Eating healthy isn't expensive, but it is more expensive if 2 people are eating one way and 1 person is eating another. It's also hard to cook for one person, especially when pain and fatigue are big problems.
I know how to eat healthier and lose weight, I just don't always have the energy to resist bad foods. Baked goods and good bread are my weakness and my family goes WAY overboard on them. Like at christmas my grandmom insisted on 3 types of cookies, custard, pumpkin pie, and cheesecake. Totally ridiculous.
I've managed to lose 50lbs and keep it off for years, I need to lose another 40, but medical stuff and life drama keeps throwing me off.
I typically eat eggs or baked oatmeal made in large batches and frozen, cottage cheese and fruit, greek yogurt, salads, rice, frozen veggies, chicken, and tuna. I can't cook fish because they complain about the smell and I don't really like beef or pork.
Tonight my family had homemade mac and cheese, I had chicken, broccoli, and a little mac and cheese.
I go to a produce store for my fruits and veggies, they're much cheaper $2 for 6-8 cucumbers vs $1 for 1 at the grocery store. Frozen veggies aren't always expensive, I can get 12oz of good quality broccoli florets in a steamer bag for $1 on sale, I'd pay at least that for a head of broccoli.
My family is totally different than me with food. My mom can drink nothing but coke and eat a custard doughnut and be ok until dinner. I'd be starving and mean on that diet. They've very into unhealthy carbs and I do better with more protein and fat.
My grandmom saved me the heavy syrup from a can of pineapple yesterday, because it's "healthy", she doesn't believe me that that's pure sugar. |