10 Grocery Store Tips for Eliminating Weight

What you buy at the grocery store can really impact your nutritional status. The supermarket can be a tricky place and every product is trying to draw your attention to buy it.

Here are some tips you can follow the next time you go to your local grocery store:

1) Don’t go to the grocery store hungry. When you decide to go to the store don’t wait until you are hungry and there is nothing left in your cupboards. If you approach the store hungry you are more likely to buy things you didn’t anticipate and most likely not the healthiest options.

2) Make a list before you go. Once you get to the store have your list ready to make the trip a quick one and you will be less likely to buy foods that are tempting.

3) Once you are in the store shop the outside corridor of the store. On the outside edges are all the produce, dairy, and less processed foods. Shop the inside aisles last after your shopping cart is full.

4) Read the labels. The first place to pay attention to on the label is the serving size followed by the calories. The size of the package is not always intended to be one serving, which can be misleading. Focus next on the composition of the calories and try to get the calories to come from mainly complex carbohydrates, protein, and unsaturated fats.

5) Focus on getting plenty of fruits and vegetables. You can go wrong with fruits and vegetables. Don’t skip the opportunity to pick out some fresh fruits and vegetables to have for snacks or meals.

6) Buy whole grains. There are several products at the grocery store that contain whole grains but that does not mean they are completely whole grain. The first ingredient listed on the label should be whole wheat or whole grain if the product is truly whole grain. Also you can look at the fiber content on the Nutrition Facts Label and if the fiber content is three or higher this food has a significant amount of fiber.

7) Pick-up healthy snacks. Some healthy options are yogurt, string cheese, light popcorn, hummus, reduced fat cottage cheese, veggie burgers, and all natural peanut butter.

8) Choose reduced fat and fat-free dairy products. In the dairy section look for foods that are low in fat, especially saturated fat and low in any added sugars.

9) Look for smaller package items of the tempting foods. Portions have grown, but now you can find foods that come in individually wrapped servings so you can enjoy your treat foods without having the whole bag to tempt you. Some of these smaller packaged foods come in 100-calorie snack servings.

10) Remember to buy non-caloric beverages. Juices tend to have added sugar so buy 100% juice or the reduced sugar versions and for non-caloric beverages watch for sodium, sugar, and caffeine content and limit the intake of those drinks that contain any of these ingredients.

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