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A Health-Food Haven
When you buy healthy foods, there's less temptation to cheat on your plan. Stock your kitchen with low-fat, reduced-calorie and high-fiber foods (and less of the high-fat, high-calorie and low-fiber ones!).

In the refrigerator:


Instead of:	Choose:

Whole-milk dairy products	Slim·Fast Ready To Drink Shakes Fat-free milk Nonfat yogurts (plain or sweetened) Fat-free sour cream

Regular ice cream	Slim·Fast Smoothie, prepared from powder mix, to have as a refreshing treat

Regular cheese	Fat-free cottage cheese Reduced-fat cheeses

Eggs	Egg whites or egg substitutes

Regular salad dressing	Fat-free salad dressing Wish-Bone® Salad Spritzers™

Mayonnaise	Fat-free or low-fat mayonnaise Saturated & trans fat-free margarine or spread

Fruit in heavy syrup	Fresh fruits, canned fruit (own juices)

Tuna/salmon canned in oil	Tuna or salmon canned or packaged in water

In the freezer:


Instead of:	Choose:

Convenience entrees	Low-fat dinners and entrees (Stick within the sensible meal guidelines of <400 calories)

Frozen veggies with sauces	Plain frozen veggies or frozen veggies in low-fat sauce

In the pantry:


Instead of:	Choose:

Potato chips, corn chips	Slim·Fast Powders, Slim·Fast Meal and Snack Bars

Buttered popcorn	Air-popped popcorn (100-calorie pouches)

High-fat snacks	Pretzels, low-fat crackers

Cookies	Raisins and other dried fruit

High-fat marinades	Garlic, ginger, lemon juice, herbs (tarragon, rosemary, oregano, basil, dill, lemon pepper, cumin, chili powder)

Canned spaghetti, rice mixes	Plain or multigrain pasta, brown rice, grains like bulgur, couscous, quinoa