A Day In My Grocery Cart!

Okay so lately I've been trying to stay really healthy for a couple of reasons. Reason number 1. I go home in a couple of weeks and i am going to be seeing all of my family and friends that I have not seen in a long time so I want to look good! DUH! Reason number 2. eating healthy makes my body respond positively not only looking good, but I am able to work out a lot harder, sleep a lot better, focus longer in the classroom, I don't crash halfway through my shift at work. Eating healthy has so many rewards! I usually go to the grocery store on an empty stomach and buy way more than I can ever finish. I am only shopping for myself so I need to remember that! Now walking into a grocery store can be very overwhelming so I try to keep it simple. I made good tips at work the other night so I decided to go to whole foods which I do every once in a while :)

when I went to the grocery store this week I got things like raspberries, eggs, protein powder, chia seeds and a couple of other things that you can see in my cart! Now shopping at whole foods is expensive and not always necessary. A lot of these things you can get anywhere like publix, wallmart, aldi, wherever really. I love oatmeal in the mornings, especially with a little protein powder added in! Hard boiled eggs make for a great snack. I have found that it ends up being easier and better to buy the eggs already hard boiled. I love in a dorm so as of right now I don't have any other option. I bought sliced almonds because I like them better and they are easier to blend in my blender. I also used the slices almonds in my yogurt and oatmeal. You can buy whole almonds though and make shakes with them as well i'm sure they blend up just as easy...I just treat my blender like a little baby. chia seeds are great as well and they have tons of health benefits! like being high in Omega-3 fatty acids. In fact, chia seeds contain more Omega-3s than salmon, gram for gram. crazy right? Try to stay away from processed foods as much as you can. Another tip... the fewer the ingredients the better!