BIG 2 WEEK WW GROCERY HAUL FOR WEIGHT LOSS - WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS INCLUDED!

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The video features a detailed grocery haul from the speaker's local Fry's store, which operates as part of the Kroger chain, focusing on stocking up for weight loss while tracking Weight Watchers points. Taking advantage of senior discount days and various digital coupons, the total cost for the week was brought down to $153. The shopping trip prioritizes convenience and quick meal preparation, essential given the speaker's busy work schedule and an upcoming boot camp event. Key items purchased include two gallons of Troy Zero calorie tea stored in a garage fridge due to the hot weather, along with dairy products like 1% milk for her partner, cottage cheese varieties including Good Culture when available or Daisy reduced fat as a substitute, and both regular and lower-fat cream cheeses depending on stock availability. A significant portion of the haul is dedicated to snacks and easy-to-prepare meals that save time during long work weeks. The speaker selected fish sticks for quick dinners, Oscar Mayer lunch meats like uncured smoked ham, turkey, and roast beef for sandwiches, and a variety of Yasso frozen yogurt bars as a healthier ice cream alternative. She also stocked up on chips, including party-size Lays in cheddar sour cream and onion flavors, along with specific snacks like apple turnovers and mini cookies to satisfy sweet cravings without excessive effort. Additionally, she purchased salad kits from Taylor Farms featuring options like green goddess dressing and chicken Caesar, as well as rotisserie chickens intended for quick lunches or dinners served over sunflower crunch salads. Beyond immediate consumption needs, the speaker bought ingredients specifically for her weekly meal prep menu, which includes blueberry lemon cottage cheese muffins for breakfast, barbecue chicken English muffin pizzas for lunch, and no-bake lime cheesecake bars to combat the summer heat. She acquired ground beef for spaghetti and sloppy joes, rotini pasta with mozzarella pearls for a quick salad, Italian seasoning mixes, and fresh produce such as bananas, red onions, lemons for homemade curd, grapes on sale, and watermelon. The shopping list also included baking supplies like graham crackers, English muffins, frozen blueberries since fresh ones were unavailable at the store, and specific recipes in mind like a chicken pot pie biscuit slow cooker dish planned for Wednesday's content. Throughout the video, the speaker emphasizes practical tips such as avoiding Kroger brand half-and-half due to carrageenan additives found in it, opting instead for organic versions despite the slight price increase. She highlights strategies for reducing waste and saving time by buying pre-portioned items like mini pepperoni and mozzarella pearls rather than chopping ingredients manually. Despite some store shortages of preferred brands or fresh fruits, she adapted her list to include frozen alternatives and whatever was on sale, ensuring that every item serves a specific purpose in maintaining a balanced diet while managing a hectic lifestyle. The haul concludes with excitement for the upcoming recipes and meal prep sessions that will be demonstrated in future videos.

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[music] >> So, here is my grocery haul for the week from my local Fry's store, which is a Kroger store. First Wednesday of every month is senior discount day. For some reason, I get the senior discount. Some lady there loaded on my card a couple of years ago. So, my total with discounts is $153. I did get two gallons of Troy zero calorie tea. That's all they had, so I picked up both gallons. One's in the garage fridge. I did get a gallon of 1% milk for him. Fish sticks because quick and easy meal. I work a lot with bomb parties, so I need things that Troy can just make quick and easy. So, I went ahead and got those. These are one of my favorites, these Knudsen cottage cheese doubles. Love them. They're it's a good way to get in protein. I love cottage cheese with fruit. So, I got one peach, one strawberry, and one pineapple. They were three for $4. And then, of course, my little snack packs. I got one of the apple, pretzel, and cheese. And then, two I ate one of these on the way home from boot camp from the grocery store. This is apples, little crackers, and fruit snack. These are just really easy, quick, simple snacks. Yasso bars were on digital coupon for $3.99, which is really good, and we love these. So, I got a cookies and cream, two of the vanilla chocolate crunch, a chocolate chip cookie dough, and a sea salt sea salt sea salt sea salt caramel. Troy loves those. Just a healthier alternative to ice cream, and it's hot here. It's still over 100°, so perfect. For lunch meat, I grabbed a bunch because the Oscar Mayer was on sale for $3.49 a pack. So, I got the uncured smoked ham. I got myself some turkey, and then some roast beef for Troy. Quick, easy sandwiches. Kroger brand cheese was $1.49 per package this week again on a digital coupon. So, I got some reduced fat Mexican blend, marble cheddar, and then for sandwiches I got Colby Jack and extra sharp cheddar. I needed graham crackers for my meal prep. After the grocery haul, I'll tell you what's on my menu for dinner as well as meal prep. I also got some cottage cheese for my meal prep and then just to eat. I really wanted the good culture, but they didn't have it. So, I went got the Daisy reduced fat. I'm completely out of baking soda, so I got a restock. Cream cheese for my meal prep. I was looking for the lower fat one, but they didn't have it. So, I went ahead and just got regular cream cheese. My Fry's store was out of random weird things like blueberries and low-fat cream cheese. So, regular cream cheese it is. I need some chicken broth for a dinner recipe. Also some half and half. Fun fact, don't buy the Kroger brand of half and half because it has carrageenan. So, for a dollar more I could get the organic without it. So, I grabbed that. I also got the Country Crock heavy whipping cream. Same rule as the half and half. The Kroger brand has carrageenan. So, for a dollar more again, a name brand no carrageenan. I needed some big hunkin jumbo biscuit for a dinner recipe. The party size Lays were $3.99. No, $3.49 a bag on digital coupons. It's a really good deal. And we like to have chips with sandwiches. And then I have a boot camp girls thing coming up. I'm going to take one of the bags for that. So, I got the cheddar sour cream and then some