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WW girls...what does your typical food shopping list look like?

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WW girls...what does your typical food shopping list look like?

I started WW this week and am going to go food shopping this weekend. I need to learn how to shop for more healthy food.

If you're on WW, what do you definetely buy ever week? What are the must haves for snacks, fruits, veggies, meals, etc? I am still learning the points for various foods and need some ideas.

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Posted 8/22/08 8:38 PM
 
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Re: WW girls...what does your typical food shopping list look like?

This is a great comprehensive shopping list from Hungry Girl. I obviously don't buy all of this every week but there are some great ideas here:

Hungry Girl's June 2008 Supermarket List


Dairy, Dairy Alternatives and Eggs

Fat-free cheeses
Kraft Fat Free Cheeses (slices and shreds)
Lifetime Fat Free Cheeses (shreds and blocks)
Fat-free cottage cheese
Fat-free ricotta cheese
Fat-free cream cheese

Low-fat cheeses
The Laughing Cow Light Cheese Wedges (and Light Gourmet Cheese
Bites!)
Galaxy Veggie Slices & Shreds (soy-based cheeses)
Light string cheese
Weight Watchers reduced-fat cheeses (pre-portioned shreds, snacks and
more!), Sargento Reduced Fat cheeses
Reduced-fat parmesan-style grated topping (usually found in the pasta
aisle)

Fat-free liquid egg substitute
Egg Beaters, Better'n Eggs, Nulaid ReddiEgg

Fat-free or low-fat yogurt
Yoplait Light, Dannon Light & Fit, Weight Watchers, Yoplait Fiber One
Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt, Fage Total 2% Greek Yogurt with Fruit

Fat-free yogurt smoothies
Dannon Light & Fit, Weight Watchers

Light soymilk and non-dairy beverages
8th Continent Light Vanilla Soymilk, Silk Light Vanilla Soymilk
(refrigerated)
Almond Breeze in Unsweetened Vanilla, Unsweetened Original and
Unsweetened Chocolate (located with the non-refrigerated soymilks)

Assorted low-calorie condiments
Fat Free Reddi-wip
Cool Whip Free (in the freezer aisle)
Coffee-mate Original Fat Free liquid creamer
Coffee-mate Fat Free or Sugar Free French Vanilla powdered creamer
Fat-free half & half
Fat-free sour cream
Fat-free mayonnaise



Cereal

Puffed stuff
Puffed wheat, puffed rice, puffed corn, shredded wheat
Kashi 7 Whole Grain Puffs

Cold cereals
Fiber One Bran Cereal (original)
Kashi Vive
Barbara's Bakery Puffins
Special K Cinnamon Pecan
Kix

Hot cereals
Quaker Instant Oatmeal packets
Quaker Simple Harvest Instant Multigrain Hot Cereal



Meat & Seafood

Deli-style slices
Nearly fat-free turkey slices (5% fat or less)
Applegate Farms sliced ham (or lean ham from the deli counter)

Lean, skinless, boneless chicken breast
Tyson Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, Perdue Fit & Easy Boneless
Skinless Chicken Breasts

Extra-lean ground turkey breast
Jennie-O Extra Lean Ground Turkey Breast, Butterball Extra Lean Ground
Turkey Breast

Fat-free (or nearly fat-free) hot dogs
Hebrew National 97% Fat Free Beef Franks, Yves Meatless Hot Dogs or
Tofu Dogs, Ball Park Fat Free Franks or Bun Size Smoked White
Turkey Franks, Hoffy Extra Lean Beef Franks

Seafood
Canned/pouched tuna in water
Canned/pouched salmon in water
Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Albacore Steak Entrées
Real or imitation crabmeat
Frozen or fresh shrimp and scallops
Frozen or fresh fish filets (tilapia, tuna, and orange roughy are awesome!)

