Inside the Grocery Cart PART 2: The Food That Has Helped Me Lose Over 100 pounds!

It’s baccckk! Inside The Grocery Cart: Part 2!

There are 2 questions that people ask me regularly: "What did you eat to lose weight?" and "What type of work out's do you do to lose weight”? It took a lot of trial and error and research to plan and execute my lifestyle change. Today I am sharing some of products I buy to keep myself healthy and the weight continually dropping. Now, the diet to prep for a show is different. This is what I do to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Please feel free after viewing the pictures and taking a look at the products to modify all of the different meals to your liking. After all, this is YOUR life, so you have to make it WORK for you. This should not be a diet fad for the next few months.

My Grocery Cart this week was a little smaller: 

-Chicken breasts

-Red potatoes

-Muscle Milk Light (Vanilla)

-Regular Skim Milk

-Fat & Sugar Free Pudding

-Eggs

-Vita Water 0 and Skinny Water

-Honey Light Whole Wheat Bread

-2% shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese

-MorningStar Vegetarian Buffalo Nuggets

-Fresh broccoli and baby carrots

-Fat Free whip cream

-Original Hummus

-Yoplait Light Yogurt

*My Secret Weapon*

 -- 2 cups of fresh broccoli with a “handful” of carrots and 2 tablespoons of Hummus --

Approx calories- 100*

I am so glad I now eat this twice a day! It has really helped suppress my appetite, give me energy, and keep me focused at a long day of work. I can’t rave enough about raw vegetables. They has truly helped my weight loss this year!

*I do not count eating raw vegetables as part of my daily caloric intake.

-- Top Sirloin Stir Fry --

(Sometimes you do not always want chicken!)

(1 ½ baby red potato, broccoli, carrots, with 4 oz’s of meat)

 *Cook in Light Olive Oil, water, and add ¼ cup low sodium Teriyaki sauce for flavor)

Approx Calories:  460

-- Baked Chicken Stir Fry --

(1 ½ baby red potato, broccoli, carrots, with 1 chicken breast)

 *Cook in Light Olive Oil, water, and add ¼ cup low sodium Teriyaki sauce for flavor)

Approx Calories: 350

-- Veggie Pasta Salad --

Vegetable spirals, 2% Parmesan cheese, salad seasoning, fat free Italian dressing, and peas

Approx Calories for 2 cups: 230

I can’t be without pasta. I love it! But I try to keep it as healthy as possible. This is great to eat pre work out or have a small portion for a side. Other things you could do are: add shredded tuna (which I do not eat) or chicken for protein or add more vegetable such as onions (yuck!).

*My favorite dessert*

-- Instant Sugar/Fat Free Pudding with 2 tablespoons of fat-free whip cream --

Make with fat free Skim milk*

Calories:  90 per serving

*If you’re like me and love Almond milk, do not use it to make pudding, I tried and it never progressed past a liquid state.

I love to have this as my dessert to satisfy my sweet craving. Who knew fat and sugar free could be so delicious, but it is! The portion size is nice too!

-- 3 Egg Whites with two pieces of cheese toast --
(Carbs, protein, and fiber – perfect to get your day started)

I hard boil all of my eggs for the week, put them in a container and refrigerate, then peel the shell when I am ready to eat, slice them in half and get the yolk out. I use Honey Light Wheat Bread, fat free butter spray, and ½ cup of 2% shredded cheese*.

Calories: 300

*I love cheese and try to incorporate it in my diet as much as possible. If you choose not to have cheese on your toast your total caloric take would only be 160. WOW!

-- Muscle Milk Light with two pieces of cheese toast --

(Carbs, protein, and fiber – perfect to get your day started)

I use Honey Light Wheat Bread, fat free butter spray, and ½ cup of 2% shredded cheese*.

Calories: 310

*I love cheese and try to incorporate it in my diet as much as possible. If you choose not to have cheese on your toast your total caloric take would only be 170.

-- 1 oz. (17) Pretzels and Muscle Milk Light --

Calories: 210

-- ½ cup of cup of low sodium and fat cottage cheese and 1 Yoplait Yogurt Light* --

Calories: 200

*This may sound gross – but I like to mix them together -- don't knock it til ya try it!. This is very filling.

Stay tuned for part 3 and if you would like to see EVEN MORE ideas check out part 1:

Inside The Grocery Cart: The Food That Helped Me Lose Weight