Grocery List

My second post of the AM but it struck me last night I need input from other long termers.  I may X post on RNY board, too.

Give me a view of your grocery list - sometimes I get to the store and am bewildered by the choices.  Post your list of what you would buy if you were aiming for around 150 grams/protein/day and 1000 cals/day.  what would you eat/buy?

thanks!

Not necessarily a list but the approach of shopping the perimeter of the store works for me....produce, seafood & lean meats, eggs & dairy. Trying to avoid the ready made and meals in minutes sections (unless it's a rotisserie chicken).

I seem to buy LOTS of chicken and eggs. I swear we're going to sprout feathers soon. But it's versatile and everybody in the house will eat it without complaining (too much). Our loval produce market opened back up for the season this morning so I shop there as often as possible. He also sells fresh local seafood at a great price.

lots of fruits and veggies, chicken, salmon, shrimp, grass fed beef, pork tenderloin, eggs and egg beaters, reduced fat Swiss cheese, fat free cottage, cream and ricotta cheeses for my fat free cheesecakes, Paul Newman's light sesami ginger salad dressing, sandwich thins, yams, brown or basmati rice, quinoa pasta, multigrain tortilla chips, whole grain tortillas, nut chewy protein bars, plain Greek yogurt, fat free milk, Walmart's crystal light early morning sunrise, nsa hot cocoa.  That is about everything I can think of.  Tri

It's quite a challenge to get 150 grams of protein for only 1000 calories! I don't get that much protein, but I try to average 100 g/day. This is the never-changing shopping list:

Fish, mostly USA or Canada wild-caught

Free range, hormone- & antibiotic-free chicken and meat

ditto on eggs

half and half, coffee beans

fresh and frozen veges--No lettuce: it just goes to waste, and raw veges cause La Pouchette distress.

a few apples or other fruit; I keep frozen blueberries or peaches on hand. I recently let a bag of apples rot in the fridge, so I've stuck to frozen fruit lately.

instant plain oatmeal

low sodium tuna for me and the cat

beans--love me some garbanzos and edamame for snacking

protein powder and protein drinks

Seaweed snacks if I'm at Trader Joe's

And last but far from least: Fage yogurt, plain nonfat.

Oh, and I keep Torani and daVinci sf syrups around. They're good in oatmeal and yogurt.

Wow, your produce stands are open? Ours won't until June, and it will be slim pickins until July.

I just did the math: 150 g pro =1350 calories, so you have 150 calories for veges and fruit. I don't see any room in there for beans or grains or root veges--which is fine. We don't need them.

Everybody's grocery list looks good.  For me to get 150 grams of protein with 1000 calories a day I would supplement with a couple of protein bars and/or shakes to help reach the protein amount.  I eat a lot of grilled chicken, lean beef, tuna, eggs and cheese.  Peanuts and peanut butter occasionally as they are calorific but good fats.  I eat oatmeal, pita bread and whole wheat fajita wraps.  I eat green beans, kidney beans, salads, some corn and lots of tomatoes.  I eat when in season, cantalopes and watermelon, always bananas, grapes and apples, all in moderation.  If I can, I try to avoid all white products:  sugar, flour, pasta, (sweets, bread, cakes and cookies-bad carbs).  Currently, I am on a very restricted diet of proteins to aid in healing after surgery.  My calories are about 800 a day and my proteins are about 115 a day.  My carbs around 15 net grams a day)  This is very restrictive and not something that you want to stay on for a long time.  I am doing this for about six weeks to build up my muscle tissue for healing.

My list looks much like Tess's.  I also don't do white products (breads, flour, sugar, cornstarch, etc).  The only breads I consume are 100% whole wheat, but I'm considering using breads made from sprouted grains (Ezekiel, etc).  And no sweets.

I buy lots of fruit in summer, love melons and strawberries.  And since I also fish and crab, I eat lots of fresh caught seafood.  Even if I'm not cleared to do that soon, I live on the Chesapeake Bay...fresh seafood problem solved,  Low cal, high protein, versatile and great taste! 

Tess, very smart move on your part to build up your protein stores and muscle tissue.  If you've ever seen the story of Connie, "The 600 lb Woman", her problem was undergoing all that plastic surgery while being malnourished.  She had to go all the way to the U.K. to seek surgery on her arms, and was upset when the doctor turned her down due to malnutrition.  Sad, but better to be "in the know", and prepared.

I did she that story and I am glad that the doctor turned her down.  She had not let her body really heal and she could have died if they had done another surgery on her.  I know we get in a hurry sometimes once we make up our minds but we need to listen to our doctors and our bodies.  They will let us know when it is right.  I will have 11 months between my two surgeries but I am very confident going into surgery that all will be fine.  My regular doctor call me today and said that my labs were great and to keep up the good job.  I am picking up a copy of them later this afternoon.

That's wonderful, and you have the right attitude.  You are doing just the right things to ensure that you do well.  I admire your will and dedication.  We can all learn from you and others who have undergone these procedures.

Not to rush things, but I, for one, will be ready and waiting for you and Angela to post the details following your surgeries.  

As always, you ladies have helped me out immensely!!  I am planning to cook some Eggface casseroles this weekend for the work week ahead.  I am having a turkey wrap - just turkey and cheese for lunch - and several shakes prior.  thanks again ladies :)