How much $ have you invested in weight loss?

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  • PaleoChocolateBear
    PaleoChocolateBear Posts: 2,844 Member
    125 a month for crossfit unlimited classes
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    Other then food which I have to buy anyways, I've bought a bike, a weighted bar and a pair of shoes. So over the course of a year, maybe $200.
  • ArmandoG28
    ArmandoG28 Posts: 283 Member
    $10.00
  • knightreader
    knightreader Posts: 813 Member
    i don't want to know...a lot, but not as much as i would have spent on doctors bills, co pays, insurance premiums, physical therapy, emotional therapy, hospital bills, medications, rehab equipment, and a likely divorce if my health and state of mind didn't improve.
  • 1two3four
    1two3four Posts: 413 Member
    I was just thinking about how much I've invested so far in my quest to get in shape. After purchasing Body Revolution, new shoes, a HRM, weights, resistance cables, workout clothes, protein powder, etc, etc.....I think I'm at about $500 over the past 3 months. Granted most of it is one time purchases, but I think it's been worth every penny. :happy:

    What do you think you've spent and has it been worth it?

    Like, ever?

    Well, there was both stints (years ago) with the SlimFast. Hundreds. Not counting the priceless tooth it broke. Not worth it.
    The treadmill. $850 Not necessarily purchased for weight loss at the time. Totally worth it... even if it's currently in storage because I don't have room.
    Some pilates DVDs I got off Amazon. Probably $10 for both together. Worth it.
    Pilates mat. $15. Worth it.

    This time around with MFP. Have spent NOTHING. Not a penny. COMPLETELY. COMPLETELY. WORTH IT.

    I do, eventually plan to purchase a food scale. So, however cheap I can get one of those for. But honestly. I got this far without one. Measuring some and mostly eyeballing it. I have great skill with eyeballing, generally.

    A gym membership one day, or if I get the room in my next place I'm just stealing my dad's stationary bike and home gym thing.

    Things I've used but didn't have to purchase: measuring cups/spoons. Measuring tape. Band things. Hand weights. Human scale.
  • tatd_820
    tatd_820 Posts: 573 Member
    New shoes but who doesn't need shoes? I don't count that.....my old shoes were nearly 2 years old $65
    New workout clothes as I lost weight (need new gear again!) maybe $200
    Gym membership $89/month

    I do not use supplements or meal replacements of any kind.

    Totally worth it!
  • dakittenrightmeow
    dakittenrightmeow Posts: 10 Member
    brilliant! the long term payoff is totally worth it!
  • Kanlassak
    Kanlassak Posts: 101 Member
    Shoes - I needed new shoes anyways
    Sports bras - $50
    Scale - $20
    Food comes out about the same, and I didn't get specialized workout clothes.
    So $70ish over the past year.

    But my apartment has a pool, and my college has a gym that's free for students. And I was already pretty much doing dinners from scratch half the time, so I had all the kitchen stuff I needed. If that counts, it could easily add over a hundred.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Oh, I forgot my food scale and body scale; $30 each.
  • Tennessee2019
    Tennessee2019 Posts: 676 Member
    :cry: I honestly don't want to add it ALL up.
    Over the years I have bought a treadmill, elliptical, stair climber, numerous pedometers, exercise videos, Skechers Shape-Ups, workout clothes, tried Nutri-System, a Wii game system with Wii Fit & Wii Fit Plus.
    The exercise equipment got sold at garage sales, the batteries on my pedometers wore out & I stopped buying batteries, Skechers ended up in a lawsuit over the shape-ups & I ended up needing an arch reconstruction on my foot, I still have the workout clothes but they don't fit me now, hated the "sauce" on all the NS dinner foods & my Wii game system is collecting dust in our entertainment cabinet.
    I joined a gym last month & am now working with a personal trainer that I pay $300 a month to for the next 8 months - so I'd better stick with him or that will be more money that I have wasted.
  • fara180
    fara180 Posts: 1,260 Member
    cute exercise outfits ~ $40
    gym membership ~ $300
    organic food ~ $ all of my pay check
  • C12254
    C12254 Posts: 198
    I didnt spend $ to get fat (other then food)- i wont spend much to lose the fat either (again- other then food). I may join a gym for $10/mo eventually but thatll be bout it. I refuse to spend tons of money.
  • SarahBeth0625
    SarahBeth0625 Posts: 685 Member
    $13 a month: Y membership
    ~$40 cute workout gear
    $60 Heartrate monitor

    Satisfaction gained from a workout? Priceless! :)
  • abheshek
    abheshek Posts: 525 Member
    per month

    gym - 9$

    supplements - 130 $
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    I haven't spent anything on weight loss. I have a food scale anyway, because I like to use recipes written by Europeans and I need to be able to measure in grams. I spend money on recreation, like a gym membership, a mountain bike, athletic shoes, and skis.
  • AngelicxAnnihilation
    AngelicxAnnihilation Posts: 336 Member
    Sports Bra- $30
    5lb ankle/wrist weights -$10
    your shape: fitness evolved- $10
    Scale- $20 but I'll be buying a new one soon so that will be around $60 ish

    and that's about it so far.. not including gifts or groceries... 70$ + the new scale that I will be buying $130.
  • Nutella91
    Nutella91 Posts: 624 Member
    i think i actually saved money since i'm too terrified to eat out all the time.
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    Probably around £1000 GBP in the last year. Mostly on weights and equipment for my home gym, fitbit, HRM, etc. which I'm happy with now so the next year should be cheaper.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    Zero $ on weight loss. $60 on running shoes for fitness.

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