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Christine_72 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »2 burgers, 2 fries and 2 sodas for $10 is a good deal??
Geez, I could probably feed a family of 4 a healthy dinner for 4-5 days for $10. And I could certainly make a lot more burgers and fries than that at home for $10.
That is an awesome deal! I cant find the info, but I'm pretty sure 1 big mac meal here is around $10. I could maybe, maybe feed my husband and I for $10 a day, but there wouldn't be much meat included. It would be rice/pasta/veggie/egg dishes, even eggs are $5 a dozen here (Free range straight from the farm down the road from me).
Girl, you need to move lol
McDonald's Big Mac combos are around $5 by me.
We went to a semi-fast food Italian restaurant this weekend and with a free kid's combo coupon, we had a large meal for $21, for the 5 of us. It also included all you can eat amazing breadsticks
Now tonight I did a baked potato bar at home- the potatoes I got on sale last week for 1.29/5lb bag (did a partial bag), bacon 2.99 for the lb pkg, and then a few cents for other toppings. Served with fresh blueberries which are on sale for .99 a pint this week. So around $6 and then I modified what I had and made a huge salad with the bacon, spinach-$1 for bags this week, mushrooms-also $1 for a package and then sweet mini peppers, tossed together with low calorie Italian dressing. All said and done around $8 for the 5 of us tonight. But now my kitchen is a huge mess and I'm avoiding going that way right now
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crzycatlady1 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »2 burgers, 2 fries and 2 sodas for $10 is a good deal??
Geez, I could probably feed a family of 4 a healthy dinner for 4-5 days for $10. And I could certainly make a lot more burgers and fries than that at home for $10.
That is an awesome deal! I cant find the info, but I'm pretty sure 1 big mac meal here is around $10. I could maybe, maybe feed my husband and I for $10 a day, but there wouldn't be much meat included. It would be rice/pasta/veggie/egg dishes, even eggs are $5 a dozen here (Free range straight from the farm down the road from me).
Girl, you need to move lol McDonald's Big Mac combos are around $5 by me.
We went to a semi-fast food Italian restaurant this weekend and with a free kid's combo coupon, we had a large meal for $21, for the 5 of us. It also included all you can eat amazing breadsticks
Now tonight I did a baked potato bar at home- the potatoes I got on sale last week for 1.29/5lb bag (did a partial bag), bacon 2.99 for the lb pkg, and then a few cents for other toppings. Served with fresh blueberries which are on sale for .99 a pint this week. So around $6 and then I modified what I had and made a huge salad with the bacon, spinach-$1 for bags this week, mushrooms-also $1 for a package and then sweet mini peppers, tossed together with low calorie Italian dressing. All said and done around $8 for the 5 of us tonight. But now my kitchen is a huge mess and I'm avoiding going that way right now
Where I live the potatoes and blueberries would be more than $8. You must live somewhere with a low cost of living.1 -
Rebecca0224 wrote: »crzycatlady1 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »2 burgers, 2 fries and 2 sodas for $10 is a good deal??
Geez, I could probably feed a family of 4 a healthy dinner for 4-5 days for $10. And I could certainly make a lot more burgers and fries than that at home for $10.
That is an awesome deal! I cant find the info, but I'm pretty sure 1 big mac meal here is around $10. I could maybe, maybe feed my husband and I for $10 a day, but there wouldn't be much meat included. It would be rice/pasta/veggie/egg dishes, even eggs are $5 a dozen here (Free range straight from the farm down the road from me).
Girl, you need to move lol McDonald's Big Mac combos are around $5 by me.
We went to a semi-fast food Italian restaurant this weekend and with a free kid's combo coupon, we had a large meal for $21, for the 5 of us. It also included all you can eat amazing breadsticks
Now tonight I did a baked potato bar at home- the potatoes I got on sale last week for 1.29/5lb bag (did a partial bag), bacon 2.99 for the lb pkg, and then a few cents for other toppings. Served with fresh blueberries which are on sale for .99 a pint this week. So around $6 and then I modified what I had and made a huge salad with the bacon, spinach-$1 for bags this week, mushrooms-also $1 for a package and then sweet mini peppers, tossed together with low calorie Italian dressing. All said and done around $8 for the 5 of us tonight. But now my kitchen is a huge mess and I'm avoiding going that way right now
Where I live the potatoes and blueberries would be more than $8. You must live somewhere with a low cost of living.
