Quick question!

[Morox]

What are some important foods I can go out and buy. I looked at that list in the sticky and never even heard of some of it. I am about to go out and buy some stuff. Enough stuff (at a low expense) to make myself around 6 small meals a day. Please give me some ideas. Thanks!

 

[GFR]

sweet potato's, Yams, Oats, brown rice
eggs, chicken breast, Lean ground beef
milk, cottage cheese, fresh fruit and vegetables

 

[Morox]

Thank you, thank you. Any kind of meat, fruits or vegetables I should stay away from? And what exactly should I be looking for on Nutritional Facts.

 

[GFR]

Thank you, thank you. Any kind of meat, fruits or vegetables I should stay away from? And what exactly should I be looking for on Nutritional Facts.

Just make sure the meats are lean..............no bacon!
Veggies are all good......green is best

 

[Skate67]

This is Jodi's shopping list of healthy things

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14596

It's perfect! Except the damn "diet soda" ... Imo pop is garbage period.

 

[Emma-Leigh]

What are some important foods I can go out and buy. I looked at that list in the sticky and never even heard of some of it. I am about to go out and buy some stuff. Enough stuff (at a low expense) to make myself around 6 small meals a day. Please give me some ideas. Thanks!

Cheapo stuff that is easy to get your hands on:
Carbs:
Whole grains/rice - Oats (rolled or whole), pearl barley, brown rice
Legumes - Lentils, chick-peas, kidney beans
Starchy vegetables - sweet potato or taro
Fruit - apples, strawberries, banana's
Skim dairy - skim milk, ff/sf yoghurt

Protein:
Canned fish - tuna, salmon
Chicken breast (no skin)
Eggs
Turkey breast (no skin)
1% cottage cheese

Fats:
Peanut butter
Olive oil
Walnuts

Essentials:
Vegetables - x LOTS!


General rules:
1. Stay away from most pre-packaged stuff, especially anything that has lots of different ingredients with numbers of more than 12 letters in the name.
2. Stay away from anything with high fructose corn syrup or fractionated/hydrolysed fat in the ingredients
3. Stay away from fatty meals and full fat dairy (eg: burger meat, bacon, cream etc)
4. All fresh fruit is good fruit (regardless of what people say)
5. All vegetables are good vegetables and can/should be eaten in super-sized portions (exceptions are corn, peas and starchy vegetables such as potato)


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