Losing Weight Costs $$$ !!!
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| Sat, 05-29-2004 - 9:54pm |
I'll start by answering my own questions: I love to grocery shop, especially by myself. I can get it done faster, but have more time to choose, select, think without the distractions of my boyfriend. What an A$$PAIN he is to shop with. When I did Atkin's full-on, by-the-book, it seemed like I spent alot more on groceries and found myself making more trips for little crap that I ran out of. I feel it can be a bit more expensive in some ways to eat healthy, especially produce, because it's glacial in NH 9 months out of the year and the only thing that grow here are pine trees and cows. I know frozen entrees and highly procesde foods can get expensive, because you have to pay for the extra packaging, so on and so forth. I think some prices are higher for things regionally, so fill me in if this is the case. I would be interested in everyone's thoughts and what you shop for and your ideas.
***What $127.87 Got Me at the Store***
(This is for 2 adults, and generally lasts us two-three weeks, and we usually get more produce/fruit in between trips. Anything with an * next to it is an new or unusual item that I picked up just 'because'.)
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Joseph's Low-Carb Pita Bread
1 lb. Starbucks French Roast - Whole Bean
1 gallon Arizona Diet Green tea w/Ginseng * (Kyle is SO spoiled)
Whole Grain Low Carb Bread
Diet Lemon Tea Mix
ChiChi's Hot Salsa *
12-pack Diet Cherry Coke (SPOILED, I tell you !)
Fat Free Cool Whip (my personal crack cocaine)
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Bag of frozen berries
2 boxes of Jell-O Fat Free Sugar Free Pudding, Chocolate (DUH)
Cracker Barrel Sharp Cheddar (brick/log/whatever)
5 boxes of Lean Pockets (for Mr. Lazy)
1/2 gallon of Land O'Lakes Fat Free Half n' Half
2 bottles of Fat Free Cranberry Balsalmic Vinagrette (LINDA! Hurry up and buy some before Kyle gets it all!)
Potato Bread
Two 2 liters of Schwepps Diet Ginger Ale
Skippy SuperChunk PB
Big-A$$ bag of Splenda
Two 32oz. tubs of Stonyfield Fat Free Plain Yogurt (for all those beries and Splenda)
2 cans of tuna
Chicken boobs, boneless, skinless
Boneless pork loin chops
Low Carb Tortilla Wraps
Whole Almonds (bulk)
Head of Broccoli
2 bags celery hearts
Romaine Hearts
Mixed Field Greens (Lawn clippings/weeds)
English Cucumber
Rainbow pack of peppers (red, orange,yellow)
Pack of Cilantro
Two Salmon steaks
One Tuna steak
One 16 oz cup of coffee for my little adventure
God love you if you made it to the bottom here!
Amy

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Hugs, Brenda
Thanks Amy!
i am not sure what i get on a normal basis buut this weeks list is going to be:
turkey
dark wheat bread
cottage cheese
nanners
strawberries
soy milk
carrots
and who knows...i need to budget and go thru coupons for this.
grapefruit
apples
green grapes
ff salad dressing
Low Sodium tunafish
fresh vegetables
Healthy Choices/Lean Cusines (whatever's on sale or I have a cupon for).
Soy Milk
FF Saltines
Reduced fat Peaunut Butter
Special K
eggs or egg beaters
Splenda
diet bread (only 40 calories a slice).
My bill comes to about 70-80 bucks. That's just for me!! My roomate is always working when I'm home bc she's a cop so. Plus, she's a damn 120 pound stick so she doesn't need any diet food. lol.
Amy
*~Dana~*
2% non hormone low fat milk
Shredded Cheese
1/2 n 1/2
TJ Bay Blend Coffee
Eggs (no hormone)
Lemon Curd
English Muffins
Frozen Tri Colored Bell Peppers
Petite Frozen Corn
Extra Lean Ham Burger
Butter
Romaine Salad
Yogurt (Low Fat)
Creamed Honey
Sour Cream
Petite French Green Beans
Baguette
Organic Strawberries
Bananas
Salami
Turkey Lunch Meat
Snap Peas
Chicken Pot Stickers
Vegetarian Chickenless Buffalo Wings
Vine Ripened Tomatoes
Avacado
Creamy Organic Tomatoe Soup
Hansens Diet Lime Soda
Oatmeal
Croutons
10 Grain Bread
Brie Cheese
and from Albertsons, i bought salt and vinegar chips cuz it is that time of the MONTH, tamale husks (because I am going to make tamales, as I am a latina!), egg roll wraps for the chinese meal we will have this week, and chilis to put into my home made salsa...
Wheeewwww! No wonder things are how they are when I look at that list! dede
" The heavens parted, and light shone down on Aisle 1"
I dare not say how much money we blew in there....And the NUT section!! WTF is up with THAT?? It was the Wall O' Nuts! And the prices were not that bad!
BTW - I burst out laughing at your list - not because there is aything wrong with it...it just reads like this...
Healthy stuff
Healthy stuff
Hormone free stuff
Healthy stuff
Vegetarian stuff
SALAMI
Healthy stuff
Hormone free stuff....
Can you see why I cracked up ?
Amy
FF Milk
FF Yogurt
Cheese
Butter
Eggs
OJ
Brown Rice
WW Bread
Oats
Kashi
Almonds (roasted)
Knorr cubes
Green Tea
Instand de-caf Coffee
Davinci's SF syrup
Diet Pepsi
Frozen Spinach
Bags of frozen Veggie mixes
4 bags of Salat mix
Cucumbers
green and red Peppers
fresh green beans
Green onion
Yellow Onion
Mushrooms
Raspberries (on sale for 99c/6oz)
Blueberries
Watermellon
Ground Turkey
Trout
Shrimp (frozen)
Chicken Breast
Steaks
Turkey Bacon
Tuna (12 cans for the cats - they have us trained)
Mayo
Ken's dressing
That was this weeks list.
Tina
Tina
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