Shopping Guide
Shopping for healthy and nutritious foods is the key to any successful weight loss* and weight maintenance program*. To help make it easier for you, we have developed some basic shopping guidelines to assist you.
Lean Protein Options
Fish:
- Bass
- Blue Fish
- Cat Fish
- Cod
- Flounder
- Grouper
- Haddock
- Halibut
- Lingcod
- Mahi-mahi
- Monkfish
- Mullet
- Orange roughy
- Perch
- Pike
- Pollock
- Porgy
- Rockfish
- Scrod
- Sea Bass
- Smelt
- Snapper
- Sole
- Swordfish
- Salmon
- Tilapia
- Trout
- Tilefish
- Tuna
Poultry & Fowl (No Skin):
- Chicken
- Cornish Hens
- Duck breast
- Eggs whites
- Guinea-Fowl
- Ostrich
- Pheasant
- Quail
- Rhea
- Turkey
Lean Meats:
- Beef – Loin or round cut (Tenderloin, top loin, sirloin tip, and ground round)
- Lamb – Loin cut is leaner
- Pork – Loin cut is leaner
- Veal
- Venison
Low Carb Vegetable Options
- Arugula
- Asparagus
- Alfalfa sprouts
- Artichoke
- Bok Choy
- Bean sprouts
- Broccoli
- Brussels sprouts
- Bamboo shoots
- Bell peppers
- Celery & Celery root
- Cauliflower
- Cucumbers
- Cabbage
- Collard greens
- Chard
- Eggplant
- Fennel
- Green beans & Wax beans
- Herbs
- Jicama
- Jalapeno peppers
- Kale
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Mushrooms
- Okra
- Onions
- Pumpkin
- Rutabagas
- Radishes
- Radicchio
- Radicchio
- Radicchio
- Squash
- Scallions
- Snow peas/ Snap peas/ Pea pods
- Tomatoes
- Tomatillo
- Turnips
- Watercress
- Water chestnuts (small quantity)
- Zucchini
Herbs:
Use any herb to brighten up a meal. You can use fresh or dry herbs. It is a great way to add flavor.
Vegan & Vegetarian Protein Options
- Beans – Red, black, white, pinto, heirloom, etc
- Chia seeds
- Chickpeas
- Edamame
- Green peas
- Hemp
- Legumes
- Non-dairy milk
- Nuts & nut butter such as Almond butter
- Quinoa
- Seitan
- Sesame, sunflower & poppy seeds
- Tempeh
- Tofu
*Everyone is different, so results may vary and no amount of weight loss is guaranteed.