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Grocery Shopping Essentials?
Tonight is the night for a big online shop, ready for a week
of religiously planning my food, exercising and sticking within
my calorie allowance.
So, what are your top tips and shopping must haves? Although
I've spent the last 3 years on a constant diet, I've never
thought about calories, so have no idea what a good low cal meal
or snack is, so any help much appreciated....what types of
things can I cook, what should I keep in the cupboard etc?
DINX
I would say a good snack is between 100 cals. If, like me you
can't stay away from sweet treats, try buying skinny cow ice
creams at 89 cals each and lemon cheesecake yougurts by muiller
at 112cals each. :)
CLAIRENEWBY
If you are shopping at Tescos this week watch out - Vienettas
are buy one one free and I am a sucker for a bargain. When they
arrive tomorrow I will put them at the back of the freezer until
I have visitors or reach my target weight whichever comes first.
ANTAN
Plenty of fruit n veg it always good u can get tinned n
frozen types so they last longer n they really help bulk out
meals. I usually get quorn stuff aswell cos they r lower cal
than meat n taste really nice x
TEDDYBEAR
just make sure whatever you get that you get a couple of
healthy range ready meals to sling in the freezer as it is
always handy to have em in when you can't be bothered with
cooking - makes sure you don't pop out for takeaways!- saves
Ib's and pounds!!LOL
LINDSAY1975
remember you eat ANYTHING with WLR
just remember to control your portion sizes :o)
LINDA13
Each week I buy chicken breasts, turkey strips, fish
portions, lots of fresh veg (at the moment oven baked aubergine,
courgette, pepper and onion is favourite), low fat yoghurts (to
mix with muesli for breakfast). Tinned mackerel fillets (good
oils) to add to salads for lunch. Lite Hot Dogs (only 300 cals
for 8, eaten with mash and a small tin of baked beans is good
filling dinner and easy when I cant be bothered to cook). Prawns
(for my cats more than me, in fact my cats get through a pack
every other day). Brown rice and wholewheat pasta. Tescos
Healthy Living Potato wedges (260cal for the pack and make part
of my healthy fry up with Quorn sausages, turkey rashers etc..)
Plus fruit and salad stuff.
SHOTSFAN
Definitely pasta, pesto and dolmio as these are very quick to
cook and take no effort and you can always change quantites
depending on how much else youve eaten in the day.
Also lots of chicken breasts (frozen or fresh) as you can add
it to everything. obviously heaps of veg and potato's and snacky
fruit like cherries and strawberries. also to snack on i buy
houmous (great with carrots) and also oatcakes and rice cakes,
cos my biggest downfall is snacking and if i didn't buy anything
to snack on i'd probably pop to the shop and buy crisps! low fat
yogs!
EMILY23
The easy steam meals from birdseye are fab, fish and veg,
pasta.really low cal, some as low as 220 cals and really fill
you up, at least if your starved they take 6mins so you wont
snack while waiting. i never but biscuits when doing major shop,
as i know ill scoff them all! so id stock up on steam meals and
tuc crackers!(delicious with low fat pate on)
happy shopping!
LINZ
For 'store cupboard' shopping I usually make sure I have lots
of beans and pulses, pasta, noodles, rice, canned fish and nice
condiments/spices (mustard, soy, Lea and Perrins, dried
chillies, porcini mushrooms etc etc). That way if I am feeling
lazy I can still knock something yummy togther without resorting
to ten tons of cheese on toast! One item I find invaluable is
Marigold Vegetable Bouillon, maybe the most versatile ingredient
on earth! My favourite 'emergency' meal (i.e. for when I have
had 200 pints at the weekend and am way over my calorie limit!)
is soup made with the bouillon, chilli, lemongrass, mushrooms,
spinach and prawns. Delicious and v low cals. You can add
noodles as well if you like or anything you want really.
KATEP
Lots of fruit and stuff - berries at the moment, raspberries,
blackberries, strawberries. Skinny Cows. Tuna in brine, low cal
ready meals for emergencies. Eggs and thick bread for brekkie.
Search for the sort of things you fancy on the database and
check their cals before you order. Which shop do you use? I know
a fair bit about Tesco ifyou are using them.
RACHAEL REYNOLDS
Hmm, that's a toughy. The only thing I must have is fruit and
vegetables, soup, low fat yoghurts/mousses, salad stuff and some
kind of meat/fish (chicken/tuna/ham) to put in my salad.
For main meals I tend to cook stir fries (with salmon in),
occasionally pasta dishes (with tomatoey sauces), I'm quite
boring other than that, other than stir fries I tend to just
have things like healthy options breaded cod or chargrilled
chicken or even a small WW pizza with loads of veg (usually
broccoli, cauli, carrots, sometimes roasted sweet pot and
parsnip). If I fancy anything naughty like sausages and mash I
usually get those 95% fat free sausages and have smash rather
than using potatoes as smash is pretty low in everything (if you
don't add any marg). It's all about experimenting to a certain
extent tho.
