u/Elleiminator

🍓INFO:🍓 I feel the need to express every post that my eating habits are unique due to my health GI/Gallbladder issues from my ED caused me to get surgery to have gallbladder yeeted. Personally, max fat per day is 30g and it varies person to person even with gallbladder issues. I tend to get severe gas pain unless I have mini meals so I can't >!fast or limit my eating window!< anymore and even normal meals can hurt, so mini meals it is. Please be kind, I’m trying!

✨️Onto The Post:✨️

A lot of you like my hauls so I take pictures with the intent to post them, but I sometimes get busy so I made this haul compliation so people can flip through them for inspiration despite me not posting them as they happened. Some things are staples, some things are new to me and already tried, and some things still sit in my cabinets, fridge or freezer. So feel free to ask for reviews, ask questions, give reccomendations, comment on your favorites, etc. I love keeping these posts super open ended for you all. 🫶🏻

These are my grocery trips that I take with my partner (and sometimes with my sister) mainly shopping what is on sale and what is on coupon. We rarely buy meat throughout the year because we only buy it a small number of times in large quanities and stock the freezer [we literally buy a quarter cow or a half cow, and shop deep discounts outside of that]. We grow lots of vegetables and my sister usually buys fruit on her own and insists I help her get through it before it goes bad. I say this because I am not a 24/7 junko but my hauls might make it seem that way. I also feel the need to repeat we shop sales and coupons to have wiggle room for drinks, protein bars, etc, in our budget. Yes, we get new flavors or new drinks in individual cans but we buy the majority of it in bulk packs and tend to focus on whatever Costco has on sale but not always.

I live in a HCOL area in Washington State so my prices tend to be higher than most (but not all) of the US, for those outside the states that ever oggle at the prices of things in my posts. 😅

🍓INFO:🍓 I feel the need to express every post that my eating habits are unique due to my health GI/Gallbladder issues from my ED caused me to get surgery to have gallbladder yeeted. Personally, max fat per day is 30g and it varies person to person even with gallbladder issues. I tend to get severe gas pain unless I have mini meals so I can't >!fast or limit my eating window!< anymore and even normal meals can hurt, so mini meals it is. Please be kind, I’m trying!

✨️Onto The Post:✨️

Basically I realized I had coupons expiring soon for Kroger/Fred Meyers soon and I forgot to post my Target haul from a couple of days ago where I used a 20% off coupon. I'm always looking for drinks and snacks with cute packaging (especially purple or pink packages ♡), strawberry flavors, cotton candy flavors, fun drinks, low >!calorie!< favorites, your personal favorite safe foods, etc. Shoutout to u/OkError973 for telling me about Salud Horchata drink mix. 🫶🏻 I'm so excited to try it. So glad to have a community that reccomendations so many products and lifts each other up. 🥰

Edit: forgot to add the $85 had more energy drinks and snacks for my sister and my partner. Next time Ill add up my portion. RIP

🍓INFO:🍓 I feel the need to express every post that my eating habits are unique due to my health GI/Gallbladder issues from my ED caused me to get surgery to have gallbladder yeeted. Personally, max fat per day is 30g and it varies person to person even with gallbladder issues. I tend to get severe gas pain unless I have mini meals so I can't >!fast or limit my eating window!< anymore and even normal meals can hurt, so mini meals it is. Please be kind, I’m trying!

✨️Onto The Post:✨️

Amazed that these are only >!130 calories!< with the follow macros: >!5g fat, 17g carbs, 3g protein!<. The ingredient list is >!"CREAM, NONFAT MILK, WATER, COTTON CANDY FLAVORED BASE [CORN SYRUP, WATER, SUGAR, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM CITRATE, CITRIC ACID], SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CELLULOSE GUM, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, POLYSORBATE 80, VEGETABLE JUICE FOR COLOR (BEET) SPIRULINA EXTRACT AND BETA CAROTENE (COLORS)." !< Review is that the ice cream is kinda hard/firm but that meant it melted slower which I appreciate in the desert. The cotton candy flavor is really light but very pleasant. Aesthetics are peak. Have a mentioned how much I dislike the desert and miss home? 😅 Luckily I am only out here for maybe another 16-18 months or so. Now that the weather is so warm here ice cream, frozen yogurt or ninja creami pints are daily staples. 💖QUESTION ~♡💖 What ice cream do you reccomend? I am trying to save some fat every day for commerical/store bought ice cream treats. I adore these but enjoy Yasso, Halo, and Nicks when they are on sale + coupon in bars/pints. TBH I miss the old Halo and the old Nicks recipe a lot and the price means I can always make pints cheaper at home. 😭 I think I also miss them being >!lower calorie!< a lot too. Like they used to have a ton in the >!210-250 calorie range!< and ever since the reformulation the lowest I can find in stores is their >!270 light strawberry!<. We used to have it so good...RIP Halo & Nicks. If deeply discounted I still pick it up sometimes, but even the flavor is kinda mid now.

