how much do you spend

System

We spend for five of us, 3 cats and a hamster who has his greens a couple of times a week! £250-£300 a month.
We don't drink though but have a takeaway curry with my sister once a month
I cook most things from scratch and homebake and try not to waste anything.

Cleosmum

2 adults, 3 children here and our budget is £200 pm. That includes toiletries, cleaning stuffs etc. Cook from scratch, buy only fresh meat, veg and fruit. Cheese, milk, eggs included.

bertiebots

Hi:j I have done my first months GC and with one week to go for us I would say our average budget is going to be £200 .That is for 2 adults and 3 kids that eat like adults!! 2 cats and 2 dogs and cleaning/household products and toiletries(this budget also includes kids packed lunches for school x3!!):eek: . I am a SAHM so cook everything (almost) from scratch..bake and make my own bread ,which saves a furtune and we eat very healthily and I know what is in our food...no junk!:D ...its getting tough though as the prices just keep on going up and up and our income isnt:rolleyes: Thank goodness for asda smart price is all I can say lol:rotfl: .

tinkerbell84

BARGAINHUNTER! wrote: »

£35 a week on veg - for the two of you? Is that a typo? I was on Atkins last year and that cost a fortune!

No typo! That includes mushrooms for breakfast, salad stuff for lunches, celery for snacks, 1-2 cauliflowers, couple of heads of brocolli, leeks, onions, stir fry, green beans, peppers, cucumber.............

~daisy~_2

we eat low carb as well and its not cheap unfortunately but it is a great way to lose a few pounds and have tonnes of energy !!

we also use lots of cream eggs and various cheeses and to the poster who suggested getting your heart checked - its a well known fact that ppl who eat a low carb high fat diet have excellent blood results

maypole

~daisy~ wrote: »

we eat low carb as well and its not cheap unfortunately but it is a great way to lose a few pounds and have tonnes of energy !!

we also use lots of cream eggs and various cheeses and to the poster who suggested getting your heart checked - its a well known fact that ppl who eat a low carb high fat diet have excellent blood results

It was me;)

But what about cholesterol with the cream, eggs and cheese. I can understand the low carbs.

BARGAINHUNTER!

maypole wrote: »

It was me;)

But what about cholesterol with the cream, eggs and cheese. I can understand the low carbs.

The strange thing about the Atkins diet is that people have reported that their colesterol has gone down whilst following the diet. The whole idea of it seems strange at first, but it honestly does work the only diet that I have been on where I have not felt hungrey and lost weight. Only downside is that you must follow it to the letter, any cheating (especially at the beginning) and you undo all your hard work. One more downside - its expensive to follow due to all the meat and veg!!

maypole

BARGAINHUNTER! wrote: »

The strange thing about the Atkins diet is that people have reported that their colesterol has gone down whilst following the diet. The whole idea of it seems strange at first, but it honestly does work the only diet that I have been on where I have not felt hungrey and lost weight. Only downside is that you must follow it to the letter, any cheating (especially at the beginning) and you undo all your hard work. One more downside - its expensive to follow due to all the meat and veg!!

I can understand you not being hungry, as protein is very filling. But I am a great believer in a balanced diet, not TOO much of anything. Anyway we are a bit off subject now, my fault I think for asking in the first place. I was just taken aback by Tinkerbells monthly food bill. But, each to their own, no one should judge.

Bella08

We're somewhere between £120-£150 a month for the two of us, which I know is a litte high and I'm desperately trying to get it down a bit but OH is an absolute nightmare when we go shopping.

We shop weekly because we're both paid weekly, so I check what we already have in then meal plan for the week and write down anything we need. We also go to Aldi first and get what we can there then we have to go to Tesco for the rest. But when we're there he is constantly picking up things that aren't on the list. I can't say anything though because he pays for it all!

When he was at work a few Saturdays ago, I cooked a big lasagne, so we could have a bit that night then freeze the rest for another day, but he insisted we eat it three days running! Same with a crumble I made last week. This saturday when he's at work I'm making humus, pate and HM bread and putting it all in the freezer before he gets back to tell me otherwse. If he doesn't want it for his sandwiches for work, then it'll at least keep me going for a couple of months!

Can't change him, tried everything to persuade him

Bella08

Oops, I missed a week, it's between £160-£180 a month because we spend about £45 a week on average, sometimes a little less, sometimes a little more.