Grocery Shopping and all its Glory

I actually used to like grocery shopping. I found it to be relaxing perusing the aisles to see what I could buy and get excited about the snacks and meals I would create. It was up there with a Target shopping trip, but because Target has Starbucks it will always be second place. However, now I find it to be more like mission impossible. Trying to take my clan of children to the grocery store is both insane and stupid. I spend more time putting food back then putting it into my cart. My 2 year old refuses to sit in the basket and when she is not in the cart she is running around like a lunatic. I swear we do get out, but the way she acts is like she has just been released from prison. This results in me needing to get her and then the back is thrown out and the ear piercing screams. It is such an enjoyable time. I have resorted to ordering online trying to truck all 4 of my children to the store is not going to happen, at least by myself and so I discovered Peapod. Oh how amazing it is that you can still go aisle by aisle to choose what you want and stay within a reasonable budget. They deliver it right to the door and even bring it into your house and put it on your counters. It is a great service. However, today I must go to the grocery store. There were some items I forgot to add to my list and some cleaning products that I have run out of so alas me and my 4 children will brave the freezing cold to get the necessities. Now before I started back up with my workouts I formed some really bad habits. I was really good about writing out my meals for the week and then shopping according to those budgets, but the funny thing about pregnancy those meals never seemed to satisfy my craving for oreos dipped in peanut butter, go figure. So I began aimlessly buying whatever looked good and believe me everything looked good. Frozen steaks to make cheesesteaks, yep toss them in there, oreos, oh I can add that to my sundae, Chips Ahoy, blocks of cheese to shred over tostitos (yum, nachos) I could go on. Soon our grocery bills were enormous much like my body at this point so we finally started meal planning again. Now that I am fully committed to my workouts I have really stayed on track with the meals, no sugar (as you can read I love my sweets) and eating from the nutrition guides. I use the 21 Day Fix containers so that helps me keep my portions controlled.