Trying really hard to OS but the prices keep going up

Penelope_Penguin

leiela wrote: »

I wasn't really hoping for people to solve my problems i was just having abit of a moan about food prices and the way they are going up. I guess the food price increase is more noticable for me because of the amount of meat i eat, when the price of chicken go's up a few pence, that amounts to alot at the end of the month when you eat alot of chicken.

In that case, I'll add this to the current thread on rising food prices

As to your chicken, is it organic I only ask as AFAIK, intensive chicken is pumped full of hormones to make it grow fast, which may exacerbate your condition, though I'm sure your nutritionist/dietician has already spotted that

Penny. x

wigglebeena

Peeps: Sainsbury's have knocked down their pink salmon to 79p again. Hurrah! I haven't had any for months since they bunged it up to a silly price. Quick, ladies, go and get it!

Almo

Hi Leiela,

I know you want to keep going with your diet because it is helping you with the issues you outlined earlier; is there any way you could seek the advice of another professional in the field?

I have a personal trainer who competes in figure fitness here in Oz, and came second in a comp just last week. We are also close friends and as such I'm pretty well up on her diet. Now, of course, her needs might well be different to yours, but they can't be THAT different. No way does she go through that much chicken - her diet is usually eggs for brekkie, with veg (mostly egg white, but one whole egg), chicken, broccoli and brown rice for lunch, and similar for dinner. Snacks are protein powder, berries, tinned fish etc. Close to comp time she cuts out fruit, and eventually goes on to just basically chicken and broccoli. She still doesn't eat anywhere like that much chicken, because the portion sizes are pretty small. Outside core comp training times, she has bread etc, with fish or whatever, steak or tofu, pretty much a normal diet, just with fewer carbs.

It certainly does cost more than a regular diet, but it seems a little less extreme than yours. Please don't think I'm judging because I don't know you at all. It works for her so maybe another version of a body building diet might work for you and be cheaper?

mama67

All prices seem to be going up again or the packs are getting smaller but the price is staying the same.

Bitsy_Beans

Yep was checking on mysupermarket to work out the cost of some catering etc I've got to do. For example Mr S's BGTY Sausages were £2.99 have jumped from last week to £3.27. Their Grissini breadsticks have jumped from 44p to 69p and there was something else I spotted but can't remember now
Thieving barstewards :mad:

mama67

caroline1973lefty wrote: »

it perhaps doesn't sound moneysaving at first glance, but i get a weekly organic fruit and veg box (£10 a week, enough for two adults eating in most evenings). this saves me money in a variety of ways - 1) always having something fresh in means i don't have to go to the supermarket so often so avoid impulse buys (top up on basics in lidl and the local turkish shop which is cheap). 2) the taste is so vastly superior to even organic supermarket produce (and miles cheaper than supermarket organic, too) meaning that i can make appetising simple veggie-based meals like soups and salads without the need for expensive meat and dairy (i rarely cook meat these days). 3) what you get is always what is in season locally, so you always get the best value produce without having to think about it.

also looking at the bigger picture, a major part of the reason for rising food costs, is that non-organic agriculture (including heavy use of fossil fuel based fertilisers and pesticides) and transportation of food long distances all use large amounts of oil. So as oil prices continue to rocket upwards breaking all previous records, buying organic, seasonal & locally produced food will continue to become more and more cost competetive compared to non-organic, oil hungry food - and will also help ensure that the whole planet can afford to feed ourselves.

I have a box delivered weekly as well mine is also a £10 veg box inc delivery which is actually enough for 2 adults , 1 teen & 1 preteen. as we don't eat veg as veg avery night. Now it is summer I have changed to the mixed salad and veg box for the same price.

It is delivered early on a Wed morning, I pay online or can pay the driver; the produce is picked fresh the day before from the farm.

The company I buy from recently compared its box with the equivalent bought at the supermarket the price saving was just short of £4; which when you also take into account that I have a 25 mile round trip to a big supermarket which would give me the choice for the organic. My closest market is also 25 mile round trip away, so wouldn't be any better off there either.

It is very cost effective for me to have this box delivered and then i don't go into the supermarket and spend a fortune on other items I don't really need.