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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

SO many better options!!!!
(Thank you, Costco!)

Old habit:
You're hungry.  You have the munchies.  The most accessible thing at the moment is a bag of Doritos. You grab them, inhale them, and feel "yucky" within 10 minutes after polishing off the bag.

New habit:
You're hungry.  Your stomach tells you it's time for some real food.  If you're at work, you've packed a lunch for just this moment.  If you're home, you graze through the fridge and find...

  • Kirkland-brand zero-fat Greek Yogurt
  • Pita Pal "Texas Caviar" bean salad
  • Almond milk
  • A bag of moist, chewy figs
  • Frozen pineapple, mango and strawberries for smoothies
  • Frozen chicken breasts you can microwave in minutes
  • Frozen edamame you can microwave in minutes
  • Grapes
  • Hummus

You can gorge yourself on all of the above without consuming as many calories as you did in that one bag of grease and chemicals.  The most amazing thing:  they actually taste better than Doritos!!

There's no rational excuse for eating Doritos anymore when there are so many better tasting (and satisfying) foods readily available these days!

The above list is short.  It's simply what I have in MY refrigerator at the moment, and it's all stuff I get at Costco.  None of it's "new," but lots of it is new to me, and I have Costco to thank for "mainstreaming" much of it.

Make a list of delicious and healthful  grab-and-eat foods, and stock your pantry with them.  Throw away the chips to make room for the new and better stuff that we have so readily available to us throughout this country, thanks in part to chains like Costco.

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