Assorted meaty extras
Hormel Turkey Pepperoni or Yves Meatless Pepperoni
Jennie-O Lean Turkey Burger Patties
Jennie-O Extra Lean Turkey Bacon



Veggies

Giant romaine lettuce leaves and cabbage (great for wraps!)
Salad greens
Frozen veggies (steamable ones!)
Butternut squash (for HG's special fries)
Onions (for our ROCKIN' onion rings)
Baby carrots
Pickles
Jicama (the vegetable that tastes like an apple!)
Spaghetti squash
Red bell peppers (cut into strips for a crunchy snack!)
Cucumbers AND celery (we love 'em both!)
More fresh vegetables (your choice)



Fruit

Fresh fruit (we love red seedless grapes, Fuji apples, pears, clementines,
melons, cherries, apricots, and Ruby Red grapefruit!)
Canned fruit in juice or water (like pineapple, mandarin oranges,
peaches, etc.)
Frozen fruit with no added sugar (strawberries, mixed berries, peach
slices, mango chunks, etc.)
No-sugar-added applesauce (Mott's Healthy Harvest and Mott's Plus come
in a bunch of fruity flavors!)



Soups & Other Canned Goods

Low-calorie canned soups
Campbell's Soup at Hand, Campbell's Select Gold Label Soups, Progresso
99% Fat Free Soups, Progresso Light Soups (60 calories and 0
POINTS® value per serving -- endorsed by Weight Watchers!), Amy's
Light in Sodium Organic Soups (especially the Chunky Tomato Bisque!)

Broths
Fat-free chicken, beef, or vegetable broth (look for ones low in sodium)
Canned low-fat turkey or veggie chili
Hormel Chili in Turkey or Vegetarian, Health Valley Chilis

More guilt-free soups
Tabatchnick Soups (located in the freezer), Mishima instant soups (the
Miso and Edamame ones are the best!)

More canned fun
Canned pure pumpkin (Libby's is the best!)
Canned hearts of palm
Canned sweet corn kernels (Green Giant's Mexicorn has peppers in it!)
Canned beans (S&W has some awesome varieties)
Canned tomato sauce (or low-calorie, low-fat jarred ones)
Canned crushed tomatoes (low in calories like sauce, but thicker!)



Packaged Snacks, Bars, Cookies, Crackers, Chips & Popcorn

Quaker Rice Snacks
Quaker Rice Cakes
Quaker Quakes Multigrain Minis
Quaker Mini Delights

Sugar-free or no-sugar-added pudding cups
Jell-O Sugar Free Pudding Snacks, Sugar Free Handi-Snacks, South
Beach Diet Pudding Cups (with fiber!), Hunt's No Sugar Added
Snack Packs
Kozy Shack No Sugar Added Rice Pudding and Tapioca Pudding

100-calorie-or-less snack packs and treats
Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs (any variety)
100 Calorie Right Bites and 100 Calorie Mini Bites (we love Fudge Shoppe
Grasshopper and Lay's Cracker Crisps)
Hostess 100 Calorie Packs
Special K Snack Bites
100-calorie packs of Blue Diamond Almonds
Hershey's, Reese's, and York 100 Calorie Bars
Entenmann's Little Bites 100 Calorie Packs
Weight Watchers Snack Cakes
VitaMuffins (freezer aisle!)

Bite-worthy bars
South Beach Living Snack Bar Delights
Fiber One Chewy Bars
Kashi GoLean Bars
Curves Bars
Quaker Sweet & Salty Crunch Granola Bars
Quaker Chewy 90 Calorie Granola Bars
Special K Cereal Bars and Bliss Bars

Low-fat chips
Guiltless Gourmet Potato Crisps and Tortilla Chips
Kettle Bakes Potato, Pretzel, and Pita Chips
Popchips
Baked! Lay's Potato Crisps

Soy crisps
Quaker, Genisoy, Glenny's

94% fat-free mini microwave popcorn bags
Jolly Time Healthy Pop Mini Bags, Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop! Mini
Bags, Pop Secret 94% Fat Free Snack Size

Freeze-dried fruit
Gerber Mini Fruits, Just Tomatoes, Trader Joe's, Sensible Foods Crunch
Dried Snacks, Funky Monkey, Cereal Toppers

