Healthy Eating Essentials

When trying to lose weight you have to be sure that you are buying the RIGHT foods. And NO that does NOT mean 100 calorie packs, diet pop, 0 fat yogurt, and cartons of egg whites. 

You need to load your grocery cart with a rainbow of fresh produce, choose quality protein, whole eggs and full fat dairy. You need to choose WHOLE FOODS in their NATURAL FORMS.

If you are struggling trying to figure out just what you should be buying please check out this list I have of what my regular essentials are for eating healthy. When you buy the right foods it makes it easy to stay on track with your eating because the fake foods and snack foods just aren't there to tempt and taunt you.

This is pretty much my basic list. Depending on what is on sale and my meal plan I may swap things in or out. In the summer we have more berries. But in general all these things can make a very wide variety of meals to keep everyone happy and healthy.

Weekly
-greens mix or spinach
-broccoli
-carrots
-avocado
-sweet potato
-turnip
-butternut squash
-red and green peppers
-garlic
-onion
-mushrooms
-green onion
-green apples
-pineapple
-bananas
-lemons
-frozen fruit (for smoothies)

-passata (strained tomatoes)
-happy planet juice (best juice ever!)
-mineral water (I like to mix it with the juice for a treat and to help in juice moderation)

-eggs
-Balkan or Greek yogurt (plain)
-3% milk
-cream
-coconut milk
-almond milk (regular and chocolate)

-ground pork
-chicken legs
-chicken breast
-pork chops or pork loin
-bacon
-lean ground beef
-bison sausages

-sprouted grain bread (silver hills bakery)
-square organic wraps
-flat buns

Monthly
-honey
-coconut oil
-olive oil
-maple syrup
-coconut sugar
-oats
-alternative flours (arrowroot, almond, coconut)
-bag of rice (basmati)
-frozen peas
-frozen corn
-dates
-shredded coconut
-raisins
-nuts


What you will rarely see in my grocery cart are processed foods. I rarely purchase packaged soups, boxed and frozen foods. If it is a convenience food it is usually laden with preservatives, additives, and a whole bunch of other things that just aren't good for you.

Of course there are a few things that I do buy that aren't 100% clean and don't 100% fall into the whole and unprocessed guidelines but 80% of the time what I eat is whole and pure. Get into the kitchen and get making your food from scratch. I can't stress enough the importance of that.

Hope you can use a bit of this list to get on your way to eating healthier, losing weight, living better and Rocking Your Life :)