My 600# life

They may be on disability because of their size? I'm not sure. I'm actually watching the new episode right now.

A lot of time they have a working spouse/significant other.

Jburlen2007 wrote: »

Food that is bad for you, is cheaper than foods that are good for you.

I disagree. I can prepare "healthy" meals way cheaper than fast food, etc

AndrewMartin3 wrote: »

Yes there spouse might work and there on disability but all that food has to be over 5 or 6 hundred a week easily

Easily. I've wondered how they afford it before too.

AndrewMartin3 wrote: »

williams969 wrote: »

Jburlen2007 wrote: »

Food that is bad for you, is cheaper than foods that are good for you.

Not necessarily. There's a whole lot of grocery foods(fresh and frozen produce, bulk grains and legumes) for under $1/lb. When I was poor, even McDonald's dollar menu was an unaffordable luxury when I could make dinner to feed 5 for under $5.

I wanna shop were u shop

Its not that hard....i can think of a bunch of meals off the top of my head that will feed 5 people for under $5.

Pulled pork sandwiches, with frozen green beans. $1.29/lb for pork butt...need 1.5#, bag of hamburger buns from aldi $0.85, bag of frozen veg $1.....under $4, or $5 if you want 2 bags of frozen veggies

spaghetti w marinara or alfredo with broccoli...$1 pasta, $1 marinara or $1.99 alfredo, $1/bag of frozen veg....between $3 & $5 to feed 5

Polish sausage broccoli bake half a pack or aldi parkview polish sausage links ($3.99 / 12 pack)..$1.98, $2 for two bags of frozen broccoli..half bag of shredded cheese $1 ..$5 total

Pork chops and itialian rice $1.49/lb thin cut pork chops (1 1/2lb), 1/4 bag white rice ($1.59/bag), $1 jar marinara, bag frozen peas....$4.65

Lentil tacos or taco salad...half bag lentils $1.29/bag), jar salsa ($1.49), 2 packs corn tortillas from aldi $0.48/ea...head of lettuce $1.29.... half bag of shredded cheese $1...$5.42

Chicken soup....chicken drumsticks $0.59/lb....3lbs, bag babybcarrots $1, half bunch celery $1, 1 onion $0.75, half bag noodles $0.50....$5


Some of these prices i have to shop around for or stockpile, but many i can get nearly every week. I dont use coupons.

will you all add me. that show has really helped me and i cant add friends since my last update. ><

I watch the show and wonder the same thing as well ... its a crazy amount of food.

Bags of fresh frozen vegetables are between 99 cents and $1.99 for store-brands where I live, depending on size. Canned vegetables can still be purchased for about 50 cents a can, again, when purchasing store brands/generics. Iceburg lettuce, carrots, and potatoes are all very cheap, as are rice and dry beans. And our grocery prices have come way down since Aldi's came to town, particularly fresh vegetables (and yogurt, wow, that's cheap at Aldi's!). I buy high-fiber pasta for $1.50/box but get it for $1 on sale. Regular pasta is $1. I buy meat in bulk at Sam's Club. It's not uncommon for my friends to share a single Sam's membership between several people.

Whole foods are a LOT cheaper than processed foods.

Now to address the original question: how do people afford the food to support super-obesity when coupled with disability? They spend money on food instead of other things. Its that simple.

kae612 wrote: »

mkakids wrote: »

AndrewMartin3 wrote: »

williams969 wrote: »

Jburlen2007 wrote: »

Food that is bad for you, is cheaper than foods that are good for you.

Not necessarily. There's a whole lot of grocery foods(fresh and frozen produce, bulk grains and legumes) for under $1/lb. When I was poor, even McDonald's dollar menu was an unaffordable luxury when I could make dinner to feed 5 for under $5.

I wanna shop were u shop

Its not that hard....i can think of a bunch of meals off the top of my head that will feed 5 people for under $5.

