My Trader Joes List From Today

So you guys probably get sick and tired of me harping on nutrition and how important it is. I have shared some other nutrition tools and lists with you, but thought this might help a lot. I made my weekly Trader Joes run this morning and thought it would be fun to share my receipt with everyone. At the end I'll include some other stuff my girlfriend and I typically buy that didn't make it in today's run because we weren't out of stock yet. Here it goes:


 Jeff's Trader Joe's Shopping List

TJ's Brand Organic Carne Asada
Bananas
Trader Joes Sliced Cheddar Cheese
Strawberries
Blueberries
Oranges
Jumbo Free Range Organic Eggs
Organic Baby Spinach
CLIF Bars
TJ's 2% Organic Milk
Baked Potatoes
Red Seedless Grapes
TJ's Frozen French Toast (my little breakfast treat every now and then!)
Corn Tortillas
Turkey Meatballs
Tomato & Basil Hummus
Organic Orange Juice (not from concentrate)
Organic Baked Beans
All-Natural Organic Beef Chili
Organic Corn Tortilla Chips

That's our list for today, but here are some of the other things we buy on a regular basis that we keep cycling through our diet:

Organic Turkey Bacon
Organic Chicken Sausage
Organic, Natural, Non-preservative Pastrami lunch meat
Gluten Free Cereal (Gorilla Munch!)
Organic Chicken Breasts
Gluten Free Brown Rice Pasta
Gluten Free Organic Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce
Frozen Veggies (Corn, Green Beans, Peas, Carrots...not as good as eating them raw, but you gotta do what's practical sometimes!)
Brown Rice
Organic Peanut Butter
Organic, Unsalted Peanuts
TJ's Whole-Grain Bread

Overall we eat very well on this menu and my girlfriend has a gluten intolerance so she goes gluten-free everything. As for the majority of my intake, you'll see a lot of protein/meat products. Having taking Dr. Mercola's Metabolic Typing Test, I discovered I am a Protein Type and run MUCH BETTER when I eat a diet high in protein, higher in fat (peanuts, peanut butter, animal products) and lower in carbohydrates. I try to get most of my carbohydrates from fruits and veggies because they are so high in vitamins and nutrients, as well as beans and potatoes. I do eat the gluten free brown rice pasta about once a week which is higher on the glycemic index than whole wheat pasta, but reducing my gluten intake is good for me and eating it with the turkey meat balls helps keep my insulin levels more stable. Hope this list may be of some use to you at home! Shoot any questions you have in the comments or on twitter @JeffBomberger!