How much money do you spend on being Fit??

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Bsp120167
Bsp120167 Posts: 68 Member
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I was thinking about how much money I spend on staying fit and was curious if I was spending more or less than other MFPers. My breakdown is as follows:

Yearly Vitamins - 1920
Yearly Protein Bars - 520
Yearly Gym Membership - 450

Fitness DVDs - 360
Home Gym Equipment - 7010

Of course none of this factors in shopping for special foods and eating right.
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  • missikay1970
    missikay1970 Posts: 588 Member
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    well i think i spend far less on being fit than what i was spending on being fat! not to mention long-term costs (health insurance, illnesses, meds, etc.) for being overweight would eventually add up. health food is a bit more expensive, but i eat less of it, and if i feel better overall, i think it's worth every penny! interesting you actually broke it down. maybe i will later when i have had more sleep. LOL
  • mmreed
    mmreed Posts: 436 Member
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    I spend a ton. But it's what I need at this point to keep me on track

    Personal trainer is 360 per mo
    Gym is 40
    Continuously buying gadgets like fitbit hrms ect. Books. Magazines.
  • PandaCustard
    PandaCustard Posts: 204 Member
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    Running shoes - $10
    Rebounder - $35
    Hand weights -Free! (used to belong to my brother)
    Resistance tubes - $15
    Cycling machine - Free again!! (It was a gift)
    Total = $60

    I also have a Netflix account that I use for workout videos, but we use it for so many other things I don't really count it. I don't make a lot of money (so I can't afford a gym membership or a lot of home workout equipment), but it's not hard to lose weight on a budget.
  • Shannota
    Shannota Posts: 312 Member
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    Wow, reading that made me feel a lot better about my new $130 running shoes!
  • stephsteph76
    stephsteph76 Posts: 56 Member
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    Lets see. I spend about $250 for my gym membership per year (college rec center). Its a very nice, needless to say. My shoes, my boyfriend bought me. I bought my hand weights, $35. Other than that I borrow my workout dvds from friends. I recently just started Insanity and I have done one month of P90X.
  • gatorginger
    gatorginger Posts: 947 Member
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    I find I spend less cause I don't eat out as much. My groceries around the same maybe a little more sometimes but due to couponing I can afford to eat healthier
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,708 Member
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    I was thinking about how much money I spend on staying fit and was curious if I was spending more or less than other MFPers. My breakdown is as follows:

    Yearly Vitamins - 1920
    Yearly Protein Bars - 520
    Yearly Gym Membership - 450

    Fitness DVDs - 360
    Home Gym Equipment - 7010

    Of course none of this factors in shopping for special foods and eating right.

    Yearly Vitamins - $200
    Yearly Protein Bars - $0
    Yearly Gym Membership - $720 (family membership and childcare included)

    Fitness DVDs - $0
    Home Gym Equipment - $0

    Clothing- $150
    Shoes- $150

    I've had many people think that I spend a ton of money on staying/being fit. I spend less on it than my fricking yearly car insurance.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • Bsp120167
    Bsp120167 Posts: 68 Member
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    I forgot about running sneakers!! I replace mine about every 6 months at about $110 each time.
  • letsgetskinny88
    letsgetskinny88 Posts: 59
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    shoes= 160 dollars
    clothes= 300 dollars (i like to wear nice clothes to workout lol gimme a break!)
    workout dvds= i got off friends
    gym= free gym at hospital
  • letsgetskinny88
    letsgetskinny88 Posts: 59
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    I was thinking about how much money I spend on staying fit and was curious if I was spending more or less than other MFPers. My breakdown is as follows:

    Yearly Vitamins - 1920
    Yearly Protein Bars - 520
    Yearly Gym Membership - 450

    Fitness DVDs - 360
    Home Gym Equipment - 7010

    Of course none of this factors in shopping for special foods and eating right.

    that's some expensive yearly vitamins..... jaysus
  • MizSaz
    MizSaz Posts: 445 Member
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    Not as much as I spent on being fat..... No more obscene bar tabs, no more drive thru, no more junk food aisle at the grocery store... The amount of money I spent on my running shoes could have easily been spent on a weekend of drinking, and I'm definitely not buying new sneakers every Friday. ;)
  • sradnan
    sradnan Posts: 17 Member
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    So much I could probably do a round trip of the world three times over in the same amount I spend on fitness from memberships, to vitamins, to gear, to clothes, to massages....You could say it's an expensive addiction.
  • Bobby_Clerici
    Bobby_Clerici Posts: 1,828 Member
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    I spend a lot.
    But balanced with what I save, I come out way ahead.
    CONCLUSION: I make money being fit!
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  • Amy_Bailes
    Amy_Bailes Posts: 15 Member
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    A lot less than my husband who's about to have I-band surgery.
  • LizKurz
    LizKurz Posts: 340 Member
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    How much money do you spend on being fit??

    Less than it would take to spend on high health/medical costs from being out of shape, overweight and ending up with things like HBP, heart disease, diabetes, etc. :)

    Also, less than it would take for a therapy session every week to help me to alleviate stress in my life.

    Exercise does so much for the body. :)
  • serentity78
    serentity78 Posts: 89 Member
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    not much when I extract unhealthy food I do not get.......
  • JenaePavlak
    JenaePavlak Posts: 350 Member
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    I spend $40/mo for gym membership
    $35/mo on protein
    $20/mo on supplements/vitamins

    So that's about $1140/yr... add in some workout clothes/shoes... prolly about $1300..

    Now take away all the junk food I don't buy, the fast food I don't eat, the new clothes I don't buy because my other ones are too small.... PRICELESS!!! ;)
  • TomKat428
    TomKat428 Posts: 30
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    $2,000 on vitamins?? Dang!

    I spend:

    $120/year - gym membership
    $75-100/year - multivitamins/calcium supplement
    $120 - shoes
    $100 - clothes
    ETA: about $60/month on protein, maybe?

    My grocery bill is about $200/month.

    Now I'm jazzing for a run...it's supposed to be my rest day. Hmmm :)
  • hedgiie
    hedgiie Posts: 1,245 Member
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    that's not too bad, i would rather invest in being fit than living to be out of shape
  • Skeels
    Skeels Posts: 929 Member
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    $2000 on Supplements

    ****loads on Organic foods

    Workout DVD's - 1000

    Shoes- easily $1000

    Workout Gear $500

    Health is worth every penny to me....................

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