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How much do you spend on food per week?
between the 3 of us we spend about £300 per month on food (300GBP). this included a fair amount of organic stuff. And its mostly ingredients with little in the way of processed foods. We buy mostly in local specialist stores rather than big supermarkets, and don't eat much meat. How does this compare internationally? And…
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There are no BAD ingredients, but when companies want to mak
I feel happy and have fun shopping for good things to make meals from but dislike most of the "added value" stuff that is sold on the basis of saving me time. I have time to sit in front of a screen don't I? Acquiring the skills required to buy good ingredients, and cook them till they're gorgeous is so important to me,…
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Grow Your Own Food
There seems to be lots of branded foods claiming to be good for dieting, where someone else makes lots of money out of other peoples problems. Making food from scratch takes time and a little bit of effort, but it may change your relationship with food. And you save money. And you get better at it. And it's fun. I've also…
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English dad wants encouragement!
Hi. Started here after finding a set of digital scales in ikea and then weighed myself for the first time in years. Don't know how accurate they are but they are at least consistent. At my height of 5'9 the figure of 181 lb they started on comes into the 'overweight' group on the charts and I didn't like that. Hence me…