FRUITYLOOPS
I tend to buy heaps of fruit and veg..try different sorts
such as butternut squash, asparagus etc. I buy potatoes to use
as baked/boiled/wedges. I also get fresh meat to put in the
freezer such as skinless chicken fillets which you can sue for
lots of things. Muller light yogurts/Ryvita crackers/extra light
philadelphia are all things I find handy. Hope that gives you a
few ideas.
Helen x
Lots of fish and fresh veg if you want to keep healthy and
low cal or want just the low cal so you can have puddings :0P
Strawberries and raspberries are in season too at the mo and
make great low cal snacks or breakfasts with yoghurt etc
VILLINGWORTH
Eggs - it works!
I read on this site that eating a couple of eggs in the
morning fills you up and stops you snacking during the day. I've
tried it this week and it works!! Just thought I'd share my
experience.
CAIRNEYHILL
Yes I agree too. I have an egg on toast most mornings for
breakfast and it keeps me full till lunch.
They're wonderful :-)
LUPILIZZY
I agree! Poached egg on toast for me in the morning works for
me (1 min in the microwave with pricked yolk).
RACHAEL REYNOLDS
umm scrambled eggs on bagel, wish I had had that instead of
my cornflakes now!
LOU
Mmm I love poached eggs but haven't managed to perfect my
cooking of them though :- Wish I had time to have eggs before
coming in to work but as it is I have to eat a mobile brekkie
when I've arrived! Will just have to test it on weekends I
guess.
FRUITYLOOPS
One of my regular breakfasts is egg with a bit of low cal
mayonnaise on oatcakes. A winner all round! Go to work on an
egg, and all that!
WJD
Chocolate sin - yummy
We all like chocolate and I would
expect 75% of us just occasionally have to give in to temptation
and have that bar, either to reward ourselves or part of our
"calorie controlled diet" - lol
What do you like and how many
calories does it have as it may make us try something less
calorie hungry!
To kick off I like the odd Twirl - 231 cals the
whole bar
HAPPYHATTER
Well I've not had chocolate for well over a month or so, but
my favourite Fry's pepermint creams and is 216 cals, if I decide
to have a treat one day at the weekend.
HELEN9265
Hadn’t even thought I could have my favourite... Fry's
turkish delight. Lovely. Just looked it up and its only 96.5
cals.
Any excuse x
SASSYSHARON
Chocolates from The Chocolate Tasting Club! Think I may have
a couple or 3 now!
LADYV18
Praline Flake for me - 203 calories of pure delight!
TUCANKAZ
Cadbury's Bournville. The 45 g bar is 225 calories but 2
squares at 75 cals is pretty satisfying.
ANTAN
.... it has to be either Cadburys Dairy Milk chunky, straight
from the fridge so it's crips and cold and melts on my tongue
(Oh lordy! I'm drooling now!!) or Green & Blacks... either 70%
cocoa or the Mayo Gold one or the White Choloate one. But I'm
also very partial to Thorntons Continentals.... I could go on
forever!!!
JEWELS
Green Blacks with ginger. Yummy! Whole bar is pretty scary
but one line is around 50 cals I think.
SEXYSUZIE
I've been eating kit kat dark - 2 finger ones are 105 cals
I
also like green and black cocoa coated almonds - 20g is 110 cals
- and you get the good fats from the nuts
Now I want chocolate!
AVDH
Ainsley Harriott Heaven Bar (147 cals) yummy!!
KERRILOU
curly wurly
chocolatey and chewy
DAYBLUE
Unfortunately I'm a kitkat chunky person. Something to do
with being able to eat all the chocolate off around the wafer
and then chomp the wafer. They are about 280 cals
VILLINGWORTH
Kinder Bueno 245cals!!!
CLAIRENEWBY
Curly wurlys!!! 117 calories I think, I love them.
RUMPHALINA
Fudge bar..
Curly Wurly (mmmm)..
Crunchie
Or I buy swiss dark
chocolate discs from M&S one disc is about 30 cals and great to
to take the edge of that chocolate cravings!!
LIGHTERPLEASE
Freddos!!!
Can't beat them for gorgeous chocolate, enough to
satisfy and 110 cals!
WHISKAS
I am currently having a square of Lindt Dark Chocolate, about
an inch and a quarter square and only 50 calories. And dark
chocolate is supposed to be good for you too, If I'm feeling
naughty tho I'll have a packet of minstrels which is about 200
calories, or a fudge bar which is 114 calories.
FRUITYLOOPS
A small bar of Cadburys Dairy Milk which is about 255 cals -
yummy!
Mind you, I've just had a Quality Street (hazelnut whirl)
which was lovely and only about 40 cals - and I don't really
want another one either!
SARAHWOO
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