HELP...in the supermarket now l, what foods should I buy to help me loose weight?

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So Im sat in the ASDA cafe. I want to fill my fridge with hoid healthy foids gor yhe start of next week...I need to loose 2 stone. What should I buy for breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Fruit, veg, soup, lean meat, eggs, fish.

Little tomatoes for when the snack attacks hit.

Don't buy anything that doesn't look like it started out. So fresh fruit, veg, fish that hasn't been breaded meat that's meat, not sausages or salami etc.

Buy anything you like, No food should be off limits as that is what makes a 'diet' hard to stick to and weight loss slow and de-motivating.
You would do best to plan your meals for the week and then shop according to the foods required.

Oh and never start a healthy eating plan or diet on a Monday as statistically, days 5-7 are when most people fall down so if you start on a Monday, those days are the weekend when temptation is greatest. Better to start on a Wednesday or Thursday so you are still enthusiastic at sticking to your plans over the weekend

And eggs, not egg custard tarts.

(My own personal vice, other cakes are available.)

Veg omelettes for breakfast, soups for lunch and chicken, turkey or fish for dinner with quinoa or baked sweet potato and veg/salad or stir fry for dinner.

Oats for breakfast
All the veggies
Wholegrains/beans/pulses

You need to be better prepared.

Basically lots of veg and almost as much fruit, whole carbs (not white ones), lean meat/fish/poultry protein if you're omni, most veggie protein is low-cal anyway, minimal healthy fats, low fat calcium rich foods, herbs & spices, soy sauce, passata, tinned tomatoes. Off top of my head.

What kind of thing do you normally like to eat?

A very few low cal treats (if you deprive yourself altogether you'll get bored & frustrated and crave them anyway, better to be prepared rather than get caught out), eg small packs of baked 'crisps' type snacks eg wotsits, quavers, Frazzles type things for savoury. Curly wurlys, milky ways, 'fun' size choc, boiled sweets if you can be well disciplined to just have a couple, mini cake slices. But preferably instead of crisps have crudités with a little low fat dip or tossed in seasoning (I like carrot batons for this) instead of sweet treats have fruit, frozen grapes or bananas are lush. Or low fat plain yogurt with a little fruit added.

Drinks - diet are one option, sweeteners for hot drinks, low fat hot choc can take edge off choc cravings, squash or cordial, flavoured or plain water - I prefer sparkling as it's refreshing and had a slight tang. You could even add a 'twist' of either jif lemon/plj or fresh lemon/lime. I also have one of those water bottles with a segment you put fruit in to flavour the water - frozen berries work well in it.

Thirst is often mistaken for hunger - apart from meal times if you're hungry first have a drink wait 10 mins and then see if you were really hungry or actually thirsty/bored.

Good luck

Wholewheat pasta, brown rice.
Plenty of veg & fruit.
Eggs
Tuna, salmon, white fish, lean meat (chicken, turkey etc).
Lentils are good for bulking out.
Stir fry veg?

What sort of food do you normally eat/enjoy?

Buy as little processed food as poss. Time to start cooking from scratch (by which I don't mean "hand finished" ).

I've done this and lost a stone in a couple of months.

Good luck!

Blobby, That is dangerous and ill-thought-out advice to buy "anything she likes."
I know where you've got that idea, and statistically it is correct to say that fad diets cutting out food groups is counter-productive, but it's "buying what she likes" that has presumably contributed towards the weight-gain in the first place.
OP, I think that, to lose as much as 2stone, you need guidance. I've just lost 3 and 1/4 stone with WW, and know people who claim similar success with Slimming World. I preferred WW because it is really about eating healthily across the board, so nothing is ruled out, but you just need to regulate and moderate the fat/sugar elements. Slow and sure weight loss over a period of time is the best way. Frustrating, I know, when you just want the flab GONE, but a crash diet will only result in it all going straight back on once you've "finished."

As well as being more prepared when you go shopping, you also need to be prepared day to day, so you don't get to the stage where you need to eat now and then can't be arsed thinking about what to eat and then cooking it. Because that's when you tend to eat the first thing you can find, or go out for fast food etc.

