i am living on my own for the very first time and it is incredibly exciting! the past year i've really had a lot of success with get healthy and i found that a lot of it had to do with planning ahead. i lived with a family in germany and they always had certain foods in the house without fail, and i had never had that at home. there werent staples i could turn to quickly and easily so it always just seemed simpler to get in the carand get fast food then to run to the grocery store and pick out something to make or trying to figure out what to make from what was on hand. now that im living on my own i want to try and employ this system of just buying certain foods every week and i want to get ideas of what people consider their 'staples.' that is, what they buy at the grocery store every week. maybe even full meals they try to have on find by preparing in advance and then freezing or waht not. having a lot of these really helps me stay on track so i hope a lot of you will share. these are some fore me:
apples. grapes, bananas, bell peppers, carrots, various frozen vegetables for when i need to throw something together fast, oatmeal, eggs, whole wheat toast, all different kinds of nuts and trail mixes, yogurt, chicken breast, tuna, wheat thins ( i need to portions these the moment i bring them home however, or else i can get out of control) cottage cheese, im sure there are more, and im sure there are great things i should keep around that i havent through of!
another thing i wanted to ask is what people bring in for lunch. i now have a full time job and i definitely want to bring in my own lunch for cost and health reasons, but i feel like ill run out of things to keep me interested (im the type of person who HAS to change up what im eating all the time). im experimenting with salads and that has been great so far, but i know ill only be able to eat that 2x a week max. also i have eleven hour work days, so id also love to hear some portable snack suggestions. i need to avoid vending machines, street vendors and fast food at all costs!!!
cant wait to hear responses!