When I was married, my husband used to go grocery shopping with me and I learned that we had very different styles in shopping. He was mortified that I was keeping a running total on the items being thrown into the cart, jotting down numbers and trading out brand names for less expensive generics. I won’t get into the way that played into the relationship – but you will note, we are no longer married.
I cannot even imagine the scene that would take place today if he could see the way I shop now. I still watch the prices, but now I’m also watching calories and the sodium. It seems to take forever to make decisions and because of the fine print on the back of packages, I am also forced to wear my reading glasses just to get groceries! Ex-Hubby would have been beside himself if he had to participate in such practices!
Its not as easy to grocery shop now. I am the first to admit that I miss the carefree days of just dropping whatever I wanted into the cart. Now I purchase large bags of things I can break down and put into smaller bags according to serving sizes and sometimes I even divide those into even smaller half sizes. I buy fruit sparingly as I know if I get too much, it will become just another donation to the garbage bin. I heard from somewhere that if you just walk the perimeter of the store and avoid going down any aisles, you will avoid a good portion the less than healthy choices. I wish I could say this was a myth, but it seems to hold true.
I also found that I’m a judgmental of other people shopping. I look in their carts and see all these processed foods, chips, sweets and basically all the health-freaks are telling the obese to avoid. It’s the foods that families can afford which makes it really ironic. You would think the healthy foods would be the less expensive items in order to encourage a healthier lifestyle ( but that’s another rant for another time ). I look in my own cart and feel a bit of stuck up pride for the array of fruits and veggies in there, the cheese snacks and crackers. It makes me feel like I’ve got a secret that none of the other shoppers are privy to. Shhhh……
Saturday – 302 lbs 4879 steps
Sunday – 300lbs 3673 steps
On to another week!
MY ADIPOSE & ME 