How much do you spend a day?

girllovedcupcakes

Hello! I see so many posts about how it is expensive to eat right so I thought I would check and see how much I spend on the average day. I would be interested to know how much others spend as well. Below is a typical day and how much it costs me. The costs could be lower but I have particular things I like so I buy them (cherry tomato, reduced sodium turkey ect). If you want to see the nutrition info I have an open diary.

Breakfast

$0.18 Blue Diamond - Almond Breeze Unsweetened Almond Milk, 0.5 cup
$0.35 Banana
$0.31 Nature's Own - 100% Whole Wheat Thin-Sliced Bagels, 1 bagel
$0.13 Great Value- Red Raspberry Preserves - Sugar Free - 12.75 oz Jar, 1 Tbsp
$0.42 Great Value Strawberry Awake 1 cup

Lunch

$0.12 Sargento - Ultra Thin Swiss Cheese, 1 Slice,
$1.09 Dilusso Deli Company - Reduced Sodium Turkey Breast, 2.5 oz
$0.43 Joseph's - Flatbread Honey Wheat Made With Flax and Oat Bran, 1 FlatBread, 2oz, (56g)
$0.41 Marketside - Fresh Spinach, 1 cups
$0.56 Breakstone's - 30% Less Sodium 2% Milkfat Cottage Cheese, 1/2 c (124g)
$0.33 Jell-O Kraft - Sugar Free Jello, 1/2 cup
$0.66 Grape Tomato - Grape Tomato, 10 grape tomatoes

Dinner

$0.22 Great Value - Instant Brown Rice, 0.5 cup raw (makes 1 cup prepared)
$0.59 Generic - Cauliflower- Boiled, Mashed, W/O Salt or Butter, 1 cup mashed
$0.78 Generic - Chicken Breast , 6.25 ounce
$0.80 Dannon – Vanilla Non-Fat Greek Yogurt, 1 Container

Snacks

$0.50 Fiber One - Fiber One Bar, Oats & Chocolate, 1 bar
$0.25 Generic - Celery Sticks 10cm (4inch) 111 g, 55.5 g
$0.24 Crispak - Peeled Baby Carrots Snack Pack, 1 package (2 oz)

Grand total: $7.38

HendersonDavid

I like this idea. But I'll around to doing the math on my own typical day of eating.

twinmom14ek

I'll bite. Note that this isn't my everyday diet, but I do generally buy my breakfast and lunch while at work. And I think it kind of helps your point

Breakfast
$3.82 ham, egg & cheese breakfat wrap
$1.25 20 oz. bottle diet mt. dew

Lunch
$8.27 Chick-fil-a grilled chicken salad

Total through mid-afternoon: $13.34

That's all I have so far today, but I'm already well over your total. Point well made.