Pulled pork sandwiches, with frozen green beans. $1.29/lb for pork butt...need 1.5#, bag of hamburger buns from aldi $0.85, bag of frozen veg $1.....under $4, or $5 if you want 2 bags of frozen veggies

spaghetti w marinara or alfredo with broccoli...$1 pasta, $1 marinara or $1.99 alfredo, $1/bag of frozen veg....between $3 & $5 to feed 5

Polish sausage broccoli bake half a pack or aldi parkview polish sausage links ($3.99 / 12 pack)..$1.98, $2 for two bags of frozen broccoli..half bag of shredded cheese $1 ..$5 total

Pork chops and itialian rice $1.49/lb thin cut pork chops (1 1/2lb), 1/4 bag white rice ($1.59/bag), $1 jar marinara, bag frozen peas....$4.65

Lentil tacos or taco salad...half bag lentils $1.29/bag), jar salsa ($1.49), 2 packs corn tortillas from aldi $0.48/ea...head of lettuce $1.29.... half bag of shredded cheese $1...$5.42

Chicken soup....chicken drumsticks $0.59/lb....3lbs, bag babybcarrots $1, half bunch celery $1, 1 onion $0.75, half bag noodles $0.50....$5


Some of these prices i have to shop around for or stockpile, but many i can get nearly every week. I dont use coupons.

This is beside the point, but I have to say I've never seen prices like that. The canadian dollar just went down, so everything's spiked recently, but a bag of frozen veggies is always usually around $8 - maybe $5 on a really big sale. Everything else is at least 2 or 3x the price of what you've listed here. That looks fantastic! A lot of those 1's would be 4's here. I also don't think we have a "dollar menu" at the mcdonalds, though I haven't been to one in a long time so I could be wrong.

where in Canada do you live that a bag of vegetables is 8$ ??? I'm in the GTA and you can get a good size bag on sale regularly for 2.49...smaller bags for less...

I've wondered the same thing about the cost of food, it must be astronomical. I work and make a decent living and would be unable to sustain long-term the kind of money these families must be spending on food. I've noticed on a lot of the episodes though that these people must just not be spending money on other things - things that I do spend money on. Many times their homes and cars are older and/or not in particularly good condition, clothing is not in good condition signaling that they don't spend much on clothing, etc. Not the case for every episode, but quite of a few of the episodes I've seen.

singingflutelady wrote: »

Jburlen2007 wrote: »

Food that is bad for you, is cheaper than foods that are good for you.

I disagree. I can prepare "healthy" meals way cheaper than fast food, etc

I agree that cooking from scratch can be cheaper than buying fast food, but don't think it's a fair comparison. Foods with price supports and powerful trade organizations are cheaper than those without.

http://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/farmer-in-chief/

...It must be recognized that the current food system — characterized by monocultures of corn and soy in the field and cheap calories of fat, sugar and feedlot meat on the table — is not simply the product of the free market. Rather, it is the product of a specific set of government policies that sponsored a shift from solar (and human) energy on the farm to fossil-fuel energy.

...After World War II, the government encouraged the conversion of the munitions industry to fertilizer — ammonium nitrate being the main ingredient of both bombs and chemical fertilizer — and the conversion of nerve-gas research to pesticides. The government also began subsidizing commodity crops, paying farmers by the bushel for all the corn, soybeans, wheat and rice they could produce. One secretary of agriculture after another implored them to plant “fence row to fence row” and to “get big or get out.”

The chief result, especially after the Earl Butz years, was a flood of cheap grain that could be sold for substantially less than it cost farmers to grow because a government check helped make up the difference. As this artificially cheap grain worked its way up the food chain, it drove down the price of all the calories derived from that grain: the high-fructose corn syrup in the Coke, the soy oil in which the potatoes were fried, the meat and cheese in the burger.

where in Canada do you live that a bag of vegetables is 8$ ??? I'm in the GTA and you can get a good size bag on sale regularly for 2.49...smaller bags for less...[/quote]

Everything is cheaper in Toronto because, as we all know, its the centre of the universe!!

