Losing weight with little to no money.

Well, you can't afford much food then, so that should help. :ohwell:

Beans and rice, milk, tuna, lettuce, eggs, whole chicken or whatever is on sale (check with your butcher at the grocery for sale meats). Buy frozen vegetables in bulk, on sale. You can live on less, just have to plan ahead.

Buy the foods you normally do but eat within your calorie goal. Weight loss is calories in v. calories out, stay consistently in your calorie goal and you'll lose. OR If you're looking for a healthier route - chicken, lean beef, eggs, milk, yogurt, fresh fruit, veggies, quaker oatmeal.......all these are relatively inexpensive foods.

Beans are a good source of protein and fiber.

If you find healthy foods on sale that will keep, stock up. We buy chicken and ground turkey at Costco, frozen fish at the local supermarket. Our freezer is always full.

Some farmer's markets offer good deals on veggies, however, others cater to yuppies who will spend more to make themselves feel good.

After a bit of research, we have chosen a grocery store which tends to have the lowest prices, it is not the closest, but we stock up once a week and my partner can stop on his way home from work to refill veggies - salad greens just don't last long enough to buy two at a time.

It is cheaper to walk than to drive.

One of you local parks probably has a fitness trail.

As with all the above for me it's about what i can get and where. Theres lots of supermarkets to get fruit and veg but at the market i can get a mixed bag of salad/veg/fruit for £1.00. As for meat i go for cheaper cuts which usually end up being tastier too. I always have meals i can make more of and freeze too, thats a big help. Slow cooker meals are best for this.

Hope this helps

Fin x

Coupons and a lot of them. I cut $100+ off my grocery bill every month with coupons alone. Also, if you use coupons to get hygiene stuff, that gives you more money to spend on fruits and vegetables. As someone mentioned ask the butcher/meat department for meat that they really need to sell and will give at a discount. This should also work in the produce section. Don't forget to look for coupons on sale items. That is always a huge relief of cost.

This....also I know for me personally, I hate buying frozen fish and chicken....but it's usually on sale so I deal with it hahaha better than ramen!

Food: Rice, eggs, beans, frozen veggies, potatoes, bananas, apples, pasta, shop for cheap cuts of meat on sale and cook them in the crock pot

Exercise: Run outside (free), body weight resistance training (also free) - google "Convict Conditioning", Youtube workout videos (free again)


Money is not a deterrant or a necessity where weight loss is concerned.

don't fall into a gimmick trap, especially on your low days when you just want to find a "cheat". Even if they help short term most people gain back the weight if they do this.

Look for what is on sale, visit the websites of your 3 favorite stores, make a list based solely on what is on sale, pick the best and then you can price match the rest at most stores I can usually find chicken on sale and a lean beef steak or roast.
I make less meat for tacos (I use xtra lean made with bulk taco seasoning) use fat free refried beans (off brand saves like .50 cent ans sucks so I shell out for the good ones) and because we do this we have leftover meat for another meal.
Some of my favorite things are soups and you can sub at least half the meat for various beans! Love it!

I buy whatever veg is on sale that week, or the ones that are always cheap, this week cucumbers were 2/1$ and peppers were 3/1$ in my town, spinach bags were only .99 and have like 4 cups in them. add on some 3 or 4/1$ oranges and a small bag of apples and that is a pretty good supply! I myself try to avoid bananas, but my daycare kids go nuts for them, so I always have to buy them as well.

Log everything you eat.

Do not buy anything pre-made... no boxed snacks, crackers, bakery things, pre-made sandwiches, deli food, nothing that's already been prepped..... which of course also includes fast food.

I've recently started only buying ingredients for things instead of buying pre-made, processed foods. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen lately but, no kidding, I just took $70 off of our weekly grocery trip to feed a family of four. It's totally doable, you just have got to meal plan and you have to cook.

Get smart with left overs. Make soups and stir fries with leftovers from joints and veggies, omlettes with bits of veg rather than letting them spoil. Im lucky that I have a great local butcher, his braising steak is far better quality than the rump from the supermarket so I buy that if I want a treat. Dont buy cheddar cheese, use fresh parmesan instead, its more expensive but you only need a little as the flavour is so strong. Bulk out casseroles, stews and soups with dried pulses and beans.

if you have an Aldi in your area, they have really good, inexpensive healty foods. They don't have many name brands, but their generics are all made by company's that make the name brands but just slap a different label on it. And they are INEXPENSIVE!!! You can get a steamer bag broccoli FLORETTES (sp?) for like $1.09 here in the D/FW area in Texas, and they usually go for like $1.79 for name brands...

jog!

I only buy whole foods and don't waste my money on diet shakes or protein bars. I feel like I don't need the extra calories and fat and sugar when I can eat whole foods for less money. I work out at home or take walks.

Anybody have any specials tips or tricks that they have for losing weight on the cheap?

Eat less calories and/or burn more calories.

Um, ya, ^^^^^This *smh*:indifferent:

you can't eat as much food, so in fact you have an advantage.