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Baskin Robbins Cotton Candy Ice Cream Bars - 4 pack found on sale in WA state for $2.97 at Safeway (Albertsons).

🍓INFO:🍓 I feel the need to express every post that my eating habits are unique due to my health GI/Gallbladder issues from my ED caused me to get surgery to have gallbladder yeeted. Personally, max fat per day is 30g and it varies person to person even with gallbladder issues. I tend to get severe gas pain unless I have mini meals so I can't >!fast or limit my eating window!< anymore and even normal meals can hurt, so mini meals it is. Please be kind, I’m trying!

✨️Onto The Post:✨️

The good news is my caffeine consumption is actually down...the bad news is it is still high. I am lucky that my recent labwork/ECGs/etc shows my heart is healthy but oof. **I thought I would post this to see if anyone else can relate, and to offer reviews for those that want them. Are there any drinks you think I should try?** I know a lot of energy drinks are the Kirkland Signature Peach - not my favorite but drinkable. My partner didn't like them in the variety pack we picked up so I made them a priority to get through. FYI: all containers are rinsed and then packed to take to the recycling plant because we dont have recycling pick up in my area, so we tend to collect things anywhere from over a week to over a month, just depending on how fast it accumulates. I know individually packaged drinks (just like my processed foods) are harmful to the enviroment and I do what I can to make strides to consume things without nutrion labels but it is difficult with my ED. **Note while this is a week's worth of packaged drinks, I drink water, tea, and of course eat throughout the week. I seriously can't liquid fast anymore without a gallbladder without severe pain.**

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Energy Drinks: Kirkland Signature Energy Drink in Peach, FLRT (By Monster) in Berry Tempting and Strawberry Fling, Alani Nu in Strawberry Sunrise, Cotton Candy, & Pink Slush, Monster Energy in Ultra Wild Passion and Ultra Strawberry Dreams, Bloom Sparkling Energy in Strawberry Watermelon, C4 Performance Energy in Strawberry Blast.

Sparkling Water: Sparkling Ice in Lifesavers Strawberry, Kirkland Signature Sparkling Flavored Water in Kiwi Strawberry, Fresca Sparkling Soda Water in Peach Citrus.

Soda: Dr Pepper Strawberries & Cream Zero Sugar, Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut Zero Sugar, Sprite in Winter Spiced Cranberry Zero Sugar, Coca-Cola in Holiday Creamy Vanilla, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Trader Joe's Rhubarb & Strawberry Soda.

Other Drinks: Kuii Nata de Coco in Strawberry, Bodyarmor Zero Sugar in Watermelon Strawberry, Wildwonder in Cherry Lemonade.

My daily water intake isn't pictured as I use reusable bottles. I sometimes have cups of tea, flavored water, and black coffee as well.

🍓INFO:🍓 I feel the need to express every post that my eating habits are unique due to my health GI/Gallbladder issues from my ED caused me to get surgery to have gallbladder yeeted. Personally, max fat per day is 30g and it varies person to person even with gallbladder issues. I tend to get severe gas pain unless I have mini meals so I can't >!fast or limit my eating window!< anymore and even normal meals can hurt, so mini meals it is. Please be kind, I’m trying!

✨️Theme:✨️ Not doing a whole day of fairy eating but I still like to theme things were I can. I am sad to report kefir and matcha do not mix well...drink kept separating and needing to be shaken and kefir is too strong for matcha so it tasted of nothing but kefir. ...id rather have to separate beverages for it next time. This whole post is...questionable balance. Bar and yogurt with chocolate and cookies. Matcha and kefir with sakura bubble tea mix. 💀

As always, happy to answer questions, comments, take suggestions, etc. 🫶🏻 You all are a great community to be a part of and I hope it continues to grow. 💖✨️

This is just my morning meal and morning snack. I actually quite missed kefir and how gentle it can be on the stomach. ♡

🍓INFO:🍓 I feel the need to express every post that my eating habits are unique due to my health GI/Gallbladder issues from my ED caused me to get surgery to have gallbladder yeeted. Personally, max fat per day is 30g and it varies person to person even with gallbladder issues. I tend to get severe gas pain unless I have mini meals so I can't >!fast or limit my eating window!< anymore and even normal meals can hurt, so mini meals it is. Please be kind, I’m trying!

✨️Theme:✨️ I had some ocean themed mini meals a few days ago and didn't post it because I was so busy. Here it is at last. ♡ What themes do you want to see next? I am thinking of making a compilation post of some of my other mini meal themes that were deleted because >!calories were in the pictures!< before we settled on rules as a community. Maybe I should at least make a pink mini meal compilation. Happy to answer questions, comments, and take more theme requests. ♡ What summer snacks have you seen in stores lately? Slowly the limited editions are appearing.

