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Grocery stores are dangerous.

Danger and evil lurk around every corner in the grocery store...especially the mainstream ones. You'll be looking at organic fruits and vegetables...right across the aisle from the chips and sodas. Looking for free-range chicken? Oh, that's right next to the bacon. Do you think this is an accident? No way. It's the Corporate Evilmongers trying to fatten up America for the Diet Industry (no offense NS). Need some detergent? You can reach it behind the display of Ho-Hos and Twinkies right there. See it?

I am wise to the grocery store. Most of the time I can shop as though I have blinders on. I make a list. I follow the list. I do not deviate unless it is a paper product or something I forgot that Hus-Bo or SonBo call to remind me of. But I do not buy additional food.

Want to know another way to get through the grocery store unscathed? Order online and have it delivered. Sure, they charge you $7 to do it, but I'd spend $7 in unwanted items that might end up on my thighs...know what I mean? Invest that $7 in protection from the check-out magazines and candy! Besides, if you sign up for delivery they send you free delivery coupons to keep you coming back. I used one today...and I saved myself from the deli counter torture.

Do you make a list? Do you stick to it? I'll bet you do and I'll bet you feel fantastic after shopping. Here's to staying on plan and a cart full of salad!

Peace and joy ~ Shannon

Published Thursday, June 18, 2009 02:45 PM by HunBo

cozwen said:

you know that is so true...luckily that is ONE problem i DON'T have! I am sooo used to what I buy and where it is, I am in and OUT of those temptation isles! ;)

and yes, always have the list!!!

June 18, 2009 02:59 PM EST

SillyScale-TricksR4Kids said:

Great advice! Now that I'm sticking to NS, my shopping time in the store is so short, and my shopping bags are lighter.

Funny thing is, I get odd looks from the checkout people because there are so many fruits and vegetables in there. They look at me, and at my food choices, and at me... at my foods... they don't get it! Ha ha!

No grocery deliveries in my area, but at least I get to have my private joke.

June 18, 2009 03:10 PM EST

spoyld said:

My shopping is so pathetically simple that no list is needed. When something other than my NS supplements are needed than my DH goes.

See, he has a mistress, actually two of them.

One is Stop & Shop and one is Big Y.

I agreed to allow him to continue these extra-marital affairs for the duration of our marriage. Safer than the alternative, as long as he doesn't bring me home sno-balls :)

But, Shannon, you are right, it is quite pathetic how a grocery store is set up, a big lure at every intersection, every corner, every end cap of every aisle. Quite difficult for most people to overcome and avoid.

Thanks for pointing it out!

June 18, 2009 03:12 PM EST

MadDogMa said:

I have about four lists in my purse at all times. Grocery, To-Do, Costco, event-du-jour notes... seriously...

A cute lil' term they call those standing piles of crap in the middle of the aisle they want you to purposely have to motor your cart around... they're called 'Lane-Blockers'! They want you to see it, feel it, smell it, love it, buy it. And they'll hang a nice lil' sign making you think it's on sale... (even if it's not...) Ah, yes - tricks of the trade. I didn't realize it was only $7. to have groceries delivered - that's unreal!!! Good to know! ;0)

June 18, 2009 03:12 PM EST

JackieWhy said:

Our local Shop-Rite has a service where you can order on-line and pick up your order in an adjacent store-front. I usually shop at a farmer's market for produce and then a small Portugese market near my home for seafood and poultry. And, of course, I always have a list.

June 18, 2009 03:13 PM EST

watkinsk01 said:

Alot of books about nutrition tell you to shop the perimeter of the store where the healthy food is usually located - fruit and vegetables on one side, dairy on the other, and meat in the back.

The secret is out though, and industry has caught onto the healthy eaters way of shopping and added some of those horrible, awful, but oh so tempting foods to the perimeter of the store....how dare they!!!

You are so right though - a list is the way to go. Not only do you stay away from buying those horrible foods, but you save money as well buy not buying non-essentials.

June 18, 2009 03:22 PM EST

Lannywalker said:

oh my gosh do i ever understand !! I went for stevia (natural tea and coffee sweetner) and ended up in the bulk candy isle. I was like a kid again ! my gosh , I left there with like $12 worth of candy and chocolate !!!
hence the couple of lb weight gain .... grrrr...
yes... It is no coinkydink that this monster bulk candy isle was RIGHT next to the natural sweetner . *sigh*
Back on track now ... Cant WAIT to be able to order more NS food.

June 18, 2009 03:34 PM EST

tobewankanobe said:

Our local Safeway has put caramel sauce right under the apples...for dipping; and the "sliced apples AND caramel dip" combo-pac on the same shelf as the bagged salad; then there is the chocolate dip for bananas; or tempura batter for perfectly good fresh veggies, right in your eye level....these guys are definitely playing dirty. Luckily, we have a DS at our house - - that would be Designated Shopper, and that would be my hubbins. Since his retirement, he's taken on the household duties and is embracing his inner "June Cleaver" (without the pearls). He has gotten really good at making a list and following it...he also buys stuff for himself that I just never see (bless his heart) cause he keeps it in the fridge in the garage.

I'm eager to see how you like someone else picking out your food....cause if it works, it might be one less thing for my guy to have to worry about (then he can concentrate on the waxy buildup on the floor) hehehe ;oP

June 18, 2009 03:44 PM EST

patfun said:

I have it pretty good - my lovely daughter is a supervisor at whole foods and I call her and she brings me home whatever I need and @ a 20% discount -pretty sweet - hugs ,Pat

June 18, 2009 03:56 PM EST

DonnaStan said:

I know what you mean. For instance I absolutely love the rotisserie cooked chickens they sell at Costco or the supermarket. But I go nuts with them starting with the wings then on to the ***, etc. So I've stopped buying them for now. Also if I happen to find myself going down the candy aisle or potato chip aisle on my way to the checkout, I say to myself, "Don't look at them, don't look at them, don't look at them." LOL

Crazy huh?

June 18, 2009 04:01 PM EST

cemclemore1 said:

I have been told years ago, to shop only on the outer walls of the Grocery Store. If you can't buy it there you dont' want to eat it.

Just a suggestion.

Cheers,

Chester, the outer wall shopper in the Desert

June 18, 2009 04:16 PM EST

RosannaItaliana said:

I've heard that outer wall theory too, but if I were to follow that rule at my local store I would be up and down the cookie aisle, the bakery isle, the deli counter, and the cheese section, not to mention the specials they have as you first enter which include chips and crackers and stuff like that.

I shop only occasionaly when I want to cook something special for my husband or friends. Otherwise, my Dave does all the shopping and I give him my list so he is quite happy to stick to the items I put down. I am so lucky!!

June 18, 2009 04:30 PM EST

bounteous1 said:

Yes, MA'AM! I make my list, I check it twice, because if I don't I know I'll be naughty instead of nice!!!! :o)

June 18, 2009 07:24 PM EST

liliyarn said:

eat before I go, carry my list, stick tot he list, and put on blinders =-)

June 18, 2009 08:34 PM EST

Bella_Robin said:

I don't know if this will help you, but i stay away from the eisles...I do a circle around the outside eisle and I tell myself over and over again that i am doing this for ME!
Good luck.
Robin

June 18, 2009 09:25 PM EST

gonnabdb said:

Hi, pumpkin. ;)
I'm an obsessive list-maker. And like Robin, that list generally involves the perimeter of the store only. The middle is friggin evil.
Oh, how I missed your blogs! Yay!

June 18, 2009 10:00 PM EST

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