FAT LOSS SHOPPING LIST

This week we look at creating your own “fat loss” shopping list.

Now that you’ve been tracking your food choices for several weeks and had a deeper look at proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and fruit/veg, you’ll have a much better idea of what foods will benefit not only your fat loss efforts but also the ones you actually enjoy.

The problem is you might not have been eating/buying these foods/ingredients for long enough for it to become a habit and part of your lifestyle. So each week you’ll be using up brain space having to actively think about doing this.

Enter your new shopping list!

Having a weekly shopping list that includes all this great stuff that is easily repeatable is key to making this part of your lifestyle.

If you’ve made new food choices that support your fat loss efforts, you’ll want to have those ingredients at the ready. Remember discussing reducing friction for healthy habits? Without the ingredients readily available you’ll have too much friction involved to make that recipe. (which will likely lead to making some not-so-great choices)

Personally, I like to use online shopping, and most items I’ll repeat buy, nice and easy. This saves me an hour round trip for shopping and only costs 50p (click and collect)

For those of you who prefer to go to the shops, you could sort your list out using our “Eat more, less, sometimes.” charts. (refer back to your initial nutrition pack for a reminder).

Proteins

500g Lean Beef Mince, 2x300g Chicken Sausages, 12x Eggs, 120g Cooked Ham Slices etc

Carbohydrates

1kg Rice, 4xPotatoes, Bread, 2x Tin of Beans, Pack of Rice Crackers etc

Vegetables/Fruits

6xApples, 6xBanana, Pack of Frozen Onions, Frozen Peas, 2xBroccoli, Bag of Spinach, Pack of Carrots etc

Fats

Extra virgin Olive Oil, Avocado, Flaxseed, Nuts+Seeds, Hummus etc

Treats

1x Small Chocolate Bar, Tub Halo Top Ice Cream, 1x Frozen Pizza etc

If you’re the type to organise a big shop into categories like this example below, that’s great too!