Here is a little Food for Thought...

If you really want to lose weight, reduce your body fat, and look and feel your best.......I mean REALLY (not just say you do, but REALLY mean it!!!), you need to consider what section of the grocery store you are shopping in.  What do I mean?  Let me e'splain, Lucy!

If you are shopping in the "bomb shelter" section of the grocery store, you most likely will NOT get closer to your goals.  What's the "bomb shelter" section?  Well if you were building a bomb shelter, you would most likely stock up on these foods - boxed dinners, canned (salty) foods, and other items with long shelf-lives. 

Basically you would be stocking up on highly-processed foods that act like sugar on the body and contain enormous amounts of sodium.  Convenient?  Sure, if you don't mind a few extra hours in the gym.  But here is a good rule of thumb....Longer SHELF LIFE = Shorter REAL LIFE.

So in what sections should you be shopping?  The answer....the "non-shelf-life" section.  We also call these areas the produce section and the butcher block.  Think lean meats, fish, fresh vegetables, fruits, and dairy.  More specifically, think lean chicken breast, salmon, broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries, cottage cheese, and yogurt.

How different does this sound that what you have been buying?  Here is a better question.  Is what you've been buying been getting you closer to your goal or farther from it?  If it's the later, then maybe you should consider switching your grocery list.

This week, ditch anything that could be stored in a bomb shelter.  Seriously...don't buy it if it can be STORED easily.  Because most likely, it will just get STORED easily on your body.

Try this shopping list for one week and watch the pounds drop:

• Egg substitute, low-fat cottage cheese, skim milk, and low-sugar yogurt
• FRESH blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, oranges, and apples
• FRESH broccoli, green beans, cauliflower, squash, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, onions, mushrooms, asparagus, and zucchini
• FRESH chicken breast, salmon, white fish, ground turkey, and lean deli-meats

Try the list OR you can keep doing the same thing, buying the same food, eating the same stuff, getting the same result, feeling the same frustration, saying the same thing, "I really want to lose weight," and beating your head against the same wall.

Here is one last little morsel of thought...........it's your choice.  You either decide to do something or you decide to NOT do something.  Either way, it's your choice.

Want something different?  Do something different.

Mike Thornton