weight loss and money saving

hobo123

I am looking for some advice I am trying to eat healthily on a tight budget can anyone give me any tips

thanks

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi.... some of us have are doing the not shopping in a supermarket for a month..

and most of us have found that fruit and veg ...and meat from the buychers.. is a lot cheaper than the supermarkets..

it might be worth you finding out if there is a weekly market near you.....

also with a local butchers.... you can choose the type of cut of meat you get... so you can have less fat....

also we have found that with the low fat sausages in the supermarket..... they still leak out loads of fat compared to the ones that the butchers make...

let us know what you find.. and what the prices were like....

babychick

hiya, i do weightwatchers (although i'm now at goal so don't pay for my weekly weigh-in!):D
anyway, with regard to trying to loose wight - it's much easier when moneysaving, it just takes a little planning i.e. batch cooking meals and freezing them - way better than convenience foods as you know exactly what's in there! same goes for cakes and sweet things - if you make your own, you can substitute sugar for sweetener, cut down the amount of fat you use etc. bulking up meals with veg is not only a good weight-loss tip, it's a very good moneysaving tip too - same goes for bulking things up with oats!! you'll probably find that cutting down/cutting out meat altogether will help with your weight loss too.... although it may make your purse heavier!!!;)

Pink.

Hi hobo,

The replies on these older threads might help:

The Cheapest Healthy Meal Ever!

Inspiration for healthy portable breakfasts!

Anyone have cheap, but healthy/low calorie food ideas?

Healthy, Cheap and Vegitarian?

Healthy eating as much as poss on very very low budget

Healthy Diet & Budget

Winter Healthy Eating on a Budget

Healthy Eating

Pink

competitionscafe

If you have a local market and go about half an hour before they close you can often pickup fruit and veg very cheap.

As for weightloss the Guardian had an article this week were people were testing various diets and reporting on their results - the best rated one was called the Japan Diet:
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/wellbeing/story/0,,2048908,00.html
Not sure about costs but it seems to involve eating more fish, fruit, veg and wholegrains.

Queenie

competitionscafe wrote: »

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As for weightloss the Guardian had an article this week were people were testing various diets and reporting on their results - the best rated one was called the Japan Diet:
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/wellbeing/story/0,,2048908,00.html
Not sure about costs but it seems to involve eating more fish, fruit, veg and wholegrains.

The Duvet Diet?? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Penny-Pincher!!

Have whatever you want but just have a smaller portion.
PP
xx

hobo123

Hi thnak you all for your suggestions I am not trying to lose a lot of weight but we are trying to conceive so I am attempting to make my diet a bit more healthy whilst saving money (because we have just moved house!) My first attempt was a full chicken from lidl for £1.45 I made it with roast potatoes and veg used the rest of the meat and we'll have a curry today and used the bones to make a stock for soup, really proud of myself as usually it would have went in bin after removed the breasts.

thriftlady_2

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

Have whatever you want but just have a smaller portion.
PP
xx

Excellent advice :T

Gingham_Ribbon

Does anyone use a decent online calorie counter? I've been looking and they mostly either have random amounts eg calories per banana (like they're all the same size) or have too much other information to trawl through or they have lots of info for processed stuff.

I think it's a bit harder to calorie count when you cook from scratch as everything has to be weighed out and I'm a chuck it all in kind of cook AND I never cook exactly the same thing with exactly the same ingredients twice so I'd have to weigh it and work it out every time.

Surely there's an easier way (when the having smaller portions thing isn't working as well as I'd like!)

thriftlady_2

Gingham_Ribbon wrote: »

I think it's a bit harder to calorie count when you cook from scratch as everything has to be weighed out and I'm a chuck it all in kind of cook AND I never cook exactly the same thing with exactly the same ingredients twice so I'd have to weigh it and work it out every time.

Surely there's an easier way (when the having smaller portions thing isn't working as well as I'd like!)

Sorry, Gingham, I don't have an answer for you. I just wanted to agree with what you said. This is why I find it so hard to lose weight. I think the odds are stacked against you if you cook from scratch. I just get so fed up with working out how many cals/points there are in my hm bread etc. Like you I rarely make the same thing twice.

Penny Pincher's advice is good advice, but easier said than done (in my case anyway )