Whole Foods

[doxieville 799]

Does anyone shop here? One just opened up in my neighborhood. I'm looking for quick easy tips for meals. I'm post sleeve, almost 3 months out. Only restriction is low carbs.

Thanks.

[abetterme4.2 268]

Does anyone shop here? One just opened up in my neighborhood. I'm looking for quick easy tips for meals. I'm post sleeve' date=' almost 3 months out. Only restriction is low carbs.

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Woohoo! I love Whole Foods! They have some ready made food near the deli/cheese/salad area. It's a great place to shop. Tends to cost more than Walmart, think more mid-price range.

[Getting There 198]

I LOVE Whole Foods! Lots of organic produce and items you won't find at "regular" grocery stores. Plenty of speciality foods so you will probably find some great low carb options (I'm not following a low carb diet so while I'm conscientious of carbs, I'm OK with up to about 90/day - though I'm usually around 45-50).

Check out the salad dressings, sauces, etc. by Walden Farms (you can find a limited selection at many grocery stores but can also order directly from Walden Farms. ZERO CARBS and they actually taste good!

Hope you enjoy exploring Whole Foods!

[doxieville 799]

Wow! Thanks for the tips!! A Trader Jo's is also opening up in a few weeks, but it's not quite as close as WF's is. Is Trader Jo's a good place too? I've read people talking on here about it.

[Need-a-Sleeve 211]

Trader Joe's is my favorite. Not quite as 'healthy' but lots of great food @ cheap prices that you can only find there. Have fun!

[4ALongerLife 329]

The Whole Foods that I go to has a Soup bar outside different sections in the store and I have to say I LOVE LOVE LOVE the cioppino Soup (outside the fish market). It's low cal and I believe decent Protein. We actually went there tonight to eat and listen to the band they had in the store. (Suprisingly I like the Caribbean Crab soup now too, although it's a bit spicy!)

Trader Joe's is pretty nice too, but I'm on a liquid diet so I can't comment too much on it ... yet.

[Getting There 198]

The Whole Foods that I go to has a Soup bar outside different sections in the store and I have to say I LOVE LOVE LOVE the cioppino soup (outside the fish market). It's low cal and I believe decent Protein. We actually went there tonight to eat and listen to the band they had in the store. (Suprisingly I like the Caribbean Crab soup now too, although it's a bit spicy!)

Trader Joe's is pretty nice too, but I'm on a liquid diet so I can't comment too much on it ... yet.

I LOVE cioppino! Now I'm going to Whole Foods tomorrow - hope mine has some too

[4ALongerLife 329]

Well per MFP, 3 oz of Whole Foods cioppino is 67.8 calories and 1.8 g of fat but only 2.3 g of Protein. Ah boo... well it's still low calorie and soooo tasty! (The caribbean crab wasn't bad either, surprisingly, go figure). Enjoy it getting there! Best of luck all!

[AaronRene14 18]

Definitely a whole foods lover here. I would recommend buying meat elsewhere as it can get expensive, however when its on sale go for it...

Their selection of lettuces is the best, look at their prepared veggies section (the ones that are still raw, but chopped up and pre packaged in-store). One of the reasons ive been so successful at mostly eating salad is because their prepared raw veggies. Buy some organic lettuce, some cut up peppers/cucumbers, cherry tomatoes... you get the point.

If your not much of a salad person, you need to make salads the most convenient thing to make, you'll start eating it just because how convenient it is to make.

Oh, and GREAT wine selection, with people who actually know how to recommend a wine.