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Beverages: Vita Coco Frosted Lemonade, Peach Citrus Fresca, Dr Pepper Creamy Coconur Zero Sugar, Alani Nu Blue Slush Energy Drink, UCC Sendai Edition Black Drip Coffee, [water unpictured because i have so much it would be a pain to picture]

Food: Mother's Frosted Cookies Summer Sidekicks, Nature's Garden Probiotic Lemonberry Yoggies, Jolly Ranchers Tropical Mango Zero Sugar Hard Candy, Swedish Fish Blue Raspberry Gummy Candy, Favorite Day Gummy Shark Candy, Grocery Store Shrimp Sushi Rolls, Grocery Store Crunchy Crab Sushi Rolls, Kirkland Signature 0% Milkfat Greek Yogurt, Favorite Day Easter Sprinkles

Shenanigans & Lifestyle: Nude Mints Lemon Drop, Quench Lemon Electrolyte Gum, The Mermaid Handbook by Carolyn Turgeon [Elfbar Create Peach Ice Nicotine Vape unpictured because the pink didnt match LOL]

Mixing Mio Energy drops into yogurt is life changing. Threw in protein powder to pretend it was healthy and then added what I really wanted: all the cute chocolate items, three different types of sprinkles, a bit of matcha, candy coated berries, and some leftover crumbled cake. Happy to help identify what I used in the comments. About >!250 calories!< and a good way to use up some leftover cake because my family had all their kids in the spring so it's endless cake for a while.

Also posted in r/yogurtbowls ♡ Lots of cute inspo over there.

link to the pin: https://pin.it/57J24Lshz

what are all of your guyses rankings!!! I personally was so disappointed by the blueberry cobbler 💔

My ranking in text:

1. Birthday Cake Blondie
2. Peanut butter and Jelly Blondie
3. Red Velvet Brownie
4. Cinnamon Roll Blondie
5. Cookie Dough Blondie
6. Peanut Butter Candy Blondie
7. Dubai Chocolate Brownie
8. Chocolate Mint Brownie
9. Pumpkin Spice Blondie
10. Banana Nut Blondie
11. Chocolate Cookie Brownie
12. Smores Blondie
13. Chocolate Glazed Donut Brownie
14. Cookies and Cream Blondie
15. Blueberry Cobbler Blondie

Leftover birthday cake while we are having ✨️a day ~✨️ Who wants a slice, who wants a drink, and who is joining me for both? The foam blends nicely once shaken but I wanted it on top for the picture. I still prefer vodka in sparkling ice (strawberry or watermelon are top tier) but this is nice too.

Shot (or two) of vodka, zero sugar strawberry lemonade, cotton candy cold foam, topped with rose and pearl sprinkles.

Cake is standard grocery store vanilla with strawberry filling.

Second photo is from my birthday a couple days ago so you can see the full cake. It was charcuterie themed (charCUTErie ♡) so everyone could pick and choose what they wanted for the day because my family's schedule was all over the place. I had a bunch of cheese and fruit and chocolate hummus and garlic stuffed olives, and ube cheesecake empanadas....and all the food I shouldnt have with my digestive issues and PAID for it, but it was one day so it's easier to push past.

🍓Hi to those new here, I had my gallbladder yeeted [caused by my ED - be careful out there] and generally need to stick to under 30g of fat a day so my meals or mini meals are often unhinged even by our standards. I was way under on fat today so I have room for lots of buttercream frosting.🍓

The spoiler is a list of all the drinks, just in case you want to guess the contents without knowing them first.

Beyond recycled paper:

>!Dr Pepper Zero Sugar Strawberries & Cream Soda!<

>!Alani Nu Cherry Twist Energy Drink!<

>!Alani Nu Cotton Candy Energy Drink!<

>!Alani Nu Pink Slush Energy Drink!<

>!Bodyarmor Lyte Strawberry & Banana Electrolyte Drink!<

>!Zoa White Peach Energy Drink!<

>!Monster Ultra Strawberry Dreams Energy Drink!<

>!Shamrock Farms Strawberry Milk!<

I didn't drink all of them in a day. 😅 This was about a week and is only the reycle bin the home office. I was getting ready to help my partner clean all the drinks off his desk (he normally does it himself, I was just being helpful) and noticed without his drinks it was just a horde of pink. 💀 It was soon filled with Blue Slush Alani, lots of regular zero sugar doctor pepper, orange zero sugar soda, and zoa energy drinks....but for a bit it was a e s t h e t i c ~ ♡

What are your favorite drinks with pink packaging?