Master your next grocery store visit with tips from Medical Weight Loss Clinic

We’ve all been advised to stay away from the grocery store when we’re hungry. But we wondered, what other words of wisdom work for Medical Weight Loss Clinic patients who are working toward their goals?

Medical Weight Loss Clinic gives you the tips you need to grocery shop for a healthier you.

Sharon Barksdale, manager at the Southfield location of Medical Weight Loss Clinic, understands how important shopping truly is for patients. She and her staff work hard to help patients prepare for success.

Since all Medical Weight Loss Clinic programs rely on cooking real food and preparing ingredients in advance, that trip to the grocery store is perhaps the most important step.

It can be a daunting one, too.

“Carry your meal plan to the grocery store,” Sharon suggests. “Make a conscious effort to shop healthy.”

She and her team are available to help. They will sit and talk with a patient to help plan out meals for the day – even discussing the steps it will take to make those meals. Sharon and her staff provide a Program Education Class to help patients get acquainted with the kinds of meals and recipes that are best suited to their own health and nutritional needs.

And then comes the recipe inspiration. There’s plenty of it here, according to Sharon.

Medical Weight Loss Clinic patients often use MWLC.com as a resource for recipes and ideas. In Southfield, they keep a book of recipe ideas at the front desk for patients to review at any visit.

When it comes time to head to the grocery store, she shares the following tips:

·      Try not to grocery shop hungry

·      Plan ahead an take a list

·      Meal prep so you always have the ingredients to make something healthy at hand

·      Buy in bulk to save time and money

·      Remember that sometimes frozen food lasts longer than fresh

For patient who struggle with cravings or are tempted to buy items that aren’t on their individualized plan, Sharon gave this: “Everything takes time. Modify a recipe if you can't resist making it. Avoid the sweets, the deli and chip aisles.”

Want to learn more? We are here to give you the support and tips you need to reach those healthy goals.. Schedule your free consultation today at MWLC.com.

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When you enroll in a Medical Weight Loss Clinic program, the length of your program will be determined by you and the staff based on the amount of weight you want to lose and how quickly you want to lose it. Your actual weight loss will be determined by many factors, including, but not limited to: your medical circumstances, the plan you choose, adherence to the meal plan and use of nutritional supplements. Your goal and program duration information will be given to you in writing at the time of enrollment. As your program progresses, the rate you lose weight may change and you will have the opportunity to discuss this at every daily visit with your weight loss consultant, where changes to your meal plan and/or program can be made.