Shoppers with a list lose more weight.

A study recently published in Nutrition and Diabetes found people who prepare shopping lists before hitting the supermarket lost additional weight.   

The studies lead researcher, 

Dr. Nicole Au found that a predetermined grocery list committed shoppers to buy only the foods that were on that list thereby helping them avoid the temptations of unhealthy food purchases.  “We found because the planning of meals and writing of the shopping list could be carried out relatively cheaply, it was a cost-effective weightloss tool when compared to the alternative of doing nothing.  Shopping with a list means that you have engaged in some level of planning about your food choices for the time period before you next go grocery shopping – so that can be helpful in ensuring you will have available the foods that will enable you to prepare the meals you have planned, which are hopefully healthy choices.”