jerseygirltalk's video: Tips on How to Shop the Grocery Store

Some tips when going grocery shopping: Shop the perimeter - if you shop the outside areas of the grocery store first you will load your cart up with the best foods for you and leave very little room left for the impulse buys. Produce, meats, dairy should all come first and then you can go up and down the aisles for the items you NEED not the items you want to "browse". Buy organic (if you can afford to do so) - this is not a lecture on organic vs. non-organic I just personally choose to go with organic when I can afford to and have the option. That's why I love Trader Joe's because their organic is not much more money than regular and why not spend a few more cents to go organic. If you don't buy organic just make sure to read the labels. If you can always go with the items that have the least amount of ingredients. For example nut butter should be nuts and salt, that's it. If you start to see tons of ingredients in peanut butter put it down. There are so many extra chemicals and sweeteners going into food so be conscious of that Water - yes drink lots of it, we know this, but don't waste your money on purified water (all it is is tap water that has been filtered.) make sure to READ the plastic and that it says natural spring water. Don't pay some big company money to put tap in a fancy bottle. I always buy poland spring, trader joes spring water, smart water or FIJI If it can go bad...it's good! Buy your fruits and vegetables in the raw form whenever possible. Don't buy them in cans or frozen unless there is no other way to get them. You can buy raw and freeze things; i do that with strawberries and bananas for smoothies. I buy organic, slices them up and then freeze them. Don't ever shop when you're hungry! We know how this goes, you will wind up buying everything in sight. Eat a protein bar before you head in so you don't wind up picking up things that you don't really want in the house. Full blog post is here: http://www.jerseygirltalk.com/2016/02/13/video-meal-prep-recipes-grocery-shopping-tips/ Connect with me online for more tips, workouts and recipes: https://www.twitter.com/missads1981 https://www.facebook.com/jerseygirltalk https://www.instagram.com/missads1981/ https://www.vine.co/missads1981 https://www.pinterest.com/jerseygirltalk https://www.jerseygirltalk.com