I go to Publix once every other week.
I get there right as the store opens, and not on the weekend sale days. The store is not crowded at all then, most of the aisles are empty.
I put on a mask, and disposable gloves. I carry a small bottle of rubbing alcohol with me. I do not take off the mask until I get home. Once home I take off the mask and my clothes (I have privacy in my yard) and hang them on the clothes line for 24 hours before I bring them in to wash.
In the store I don't touch anything that I don't want, and after using my credit card, I sterilize it with the alcohol before putting it back in my pocket.
My minivan door opens with my keyfob. I put the groceries on a tarp I've laid out, and close the door with the fob. Then I rub the alcohol on the fob. I'll walk back to the store with the cart, and when I get to the front door I'll take off the gloves and put them in the trash bin. That way the car handles and steering wheel have no additional germs on them.
When I get home, before taking off the clothes, I wipe everything down with a dilute bleach mixture I made before leaving, take the tarp out and spray it with the dilute bleach. BTW, shoes stay outdoors too.
This way I get the better food that Publix carries, and minimize my chance of exposure.
Some people might consider this an overkill, and folks like you might feel safer with delivery. There's more than one best way to do this. It's my way and I figure safe enough YMMV.
I really don't want to play "COVID Roulette" so I stock up. If I can go 3 weeks without going out, that's even better.
I live on a dead end street on a half acre lot that I planted about 30 trees on in 1990 when I moved here from another Florida home. The house was built in 1950 for cross ventilation, the roof is white, and when it is 95 outside it's still 85 or under without AC. That also lowers my carbon footprint and is actually healthier for me as it doesn't recirculate germs over and over again.
Other than occasional groceries, the only time I'm out of my house or yard is for walking up and down my dead end street. End to end and back 15 times is 3 miles, 20 times is 4. I do at least 3 and never more than 4.
I'm unemployed for at least 7 months, and then it's iffy. The mortgage is paid and I have no debt, but I still have to watch pennies. It's better to be unemployed than under the ground.
Grass fed beef itself is better for the Earth. The corn grown for grain fed beef uses an intensive amount of water, insecticide, herbicide, and fertilizer. The US Fertilizer industry emits 100 times more methane than all the cow burps and farts combined according to Cornell and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Cows can live on grassland with nothing but what mother nature provides. We all learned about the zillions of bisons that lived on grassland with no farmers to care for them. The cows fertilize the grass and the grass nourishes the cows.
I've eaten the grass-fed at Aldi (good) and Publix (much better) but not Walmart. I used to shop there as well, but after COVID I limit to one store and Publix seems to be the cleanest and at opening time the least crowded.
Back on topic, the last time I ate bacon, I gained almost 2 pounds, it took a few days for it to go away and I'm back to 173 again. I graduated high school at 180 so this feels really good. My BMI is actually in the normal zone. I couldn't have done this without keto (I tried other plans).
Including my deceased parents and living siblings, I'm the only one under 300 pounds. I don't want to go early like my dad, and I've already passed him.
Bob
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