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LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.
I'm not the one buying it? And I have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours
So your financial situation is not as dire as you make it to be? If you have people buying you ice cream and crystal light they can buy you healthy food.
I buy my own food. My roommate always has a ton of ice cream because he takes it home from work. I have some. My work gives out crystal light samples. So I put it in my water
Gotcha... So you have gotten plenty of good advice in this thread, are you going to implement any of it?4 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.
I'm not the one buying it? And I have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours
So your financial situation is not as dire as you make it to be? If you have people buying you ice cream and crystal light they can buy you healthy food.
I buy my own food. My roommate always has a ton of ice cream because he takes it home from work. I have some. My work gives out crystal light samples. So I put it in my water
Gotcha... So you have gotten plenty of good advice in this thread, are you going to implement any of it?
Yes, sir.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.
I'm not the one buying it? And I have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours
Clearly, I'm bored today too. Why do you have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours?
I'd rather not put it on here if you'd like to private message me I'd be happy to explain0 -
Learn to budget. If it's a skill you have not cultivated, it may seem difficult and complex. It's not. You'll have to budget your money and you calories to lose weight healthily.4
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WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »
Then don't go and buy food at home?
Buying food from the grocery store is way more expensive
You had a thread about this over the weekend and people gave you several economical choices that work within a calorie and monetary budget. Even still - it is possible to lose weight while eating at McDonalds.
It seems you aren't really committed and are looking for excuses why this is too difficult or not achievable for you.
Bingo.
I feed a family of 5 people on a $100 a week grocery budget (and that includes non-food items like cleaning and laundry supplies, health and beauty items, paper/plastic supplies etc). This week my grocery list tally's up to under $80.
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Okay well if you have 72 hours off food that means you'll have saved $15 in dollar menu funds to put towards some of the meal stretching staples suggested previously, which will in turn defray your initial costs. Hallelujah, the hospital has saved the day!18
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JessicaMcB wrote: »Okay well if you have 72 hours off food that means you'll have saved $15 in dollar menu funds to put towards some of the meal stretching staples suggested previously, which will in turn defray your initial costs. Hallelujah, the hospital has saved the day!
Winning.8 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »Okay well if you have 72 hours off food that means you'll have saved $15 in dollar menu funds to put towards some of the meal stretching staples suggested previously, which will in turn defray your initial costs. Hallelujah, the hospital has saved the day!
I am working on a list to buy for Friday because I have someone who just told me they will start helping me with groceries if I'm serious about eating healthier1 -
I eat a Wendy's chilli every single day for lunch. It's 3$ and I get it at drive thru (today I walked). You can get cheap fast food, but you can't get someone to motivate you. You choose what you eat. Period5
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LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
That doesn't mean you have to shop daily.5 -
My food budget is also very tight, £3 per day which works out at less than $5. If you add me as a friend I'd be happy to help you figure out how to get the ball rolling and start losing weight on a tight budget.3
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If it were me and I had to build a pantry on $5/day, I would start real cheap for a few days to build up some money to buy basic staples. Prices vary locally, but here I could buy eggs, some cheap non-stick spray, and a bag of frozen veg for $3. That would feed me a couple of days and I could have $12 built up for my next trip. A loaf of bread, some kind of meat (whatever is on sale), some seasonings and now you can go a couple more days and save up a little more. Each time you'll end up adding staples like cooking oil, spices, bread, oats, rice, potatoes, etc to your pantry that can help stretch meals. Once you get those in place, you can do less saving and just buy the perishables you need.
