staples. (Because my crock pot makes my breakfast, and the results taste suspiciously like my memories of my mom's bread pudding.)

Spinach
crumbled blue cheese
granny smith apples
red onions
Fig infused balsamic vinegar (which I'm using straight as salad dressing, because it's AWESOME with spinach, apple, roasted onion and blue cheese)

bulk beans
bulk lentils
barley
low sodium chili mix (because I'm never able to get the mix "just right" on my own)
roma tomatoes

Vegetables:
- mushrooms
- broccoli
- butternut squash
- baby spinach
- potatoes
- onions
- zucchini

Fruit:
- bananas
- canteloup
- berries
- kiwi

Protein:
- ahi tuna steaks
- salmon
- tilapia
- kidney beans
- cannelini beans
- garbonzo beans
- eggs

Grain:
- ezikel sprouted wheat low sodium bread
- whole wheat pastas
- whole grain wraps

Dairy:
- fat free plain Greek yogurt
- reduced sodium, reduced fat cottage cheese
- 8th continent light plain soy milk
- reduced sodium cheese sticks

Other:
- tofu shiritaki noodles

Chobani Blood Orange Greek Yogurt, the Black Cherry is also delicious.
Kale to make Kale chips when I am snacky
Skinny Cow sandwiches
Laughing Cow wedges (tomato basil and chipotle are awesome) to go with Wheat thin toasted crackers and 5 crackers and a wedge=home style snack pack
Celery and peanut butter
Cheese sticks
Franks Red Hot to go on my salad and chicken as it has no calories.
Truvia as I also gave up aspartame including all diet sodas.
Silk Light choc milk
99% fat free turkey to make tacos (no shells use romaine leaves and add salsa and seasoning to it) You can eat like 6 of them using 1/4 cup cheese and 2 tablespoons of wholly guac for under 400 calories. Heaven!
Morning Star Spicy Black Bean Burgers
Salmon Burgers (170 cals but a great healthy sub for a burger)
Gordons Salmon filets (100 cal ea)


Good luck..

my groceries come primarily from the outer edges of the grocery store. it covers all things that come from the earth and aren't manufactured. in addition to the the outer edges of the store, i buy honey, barley, beans, lentils, frozen veggies, frozen berries, asian veggie burgers, and spices (like cumin, red pepper flakes, ginger powder, rosemary, herbes de provence, cinnamon, salt, pepper, parsley, bay leaves)
hope that helps