I am about 265 east of you, and only a couple of weeks ago, cauliflower was $8 a head. The price of meat is enormous. The cheapest I have seen recently was a tray of chicken legs (about 12 legs) for $5. Remember, a lot of produce during the winter is shipped from the US to Canada, and the longer it has to travel, the more expensive it is - you would not believe the prices in the North - $8 for a litre of milk - no wonder so many are nutritionally disadvantaged there.

I recently read an article about child poverty and nutrition, and precarious food supply. It says that the children of folks who have precarious jobs will often feed their children what they know they like because they cant afford to try new things that the child may not eat or will spit out. (it takes several tries for a person to acquire a "taste" for new items, according to research). This often translates to processed and nutritionally questionable food, or fast food. It seems we are setting up a new generation of people for nutritionally related problems and obesity.

I wish they would do a show on someone who doesn't do the weight loss surgery. I watched one last night and she lost 60 pounds in two months, prior to the surgery. She drastically changed her diet and it worked! After the surgery, her loss was about the same as before. I just wondered that with her awesome attitude, could she have done it all without the surgery? Even the surgeon said that the WLS is just a tool. She had a supportive husband and I really think she could have been successful without the surgery.

Muscleflex79 wrote: »

kae612 wrote: »

mkakids wrote: »

AndrewMartin3 wrote: »

williams969 wrote: »

Jburlen2007 wrote: »

Food that is bad for you, is cheaper than foods that are good for you.

Not necessarily. There's a whole lot of grocery foods(fresh and frozen produce, bulk grains and legumes) for under $1/lb. When I was poor, even McDonald's dollar menu was an unaffordable luxury when I could make dinner to feed 5 for under $5.

I wanna shop were u shop

Its not that hard....i can think of a bunch of meals off the top of my head that will feed 5 people for under $5.

Pulled pork sandwiches, with frozen green beans. $1.29/lb for pork butt...need 1.5#, bag of hamburger buns from aldi $0.85, bag of frozen veg $1.....under $4, or $5 if you want 2 bags of frozen veggies

spaghetti w marinara or alfredo with broccoli...$1 pasta, $1 marinara or $1.99 alfredo, $1/bag of frozen veg....between $3 & $5 to feed 5

Polish sausage broccoli bake half a pack or aldi parkview polish sausage links ($3.99 / 12 pack)..$1.98, $2 for two bags of frozen broccoli..half bag of shredded cheese $1 ..$5 total

Pork chops and itialian rice $1.49/lb thin cut pork chops (1 1/2lb), 1/4 bag white rice ($1.59/bag), $1 jar marinara, bag frozen peas....$4.65

Lentil tacos or taco salad...half bag lentils $1.29/bag), jar salsa ($1.49), 2 packs corn tortillas from aldi $0.48/ea...head of lettuce $1.29.... half bag of shredded cheese $1...$5.42

Chicken soup....chicken drumsticks $0.59/lb....3lbs, bag babybcarrots $1, half bunch celery $1, 1 onion $0.75, half bag noodles $0.50....$5


Some of these prices i have to shop around for or stockpile, but many i can get nearly every week. I dont use coupons.

This is beside the point, but I have to say I've never seen prices like that. The canadian dollar just went down, so everything's spiked recently, but a bag of frozen veggies is always usually around $8 - maybe $5 on a really big sale. Everything else is at least 2 or 3x the price of what you've listed here. That looks fantastic! A lot of those 1's would be 4's here. I also don't think we have a "dollar menu" at the mcdonalds, though I haven't been to one in a long time so I could be wrong.

where in Canada do you live that a bag of vegetables is 8$ ??? I'm in the GTA and you can get a good size bag on sale regularly for 2.49...smaller bags for less...

I'm in the NWT and a 500g bag of no name frozen vegetables is about 3-4 dollars depending on the variety. More northern communities than where I live frozen vegetables cost that much.