I posted in your other thread and I hate to post here given how you've blasted others in both, but I'll mention Aldi again if you have one. If not, find out what kind of discount grocery stores you have. Dollar Tree sells a lot of staples for the early stockup stage. Also see if your grocery store has an app or a loyalty card to be sure you're getting the best prices.11 -
Stop having a pity party it doesn't do you any good. Go to the goals section in mfp fill it in and stick to what it tells you.As you are on a 72hr hospital prescribed liquid diet save the $15 dollars you usually use for food and go grocery shopping with it buying staples such as people have probably already have suggested. Look up some recipes you would like to try and start. Not starting and just feeling sorry for yourself will only mean you stay overweight. What have you got to lose by giving it 100%? Just pounds.6
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Ok - I'm not trying to be rude OP, but you have 4 threads going at once. It seems like you are getting tons of great advice in all of them, but you continue to make excuses.
You can't get to a gym.
You don't have money for "healthy" food.
A gym is not required to lose weight. Period.
You can make better choices on a budget. I do it every single week.
Do I always eat exactly what I want? No. I buy what is on sale and try to stock up on staples (rice, beans) when I have extra money.
I also shop at local farmers markets for produce, it's generally cheaper than the chain grocery stores.
I make large casseroles or stews and individually package them for lunches at work. I have not gone out to lunch in a month.
I have eggs for breakfast every single morning. They are .89/dozen where I live.
At this point, I feel like you are trolling. Either way, I wish you the best.
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For $30 per week could buy lunch meat, cheese, low calorie/ carb bread Or there are grocery stores that have a "Pick 5" meaning for $19.99 you can pick 5 different meats and with the remaining money you can buy can goods or even frozen veggies for the week. There are other options. Good luck to you.1
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Butts_Boys_and_Burgers_ohmy wrote: »Ok - I'm not trying to be rude OP, but you have 4 threads going at once. It seems like you are getting tons of great advice in all of them, but you continue to make excuses.
You can't get to a gym.
You don't have money for "healthy" food.
A gym is not required to lose weight. Period.
You can make better choices on a budget. I do it every single week.
Do I always eat exactly what I want? No. I buy what is on sale and try to stock up on staples (rice, beans) when I have extra money.
I also shop at local farmers markets for produce, it's generally cheaper than the chain grocery stores.
I make large casseroles or stews and individually package them for lunches at work. I have not gone out to lunch in a month.
I have eggs for breakfast every single morning. They are .89/dozen where I live.
At this point, I feel like you are trolling. Either way, I wish you the best.
I'm genuinely trying to learn what to do with what I have. Thank you very much0 -
LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
I'd be happy to help you create a grocery list that fits a $5 a day budget. I am 100% positive many MFP folk here would too. So if you feel up to the challenge of grocery shopping, and cooking for yourself to be able to lose weight, just let us know. If not, I don't understand the reason for your post.
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english muffins (6 pack) are $0.99 a dozen eggs is little more than that... that sounds like a lot of meals for the price of a drive thru meal. If you're getting a drink and a mcdouble a couple times a day, that's already a week's worth of english muffins and eggs. Water is free to drink so choose that
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LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Butts_Boys_and_Burgers_ohmy wrote: »Ok - I'm not trying to be rude OP, but you have 4 threads going at once. It seems like you are getting tons of great advice in all of them, but you continue to make excuses.
You can't get to a gym.
You don't have money for "healthy" food.
A gym is not required to lose weight. Period.
You can make better choices on a budget. I do it every single week.
Do I always eat exactly what I want? No. I buy what is on sale and try to stock up on staples (rice, beans) when I have extra money.
I also shop at local farmers markets for produce, it's generally cheaper than the chain grocery stores.
I make large casseroles or stews and individually package them for lunches at work. I have not gone out to lunch in a month.
I have eggs for breakfast every single morning. They are .89/dozen where I live.
At this point, I feel like you are trolling. Either way, I wish you the best.
I'm genuinely trying to learn what to do with what I have. Thank you very much
Eat less, move more.
Walking is free, running is free.2 -
You can live off of rice & beans...and it's one of the cheapest foods out there, especially when you buy in bulk. Beans are a complete protein. Just FYI ...The nutritional benefits are off the roof! Lots of fiber too...4
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