Paleo Peoples

crzycatlady1

Christine_72 wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

crazyravr wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

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bgh707 wrote: »

I follow paleo. I don't find it too difficult, but it can get pretty expensive, and you have to be able and willing to cook a lot.

Everything you just said, with maybe the exception of "I follow", is not true at all about the diet / life style lol hence makes me question your first sentence.

I think you're the first person I've ever seen who says eating Paleo is not expensive. Can I ask how much you spend a week in groceries/how many people that feeds? And does that include things like cleaning/laundry supplies, health and beauty, pet supplies etc?

When I did my Paleo experiment my grocery budget doubled-and I was the only one eating that way. I understand that everyone has different incomes/family set ups, but for me it was very cost prohibitive and it got to the point where I was having to shuffle bills around to cover the extra expense of my paleo eating. I also live in an area of numerous local resources.

Single guy, no pets, kids or other such "items" lol I like my life to be simple

You guys have to stop with all the organic and grass fed everything nonesense. That is not what eating paleo is about. I do however buy organic chickens when on sale, and stock up. One chicken cut up feeds me for a week (dinners and lunches). Dozen eggs with veggies feeds me for a week for breakfast. Add to that green veggies etc. and tubers for carbs and there you have it. I roughly spend 50$ / week to feed myself and feed myself VERY well. I splurge once a while, special ocasions and to get the the grass fed beef, but that is not daily occurance. Fish is another very cheap source of protein and not pricey at all. I batch cook / meal prep on sunday and have breakfast and lunch for work ready. At home I cook daily dinners and that usually takes me 30-45 minutes and I make dinner for two days at times.

Again, it is not expensive nor time consuming, unless you want it to be.

Paleo is not all about organic or grass fed all the time. If you can sure those are the better choices. I could afford to eat like this all the time, thats not a problem, but please do use your brain a bit and do some reading and you will realize when and where is a good time to spend the extra $$$ on food and when it makes no sense at all.

Thanks for the input My grocery budget is $100 a week for 5 people. That also has to include things like toilet paper, laundry detergent, shampoo, dish soap, deodorant, cat food and litter etc. When I did my Paleo experiment I did try and use more local resources for my food, which did add a lot to the grocery budget. But, it sounds like you've found what works for you, which is great!

I'm so jealous of your cheap food in the US. I spend twice that amount for just my husband and i, and we are very far from rich, we scrape by every week.

We're very fortunate to have an Aldi nearby-it's what makes my grocery budget doable! We run on a pretty tight budget, and we're also in the process of buying a new house right now-starting in February our mortgage payment will be going up $400 a month, blech! But it's a freakin' awesome house-built in 1870 and has river front property Might have to trim the grocery budget even more though, eek (or kick diet soda to the curb grumble grumble )

amiejjindra

I did it for a little bit. I think it's a great diet for someone trying to lose weight or keep it simple on staying healthy if you don't excercise. But as a training athlete, and with a small budget, I need my carbs and carbs from grains is cheap and simple! I found it way too hard to get enough carbs from the paleo diet, but other than that, I love looking at paleo recipes and playing with them a little bit. Grains aren't bad for you!

Christine_72

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

crazyravr wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

crazyravr wrote: »

bgh707 wrote: »

I follow paleo. I don't find it too difficult, but it can get pretty expensive, and you have to be able and willing to cook a lot.

Everything you just said, with maybe the exception of "I follow", is not true at all about the diet / life style lol hence makes me question your first sentence.

I think you're the first person I've ever seen who says eating Paleo is not expensive. Can I ask how much you spend a week in groceries/how many people that feeds? And does that include things like cleaning/laundry supplies, health and beauty, pet supplies etc?

When I did my Paleo experiment my grocery budget doubled-and I was the only one eating that way. I understand that everyone has different incomes/family set ups, but for me it was very cost prohibitive and it got to the point where I was having to shuffle bills around to cover the extra expense of my paleo eating. I also live in an area of numerous local resources.

Single guy, no pets, kids or other such "items" lol I like my life to be simple

You guys have to stop with all the organic and grass fed everything nonesense. That is not what eating paleo is about. I do however buy organic chickens when on sale, and stock up. One chicken cut up feeds me for a week (dinners and lunches). Dozen eggs with veggies feeds me for a week for breakfast. Add to that green veggies etc. and tubers for carbs and there you have it. I roughly spend 50$ / week to feed myself and feed myself VERY well. I splurge once a while, special ocasions and to get the the grass fed beef, but that is not daily occurance. Fish is another very cheap source of protein and not pricey at all. I batch cook / meal prep on sunday and have breakfast and lunch for work ready. At home I cook daily dinners and that usually takes me 30-45 minutes and I make dinner for two days at times.

