Weight Loss: Grocery Shopping Tips
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If you’re trying to lose weight, you’re probably eating out less and making meals at home more often. The more meals you cook at home, the more time you’re spending at the grocery store facing down aisles full of temptation. Keep these quick weight loss tips for grocery shopping in mind the next time you’re at the market and you’ll not only make better weight loss choices, but choices that are healthier for your entire household.
Start with a List
Before you leave your home or office, make a list of the items you need. If you know what you’re shopping for, you’re less likely to buy on impulse. Having a set plan keeps you focused on the goal on hand—purchasing healthy foods that are part of your weight loss program—not what’s on sale or new and improved. ...
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- 1Shop the perimeter of the grocery store, where fresh foods like fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat, and fish are usually located. Avoid the center aisles where junk foods lurk.
- 2Choose "real" foods, such as 100% fruit juice or 100% whole-grain items with as little processing and as few additives as possible. If you want more salt or sugar, add it yourself.
- 3Stay clear of foods with cartoons on the label that are targeted to children. If you don't want your kids eating junk foods, don't have them in the house.
- 4Avoiding foods that contain more than five ingredients, artificial ingredients, or ingredients you can't pronounce.
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