How to Lose Weight by Shopping Smart

No, this isn’t going to be one of those articles that tells you to take pills, cut things out of your diet, or to actually get on a diet. Nope, this article series is going to talk about practical tips in order to lose or maintain your current weight, without dieting, without exercising so to speak, and without depriving yourself of anything. Yes, it’s true – you don’t have to starve yourself or exercise hours a day to lose weight or maintain it.

Trust me, I’ve been fat, I’ve been thin, and I’ve been everywhere in between, and I do know what works and what doesn’t. It doesn’t always mean I follow my own advice or take heed of the research I’ve done, but I have tried and tested these theories, and if you follow them, they do actually work!

To start with, let’s look at things you can do to help lose weight that don’t actually have to do with eating itself, but rather – shopping for weight loss.

Shopping Tip #1: Buy Smaller Quantities

I know that these big discount stores and price clubs and warehouse clubs all offer a decent value for the money, but then you are left with a lot of food, that you feel compelled to eat or it will spoil, and thus you lose the value of the discount for large volume, right? Save yourself the trouble, and in the end the money, and simply by quantities that you need… nothing more.

Shopping Tip #2: Buy Fresh, Not Frozen or Pre-Packaged

Convenience foods, pre-packaged, pop in the microwave or open and eat foods, canned goods, and even frozen pre-prepared foods are all easy, fast, and often inexpensive, but what is the real cost?

Well, it’s a lot easier at two in the morning to pop a frozen pizza or a pop tart into the oven or toaster than it is to actually cook scrambled eggs or prepare a sandwich with the fixings. When you buy foods that you have to prepare to eat, you will be more likely to only eat when truly hungry, and not out of emotion or boredom. Plus, this doesn’t even mention the fact that most pre-prepared and pre-packaged foods contain more starch, carbohydrates, sodium, and sugar then their natural counterparts.