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    Eat less - spend more?

    Posts: 567 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    Is your weekly food spend more or less now that you are on a weight loss journey?

    I am finding that I still spend the same as before I started with MFP. What I save on cake, crisps, frozen chips I spend on fruit.

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    • Posts: 4,142 Member
      Unfortunately for me, it's a LOT more! I think because I'm on a deficit, I tend to buy more healthy food than I actually need - probably because I shop when hungry, which is a BAD idea!
    • Posts: 4,131 Member
      I eat out less, so there's savings there. But I eat more of the same items more frequently, so I buy more in large quantities and save a bit that way. So it evens out.
    • Posts: 1,806 Member
      I spend about the same amount. I buy the same priced stuff, just lower calorie options. So if I get a sandwich from the shop, where I used to get an all day breakfast sandwich, I now get a prawn sandwich for half the calories, but the same price. Where I would have gotten a sausage and mash microwave meal, I now get a fish pie one, again half the calories but the same price as it's in the same range.
    • Posts: 6,652 Member
      I'm spending more because food prices have generally gone up.

      I've been getting strawberries for less than a dollar a pound, so fruit cost isn't the issue for us.
    • Posts: 1,213 Member
      We spend 42% less on food. In part, we changed where we shopped, but also how we shopped. We buy meat and anything I can freeze in bulk. Even adding the extra expenses connected to bulk buys, it's still 42% less.
    • Posts: 1,756 Member
      unfortunately nutritionally dense food is expensive. Cheap snacks, junk food is not!
      Sucks but a small price to pay so to speak.
    • Posts: 567 Member
      riffraff2112 wrote: »
      unfortunately nutritionally dense food is expensive. Cheap snacks, junk food is not!
      Sucks but a small price to pay so to speak.

      I have always bought fresh meat and fish so it's not costing me any more now.
    • Posts: 9,151 Member
      I think it's about the same. I don't have exact numbers though. I do eat less because of portion control, but some of the things I'm eating are more expensive.
    • Posts: 15,357 Member
      More, but only because my fiance moved in with me, so I have 300 extra pounds to feed...
    • Posts: 4,131 Member
      riffraff2112 wrote: »
      unfortunately nutritionally dense food is expensive. Cheap snacks, junk food is not!
      Sucks but a small price to pay so to speak.

      Nuts
      Seeds
      Bananas
      Dried fruit
      Apples
      Avocado
      Tomato paste
      Frozen spinach
      Frozen broccoli
      Onion
      Potato
      Lentil
      Navy beans
      Whole milk with D
      Swiss cheese
      Eggs
      Chicken liver
      TVP
      Wheat germ
      Ground turkey
      Tuna
      Ezekiel bread

      I've found these nutritionally dense foods to be an exceptional bargain in my area.
    • Posts: 25 Member
      Less eating out = savings. Healthier food = costs more. Seems like some kind of even balance. The "it costs more to eat well" argument falls apart when we spend $5 for fast food and could buy a lot of fruit and veggies with water for the same money and have a healthier lunch. But I like making excuses and lying to myself.
    • Posts: 30,886 Member
      On average less, since I don't go out to eat/order in as much. Not a huge difference, though -- I know I could easily spend less if I wanted.
    • Posts: 802 Member
      I'm spending a lot less, but I don't buy most produce at the grocery store. Instead, I visit shops that exclusively sell produce, where prices are substantially lower and quantities higher. I've had to learn how to not over-buy, and better ways to store stuff. It took me a couple of weeks to get a handle on that. Overall, it's been about 40% less.
    • Posts: 567 Member
      auddii wrote: »
      More, but only because my fiance moved in with me, so I have 300 extra pounds to feed...

      haha!

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