Good diet

Eisenmenger84

I need a good and cheap way to eat better. My husband dont work no more and its hard for me to go on a diet bc ever time i find a good diet plain it either cost to much or i dont like there food plz can someone help me out here?

jennybearlv

Is your husband well enough to cook? I don't work and barely spend any money on food because I'm always cooking. I make lots of potatoes, rice, beans, and whatever veggies and meat are cheapest. I usually roast a couple whole chickens every week, then make soup and casseroles from the leftovers. You don't need to eat kale and quinoa from Whole Paycheck or Lean Cuisines to lose weight. It really comes down to eating less food, which is always cheaper.

SueSueDio

What @jennybearly said - you don't need a "diet", you just need to eat less of the things you like.

This site is very helpful:

https://www.budgetbytes.com/

Also, download this PDF:

https://cookbooks.leannebrown.com/good-and-cheap.pdf

And do a search on the forums here for phrases like "eating on a budget" - there's lots of helpful advice around if you look for it.

AliceDark

My grocery list when I'm trying to lose looks really similar to my grocery list when I'm trying to save money -- eggs, dried beans or legumes, more in-season fruits/vegetables (in-season is almost always cheaper than out-of-season), more frozen vegetables, etc. I'd start by looking at how you two normally eat, then trying to find lower-calorie or lower-price ways to make the same kinds of meals. You don't need a specific diet plan to lose weight.

EmilyNichols2015

You can buy frozen fruits and veggies at the dollar store. As well as things like eggs and milk and frozen meat... lots of stuff, actually.

Tried30UserNames

Eat the foods you normally like, but eat them in a quantity that meets your calorie goals. You can create your own diet by planning out your meals each day or week. You can also easily add bulk to meals with vegetables and decrease the calories by limiting the amounts of fats or cutting back on serving sizes.

What do you like to eat? What's a typical breakfast, lunch, dinner? Do you cook at home or eat out most of the time? Are there particular situations or foods that make it challenging to stick to a weight loss program?

vingogly

There are a lot of budget recipes out there - go into your favorite search engine and search for "budget recipes".

When I was laid off work for a year and a half, I went to a local food pantry once a week to stock up - all donated food, and a wide variety of it. You might want to see if there's an option like that in your area. There was also a local church that sold combination packages of frozen meats to low income folks at a low price.

If you have a good sized freezer, it's always cheaper to buy the larger packages of food - and store brands tend to be cheaper.

kommodevaran

Don't do on a diet. You can make your own meal plan for free. If you don't opt for organic, hand-fed, prepacked, precooked, enriched and reduced name-brand foods, you can eat tasty, healthy and cheap, but it takes effort, in planning and cooking. Simple, single ingredient foods are cheap and versatile and easy to combine into great meals. Think components for each meal: Breakfast is starch, protein, fruit, veg, dairy. Dinner is protein+fat, starch, veg. Lunch is like breakfast or dinner. Alternate and rotate, plan meals you want to eat, schedule shopping, buy just the amount you can store and eat before it spoils, and eat it up.

Cheap foods include oats, rice, pasta, bread, potatoes, frozen vegetables and berries, onions, carrots, canned tuna, beans and tomatoes, apples, oranges, bananas, eggs, pork, chicken, ground beef, peanuts, almonds, oil.

Oh, and eating less should definitely cost less, not more.

Rocbola

Check into Dr. John McDougall's recommended diet. Very inexpensive food, very satisfying and very delicious. I have lost about 85 LBS so far and never felt like i was missing anything.