I recently moved to a suburb of Vancouver, Canada.
I was in the supermarket hunting for plastic dishwashing gloves when it hit me: I didn't have a clue where they were because I never shop the aisles. I only shop the perimeter of a grocery store for produce, dairy, eggs, chicken, great cheese, and meat.
And I suddenly realized why I have been dropping weight like an avalanche and my mum's friend can't figure out how I am doing it.
I used to live in WA sort of near my mum's friend. The produce in WA is terrible, even at the "fancy" expensive supermarkets. Even the cheese is very mediocre, including the most bland of imported cheese like Brie. What they call whole wheat bread I call brown Wonderbread junk. So I was eating mediocre food and too much of it because it wasn't tasty or satisfying. I gained weight in WA and I was pretty unhappy about it.
Before WA, I lived in San Francisco. Even the produce in the 7Eleven was better than that in WA. (I hear Seattle is better so apologies to you gals.) Now, WA's local seasonal produce is good, esp WA apples. But BC's local produce is far better.
Now that I am living near Vancouver, I am eating tons of fabulous produce, occasionally eating true multigrain rolls I buy freshly baked, one at a time, and shopping the perimeter for everything. I've lost lots of weight without thinking about it.
(I'll buy Wolfgang Puck's and Amy's soup when it gets cold. Love those brands.)
So I sent an email to my mum's friend and said "stop shopping the aisles. Shop the perimeter. You'll get healthier and lose weight."
She is very smart and has an MBA. She asked me what "shop the perimeter" meant. I phoned her and told her. She said "no more triscuits? No more Bisquick? No more boxed mix for scalloped potatoes?" I said "You got it!!!"
If this smart, educated woman didn't know about Shop the Perimeter, I thought a post about it would help the terrific, smart gals here on tPF.
In a similar vein, I just posted a long response to CoconutsBoston asking about cooking using Hungry Girl cookbook. HG uses scary low-quality ingredients often. I gave CCB some top class alternative cookbook names with examples of fav recipes. All the books are frequently available used on Amazon.com
Here's the thread
http://forum.purseblog.com/the-kitchen/hungry-girl-492073.html
I'm near the bottom of page two.
Bon appetit!
I was in the supermarket hunting for plastic dishwashing gloves when it hit me: I didn't have a clue where they were because I never shop the aisles. I only shop the perimeter of a grocery store for produce, dairy, eggs, chicken, great cheese, and meat.
And I suddenly realized why I have been dropping weight like an avalanche and my mum's friend can't figure out how I am doing it.
I used to live in WA sort of near my mum's friend. The produce in WA is terrible, even at the "fancy" expensive supermarkets. Even the cheese is very mediocre, including the most bland of imported cheese like Brie. What they call whole wheat bread I call brown Wonderbread junk. So I was eating mediocre food and too much of it because it wasn't tasty or satisfying. I gained weight in WA and I was pretty unhappy about it.
Before WA, I lived in San Francisco. Even the produce in the 7Eleven was better than that in WA. (I hear Seattle is better so apologies to you gals.) Now, WA's local seasonal produce is good, esp WA apples. But BC's local produce is far better.
Now that I am living near Vancouver, I am eating tons of fabulous produce, occasionally eating true multigrain rolls I buy freshly baked, one at a time, and shopping the perimeter for everything. I've lost lots of weight without thinking about it.
(I'll buy Wolfgang Puck's and Amy's soup when it gets cold. Love those brands.)
So I sent an email to my mum's friend and said "stop shopping the aisles. Shop the perimeter. You'll get healthier and lose weight."
She is very smart and has an MBA. She asked me what "shop the perimeter" meant. I phoned her and told her. She said "no more triscuits? No more Bisquick? No more boxed mix for scalloped potatoes?" I said "You got it!!!"
If this smart, educated woman didn't know about Shop the Perimeter, I thought a post about it would help the terrific, smart gals here on tPF.
In a similar vein, I just posted a long response to CoconutsBoston asking about cooking using Hungry Girl cookbook. HG uses scary low-quality ingredients often. I gave CCB some top class alternative cookbook names with examples of fav recipes. All the books are frequently available used on Amazon.com
Here's the thread
http://forum.purseblog.com/the-kitchen/hungry-girl-492073.html
I'm near the bottom of page two.
Bon appetit!