Michigan
eta: I shop at Meijer and Aldi. Between the two there's always loss leader deals on produce. This week Meijer is also doing their 11 for $10 deal and the spinach and mushrooms are a part of that!2 -
ClosetBayesian wrote: »Weightwatcher6314 wrote: »Fast food is cheap and the industry knows about food addictions, they base their food on those addiction, such as salty sweet, salty savory (the bacon craze), sweet and gooey, etc. I dont think good food tastes bad, we just need to adjust our habits and eventually when you see a Carls Jr commercial you can recognize how awfully unhealthy they are. I eat a lot of tuna, it is one of my staples. bad food is an aquired taste as is healthy food.
Oh gawd, no.....
Hyperpalatibility is a thing. Food addiction is not. Yes, the food industry wants food to taste good - that's kind of the point. If fast food was addicting, drivers of McLane's trucks would need to be armed instread of drivers of Wells Fargo trucks. I was an assistant manager of a fast food place for several years; only time my staff was ever held up at gunpoint was when they were taking a deposit to the bank; absolutely zero holdups during truck deliveries.
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crzycatlady1 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »2 burgers, 2 fries and 2 sodas for $10 is a good deal??
Geez, I could probably feed a family of 4 a healthy dinner for 4-5 days for $10. And I could certainly make a lot more burgers and fries than that at home for $10.
That is an awesome deal! I cant find the info, but I'm pretty sure 1 big mac meal here is around $10. I could maybe, maybe feed my husband and I for $10 a day, but there wouldn't be much meat included. It would be rice/pasta/veggie/egg dishes, even eggs are $5 a dozen here (Free range straight from the farm down the road from me).
Girl, you need to move lol McDonald's Big Mac combos are around $5 by me.
We went to a semi-fast food Italian restaurant this weekend and with a free kid's combo coupon, we had a large meal for $21, for the 5 of us. It also included all you can eat amazing breadsticks
Now tonight I did a baked potato bar at home- the potatoes I got on sale last week for 1.29/5lb bag (did a partial bag), bacon 2.99 for the lb pkg, and then a few cents for other toppings. Served with fresh blueberries which are on sale for .99 a pint this week. So around $6 and then I modified what I had and made a huge salad with the bacon, spinach-$1 for bags this week, mushrooms-also $1 for a package and then sweet mini peppers, tossed together with low calorie Italian dressing. All said and done around $8 for the 5 of us tonight. But now my kitchen is a huge mess and I'm avoiding going that way right now
I just got back from doing a small shop, $90 later..
I'll only list the on sale items. For reference 1kg = 2.2lbs
500g cottage cheese- $4.79
1kg block cheese - $9.00
310g Frozen pizza (Dr oetker)- $5.49
1.2kg Chicken Breast - $7.25
850g frozen stir fry veggies - $4.99
2.5kg potatoes - $3.79
100g spinach - $3.00
500g Bacon - $5.20
806g Mushrooms- $5.59
Like i said, these were the on sale items, so i saved a fair bit of $$$
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I don't dispute that healthier eating tends to cost less than constantly eating out. But recently, having to buy food shared by others kind of made me grumble a bit sometimes. Grapes, apples, cherries, and avocados, for instance, tend to be fruit I like. Even with reasonable per pound costs, these add up quickly in poundage and tend to cost a lot. And they're yummy sweet favorites, so they tend to get gone quickly, too.
I haven't given too too much thought to it, but I almost wonder if your diet has to be somewhat restricted to eat a strictly or mostly whole foods diet for not a lot of money. You wouldn't just walk into the store and buy just anything you like; many items would simply cost too damn much2 -
I don't dispute that healthier eating tends to cost less than constantly eating out. But recently, having to buy food shared by others kind of made me grumble a bit sometimes. Grapes, apples, cherries, and avocados, for instance, tend to be fruit I like. Even with reasonable per pound costs, these add up quickly in poundage and tend to cost a lot. And they're yummy sweet favorites, so they tend to get gone quickly, too.
I haven't given too too much thought to it, but I almost wonder if your diet has to be somewhat restricted to eat a strictly or mostly whole foods diet for not a lot of money. You wouldn't just walk into the store and buy just anything you like; many items would simply cost too damn much
If you are on a budget, there has to be some kind of restriction. Restriction isn't in itself something terrible. I eat what I want, but I don't buy "just anything I like". I buy what I like and can afford. I weigh what I want against what it costs. Some things are more expensive than other things, but I buy them because that's what I need. Sometimes I buy more expensive things just because I want them a lot more than something else that is just as good but cheaper. But I usually choose the cheapest alternative that is good enough. I also think about what I need and try to not buy more than I need. I don't buy large amounts of things I would overeat.3 -
When you compare the cost of cooking at home against the cost of that same meal prepared in a restaurant you really don't get a true comparison unless you allot some value to your time that it took you to shop for the ingredients, prepare the meal and then clean up time afterwards. That was my point earlier.
