How One Family Succeded in Cutting Out Junk Food

Picklepower
Picklepower Posts: 66 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
One of my facebook friends shared this article on their wall and I thought some people here might enjoy it. :smile:

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/how-one-family-broke-its-junk-food-addiction-2530910#photoViewer=1

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  • Kelly_Wilson1990
    Kelly_Wilson1990 Posts: 3,245 Member
    Great reading!!!
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    i wish i was rich
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,035 Member
    bump for later :)
  • Edestiny7
    Edestiny7 Posts: 730 Member
    That is how I eat. My eating evolved greatly from when I first started using this site in March 2010. It was gradual, but steady, until we are at the point we are now. However, my 17 year old son doesn't go for it, so I still have to buy lunch meat, white sandwich rolls, & white pasta for him.
  • Grokette
    Grokette Posts: 3,330 Member
    That is awesome!!! I wish more parents would do the same.

    We have to remember that if we want affordable and healthy food we have to vote everytime we purchase groceries. The more people vote with the processed, boxed, packaged and frozen stuff - the more expensive and out of reach WHOLE, natural foods will cost.

    I cast my vote for local and sustainable produce, meat, eggs and dairy. I don't mind getting in the kitchen and cooking. It is soo worth it.
  • dayzeerock
    dayzeerock Posts: 918 Member
    Just throw the junk away and don't waste money on it anymore! I think it's great that she is showing that it can be done on a budget though. Most people just don't realize that eating whole foods truly does cost LESS. I buy three processed food products a month...the rest is all completely whole foods, vegetables and whole grains. I do this on 50-75 a month....it IS possible!
  • Picklepower
    Picklepower Posts: 66 Member
    However, my 17 year old son doesn't go for it, so I still have to buy lunch meat, white sandwich rolls, & white pasta for him.

    He's 17...that's old enough to work in most states...I'd tell him if he didn't wanna eat what I made he can buy his own =)
  • Grokette
    Grokette Posts: 3,330 Member
    i wish i was rich

    You don't need to be rich to eat like they do. $125.00 per week for a household of 4 people is not a lot of money.
  • MelMoly
    MelMoly Posts: 1,303 Member
    i wish i was rich

    You don't need to be rich to eat like they do. $125.00 per week for a household of 4 people is not a lot of money.

    I spend like 140 every week sometimes that lasts 2 weeks till next payday! Average around 60 at trader joes! And I'm deff not rich
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    i wish i was rich

    You don't need to be rich to eat like they do. $125.00 per week for a household of 4 people is not a lot of money.

    I spend like 140 every week sometimes that lasts 2 weeks till next payday! Average around 60 at trader joes! And I'm deff not rich

    i spend like 30 dollars on food a week
  • Edestiny7
    Edestiny7 Posts: 730 Member
    However, my 17 year old son doesn't go for it, so I still have to buy lunch meat, white sandwich rolls, & white pasta for him.

    He's 17...that's old enough to work in most states...I'd tell him if he didn't wanna eat what I made he can buy his own =)

    I actually do not allow him to work because I prioritize his education. He is on the school track team and in the school marching band. He has practice 5 nights a week for 2 - 3 hours a night, and events every weekend. There are only about 3 weeks each year that he doesn't have one or the other going on, and that is when he visits his father in Utah. He has his whole life to work after college.
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