Again, it is not expensive nor time consuming, unless you want it to be.

Paleo is not all about organic or grass fed all the time. If you can sure those are the better choices. I could afford to eat like this all the time, thats not a problem, but please do use your brain a bit and do some reading and you will realize when and where is a good time to spend the extra $$$ on food and when it makes no sense at all.

Thanks for the input My grocery budget is $100 a week for 5 people. That also has to include things like toilet paper, laundry detergent, shampoo, dish soap, deodorant, cat food and litter etc. When I did my Paleo experiment I did try and use more local resources for my food, which did add a lot to the grocery budget. But, it sounds like you've found what works for you, which is great!

I'm so jealous of your cheap food in the US. I spend twice that amount for just my husband and i, and we are very far from rich, we scrape by every week.

We're very fortunate to have an Aldi nearby-it's what makes my grocery budget doable! We run on a pretty tight budget, and we're also in the process of buying a new house right now-starting in February our mortgage payment will be going up $400 a month, blech! But it's a freakin' awesome house-built in 1870 and has river front property Might have to trim the grocery budget even more though, eek (or kick diet soda to the curb grumble grumble )

Sounds wonderful. I think the mortage is where we save, ours in only $160 pw.

crzycatlady1

Christine_72 wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

crazyravr wrote: »

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

crazyravr wrote: »

bgh707 wrote: »

I follow paleo. I don't find it too difficult, but it can get pretty expensive, and you have to be able and willing to cook a lot.

Everything you just said, with maybe the exception of "I follow", is not true at all about the diet / life style lol hence makes me question your first sentence.

I think you're the first person I've ever seen who says eating Paleo is not expensive. Can I ask how much you spend a week in groceries/how many people that feeds? And does that include things like cleaning/laundry supplies, health and beauty, pet supplies etc?

When I did my Paleo experiment my grocery budget doubled-and I was the only one eating that way. I understand that everyone has different incomes/family set ups, but for me it was very cost prohibitive and it got to the point where I was having to shuffle bills around to cover the extra expense of my paleo eating. I also live in an area of numerous local resources.

Single guy, no pets, kids or other such "items" lol I like my life to be simple

You guys have to stop with all the organic and grass fed everything nonesense. That is not what eating paleo is about. I do however buy organic chickens when on sale, and stock up. One chicken cut up feeds me for a week (dinners and lunches). Dozen eggs with veggies feeds me for a week for breakfast. Add to that green veggies etc. and tubers for carbs and there you have it. I roughly spend 50$ / week to feed myself and feed myself VERY well. I splurge once a while, special ocasions and to get the the grass fed beef, but that is not daily occurance. Fish is another very cheap source of protein and not pricey at all. I batch cook / meal prep on sunday and have breakfast and lunch for work ready. At home I cook daily dinners and that usually takes me 30-45 minutes and I make dinner for two days at times.

Again, it is not expensive nor time consuming, unless you want it to be.

Paleo is not all about organic or grass fed all the time. If you can sure those are the better choices. I could afford to eat like this all the time, thats not a problem, but please do use your brain a bit and do some reading and you will realize when and where is a good time to spend the extra $$$ on food and when it makes no sense at all.

Thanks for the input My grocery budget is $100 a week for 5 people. That also has to include things like toilet paper, laundry detergent, shampoo, dish soap, deodorant, cat food and litter etc. When I did my Paleo experiment I did try and use more local resources for my food, which did add a lot to the grocery budget. But, it sounds like you've found what works for you, which is great!

I'm so jealous of your cheap food in the US. I spend twice that amount for just my husband and i, and we are very far from rich, we scrape by every week.

We're very fortunate to have an Aldi nearby-it's what makes my grocery budget doable! We run on a pretty tight budget, and we're also in the process of buying a new house right now-starting in February our mortgage payment will be going up $400 a month, blech! But it's a freakin' awesome house-built in 1870 and has river front property Might have to trim the grocery budget even more though, eek (or kick diet soda to the curb grumble grumble )

Sounds wonderful. I think the mortage is where we save, ours in only $160 pw.

Our current mortgage is $1,000 a month with escrow included, going to $1,400 a month with escrow included. Creative budgeting will ensue!

Sorry OP-we've gotten way off topic here lol