I know...the thought might be bizarre to include those costs in your home made meal. I was a cost analyst many years ago in another life. I also had a home manufacturing business where when I figured the cost of making an item I had to include my overhead such as equipment, electricity, time... etc.
Don't get me wrong...I cook at least 95% of my meals at home. Part of the reason I do is cost, taste, nutrition and sadly because I can't eat out very often because of sodium content. When I do eat out I have to find low sodium items and there just aren't that many options in restaurants.
Bizarre to pay myself to feed myself? Yep, that is bizarre to me. Gas to the store, electricity/gas, even cost of the home. Sure, I could figuring those in. But each meal would be such a tiny portion of most of those that I really don't see it being a huge factor.
But anyway you figure the cost it's going to be cheaper to eat at home. $10 for one meal for 2 people is not a bargain.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »When you compare the cost of cooking at home against the cost of that same meal prepared in a restaurant you really don't get a true comparison unless you allot some value to your time that it took you to shop for the ingredients, prepare the meal and then clean up time afterwards. That was my point earlier.
I know...the thought might be bizarre to include those costs in your home made meal. I was a cost analyst many years ago in another life. I also had a home manufacturing business where when I figured the cost of making an item I had to include my overhead such as equipment, electricity, time... etc.
Don't get me wrong...I cook at least 95% of my meals at home. Part of the reason I do is cost, taste, nutrition and sadly because I can't eat out very often because of sodium content. When I do eat out I have to find low sodium items and there just aren't that many options in restaurants.
Bizarre to pay myself to feed myself? Yep, that is bizarre to me. Gas to the store, electricity/gas, even cost of the home. Sure, I could figuring those in. But each meal would be such a tiny portion of most of those that I really don't see it being a huge factor.
But anyway you figure the cost it's going to be cheaper to eat at home. $10 for one meal for 2 people is not a bargain.
No one is suggesting you pay yourself a stipend for the cooking you do, but acknowledging that individual time is valuable and that on some days a better use of that time is picking up takeout or going out to eat rather than time spent in the kitchen. You don't think your time is valuable?
I don't find $10 for a meal for two outrageous but it all depends on individual perspective and budgets.
I'd still love to see the example of feeding a family of four for 3 days on $10.6 -
WinoGelato wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »When you compare the cost of cooking at home against the cost of that same meal prepared in a restaurant you really don't get a true comparison unless you allot some value to your time that it took you to shop for the ingredients, prepare the meal and then clean up time afterwards. That was my point earlier.
I know...the thought might be bizarre to include those costs in your home made meal. I was a cost analyst many years ago in another life. I also had a home manufacturing business where when I figured the cost of making an item I had to include my overhead such as equipment, electricity, time... etc.
Don't get me wrong...I cook at least 95% of my meals at home. Part of the reason I do is cost, taste, nutrition and sadly because I can't eat out very often because of sodium content. When I do eat out I have to find low sodium items and there just aren't that many options in restaurants.
Bizarre to pay myself to feed myself? Yep, that is bizarre to me. Gas to the store, electricity/gas, even cost of the home. Sure, I could figuring those in. But each meal would be such a tiny portion of most of those that I really don't see it being a huge factor.
But anyway you figure the cost it's going to be cheaper to eat at home. $10 for one meal for 2 people is not a bargain.
No one is suggesting you pay yourself a stipend for the cooking you do, but acknowledging that individual time is valuable and that on some days a better use of that time is picking up takeout or going out to eat rather than time spent in the kitchen. You don't think your time is valuable?
I don't find $10 for a meal for two outrageous but it all depends on individual perspective and budgets.
I'd still love to see the example of feeding a family of four for 3 days on $10.
Me too, I thought I was pretty thrifty but that's a whole other level!4 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »When you compare the cost of cooking at home against the cost of that same meal prepared in a restaurant you really don't get a true comparison unless you allot some value to your time that it took you to shop for the ingredients, prepare the meal and then clean up time afterwards. That was my point earlier.
I know...the thought might be bizarre to include those costs in your home made meal. I was a cost analyst many years ago in another life. I also had a home manufacturing business where when I figured the cost of making an item I had to include my overhead such as equipment, electricity, time... etc.
