1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

[owlbaby]

Went grocery shopping tonight with my husband, bought the things i am supposed to eat but it was tough looking at all the stuff i love to eat, the different Breakfast cereals and goodies, fresh fruit, i almost said, "screw it, i cant do this", but i hung in there, came home and got on this site for strength. I'm hoping that by taking it one day at a time it gets easier. ok, ive vented.

[Laurenfra]

Re: 1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

I have to buy all that stuff at the store with 4 members of my house not eating low carb. I would follow the old ruel of not going hungry. Make sure DH knows what you should and should not buy or even make a list and send him

[loana]

Re: 1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

we can do it!!!! I went grocery shopping today too

[dotsamantha]

Re: 1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

OMG the first time I went grocery shopping during induction was during Easter time. PEEPS. CADBURY EGGS. I defeated them, but it was a fight to the finish.

[ValidRouge]

Re: 1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

Find recipes for food you can get EXCITED about. Use the recipes forums here. They are GREAT. Make a shopping list with the recipes so that while you are shopping the stuff on your 'legal' list will be much more exciting than boring old fruit loops!!

[loana]

Re: 1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

that's what I did today... baught a bunch of stuff for some salads

[dotsamantha]

Re: 1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

I thought it was interesting how little I ventured down th einner aisles.

[jimenitayo]

Re: 1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

check out this site, they have a miiiiiiiiiiiillion different ideas

http://www.carb-lite.au.com/

[choeve]

Re: 1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

I had the same type experience when I went to the grocery store night before last. All that stuff I used to eat. Luckily for me I had a list and very little money to vary from the list. I'm with you "One Day at a Time"

[Libbey77s]

Re: 1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

I have two kiddos at home - and my 2 yr old is a very picky eater (and has been in the 1% with his weight since I stopped nursing him at 9 months) needless to say, I have alot of high calorie "junk" type food for him to try to add extra calories to his diet. You should see all of the "little debbies" on our junk food shelve in the pantry. hehe

For me, especially since I am still cooking higher carb meals for my family - I try to fight my urges to "cheat" by making my meals a little special. I've started cooking with a little more spices and am trying new things (like veggies) I love portabella mushrooms topped with sauteed garlic, red peppers, and a few onion slices - all drizzled with a little olive oil vinigrette and topped with fresh spinach and melted cheese - YUMMY. I think sometimes my husband gets a little jealous of my "gourmet" dinners I also have a special shelf in my pantry that is ALL for me, and I try to keep it stocked with "legal" foods that I can have every once in awhile. I never thought that I would enjoy so many new tastes and textures - but when you start to eat healthier and are willing to try new things - you find that your tastes also start to change. (I recently had a meltdown moment over Easter and "cheated" and honestly, nothing that I had to eat (although they were foods that I had always loved before) tasted as good as I remember them once tasting. Just remember that the wrong foods are what got us here in the first place - and this is the last time that I am going to battle weightloss - I have too much else that I want to do with my life. "One day at a time" truly sums it up for me - hopefully as time goes by, I'll not only get to where I am going, but will have learned enough to stay there!!

[pladd04]

Re: 1st Grocery shopping trip since induction started, Lord Help Me

Owlbaby, YOU CAN DO IT! The first time I went shopping for my atkins food, it took my hours to read the back of all the packages. I too am one of those moms that has to go down ever isle of the store and shop for the rest of the family that eats Sooooo much junk. I try every night to get them to eat a little better then what they used to but it's so hard. I think the hardest part is while I'm cooking there HIGH carb dinners is not licking my fingers or testing it like I was so used to doing. I did a couple times not even thinking but we live and learn from our mistakes and there will be a few along the way. Just DON'T beat yourself up about it. It happens to the best of us. Jump right back on track and you'll be fine. Try to stay along the outside walls of the grocery store, thats where you'll find most of your legal foods. Good luck and welcome aboard.