Foundations of Fat Shredding & Mindset
The Grocery Store
The Grocery Store
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Daniel Raz
Fat Loss Coach
In this lesson, I'm going to hit you with a powerful truth: where you buy your groceries has a bigger impact on your fat loss than the gym, your bedroom, or even your community. I'm emphasizing the importance of making smart choices at the grocery store because that's where the battle is truly won or lost.
Introduction
I'm not going to say that this module will be the most important video that you'll ever watch in your life, but it's definitely in the top two.
So, without any further ado, let's begin. What is the place that has the biggest impact on your fat levels? Instinctively, you may say, "the gym", and then say, "no, actually, it's probably the kitchen in my house."
Others may say, "The bedroom," as sleep is tremendously important. While other people suggest it's the entire community you live in, and your fat levels will be determined by the average person in that community.
While all these answers are important, none of them will be the ultimate deciding factor of how lean you'll become. The place that has the biggest impact on your fat levels is the grocery store.
The Importance of Smart Grocery Shopping
I am assuming that you don't eat out every day, and you should mainly consume food from your own kitchen. Try to not purchase things from fast food chains too often.
Going to restaurants every weekend is okay, but the majority of your calories will be from the grocery store. What, how much, and the quality of food that you eat will depend on your groceries.
You might have heard the golden rule that states: never go grocery shopping when you're hungry. Why is that such profound advice? 'Cause otherwise, you'll purchase unnecessary junk for now and for later.
The difference between buying 2 pounds or 1 kilo of frozen vegetables versus the same quantity of weight in cookies is the difference in about 4600 calories over the week. And that is the difference of just one choice.
Willpower vs. Winning Situation
You and I both know that even with extreme willpower when it's late, and we had a tough day, and we're hungry, it's almost impossible to reach for the apple, not for the cookie or bag of chips.
However, if we were in the same situation and there was no cookie or bag of chips, but just an apple and grapes, you will not need much willpower to make a healthy choice since you put yourself in a winning situation where you simply can't make a bad choice.
Whether you choose to eat the apple, the grapes, neither, or both, you made a good choice. Alternatively, in the first scenario, if you had eaten nothing or just the apple, you'll feel drained from using all your willpower.
And, if you do eat the cookies or bag of chips, you'll feel guilty and shameful towards yourself. We do not want that. Set yourself up for success.
The goal is to use zero willpower and still make great decisions. If your kitchen primarily has healthy choices, you'll not need much willpower to make a healthy choice.
Decoding Food Labels and Making Healthy Choices
However, how do we make sure we make great decisions while we are at the grocery store without having to rely on our willpower?
Even if you believe you have a lot of willpower, billion-dollar industries are doing everything they possibly can to make sure you buy their fattening foods.
Large food industries are bribing local grocery stores so that their fattening foods are in the middle sections at eye level, so that'll be the primary thing you notice.
Not many people know this, but even though there are FDA laws to make sure that the food product doesn't explicitly lie, there are still tons of loopholes and misleading statements that are allowed and are displayed on the cover of the front of the food product.
For example, when something is lightly sweetened or lightly salted, all that means is that that product has one-third less sugar or salt than the original product. This does not necessarily make it light! One-third less can still be an enormously unhealthy amount.
Large food industries use tons of misleading statements like these all the time. Always know everything except the nutrition facts at the back of the food product.
Practical Tips for Grocery Shopping
You want to compile your grocery list at home when you're in a rational, sensible, and clear headspace. Then, once you are in the grocery store, stick to the list you made. If you buy it, you'll most likely eat it.
Here are a few tips for when you go buy groceries.
Number 1: Shop in the outside aisles of the supermarket. The middle sections tend to have all the junk, while the outside aisles tend to have the healthier options.
Number 2: Ignore the advertisement displayed on the front of the product and look at the nutritional facts only. The ingredients are listed from heaviest to lightest. So, if you're deciding between two similar products with similar ingredients, but one has sugar as the first on the list, and the other product has sugar as the seventh ingredient on the list, choose the latter one.
Number 3: Look at the calories per serving. A serving is simply a measurement of a certain amount of food. But, that amount can range from 5 grams to 400 grams and still be considered as 1 serving. So, make sure you understand approximately how many servings are in the food you bought, and how much each serving is.
Number 4: Try to buy whole foods rather than processed. It's better to buy plain cereal and add sugar yourself than buy cereal that is "lightly sweetened" since "lightly" might actually be a significant amount of sugar.
Number 5: It's better to buy fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, basically any product rather than frozen. And frozen is better than canned foods. Although, canned beans and lentils are inexpensive, super quick to make, and extremely healthy, so go wild on those.
Number 6: Eat the rainbow. And by that, I mean, get foods in as many colors as possible.
Conclusion
If you eat eggs, hash browns, and sausage, it's all brownish-yellow. Get some blue, red, green, and orange in there. Have variety. Look at the typical Mediterranean breakfast and compare that with a typical English breakfast.
You can visually see how much more nutritious, healthy, and savory a typical Mediterranean breakfast is.
Not only is the typical Mediterranean breakfast way healthier than the typical North American breakfast, but it also looks more appealing to eat.
You want to set yourself up for success, and we do that by planning ahead and being smart at the grocery store. I'll talk to you soon.
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Complete the following task:
Activity : Write your grocery list when you are in a rational state and stick to it.
This will be one of the key factors in being disciplined or rather hacking disciple. Cheers!
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QUIZ
When creating a grocery list, what is the recommended mindset and environment?
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Leave your comments and questions below.
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