Head pounds by eating healthier,
but figuring out how to navigate.
Grocery shopping can be challenging,
especially if you would rather run
through that good cookie aisle at E
Claire Jones, a registered dietitian and
director of Nutrition for Vida Fitness.
Shares products that will
maximize your health.
Ah, declare a great resolution
at this time of year,
everyone thinking about their health
when you go into a grocery store.
What's maybe the first thing that
you look for when you're trying
to fill that shopping cart?
So I'm always advising my clients
to look for their lean proteins,
their complex carbohydrates
and their healthy fats.
So before check out new, make sure
all of those things are in the cart.
You might have heard before you
know shopping the perimeter is very
helpful and that is a good idea,
but it's not always financially or
logistically possible to do that,
and there's definitely good
options in every aisle,
so that's where working with a
dietitian or even shopping with the
dietitian can come in really handy.
So looking for.
Those again lean proteins,
complex carbohydrates,
and healthy fats in every aisle
and really knowing free for
yourself and your own goals.
What's the most important
thing on that label?
For example,
some clients I may have look
at protein or fiber or.
Unsaturated fats,
for example,
what's going to be the smallest
change that client can make to make
the biggest impact in their health?
One
thing that's overwhelming when you go
into a grocery store is like, what am I
going to make with all of these choices?
Do you go in with a list and
a plan for certain recipes,
or do you go and just buy Whole
Foods and then get home and decide?
Oh, I could make this with that.
That's such a good question.
I am not that skilled.
Just pick up things off the
shelves so I always tell my
clients rather than focusing on OK,
there's you know, 5 lunches and
five dinners and five breakfasts
and I don't know how many snacks.
Take three recipes and use
those to make a grocery list.
Then make sure you have enough
snack foods for five days.
That's usually easier and just
just stick with that stick with
the the three meals at a time.
The three recipes.
4th of ingredients and go from there
because most of the time you're going
to have leftovers and you'll be able
to stretch that through a week.
It's a lot less overwhelming than
thinking about all 15 meals at one time.
Facilities you mentioned the perimeter
which I was excited to hear you talk
about because I like the perimeter
that goes to the frozen food section.
It's usually where I pick up my vegetables,
'cause otherwise they go bad.
Do you recommend that or is that something
I should cut out here in the studio?
Which country in the world is is
a huge issue and the number one
thing that gets wasted is produce
a lot of times it comes from folks
not being intentional, you know,
sort of getting excited all the beautiful
produce and just filling up their
cart and then not having a plan for it.
So it goes bad. Or you know,
living on their own or just with two people.
You're not going to eat 4 pounds of
grapes and in before they can go bad.
So buying a frozen vegetables is
a great way of getting things that
were picked and frozen right at
their peak of freshness and their
peak of nutrients as well.
And actually being able to keep
them on hand and on that note,
I also recommend that everyone keep at all
times at least two meals worth of foods.
Food in your freezer as well as two
meals worth of pantry staples in
your pantry or food storage area,
because that way you're never
really without options.
Maybe it might not be the freshest
and most delicious option,
but a good solid option.
And using frozen vegetables is
a great way to do that.
As well as in terms of pantry items,
canned soups that have veggies as long
as they're not the highest sodium option,
or even canned vegetables,
canned beans can be a great option.
Helping me feel refreshed because
sometimes I find the grocery shopping
task to be such an overwhelming,
never ending chore. Thank you for
your suggestions for this new year.
Thank you so much for having me.
So helpful now. Mrs.
Jones recommends that focusing
on diet and exercise will help
anyone looking to lose weight
and improve their health.
She is a part of Vida fitness
offering nutrition counseling.
They are the only gym in the DMV
with registered dietitians on staff.