Assorted guilt-free snack foods
Gerber Fruit Puffs and Veggie Puffs
Everybody's Nuts! California Pistachios
Sunkist Almond Accents
Jell-O Sugar Free Gelatin Snacks
Krinkle Sticks



Breads

Light english muffins
Weight Watchers, Thomas' Light Multi Grain or 100 Calorie Original,
Western Bagel Alternative

Low-fat flour tortillas (with around 110 calories each and high in fiber)
La Tortilla Factory Whole Wheat Low-Carb/Low-Fat Tortillas (sometimes
labeled Smart & Delicious Low Carb High Fiber), Mission Carb Balance
(Soft Taco Size), Tumaro’s 8” Low in Carbs or Healthy Flour Tortillas

Light bread (low in calories and high in fiber)
Wonder Light, Weight Watchers, Nature's Own Light, Nature's Own Double
Fiber, Arnold's Bakery Light, Pepperidge Farm (Light Style, Very Thin,
Classic Whole Grain), Sara Lee Delightful Bread, Fiber One breads

Light buns
Wonder Light Hamburger and Hot Dog Buns, Nature's Own Double Fiber
Buns, Pepperidge Farm Classic Whole Grain White Hamburger Buns
and Hot Dog Buns

Low-calorie bagels
Western Bagel Alternative, Weight Watchers, Kim's Light Bagels

High-fiber pita bread
Western Bagel Alternative, Weight Watchers



Ice Cream & Frozen Novelties

Fat-free or low-fat ice cream
Dreyer's/Edy's Slow Churned Light Ice Creams, Dreyer's/Edy's Loaded,
Breyers Double Churn FREE

Low-fat ice cream sandwiches
The Skinny Cow, Weight Watchers, Klondike Slim-a-Bear 100 Calorie
Sandwiches

Bars and more
The Skinny Cow Bars (especially the Skinny Dippers!)
Weight Watchers GIANT Ice Cream Bars (Sorbet, Cookies & Cream,
Chocolate Cookies & Cream, Latté and more)
Fudge bars (like Weight Watchers GIANT, Healthy
Choice Premium, and No Sugar Added Fudgsicles)
Sugar Free Popsicles
Fruit bars (like Blue Bunny FrozFruit, Fruitfull Juice Bars, and
Dreyer's/Edy's No Sugar Added Fruit Bars)
Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Bars (look for the ones with "Lites" in the title)
Starbucks Frappuccino Bars
Weight Watchers pre-portioned ice cream cups
Weight Watchers Fruit Sherbet and Ice Cream Bars



Sauces, Dressings & Spreads

Low-calorie salad dressings
Girard's Fat Free Dressings, Wish-Bone Bountifuls, Kraft Free Italian Fat
Free Dressing, Hidden Valley The Original Ranch Fat Free, Wish-Bone
Light salad dressings, Newman's Lightened Up Salad Dressings,
Litehouse Vinaigrettes (check labels for the low-cal ones)

Spray dressings
Wish-Bone Salad Spritzers, Ken's Steak House Lite Accents, Newman's
Own Natural Salad Mist

Light buttery spread or light whipped butter
Brummel & Brown, Land O'Lakes Whipped Light Butter, Smart Balance
37% Light Buttery Spread

Sugar-free maple syrup
Cary's Sugar Free, Mrs. Butterworth’s Sugar Free, Log Cabin Sugar Free,
Joseph’s Sugar Free

Guilt-free extras
Salsa
Smucker's Sugar Free Preserves
Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce
Hellmann's/Best Foods Dijonnaise
Ketchup (Heinz is the best, and Heinz Reduced Sugar is a super-low-cal
option!)
Mustard
Vivi's Original Sauce Carnival Mustards
Reduced sodium or light soy sauce
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Spray
KC Masterpiece Classic Blend BBQ Sauce (only 10 calories per serving!)



