You want to eat better, right? That's why I'm sharing my easy and often budget-friendly tips on how to eat healthfully. This is the first blog post in the series. Did you know that the path you follow in the grocery store could help you eat right and avoid weight gain? It's true. Take a look at your shopping list:
Now think about where those items are located in your supermarket. Are they along the edges of the store, or are they deep in the labyrinthine aisles? Chances are, the unhealthier foods on your list are in the middle aisles, which are filled with tempting processed and packaged foods. The healthy, whole foods are usually located around the perimeter of the store. Stick to the edges of the store, and stick to your healthy eating plan. Dairy, bread, produce and meats/seafood are usually located along the outside of the store. Load up on those healthy staples, bypass the middle aisles and you'll rarely be faced with the temptation of 16 varieties of potato chips and a dozen kinds of cake mixes. Here are some tips to help: Touring only a portion of the grocery store on each visit might make you feel like you're forgetting something, but after a few trips, you'll consider those middle aisles--and all their tempting junk food--a no man's land! Do you avoid the middle aisles of the grocery store? Will you now? How do you resist temptations at the grocery store?
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Terror tactics like do I want to suppose child labour purchasing cheap chocolate or local farmers selling decent food so they keep selling it cheap.. Report
I've lived where they had farm markets and that was wonderful! But not having them out here, I do love the way Wally-world puts the fresh and healthy food right up front.
If you want chips, pop and other junk, those two aisles are at the very back of the store. At least this one is set up perfectly! Report
They also have a roast chicken cart right there too - roast chicken, just peel off the skin when you get it home and that's a nice and healthy treat once in a while!
This area is rather remote, so the closest farm market is many miles away. It's rough to grow your own food in the rocky, hard ground where water is prized like oil. I have to give Wally-world a hands up for their fruits and veggie section with their low prices and such a beautiful display right at the front of the store! Report
y squares..chicken nuggets.. french fries.. even picked his favorite high sugar cereal out of a half isle of cereal boxes in about 2 seconds. Amazing! I continued down the rows... in amusement. Now i know all the things my youngest daughter puts into her cart! This little guy is only a year and a half old... so this goes to show us... we learn food buying and eating habbits at a very young age. So let us all remember when we are shopping often someone is watching our behavior and learning. Even if it is someone elses toddler :) A real eye opener. He soon got over his disapointment that none of these things went into the cart. Now he has learned to point and pick out better things, and get excited about apples and little trees (broccoli) hahaha... all from those outer isles. And where oh where, did my daughter learn this habbit from? hmm..... that old saying comes to mind... The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Treeeeeeee! Report
I have a palm pilot that has a shopping program. I put my list in there and it will sort the items by category. You can put in the aisle number and it will sort by that too. Very handy and saves paper! Report
Great suggestion about carrying a bottle of water with you - I will try that to stave off temptations!
Also - if you can't find something - ASK! I think that at the store where I shop, it is a requirement to have the aisles memorized lol :)....every time I ask a clerk where something is, they always (correctly) give me the specific aisle! Report
Substitution is key. You can have pasta just choose whole grain. You can have dairy just substitute Face Greek style yogurt (0%fat) President crumbled Feta (0%fat) and Plain Kefer. You can have a wrap just substitute Mission Whole Wheat Carb Balance Burrito size. You can have a sandwich with two slices just substitute Healthy Life whole wheat. Report
A shopping list is my most powerful tool for resisting temptations at the grocery store. Report
Lesson: Supermarkets do read lol Report
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