Diet Grocery staples?

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  • I love acai berry's from whole foods. They taste so good with blue berries and bananas.
  • Chobani 0%
    chicken
    bananas
    Dole salad kits
    Ragu light
    Thomas bagel thins
    eggs
    1% milk
    veggies for snacking (cucumbers, grape tomatoes, baby carrots)
  • Miracle Noodles-Zero calorie "pasta"
    Eggs
    Red Spaghetti Sauce
    Zucchini
    Whole wheat bread (I keep it in the freezer since I only use 1 slice/day)
    Cucumbers
    Low Fat Cheese
    Plain Greek Yogurt
    Fresh Fruit
    Salad Mix
    Steamfresh veggies
    Whole Wheat Pitas
    Homemade Hummus (use this instead of mayo etc)
    Canned Sardines, Tuna, and Salmon
    Chicken Breasts
  • Green tea
    Dried seaweed
    Oatmeal (preferably the thick-cut variety)
    Dried red/black beans
    Various fruits (really favoring melon at the moment)
    Various veggies
    Ginger
    Garlic
    Tofu
    Eggs
    Dried fish (kind of getting sick of this, but can't ask for better lean protein)
    Raisins or dried goji berries
    Kimchi (this will stop a runaway appetite dead in its tracks, haha)
    Black or brown rice
    Sesame oil
    Almonds

    I do live in China, but everything I eat should be easily available in the US, too. Something I've found really interesting is that I eat almost the same foods as I did back in the states.
  • I have found that too, xiaobaicai! Kimchi is a lifesaver, you can eat the whole jar and it's like 100 calories (though salty as heck).

    I eat the same things at home all the time:

    Chicken breast
    Salmon
    Greek yogurt
    Oranges
    Frozen vegetables (California mix, butternut squash)
    Spring/baby salad mix (I eat a whole bag for lunch many days)
    Tomatoes
    Red peppers
    Peanut butter
    35 calorie sliced whole wheat bread
    Bok choy
    Japanese sweet potato
    Sesame oil
    Olive oil
  • Spring salad mix
    Lean boneless chicken breast
    carrot sticks
    strawberries
    gyoza (5 pieces of chicken for 150 calories!)
    crystal light in pink lemonade!! (so so so good)
    hummus
    oatmeal
    eggs
    english muffins
    coke zero
  • chicken
    tofu
    eggs
    black beans
    brown rice
    frozen broccoli/spinach
    salad mixes
    oranges
    greek yogurt
    frozen berries
    miso soup
    green tea

    xiaobaicai- I find I eat a lot of the foods you eat and I live in rural Illinois! I can never find dried fish though >.>
  • OMG I miss good Kimchi. I might need to learn to make it until I get to Hawaii. I can't find it here!
  • Agave (if I am out)
    Grapefruit
    Whole wheat bread
    English muffins
    Eggs
    Milk
    Cheese (yes, full fat. I don't like all the extra additives that makes fat free cheese taste like cheese.. well, it's suppose to taste like cheese...)
    Greek Yogurt
    Chicken
    Ground Buffalo
    Salmon
    Nuts
    All sorts of fruit
    All sorts of veggies. Lots of spinach, avocados, carrots, garlic, cucumber, tomato
    Julie's Organic 100 calorie chocolate popsicles. Amazing.
    Miracle Noodle's
    Some sort of all natural 0 calorie soda - only drink two a week
    Coconut water
    Sweet potatoes. I love these.. I cook a huge one and then take half for lunch the next day
  • So many good ideas in this thread!

    Among my favorite staples:

    -Sweet potatoes and cottage cheese (I mix these together w/ cinnamon for lunch- since some of you were talking about cottage cheese combos, try this one out! SOO good!)
    -Chicken
    -Lean ground beef
    -Apple chicken sausage
    -Romaine lettuce
    -Steamfresh veggies
    -Apples
    -Grapes or strawberries
    -milk
    -seltzer
    -celery or carrots (I have to be realistic about how many raw veggies I will actually eat and how many will go bad before I get them)
    -Onions
    -Canned beans
    -Shirataki noodles
    -Fibergourmet pasta
    -Multigrain english muffins
    -eggs
    -Popcorn
    -LF shredded cheese
    -String cheese
  • Shirataki noodles!!! Love them!
  • Bananas
    Cucumbers
    Carrots
    Skim Milk
    Turkey Breast Deli Meat
    Whole Wheat pita bread (I use the pocket halves for sandwiches!)
    Apples
    Oranges
    Avocado
    Green/Red Bell Peppers
    Yogurt (I used to get Greek yogurt, but since I moved overseas it's been hard to find...)
    Tofu

    i eat a LOT of fruits & veggies. usually when i have a sugar craving, i try to eat fruit instead of candy/baked goods that are laying around in my house. also, i eat rice almost everyday (i'm Korean), but limit myself to 1/2 cup & try to eat a lot of veggie / tofu side dishes.
  • reduced fat cheese, frozen broccoli, frozen spinach, eggs, bacon, water, seltzer water, croissants, no sugar added fruit popsicles, no salt added kidney beans (can), no salt added green beans (can), stuffed salmon, seaweed, popcorn (94% fat free (orville)),
  • -Morning star black bean burgers, chicken patties, veggie dogs.
    -Sandwich thins
    -light yogurt
    -sweet potatoes
    -granola bars (while full of sugar, they keep me from snacking on other things)
    -100 calorie packs
    -mushrooms
    -chicken breasts
    -clementines
    -ww cheese sticks
  • I am vegan so mine is probably a little different:

    Unsweetened almond milk
    Chick peas (for homemade hummus, and they are awesome roasted)
    100% whole grain pasta
    Big bag of spinach
    Whole rolled oats
    Mushrooms
    Sweet potatoes
    Fresh lemons
    Asparagus
    Walnuts
    Brown rice
    Whole grain bread
    Whole grain wraps
    Yellow and orange peppers
    Kalamata olives
    Frozen berries
    Lots of other fresh fruits and veggies

    I have things I buy every month or so like almond butter, wheat germ, etc but these are a lot of my weekly things.