food budget?

chezzabelle82
chezzabelle82 Posts: 302 Member
edited October 3 in Food and Nutrition
Is it possible to lose weight on a very tight food budget when i say tight i mean £40/50 per wk for a family of 4?
Anyone got any advice or tips?

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  • gazz777
    gazz777 Posts: 722
    bump to learn more
  • MaudeBeige
    MaudeBeige Posts: 282
    Sent you a PM because I'm not sure how much you want to share about where in London you live.

    How old are the little people?

    We are a family of 4 living in London too.
  • Franticantics
    Franticantics Posts: 117
    It certainly is! Meat is expensive but there are often '3 for £10' offers on chicken in sainsburys, for a family of 2 adults and 2 children that can provide around 4 meals...
    But what i really recommend is going on mysupermarket.com and doing a trolley there, i started doing this since i've got my budget and you can see where is cheapest, which items to swap to save calories and which items to swap to get more for your money...really worth it!
  • Jesung
    Jesung Posts: 236 Member
    Yes but you won't be as healthy as you could be.
  • aaleigha1
    aaleigha1 Posts: 408 Member
    why not have a few vegetarian meals a week
    beans and pulses are really cheap and for the cooler weather make wonderful casseroles
    in the warmer weather make great home made burgers and homous home made is wonderful

    also if you can pop to the supermarket about 7pm they often have foods cheaper because they are at sell by date - buy them and pop them in a freezer

    I find that eating on a small budget I need to shop at least every other day and daily if possible just to pick up the bargains

    there are many good meals can be made with minimal meat like a spag bol

    use mince but also lentils to pad it out and you can make one portion of mince do two recipes so cook it all and freeze one
  • chezzabelle82
    chezzabelle82 Posts: 302 Member
    Thank you for your replies, I was a bit worried as once someone told me value stuff is high in fat and badly processed so kinda panicked about it lol, I lost quite a bit of weight and fell off the wagon and am desperately trying to get back on it as still have a bit more to lose and thought with a tight budget I wouldnt be able to lose the rest of my weight
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