Batch cook healthy foods for the freezer, or keep a list of healthy quick low effort meals such as stir fries or fish and veg baked in the oven and always think a few meals ahead, so you know what you are having, have the ingredients and time to prepare it.

2 pieces of fruit per day, popcorn you can pop at home (plain not flavoured) for snacks. Also nuts.

Chicken breast and fish for dinners
Lots of Veges to go with them

Eggs mushrooms spinach tomatoes for breakfast. Oats for other days.

Herbal tea.

Good luck!

Actually, first step on the diet path is to get out of the Asda cafe!!

You need to do a bit more planning before you get to the supermarket!

I'm trying to meal plan/online shop for starting off being a bit healthier too. Hope to lose about half a stone. I'm veggie, so my biggest thing I think is going to be to reduce the amount of cheese I buy.

So far I'm thinking -

making a batch of hoummus to take to work with carrot and celery sticks

oats, natural yoghurt and fruit for breakfast

normal dinners - so curry, chili etc, but without the rice/potatoes that we might normally have

sweet potatoes for baking / soup

eggs to make fritattas (sp?)

I do like something sweet after dinner, so I'm thinking of getting some dark chocolate, breaking it into squares and freezing, so I can just take one square out after dinner. Also maybe some low cal jellies.

Oh and Nakd bars - lots of them!

First off, well done for saying out loud you want to lose weight.
Secondly, like RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie said, menu planning is definitely a good practice. If you literally plan out each meal for the week and which snacks, them only buy according to that list, you reduce your items in stock that you might overeat on. So for example, if you're going to snack on almonds rather than crisps, almonds will be your only choice if you don't have the other in. I would say to buy more healthily and have a couple of occasions a week where you can have a treat is better than a punishing list of starve yourself foods.
Simple fact is, if you want to lose weight, you need to eat less calories. I've never bought into weight watchers or anything, but used their points system on foods. It means you can fill up on most vegetables that have no points but not feel guilty.
Wishing you all the best. You go girl!

I did ww, it simplifies the cals for easy calculation (especially useful when out and about) and you learn which foods are high in cals and which low really quickly in an easy memorable way.

I had a pretty good idea on which foods were most calorific but a few surprised me.

Slimming clubs also provide emotional/moral support, motivation, incentives, allow you to explore why you overeat.

There's also recipes and ideas you wouldn't necessarily think of yourself.

There are also products available at ww meetings (I'm guessing same with other slimming clubs) I wasn't keen on the snacks but I found some of the cooking sauces, recipe cards/books useful.

Too late now but... if you are planning to change how you eat for good ie not just a temporary diet, you need to plan and prepare in advance.

So read about different ways of eating, decide what your “rules” are going to be (low carb etc), draw up a meal plan that fits within those rules, then create a shopping list that fits your meal plan.

At the same time, before you even think about shopping, clear your cupboards / fridge / freezer of everything that doesn’t fit yr guidelines. think about how you are going to handle family members eating food that you will not be: will you be able to have them in the house? Think about how you will handle changes in your schedule, or what to eat if your in a rush. If you are an evening snacker, and that’s not in your plan, think about what you will do to avoid this - starting a new hobby, going to bed early, whatever. Do you have time to cook from scratch? If not, you’ll need to plan how to create that time. Good food often costs more - are you prepared to spend a bit more on food shopping, and are you able to shop more often if you are planning to eat lots of veg and salad?

The planning and prep part of changing how you eat takes time and effort. But it’s the only way to make thing stick. It really makes you focus on the potential tripwires - you might love the food you eat but if it’s too expensive, too time consuming to prepare, doesn’t satisfy your evening boredom snacking, etc it’s not going t stuck for the long term.

Eating is habit: you want to change your habits, the things you do every day. The food you buy is only a small part of that, and tbh it’s pretty straightforward what the main ingredients of a healthy diet are: as pp says lean protein, lots of vegetables and salad, some fruit, some fat and dairy and nothing processed / sugar / cheap carbs.

But if your life is structured around eating ready meals, takeaways, sandwiches, evening snacks, having to fit in with family members, etc - it’s the habits that have to change as much as the actual food you buy.