ramen noodles?

Coming from someone who is VERY poor (unemployed, has bills still), I do sometimes buy ramen noodles. I haven't in awhile, but, they are not completely out of my diet.

What I do is throw away the seasoning packets and just use the noodles. I season them with whatever I might be wanting that day, oregano, chili powder, italian seasonings. I figure, it is still unhealthy because of the noodles but I have to be somewhat better off without using THEIR seasonings. Which who knows what it really is.

well then why not just buy wheat pasta for $1-2 a pound.

I can't believe you think the noodles are okay and the SPICES is what to worry about.....

I can not believe that is what you got out of what I said. I did not say that, at all. I said I am better off not using their seasoning, but it is still unhealthy.

Coming from someone who is VERY poor (unemployed, has bills still), I do sometimes buy ramen noodles. I haven't in awhile, but, they are not completely out of my diet.

What I do is throw away the seasoning packets and just use the noodles. I season them with whatever I might be wanting that day, oregano, chili powder, italian seasonings. I figure, it is still unhealthy because of the noodles but I have to be somewhat better off without using THEIR seasonings. Which who knows what it really is.

well then why not just buy wheat pasta for $1-2 a pound.

I've started to buy my pasta in bulk, so I do that. I haven't bought ramen in a long time. But since I still have some packets, they are not completely out of my diet. But, pound by pound, ramen is still cheaper than 1-2$ a pound. At least where I live. I can get a packet of ramen for 5 cents.

Yea I have about 48 packs of them actually! Family sent them as a care package :P and I need the sodium, so i still eat them!

they are 25 cents a pack here, so pasta is actually cheaper though xD

Coming from someone who is VERY poor (unemployed, has bills still), I do sometimes buy ramen noodles. I haven't in awhile, but, they are not completely out of my diet.

What I do is throw away the seasoning packets and just use the noodles. I season them with whatever I might be wanting that day, oregano, chili powder, italian seasonings. I figure, it is still unhealthy because of the noodles but I have to be somewhat better off without using THEIR seasonings. Which who knows what it really is.

well then why not just buy wheat pasta for $1-2 a pound.

I've started to buy my pasta in bulk, so I do that. I haven't bought ramen in a long time. But since I still have some packets, they are not completely out of my diet. But, pound by pound, ramen is still cheaper than 1-2$ a pound. At least where I live. I can get a packet of ramen for 5 cents.

IT's not a huge savings. $1 maybe? I don't think that's much considering you can by a perfectly healthy food for nearly as cheap.

Be thankful you don't have to crunch pennies or dollars, I guess.

Coming from someone who is VERY poor (unemployed, has bills still), I do sometimes buy ramen noodles. I haven't in awhile, but, they are not completely out of my diet.

What I do is throw away the seasoning packets and just use the noodles. I season them with whatever I might be wanting that day, oregano, chili powder, italian seasonings. I figure, it is still unhealthy because of the noodles but I have to be somewhat better off without using THEIR seasonings. Which who knows what it really is.

well then why not just buy wheat pasta for $1-2 a pound.

I've started to buy my pasta in bulk, so I do that. I haven't bought ramen in a long time. But since I still have some packets, they are not completely out of my diet. But, pound by pound, ramen is still cheaper than 1-2$ a pound. At least where I live. I can get a packet of ramen for 5 cents.

IT's not a huge savings. $1 maybe? I don't think that's much considering you can by a perfectly healthy food for nearly as cheap.

Be thankful you don't have to crunch pennies or dollars, I guess.

Well, not to be mean but if you had to crunch pennies or dollars wouldn't it make more sense to find odd jobs that can earn you a bit more money than to spend hours online? I don't really see how you can say that $1 is cost prohibitive. Especially considering you already said you don't eat them often.

My family has a foreign exchange student who makes his own "flavoring" for the noodles... Sooooo good and soooooo much healthier. Unfortunately, I'm in a dorm XD So I just stick with the normal noodles and eat them on a day when I've worked out a lot

Coming from someone who is VERY poor (unemployed, has bills still), I do sometimes buy ramen noodles. I haven't in awhile, but, they are not completely out of my diet.

What I do is throw away the seasoning packets and just use the noodles. I season them with whatever I might be wanting that day, oregano, chili powder, italian seasonings. I figure, it is still unhealthy because of the noodles but I have to be somewhat better off without using THEIR seasonings. Which who knows what it really is.

well then why not just buy wheat pasta for $1-2 a pound.

I've started to buy my pasta in bulk, so I do that. I haven't bought ramen in a long time. But since I still have some packets, they are not completely out of my diet. But, pound by pound, ramen is still cheaper than 1-2$ a pound. At least where I live. I can get a packet of ramen for 5 cents.

IT's not a huge savings. $1 maybe? I don't think that's much considering you can by a perfectly healthy food for nearly as cheap.

Be thankful you don't have to crunch pennies or dollars, I guess.

Well, not to be mean but if you had to crunch pennies or dollars wouldn't it make more sense to find odd jobs that can earn you a bit more money than to spend hours online? I don't really see how you can say that $1 is cost prohibitive. Especially considering you already said you don't eat them often.

She said she buys them ONCE IN A WHILE and omits the seasoning packet to reduce the sodium content. She acknowledged that the noodles were still bad. She barely eats them anymore but still buys them occasionally. Look at her diary, she doesn sit around loading up on junk. Everyone on here eats "junk" sometimes and LOOK they're alive. Get off your high horse. You don;t know other people's situations. What is your deal? And yeah for people who have to pinch pennies, a dollar here and there can make a difference especially when things like rent and gas are so expensive. Just because a person owns a computer and posted on a site you cannot assume that they spend hours online and are too lazy to work. She posts all the time about having job interviews and such. People on here seriously have issues with taking things way out of context. Not just this, all the forums. It's ridiculous. Calm down. THEY'RE JUST NOODLES. :flowerforyou:

OMG there was a time when I would have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner . . . and then my roomie would wake me up at midnight and we'd share another pack.
And we'd add a cheese slice to it now and then, sometimes a dollop of butter too, sometimes stir in some more ketchup and add in fried onions :noway: :noway:

I'd say that's the reason I gained my freshman fifteen . . .

But once in a blue moon . . .maybe

They're right up there with pork rinds -- aka fried pork fat. A one-to-ten scale doesn't go high enough to measure the bad.

I have this issue 2, but no lie they do really but weight on you! Any kinda of pasta does, If you most have it make no more than on cup and make it with something that has some other things you need in your diet. I am right with you I live off of this for my first yr of college and I still crave them badly from time to time!

Well Liz--i might have oversimplified your situation but your response was uncalled for. So, I'm not going to apologize for what I said--your whole situation sounds rather contradictory to me. I wasn't mean in my suggestion and didn't deserve a "go screw yourself" --you clearly have a lot of time on your hands to post on a fitness website and bash someone who calls you out. I don't think it's a bad suggestion to tell someone to find an odd job to supplement their income. So if that makes me simple minded then I'll take it.