Don't get me wrong...I cook at least 95% of my meals at home. Part of the reason I do is cost, taste, nutrition and sadly because I can't eat out very often because of sodium content. When I do eat out I have to find low sodium items and there just aren't that many options in restaurants.
Bizarre to pay myself to feed myself? Yep, that is bizarre to me. Gas to the store, electricity/gas, even cost of the home. Sure, I could figuring those in. But each meal would be such a tiny portion of most of those that I really don't see it being a huge factor.
But anyway you figure the cost it's going to be cheaper to eat at home. $10 for one meal for 2 people is not a bargain.
Imagine to be, say, a lawyer who charges 200$ per hour.2 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »When you compare the cost of cooking at home against the cost of that same meal prepared in a restaurant you really don't get a true comparison unless you allot some value to your time that it took you to shop for the ingredients, prepare the meal and then clean up time afterwards. That was my point earlier.
I know...the thought might be bizarre to include those costs in your home made meal. I was a cost analyst many years ago in another life. I also had a home manufacturing business where when I figured the cost of making an item I had to include my overhead such as equipment, electricity, time... etc.
Don't get me wrong...I cook at least 95% of my meals at home. Part of the reason I do is cost, taste, nutrition and sadly because I can't eat out very often because of sodium content. When I do eat out I have to find low sodium items and there just aren't that many options in restaurants.
Bizarre to pay myself to feed myself? Yep, that is bizarre to me. Gas to the store, electricity/gas, even cost of the home. Sure, I could figuring those in. But each meal would be such a tiny portion of most of those that I really don't see it being a huge factor.
But anyway you figure the cost it's going to be cheaper to eat at home. $10 for one meal for 2 people is not a bargain.
Sigh...I think that you are missing the point here. I am not advising you to calculate those costs. What I am saying is that it is difficult to get a true comparison between restaurant food and home cooking without adding those expenses in.
You are right...you can feed a family of 4 at home for 4 or 5 days much cheaper than you can if you ate all of those meals out.
I disagree however with the $10 meal for two people not being a bargain. Let's say you and a mate wanted to spend the evening out together. You both had worked hard all week and just needed some time alone. You could spend $10 to feed you both...walk along a river...maybe do some window shopping. At that point...$10 is a real bargain for a couple of hours of alone time.
I live in Texas and shop HEB which is one of the lowest priced grocery stores that I have ever shopped. I cook for 2 but I always make enough for another night. Some of my casseroles(4 servings) cost me more than $10. I don't buy organic...I don't buy the most expensive meat though I do pay more to buy chicken that is not shot up with a sodium solution. I still can't make a meal that costs anywhere near .50 cents. I am not saying it can't be done I just can't figure out how expecially if one uses meat.5 -
So many people say eating healthier is more expensive than take away. I see it here (Australia) regularly when overweight people who just about live on Mcdonalds and pizza etc say they can't afford to buy healthy groceries...
If my husband and I had dinner at Mcdonalds every night for a week it would cost around $140 for 7 days, this does not include breakfast, lunch, snacks and the staples of bread, butter, milk etc If i tighten the purse strings i can do a whole weeks grocery shopping with loads of veggies, fruit and chicken breast for a little over $200 for the two of us. If i include "junk food" like chips, chocolates, biscuits(cookies) ready frozen meals, meat pies etc it would easily jump up to $300.
I made a massive stir fry last night that was loaded with a host of different veggies, chicken breast and rice which will portion out to 5-6 meals (i made way too much), at a guess i'd say the whole thing wouldn't have cost more than $10.0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »So many people say eating healthier is more expensive than take away. I see it here (Australia) regularly when overweight people who just about live on Mcdonalds and pizza etc say they can't afford to buy healthy groceries...
If my husband and I had dinner at Mcdonalds every night for a week it would cost around $140 for 7 days, this does not include breakfast, lunch, snacks and the staples of bread, butter, milk etc If i tighten the purse strings i can do a whole weeks grocery shopping with loads of veggies, fruit and chicken breast for a little over $200 for the two of us. If i include "junk food" like chips, chocolates, biscuits(cookies) ready frozen meals, meat pies etc it would easily jump up to $300.
I made a massive stir fry last night that was loaded with a host of different veggies, chicken breast and rice which will portion out to 5-6 meals (i made way too much), at a guess i'd say the whole thing wouldn't have cost more than $10.