sour cream and onion. I also got these white cheddar harvest snaps. I haven't had these in years, and I thought they would be great when I'm live for bomb party. I like to have just a quick kind of crunchy snack that I can eat while I'm live. So, I'm going to try those out again. Like I said, it has been years since I've had them. The California Kitchen pizzas were on digital coupon for $3. Oh, no, I'm sorry, $6.99. I wish $3.99. $6.99. So, I got a Sicilian recipe crispy thin crust and a signature uncured pepperoni. And again, great for Troy. Great for him to throw in the oven while I'm working. I needed English muffins for my meal prep. And then, since they didn't have fresh blueberries, I got frozen. My meal prep actually said you could do fresh or frozen. So, frozen it is. I thought that was the strangest thing that they didn't have any fresh blueberries. All they had was the blueberry raspberry blackberry pack, which wouldn't have given me enough. So, frozen blueberries it is. And then, for produce of the week, I got bananas, of course, a red onion for a recipe and sandwiches, lemons and limes for my meal prep. I decided to do grapes because we love grapes. And these were on sale for $2.49 a pound. And then, of course, a watermelon for the week, Troy and Palmer's favorite. I also picked up six eight-packs of Gatorade Zero. They were buy three, get three free. That is a fantastic deal. Those are in the garage fridge along with that other gallon of tea. So, that is everything for the week. Again, my total was $153. So, here is my grocery haul for this week from my local Fry's store, which is a Kroger store. This is everything I need for the week, especially because I didn't do my meal prep last week. So, I have all the ingredients still. But, I needed to stock up on quite a few things. First step, I got a gallon of milk for Troy for the week. It is my boot camp girls night yesterday. So, you're going to see this on Saturday, so Friday. And I am making my trifle. They love my trifle. So, I needed a strawberry cake mix. I'm also making Troy's favorite pasta salad. And so, I need all the ingredients for that. It is an Italian pasta salad. So, Italian seasoning mix. He asked for ice cream sandwiches. So, I grabbed some of those. For the pasta salad, we used the little mozzarella pearls. This makes it so much easier than having to cut up cheese myself. It's all about making it easier and less time-consuming. Same reason I buy mini pepperoni. Instead of chopping up pepperoni, I buy the mini. And then I got some regular as well because I found a couple of pizzas reduced. And this will be a really good lunch for Troy while I'm working this week. A pepperoni and then I also got a cheese and I figured we could use the pepperoni on that and any veggies that we want to add and we can even spice this one up with a little more pepperoni. But $4 for that one, $3.60 for that one. Some rotini pasta for the pasta salad. And then I needed regular whipped cream, the big tub, for the trifle. I know you can make your own whipped cream. I'm not interested. I'm just going to buy this. It's done and easy and I am working all week, so I have to make time to to make the trifle. So, that's going to make it a little bit easier. I also needed some sliced olives for the pasta salad. I did get a loaf of bread. I desperately need a Costco run and my hope is to do the that this next week. So, I went ahead and just got one loaf of bread for Troy. That'll tie us over. I'd much rather buy the Dave's Killer Bread at Costco. I bought some tortilla chips because I bought our favorite seven-layer dip. I am working so much this week that it is about being convenient and the chips and the seven-layer dip is a really, really easy snack. And then Italian dressing for the pasta salad. Of course, some goodies for the week. I got these little apple turnover things. They were $1.80 and y'all know I love a mini cookie because I can eat one, satisfies the sweet tooth, and that was $2.80. I got a big pack of ground beef. This is just 80/20. I use this for Troy when I make spaghetti and sloppy joes and things for him and it was down to $9.59, which is a really good deal. I just throw it in the freezer if I'm not going to use it right away. I also asked for cereal, so I got the Kashi Go protein and fiber mixed berry crunch and some Cheerios. I thought this would be nice to use this week. It is already pre-cooked, ready to go rotisserie chicken and I'll show you what I bought to put this on and also it'd be a really quick snack. You can just It's already cooked, so you can just pull it out of here and eat it. So, I'm going to try that out. I've never bought that brand before. Here is the seven-layer dip for the tortilla chips, my favorite thing. I love it. It's beans and cheese and sour cream, super, super good. And then I did get some cottage cheese. Oh, oh, oh, there we go. Some good culture just for snacks for the week. I love cottage cheese. It's a great extra protein side. Speaking of convenience, I saw these salad kits, pasta and salad. This one's pasta, which is interesting. 22 g of protein. And I'm going to try these. These are from Taylor Farms. They were reduced to $1.57. And then this is a Southwestern one. That's a green goddess. And then this is a chicken Caesar. Quick and easy and that's what I need this week. So, they were reduced. I'm going to try them out. And then I did get some summer sausage. That is for Troy's pasta salad. For produce, strawberries for the trifle. And then I got this salad kit, this sunflower crunch. That's what I'm going to put the rotisserie chicken on and I think that'll be a really quick, easy meal. A green pepper for the pasta salad. Bananas, of course, for Troy for the week. Lemons for my trifle. I make homemade lemon curd, so I got some lemons to make the curd. And then cherry tomatoes also go in the pasta salad. And I did buy two gallons of Troy's zero calorie tea. It is in the garage fridge. So, that is everything that I picked up for this week. So, here's what's on my menu for the week. I'm making a chicken pot pie biscuit slow cooker recipe. You will see that in Wednesday's what I eat in a day. And then for my meal prep for breakfast, I'm doing blueberry lemon cottage cheese muffins. The original recipe is little bites, but I'm actually going to make muffins. And then for lunch, I'm doing barbecue chicken English muffin pizzas. So excited for that. And then because it's hot, we're doing a no-bake lime cheesecake bars. So this is like a key lime no-bake pie. I'm very excited for that. So you'll see all three recipes in Tuesday's meal prep. >> [music]