What's on My Grocery List: Weight Loss + Maintenance

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I can blast off this list because it’s literally been the same for (about) two years now!! The thing about losing weight is that if you do it right and with the right mindset, two things happen:

  1. Your tastes really truly change and you crave a variety of healthy foods!!

  2. You aren’t looking to food to fix your stress, emotions, or insecurities so you see food as fuel and picking healthy things and eating them over and over ain’t no thing. More on that later.

For now, here’s my list of what’s on my grocery list… First part of the list is all the foods that were staples for my weight loss phase (read more about that here). And then at the bottom I’ve added a short list of the foods I’ve added in since being in “maintenance” after losing 50 lbs.

(I also consider pregnancy to be like maintenance since I’m eating the same foods as I would in maintenance, just in slightly larger quantities since I’m hungrier and need some extra calories.)

Fresh produce

  • Spaghetti squash

  • Broccoli

  • Cauliflower

  • Zucchini

  • Bell peppers

  • Cucumber

  • Avocados

  • Romaine Lettuce + spring mix

Dairy

  • Bolthouse Farms Ranch Dressing

  • Mozzarella cheese sticks (50-80 calorie ones)

  • Cheddar cheese

  • Almond milk - non-sweetened, 30 calories/cup

  • Low-fat Plain Greek yogurt

  • Laughing cow or baby bel cheese

  • Butter

  • Parmesan Cheese

  • Light Cream Cheese

Protein

  • Chicken breasts - raw and pre-cooked

  • Steak

  • Turkey pepperoni

  • Ground turkey

  • Burgers - beef for Dan, turkey for me

  • Turkey deli meat (low-sodium if possible)

  • Eggs + Egg Whites

  • Tofu (approximately once a month)

Other

  • Lightly salted almonds and pistachios

  • Frozen thin cut green beans

  • Frozen bell peppers strips

  • Frozen Cauliflower rice

  • Salsa

  • No sugar marinara sauce or cans of diced tomatoes

  • Sparkling water

  • Coffee + tea

Bonus treats:
Whipped cream
Sugar-free jello
Organic half & half

Maintenance add ons:
Lightly salted rice cakes
Gluten free whole grain bread
Sweet potatoes
Apples
Grapes
Strawberries
Hummus
Baby carrots
Almond butter

With these basics I'm able to make pretty much all our favorites! If I need something special for a recipe (like fresh basil leaves, or eggplant) I'll try to plan out those recipes ahead of time.

Hope this helps to see this all this! Like I said, this has remained largely the same for 2 years now, and I've never been healthier, never felt better. After years of yo-yo dieting, and being vegan, etc. etc. this is a huge victory to find what I can eat week after week in order to reach my health goals! Best of luck to you in your journey!