Perhaps those who do fast food every night and think it's inexpensive tend to favor the dollar menus.4 -
kommodevaran wrote: »I don't dispute that healthier eating tends to cost less than constantly eating out. But recently, having to buy food shared by others kind of made me grumble a bit sometimes. Grapes, apples, cherries, and avocados, for instance, tend to be fruit I like. Even with reasonable per pound costs, these add up quickly in poundage and tend to cost a lot. And they're yummy sweet favorites, so they tend to get gone quickly, too.
I haven't given too too much thought to it, but I almost wonder if your diet has to be somewhat restricted to eat a strictly or mostly whole foods diet for not a lot of money. You wouldn't just walk into the store and buy just anything you like; many items would simply cost too damn much
If you are on a budget, there has to be some kind of restriction. Restriction isn't in itself something terrible. I eat what I want, but I don't buy "just anything I like". I buy what I like and can afford. I weigh what I want against what it costs. Some things are more expensive than other things, but I buy them because that's what I need. Sometimes I buy more expensive things just because I want them a lot more than something else that is just as good but cheaper. But I usually choose the cheapest alternative that is good enough. I also think about what I need and try to not buy more than I need. I don't buy large amounts of things I would overeat.
Very good points. Nothing's free; a budget is a budget and working one out is going to take some intelligent thought either way!0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »So many people say eating healthier is more expensive than take away. I see it here (Australia) regularly when overweight people who just about live on Mcdonalds and pizza etc say they can't afford to buy healthy groceries...
If my husband and I had dinner at Mcdonalds every night for a week it would cost around $140 for 7 days, this does not include breakfast, lunch, snacks and the staples of bread, butter, milk etc If i tighten the purse strings i can do a whole weeks grocery shopping with loads of veggies, fruit and chicken breast for a little over $200 for the two of us. If i include "junk food" like chips, chocolates, biscuits(cookies) ready frozen meals, meat pies etc it would easily jump up to $300.
I made a massive stir fry last night that was loaded with a host of different veggies, chicken breast and rice which will portion out to 5-6 meals (i made way too much), at a guess i'd say the whole thing wouldn't have cost more than $10.
Perhaps those who do fast food every night and think it's inexpensive tend to favor the dollar menus.
Good point. The $140 a week was based on a big mac meal deal each.
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If you wanna eat that "bad food" go for an extra walk. Do an extra work out.. my husband bought me a peanut butter blizzard the other day. Think i ate it? You bet i did! Lol... i just about died when i added it however lol but no regrets it was amazing! Just work out a lil harder is all:) if you tell yourself you cant have something you may set yourself up to fail.. just make it work;)0
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I'm of the "life happens" mindset, too.If you wanna eat that "bad food" go for an extra walk. Do an extra work out.. my husband bought me a peanut butter blizzard the other day. Think i ate it? You bet i did! Lol... i just about died when i added it however lol but no regrets it was amazing! Just work out a lil harder is all:) if you tell yourself you cant have something you may set yourself up to fail.. just make it work;)
Each day I plan to stay within my calories. But if something unplanned comes up, I have enough flexibility to include it in my day if I want to, and compensate for it elsewhere - be it adding in a little more exercise, cutting back a bit on what I consume the next day, or some combination of the two.
Because life is too short to not eat delicious things.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »
I'm of the "life happens" mindset, too.If you wanna eat that "bad food" go for an extra walk. Do an extra work out.. my husband bought me a peanut butter blizzard the other day. Think i ate it? You bet i did! Lol... i just about died when i added it however lol but no regrets it was amazing! Just work out a lil harder is all:) if you tell yourself you cant have something you may set yourself up to fail.. just make it work;)
Each day I plan to stay within my calories. But if something unplanned comes up, I have enough flexibility to include it in my day if I want to, and compensate for it elsewhere - be it adding in a little more exercise, cutting back a bit on what I consume the next day, or some combination of the two.
Because life is too short to not eat delicious things.
Life is also too short to spend so much time stressing out about every little minor detail. I don't want to end up thin, healthy and fit only to realize that I haven't enjoyed myself along the way.
I think that we can let the good vs bad food...CI vs CO...macro/micro counts take over so much that we miss out on so much more that life has to offer.
We need to find balance...that balance between being healthy and being happy along the way. I think it can be found...we can still accomplish our goals...maybe it just takes a few months longer...
IDK...worrying about all of these little details seems to suck the life out of me at times. I am working at learning...balance.
So...a peanut butter blizzard sounds like...balance...at least to me.7
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