Frozen Foods & Meals

Veggie burgers
Boca Meatless Burgers (Original), Gardenburger Veggie Burgers,
Morningstar Farms Garden Veggie Patties, Dr. Praeger’s Veggie
Burgers (blot the oil!), Amy’s Veggie Burgers

Ground-beef-style soy crumbles
Boca Meatless Ground Burger, Morningstar Farms Meal Starters Grillers
Recipe Crumbles

Breaded-chicken-style soy patties
Boca Meatless Chik’n Patties Original, Morningstar Farms Chik Patties
Original

Guilt-free wraps, burritos, etc.
Boca Meatless Breakfast Wraps, Amy's Burritos, Cedarlane Low Fat Garden
Vegetable Enchiladas

Sassy sandwiches
Lean Cuisine Panini Sandwiches, Healthy Choice Panini Sandwiches
SoLean Breakfast English Muffin Sandwich
SoLean Cheeseburgers
Jimmy Dean D-Lights breakfast sandwiches
Lean Cuisine Flatbread Melts

HG pizza finds
Amy's Spinach Pizza in a Pocket Sandwich
South Beach Living Pizza
Amy's Cheese Pizza Toaster Pops
Lean Cuisine Brick Oven Style Pizzas
Kashi All Natural Frozen Pizzas

Entrees and more
Boca Meatless Lasagna
Boca Meatless Chili
Morningstar Farms Corn Dogs (meatless)
Amy's Mexican Tamale Pie
Kashi All Natural Entrees
Healthy Choice Café Steamers
Kellogg's Special K Original Waffles



Beverages

Diet soda
Coke Zero, Coke Cherry Zero, Sprite Zero, Diet Coke Plus, Diet Rite
Pure Zero, Fresca

Coffee and tea
Millstone Coffee, Dunkin' Donuts Coffee
Celestial Seasonings Tea, Stash Tea

Sugar-free powdered drink mixes
Crystal Light, Wyler’s Light, Disney Magic Selections, Lipton Iced Tea
To Go

Water and assorted guilt-free sips
SoBe Adrenaline Rush, Sugar Free
SoBe Lean
Swiss Miss Diet Hot Cocoa Mix (make sure to get the 25-calorie Diet one!)
Dasani Water, Aquafina Water
Hint Water, Metromint Water
Minute Maid Fruit Falls



Baking Goods, Spices, & More

Pantry staples
Whole-wheat flour
Rolled oats (regular, not instant)
Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Pillsbury Reduced Sugar Cake Mixes
Low-fat honey graham crackers
Better'n Peanut Butter (if your market doesn't have it, go for
reduced-fat PB)

No-calorie sweetener packets
Splenda, Sweet'N Low, Equal, stevia

Nonstick cooking spray
Pam No-Stick Cooking Spray, Pam Professional High Heat

Assorted spices, seasonings, etc.
Vanilla extract
Cinnamon
Pumpkin pie spice
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Dry seasoning mixes (taco, fajita, chili, etc.)

Low-calorie marinades
Mrs. Dash, Lawry's, Newman's Own

More must-haves
Splenda No Calorie Sweetener, granulated (comes loose in the box,
not in packets)
Splenda Flavors for Coffee
Mrs. Dash Seasoning Blends
Unsweetened cocoa powder
Torani Sugar Free Syrups
Sippah Milk Flavoring Straws
Instant coffee crystals



And Of Course...
House Foods Tofu Shirataki noodles (find 'em refrigerated, near the other
tofu products)

Posted 8/23/08 11:34 AM
 

klingklang77
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Re: WW girls...what does your typical food shopping list look like?

I am not on WW, but I do buy healthy foods. So these are things I buy every week:

Hommus (made with olive oil)
Fresh veggies for grilling or steaming
Fresh Fish
Wholemeal pitas and wraps
Yogurt (I get 93% fat free, b/c I like the flavour of one particular brand)
Bananas (to eat on its own or to make banana oat muffins)
Skim milk
Wholegrain bread
Almonds
Avocado

That is what I usually buy, sometimes I will get a few extra things.

Posted 8/24/08 11:05 AM
 
 

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