Dieting v saving money.

Soworried

We have lost a lot of weight since living OS. We stopped eating huge steaks with wedges and buttery veg to eating small amounts of rubber chicken with huge servings of stir fried veg.

We cut back on mindless eating, we used to sit and eat a tube of pringles each night, now we are cost conscious we weigh out the 30g serving and a tube lasts a week.

We have been doing this over 3 years now and we are now in the middle of the healthy weight range.

Use Aldi and lidl veg offers, add a cheap protein source, IE chicken or lentils, chick peas etc and you have a healthy low cost balanced meal.

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Thanks for posts I agree with all that it's planning etc I agree I was just trying to see if for some as for me some days moneysaving by having the cheaper high fat option wins. Yes I do go to mils for her compant also I was just clutching for an example I suppose I am nice honest!

GwylimT

I personally wouldn't be overly concerned about fat content, but in a sausage roll for example I would be avoiding it due to the sugar and salt content.

rosie383

Just look at Tom Kerridge. He has lost 10 stone just by cutting out alcohol and cutting back on carbs. I doubt that he has spent more money!

AliBee16

I agree with the OP in that there can be a conflict, and the people who have said 'just eat less' have never had a psychological problem with food. I am now on w/w and have lost 1 1/2 stone, and am learning to value food not just in monetary terms, but for the nutritional value. It's a good idea to cook from scratch, but lean meat, veg and low-fat bread is more expensive than fatter meat and carbs. I now shop mainly at Lidl and Aldi, and eat less red meat, and much more veg, which is cheap there. I also dont buy sandwiches but make my own, saving there. I still have to make myself walk past the yellow stickers and sale bargains, but tell myself I'm doing it for my own good. I feel much healthier and happier even though on the whole my food bill is a bit higher than it used to be, but the quality of food is better. Btw, nothing wrong with roast dinner - just not too many potatoes, and loads of veg instead. Good luck

maman

AliBee16 wrote: »

I agree with the OP in that there can be a conflict, and the people who have said 'just eat less' have never had a psychological problem with food. I am now on w/w and have lost 1 1/2 stone, and am learning to value food not just in monetary terms, but for the nutritional value. It's a good idea to cook from scratch, but lean meat, veg and low-fat bread is more expensive than fatter meat and carbs. I now shop mainly at Lidl and Aldi, and eat less red meat, and much more veg, which is cheap there. I also dont buy sandwiches but make my own, saving there. I still have to make myself walk past the yellow stickers and sale bargains, but tell myself I'm doing it for my own good. I feel much healthier and happier even though on the whole my food bill is a bit higher than it used to be, but the quality of food is better. Btw, nothing wrong with roast dinner - just not too many potatoes, and loads of veg instead. Good luck

You don't need to walk on by, stop and have a good look and only buy anything healthy. I buy most of our meat YS and freeze it in portions. It's the same with offers, nothing wrong with offers on something like baked beans or tuna or yogurt but keep clear of the multi-packs of crisps!

NewShadow

Pollycat wrote: »

If you have planned and prepared a healthy lunch and you have it with you at work, it shouldn't matter that there is a veritable feast of left-over fat-laden food.
You simply eat your healthy lunch.
Why wouldn't you?

I think BTD means they would take some of the leftovers and have them as a free lunch (or dinner) the next day, therefore saving the cost of making a lunch.

I've done this when food has been leftover after an event - I've come away with enough food to feed a dozen people - and it's a question of take it or it ends up in the bin.

But it is normally sandwiches, sausage rolls, quiche... not things I would buy or make for myself normally.

NewShadow

AliBee16 wrote: »

and the people who have said 'just eat less' have never had a psychological problem with food.

I know people who have crashed out of diets because they've hit a (natural) plateau and have cut their intake to try and beat it. There comes a stage where your body is losing muscle faster than it's losing fat - resulting in your metabolism crashing and you being hungry, tired, and craving quick energy foods constantly.

Eat less, move more is some of the worst and most destructive diet advice there is.

Eat real food and build muscle is much, much better.

Goldiegirl

I follow a low sodium diet, to control Menieres Disease, so the salt content of food is my main driver

For example, if I hand a range of passata to choose from, I'd always choose the one that is the lowest in salt, even if it was the most expensive.

In the diet v money saving equation, diet always wins for me, as it keeps me healthy, and to me, that is more import to me saving a couple of quid.

Pollycat

NewShadow wrote: »

I think BTD means they would take some of the leftovers and have them as a free lunch (or dinner) the next day, therefore saving the cost of making a lunch.

I've done this when food has been leftover after an event - I've come away with enough food to feed a dozen people - and it's a question of take it or it ends up in the bin.

But it is normally sandwiches, sausage rolls, quiche... not things I would buy or make for myself normally.

OK.
But one has to decide if she's happy to eat crap rather than healthy stuff.
Personally, if I was on a diet - be it SW, WW or anything else, I would step away from the left-overs.

Doesn't it come down to how committed you are to your diet?