Nutritional Makeover

Good for you for deciding to make a change!  While I am no expert and I follow no specific "plan"  I have cut out almost all processed foods from my diet and lost over 25 lbs since the beginning of the year.

I fill up my grocery cart with produce, I am not exaggerating! Bananas, apples, berries, peaches, kiwi, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, cukes etc. Then I will get some whole grain, high fiber bread then lean meats (mostly chicken and fish) and low fat milk and organic yogurt and maybe some cheese.  So I spend the majority of my time shopping the perimeter of the store but will venture down the aisle for things like beans (black beans and chickpeas mostly) maybe canned tomatoes as well as OATMEAL! One of my favorite foods!

When eating I make sure to have a fruit or veggie at each meal including snacks. 

Keeping the junk out of the house helps to eliminate the temptation to put junk in my mouth.  My boyfriend still enjoys some things like Frosted Mini Wheats and tubs of ice cream, but even that is pretty limited in the housre, so it's not hard to eat well with other sin the house, if anything it's better for your kids to limit the processed stuff!

One site I love is Katheats.com, she follows the same philiosophy and is actually in school to be a nutritionist and shows everything she eats in a day so it's a great site to get meal ideas.

Good luck!