Trying to lose weight is hard and making your grocery list could be easy. If you are like most people your grocery list consist of mostly processed foods. Things like pop tarts, quick grits, sweet cereal, pies, frozen pizza, hot pockets, can goods and frozen pancakes are on your grocery list. The average person has 90% processed foods on their grocery list. When your walking around the grocery store look at peoples carts, there is a lot of processed foods (food in the can, box or package prepackaged) in their carts.
How do you make a grocery list to lose weight? Well first off if you’re serious about losing weight you’re gonna have to get serious about cooking and eating good foods so your body can get nutritious foods and you can feel satisfied and this will lead to weight loss. The way to cooking good food, that is good for you is creating a grocery list. Staples on your grocery list (things to all ways have on hand at home) should be -
1. lettuce (salad is good for you, it also helps fill you)
2. vegetables, such as broccoli, cucumber, carrots, onions, bell peppers…
3. fruits, such as apples, kiwi, lemons, bananas, blueberries…
4. whole wheat bread
5. chicken, breast or what you like.
6. extra virgin olive oil
7. meats, but go lean
8. nuts and seeds
This is not the only food to pick but this is a guide. But when writing your grocery list go as fresh as you can. Fresh frozen fruit and vegetables are okay. But if at all possible boxed, canned or packaged, stay away from these. Even stay away from crackers, chips, you know the processed stuff.
Say you want to fix a chicken breast sandwich for supper. Well, you’ll need bread, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, low fat cheese if want, extra virgin olive oil to cook the chicken in… Should you put mayo and mustard, that’s up to you but regular mayo has a lot of calories so very little. Mustard is not so bad with calories so you decide.
So when you decide what you want for breakfast, lunch or supper. Decide what you have at home and what you don’t and what you don’t have put on your grocery list. Always try to put fresh vegetables and fruits on your grocery list these foods are highly nutritious and satisfying when trying to lose weight. The more satisfied you feel and the more filling you feel on nutritious foods the greater your chance of sticking with the new way of eating and actually losing weight. Remember your cooking your own food and you’re plating your own food, serve smart.
I hope this helps you to plan a grocery list with nutritious foods that you will enjoy.