What worked for me is probably the answer for you!

I have nothing against healthy eating, but making a candy bar equivalent to drinking Draino really irks me. This all or nothing mentality is the reason so many of us are fat already.

Also, what worked for you, works for you, not me. Don't be so self righteous please.

I never said you cant have a candy bar, If you paid attention you would see that I eat 80% clean and enjoy treats 20% of the time which is why I eat candy, in n out and other yummie things every now and again. I am not being self righteous I am simply stating facts. The point of the post was to encourage food addicts such as myself to change the way they are thinking about food and to realize that a lot of the foods that we are putting into our bodies are not "healthy" as the food manufactures lead you to believe and that we can take control of our bodies and minds (which food addiction is as much a mind struggle as it is a physical one) but I understand that being closed minded and defensive is a common reaction for someone to have when they don't fully understand something.

***NO MORE TROLLS PLEASE! I never used unkind, angry or harsh tones in my original post I would accept the same with your comments/concerns. I am an open minded individual who can argue my opinion while still respecting others side of things and would appreciate the same. Sorry if you take offense to my post or the topic title, if you do I encourage you not to read it

I'm not entirely convinced that you can be an open minded individual who can argue your opinion white still respecting the others side of things, considering you accused her of being a troll for disagreeing with you. :huh:

I didnt call them a troll for disagreeing with me i called them a troll for saying that I am self righteous because that clearly was not my tone for this thread. Oh well it wasnt for them then if it didnt strike a cord

I appreciate your enthusiasm, but not the post where you call someone a troll for pointing out that what works for you doesn't work for everyone.

As i said before the troll comment was directed towards calling me self righteous because that was not my tone or intention in the post, this post was meant for people like me who where struggling with food addiction and what is working for me in my journey, Ive gottin so many PMs and positive feedback from those people and the ones who this doesn't pertain to, thats okay but they dont need to put me down on my thread you know

Just curious how you can afford organic fruits and veggies and grass-fed beef on food stamps. I don't buy processed food, junk food, prepared food, whatever you call it and I rarely eat out. I also have a decent food budget for 1 person ($300/month) but even I can't afford grass-fed beef and all-organic.

We have a strict budget of $105 a week which is $420 a month, as you will see I said most of our food is the best quality where we can get it, I've learned to buy Ralph's or Trader Joe's meat when it's on clearance and prepare it that same night for dinner. We shop a lot more often about every two or three days in small amounts vs the old weigh every two weeks in large bulk. We have learned to scale back in the meat/dairy product all together and don't consume nearly that much of either anymore we stick to plant based proteins, seeds and beans. We only buy organic for the dirty dozen which you can read about here- http://www.organic.org/articles/showarticle/article-214 and we grow many seasonal fruits and veggies ourselves in pots on our apartment porch my son loves it, it teaches him to be responsible and about nature, I love it because it's cheap!! We eat seasonally and we menu plan our foods. We also learned to utilize what's in our cupboard or fridge to eliminate waste and work with whats on sale or clearance for the days meals. Other than that we also buy in bulk when we can and we buy a lot of our fruits/veggies frozen (the ones we use in smoothies or to cook with like spinach I would but in a stir fry). Anyone who is interested can check out this site, she did an experiment with her family, eating clean and living off an amount per week that is less then food stamps- http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/100-days-on-a-budget/

I also want to point out that we don't buy a lot of the convenience foods that other households buy, we make our own condiments (like ranch, bbq sauce, salad dressings, humus), soups, lunches etc. so that actually saves us a lot of $ you would be surprised how much a lunch able cost is vs. breaking up the cost of my sons homemade "mom-able" I make him

Thanks so much for asking because it is one of my biggest passions to get people who are low income to realize that they don't have to settle for crap and can eat well with the right knowledge and a whole lot of effort and patience (it was def. trial and error for us)

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Yep. That's all that really needs to be said.

That was my main point lol Eat whole REAL food that has nutritional value and be aware of what your putting in your body, educate yourself and take control thats it didn't realize this post would get soooo off subject and misunderstood yikes :noway: