16 Ways to Eat Healthy While Keeping it Cheap
Published on - July 30th, 2007 (Modified on - December 13th, 2011) (by J.D. Roth) This is a guest post by Mehdi, author of StrongLifts.com. If you enjoy this post, check out his site.
Eating healthy is important.
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Eating healthy:
- Lowers disease risks
- Increases productivity
- Gives you more energy
- Makes you stronger
You probably think eating healthy is expensive. I’ll be honest — it is. But there are tricks to spare your savings account and keep it low cost. Here are sixteen ways to eat more healthy while keeping it cheap.
What is Healthy Food? Before we start, let’s define healthy food. It consists of:
- Protein. The building blocks of muscles, needed for strength.
- Fat. A balanced intake of omega 3, 6 & 9.
- Veggies. All kinds, especially green fibrous veggies.
- Fruit. Full of vitamins.
- Water. 1 liter per 1000 calories you expend.
- Whole grain food. Oats, rice, pasta, breads, …
On with the tips.
1. Switch to Water. I drank huge amounts of soda daily for more than 15 years. Then I started Strength Training and switched to water:
- It’s healthier
- It’s cheaper
Quit the soda & drink water. Take a bottle wherever you go.
2. Consume Tap Water. Check the price of water on your tap water bill. Now check the price of bottled water. Quit a difference, isn’t it? So why are you buying bottled water?
- Cleaner? Not necessarily.
- Better taste? No, simply a matter of Adaptation.
Bottled water companies get their supply from the same source you do: municipal water systems. It’s like selling ice to Eskimos. If you don’t trust the quality of tap water, filter it yourself. I use a Brita Pitcher. One $7 filter cleans 40 gallons water.
3. Eat Eggs. I always have eggs at breakfast:
- Full of vitamins
- High in proteins
- Low in price
Don’t believe the Eggs & Cholesterol myth. Dietary cholesterol is not bound to blood cholesterol. Want to make it cheaper? Buy a chicken.
4. Eat Fatty Meats. Fatty meats are cheaper & more tasty than lean meats. You think it’s not healthy? Check the Fat Myths:
- Fat doesn’t make you fat, excess calories do
- You need a balanced intake of fats: omega 3, 6 & 9
I’m on the Anabolic Diet, I buy beef chuck instead of sirloin.
5. Get Whey. The cheapest source of protein. 70$ for a 10lbs bag lasting 4 months. Nothing beats that. Use whey in your Post Workout Shake to help recovery.
6. Tuna Cans. Canned tuna is cheap & contains as much protein as meat. Alternate tuna with eggs, meat & whey. You’ll easily get to your daily amount of protein.
7. Buy Frozen Veggies. I mostly buy frozen veggies:
- Take less time to prepare
- You don’t waste money if not eaten in time
- Can be bought in bulk for discounts & stored in your freezer
If you can afford fresh veggies, then do it. I go frozen.
8. Use a Multivitamin. Pesticides lower the vitamin levels of your fruits & veggies. Two solutions:
- Buy organic food. Expensive.
- Use a multivitamin. $10 a month.
Choose what fits your wallet best. I take the multivitamin.
9. Fish Oil. Omega-3 is found in fish oil. Benefits of omega-3 consumption include:
- Lowered cholesterol levels
- Decreased body fat
- Reduced inflammation
You need to eat fatty fish 3 times a week to get these benefits. Time consuming & expensive, I know. Try Carlson‘s Liquid Fish Oil with Lemon flavor. One teaspoon daily. You’ll be ok.
10. Buy Generic Food. The box might be less attractive, it’s certainly more attractive to your wallet. Brand-name food will always be more expensive. You’re paying for the name. Get real. Food is food. Go generic.
11. Buy in Bulk. Think long-term. Buying in bulk is more expensive at the cashier, but cheaper in the long run:
- Gets you discounts
- Saves time
- Saves car fuel
Invest in a big freezer. Buy meats & veggies in bulk and freeze them.
12. Go to One Grocery Store. This grocery store is cheaper for meat, that grocery store is cheaper for veggies, the other grocery store is cheaper for fish… How many grocery stores are you going to, trying to find the cheapest food? Think!
- Time is money. Stop losing a day shopping.
- Cars don’t run on water. Lower your fuel expenses.
I get all my food in a big grocery store near my place. It hasn’t the cheapest price for all foods, but it saves me time & fuel.
13. Make a Plan. A classic, but worth repeating. Everything starts with a plan.
- Make a list of what you need
- Eat a solid meal, don’t go hungry
- Go the grocery, get what’s on your list & get out
No need to take your partner or kids with you. This is not a recreational activity. Just get your food & get back home.
14. Take Food To Work. Ever counted how much money you throw away buying food at work daily? Start preparing your food for the day on waking up:
- Get up earlier
- Eat a solid breakfast (like Scrambled Eggs)
- Prepare your food for work in the meanwhile
Total time 30 minutes. No stress during the day about what you’ll be eating & you get healthy food while sparing money.
15. Eat Less. This one is obvious. The less you eat, the lower your grocery bill. If you’re overweight, get on a diet. Your health & bank account will thank you.
16. Don’t Buy Junk Food. The last one. Stop buying anything that comes out of a box, it’s:
- Unhealthy
- Expensive
If you actually find junk food that is cheaper than whole food, think long-term. Health implications.
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The quote I was commenting on was excluded from my post…it was,
“2. Consume Tap Water. Check the price of water on your tap water bill. Now check the price of bottled water. Quit a difference, isn’t it? So why are you buying bottled water?
Cleaner? Not necessarily.
Better taste? No, simply a matter of Adaptation.
Bottled water companies get their supply from the same source you do: municipal water systems. It’s like selling ice to Eskimos. If you don’t trust the quality of tap water, filter it yourself. I use a Brita Pitcher. One $7 filter cleans 40 gallons water.”
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I would just like to make a correction on rule #2. Your body cannot “adapt” to the change in taste of water. Adaptation is a form of evolution by natural selection, which takes a very long time and acts on populations, not individuals. Though, one could acclimate to the change in taste, which is an individual’s response and does not take millions of years. I think this just goes to show Mendhi may not know exactly what he’s talking about. And I’d think twice before eating chuck over sirloin on a regular basis. It’s been proven red meat=cholesterol. So if you’re gonna eat red meat, I’d go for the leaner option. And eat foods with lots of antioxidants, because they counter free radicals which are unbalanced electrons in your body and are not good (i.e: cigarette smoke, smoked meats/cheeses) . Google that Mendhi.
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I highly disagree with the cooment that if you’re overweight you should get on a diet. Diet’s don’t work in the long run. if you’re going to eat healthy, eat healthy, but what overweight people need is exercise and healthy meals, NOT to diet. You might lose weight during a diet, but as soon as you go off of the diet, you gain all of the weight back. Also. Please don’t just tell people to eat less. At LEAST add that they should do so in moderation. It’s never good to go hungry or just stop eating because they want to save money and think they’ll lose weight.
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Red – by definition a “Diet” is a particular set of eating habits, not something you change for a while then change back. Changing your diet may require a lifestyle change but it is meant to continue not be “gone off of”. You are referencing what is known as Fad-Dieting not what he described above.
di·et
noun ˈdī-ət
Definition of DIET
a : food and drink regularly provided or consumed
b : habitual nourishment
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diet
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Eating healthy isn’t expensive. Spreading this misinformation is not encouraging anyone to switch to a healthier lifestyle.
And like 133.Allen wondered, what part of a fish isn’t meat? Don’t eat tuna anyway, they’re overfished, and contain mercury because they are toward the top of the ocean food chain. It’s like eating a wolf, which we don’t do. Eat low on the food chain for lower mercury. Sardines, anchovies, mackerel.
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People, people, people! No “scientific evidence” from doctors and whatnot that accurately and definitively states the human condition- no matter who you are, fact is that you’re a human, and we haven’t lived on this earth long enough for our bodies to adapt to our exponentially changing foodways. Essentially, try to stick to food that would still be around if humans didn’t exist…(think about it for a sec…fish, nuts, greens, etc. etc.)
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Great advice. But unless you live in a country where animals are fed grass, the fat profile of fatty meats is messed up. Fatty meats are good but only if they came from good animals
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yeah but my dad always ate excess fat off meats and got high cholesterol from it and he had to go on a special diet for two months.
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Fatty meats are not the way to go. Saturated fats are the main causes of heart disease and cancer. The good kinds of fats to go for are in fish, avacadoes, and some seeds and nuts.
And packaged foods may seem cheaper but you are paying for the packaging, not the nutrients.
You dont need to buy multivitamins unless you are eliminating a food source. They are expensive, and you will pee out most of the vitamins since they are loaded with an un-needed amount. You can get enough vitamins from fresh fruits and veggies.
I dont think this website is very reliable
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Nothing beats whole grains. They are epic win.
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Great list of tips here. You can argue specifics and variations into the ground, but the truth is most people don’t follow any of these tips, or a few at best. Education is key – as more people live lifestyles that embrace and encourage diet choices like you outline here, it will grow to be the social norm instead of the exception.
Wrote about the subject of eating cheap on my blog today and linked readers over to this post. Great info, great site! Thank you for doing what you do.
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This guys has absolutely no credibility. He is a body builder or some gym junkie and thinks he is the divine authority on nutrition and economics. There are far too many flaws in his articles to even start to discect. These days any Dropkick can write an artical or book claiming all sorts of rubbish. Mehdi you have no medhical training and certainly no credibility. I would say eating out for lunch and getting quality food and saving time in doing so is worth the extra money. Save money by not buying useless crap like alcohol and magazines, and spending extra time speaking with an accountant or researching investment opportunities.
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Thanks for these tips! They will come in handy, because i’m always looking for ways to eat healthier and also save money.
Thanks again!
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I love this website, it gives great info…but this article is not really promoting healthy food. Saturated fat is not healthy, neither is that amount of protein (imho). Fruits, veg, legumes and whole grains are healthy and cheap if you buy seasonal, frozen or dried. I’m a vegetarian and eat a very healthy diet on a fraction of the cost of most people’s grocery bill. All it takes to eat healthy and cheap is some stict meal planning, portion control, making meals of leftovers and of course a decent cookbook.
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That is the grossest, most disgusting food and/or health advice I’ve ever read. You sound like a 19 year old college freshmen. Your source for health is stronglifts.com, seriously? You think that is a legitimate source for expert information? I would rather Cheney myself than eat whey protein, beef chuck, and frozen veggies. Read Michael Pollan, moron.
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Christ, you think the only types of fats are omega 3′s and 6′s and whatnot? Where do you do your research, the side of bottles at a GNC? If you knew anything about the topic you’re writing about you would mention that saturated fats, hydrogenated oils, and the like are incredibly dangerous to your health, you can’t just eat as much fat as you want. Yes, Omega 3 is good for you but its not a type of fat, its a component in certain types of fat. FYI, the answer you were looking for is mono-unsaturated fats, as found in olive oil, fish, canola oil, avocados, and some nuts. If you want to stay unhealthy, keep eating frozen, processed crap and protein-powder shakes (they’re mostly caffeine, weightlifters are just too stupid to know the difference so they spend loads of dough, I’m talking billions a year, on that worthless crap). If you want to be healthy, look for people that are healthy and eat what they eat, for example, Italians, tons of fish and seafood, hardly any red meat, lots of fresh, locally grown veggies, cheeses much lower in fat than ours, they always use olive oil, not the hydrogenated crap we use. Anyway, they live a lot longer and happier than our over-fed, nutrient-obsessed country.
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You are officially a moron, I’ve lost all respect for your financial advice after reading your grade-school level research on health and nutrition, removing site from my bookmarks in 3…2…
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“Italians, tons of fish and seafood, hardly any red meat, lots of fresh, locally grown veggies, cheeses much lower in fat than ours, they always use olive oil, not the hydrogenated crap we use”
LOL! I wish.
Many people still think red meat means health and has to be in almost every meal – this is the result of having been poor not many decades ago, when meat was the luxury food.
Seafood? It’s expensive and not everybody likes it. Not a staple in everyday diet (unless you count canned tuna and frozen fried fish)… in the South, maybe.
Hydrogenated oils are found in many processed foods. It’s up to the consumer to avoid them, but people still have to be educated about nutrition.
Cheese: half of our cheeses are fat. Mozzarella and crescenza, for example, look light but are full of fats.
I wish we lived up to our ideal image. Unfortunately the US cheap lifestyle has rubbed on us – McDonalds restaurants are always full.
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one problem with your ideas and thats eat fatty meats. If you eat heathly thn you odnt have ot worry about calorie intake and yes it does matter on how much fat is in food because if someone eats a apple before they go to bead compared to a candy bar then they person who eats the apple will not gain weight because their metabolism will kick in and digest the apple which is healtheir and has no fat or eatng something wiht high proteid helps because your body burns fat to digest complex carbs and protiens but anyway the person who ate the candy bar would gain weight because of how much fat is in thier. and it also matters on portion sizes to small portion meals through out the day keeps your metabolism going rather than 3 eals a day
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Hello, I know I come very late in this discussion and i think you wont even read this comment cause i honestly skipped a part of the comments left by others. But i still want to try.
I think the best way of eating healthy and cheaper is by getting educated about food.
İ have lost 18 kgs in a year and a half (40 pounds), and i am 38 years old, eating better, cheaper, feeling better and more energic with no other diet than trying to eat healthier.
I discovered this site, world’s healthiest foods, two years ago, and started changing my way of eating slowly.
http://www.whfoods.com/
Very slowly. And learning about foods all along. It doesnt sell anything ( i mean may be they sell books but you dont need to buy anything at all to have access to the knowledge, all the content you need is free and there is a lot), they dont even ask for your email address, no sign up, no membership nothing, just go and browse.
You can navigate freely in the site but it could be overhelming, so you better start from the food advisor, its in the frame on the left). It asks first about your eating habits within one week,
then tells you what nutrients are missing in your usual eating habit (according to your age and activity level etc..)
which food has the most nutrients you need (like spinach: provides me with 7 nutrients that is missing in my diet, calf’s liver provides me with 5 essential nutrients etc…),
lists of healthy and tasteful recipes you can prepare with these foods in no time.
and tutorial to prepare the recipes (things like how chefs chop the almonds easily, tips to poach eggs in water).
It definitly raised my life quality. That’s all for the site.
Now coming to money.
I dont think eating healthier is expensive at least not in my country (i live in Turkey).
Like the price of one kilo of carrot is the same or less than two of the cheapest chocolate bars. And which one has the most nutrient in it? And how long does each one last in your house once you buy it, the carrot or the quick snack?
I dont know the prices of the nutritional capsules and vitamins because i never buy them but i think they cant compete with smart food choices. You are going to spend money on food anyway, right? So if you know that two meals of spinach will provide you with 7 essential nutrients for one week, how expensive is one kilo of frozen spinach?
You can go like that and see if it makes any difference in your market expenses.
So this is for spending smarter and according to your exact needs, making the most of your food budget.
Then you can save on trying to make foods last.
Like i browsed the internet to find out how to keep the green salad fresh longer. I learned a way to keep it fresh for one week in the refrigerator. Otherwise i had to finish it within 3 days. This is useful for single living persons.
Instead of buying pasta sauce, women here put tomatoes in jars in summer when they are the cheapest to use for winter. İ dont know the method but this is something i should learn too.
There are tons of ways to save time and money on food, and i’m still learning, but eating less and taking supplements instead of real food seems really extreme to me.
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wal-mart has whey and it isn’t as expensive
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Great selection of nutrition tips. I would only add one:
Get a vitamin D supplement in the winter months and especially if you don’t get enough sunlight.
Vitamin D is produced in the skin by sunlight and the lack of in the dark months or because of an indoor job has negative effect on your health.
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I buy fresh veggies in bulk and then freeze. Big money saver, and I think it is a better source of nutrition than buying frozen veggies.
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Multi-Vitamins and Omega 3 are very important. I find it really makes a difference in my focus and energy levels, especially in the afternoon.
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I buy frozen berries – this is great — NO BLUE/WHITE spoiled FOOD!
I don’t eat meat. I eat rice or noodles and beans. This creates a complete protein / many ways to do that…
I can’t eat extra oil in my diet or extra fat – I have no gallbladder — EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT — Atkins is out…and I don’t believe in eating more protein than our body needs (it’s not that much).
Buy natural foods, potatoes, oatmeal and rice, noodles (yes carbs all you low-carbers) in bulk. And I am THIN – so put that in your pipe and smoke it. (wink)
I have to go eat a bagel now. (jealous?)
Then I’ll go run 4 miles (from the energy).
Really – let the fat/meat diet go – there is so much more fiber and nutrition in real food.
Great thread.
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Some very good tips, BUT…
1. Vitamins cannot replace fruits and vegetables.
2. Consumer Reports has a huge article on protein intake and supplements this month. Give it a a read.
3. Read the China Study (and plenty of other books rooted in research), and draw your own conclusions.
They make more sense, and certainly have more research than some of the diet tips listed here.
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Alot of people are complaining about the pseudoscience.
I guarantee that the diet he posted is far superior to any average american diet. I wouldn’t fret too much about the cholesterol and ‘high fat and protein’.
All of those foods are solid foods and I don’t think you can eat too much of any of them.
Wanna be a cheap SOB?
Eat whey protein, eggs, tuna, potatoes and oats. Those five foods are completely healthy and super-cheap. You can argue the downfalls of eating the same food every day, but I think if you varied your meals once every couple days, a diet of those three things would be absolutely awesome.
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I will just have to add in on the doctor/nutritionalist debate. I will have to say a plaque and a piece of paper is very over-rated. Just take this example, we all want to be millionares right? Well would you take financial advise from a “formally” educated person who just so happens to take the bus to work and lives in their mothers basement or from someone who is already wealthy but only has a highschool diploma? Give me the high school grad anyday. The mindset of this country completely boggles me. Wall street is the only place where people drive up in $500,000 cars to take financial advise from a guy who rides the subway. And why? Just because he has a piece of paper? No wonder the country is going bankrupt. My advice: Take financial counsel from those with more money than you, take health advise from those who are healthier than you.
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Most of the advice in this article is spot on. Most of the advice in the comments is foolishness.
1. Fiber is seldom good for you. (fibermenace.com)
2. Eggs do not cause heart disease. (westonaprice.org)
3. Vegetable oils are far more detrimental to your health than eggs.
4. Use coconut oil for heated foods and olive oil for unheated oils. Research CANOLA oil to understand what RAPE SEED is..
5. Mercury in TUNA.. overfishing.. blah blah.. listen they are trying to get you to not buy this amazing resource of food because its cheap and extremely healthy.
6. Doctors have a lower life expectancy and many nutritionist are overweight and unhealthy..
7. Burn the food pyramid please. It was reworked to cause diabetes and disease while promoting vegetable oils and fiber.. extremely cheap sources to manufacture, but also extremely unhealthy.
Why do you think constipation issues are one of the largest problems? Too much fiber. It retains water and expands and blocks the colon..
If you eat the diet described above you will enjoy far greater health..
BTW, multi-vitamins are probably not replacing your minerals because they need to be angstrum sized which occurs through the soil. And depending on the MV you’re using it’s more than likely using calcium carbonate which is broken down in the stomach.. thats why you have bright color pee..
Fish oil you need be wary of it’s very good, but you also need to have a good amount of saturated fat in your diet to balance out the EFAs.
Tap water that’s actually a very big deal.. you don’t want to drink the stuff, it contains fluoride and chlorine.. water also has memory so even if it’s cleaned it still causes damage.. ozonated water filtration with a 1 micron filter is probably the best bet for tap water – not optimal.. optimal would be drinking Fiji water, but it’s not cheap.
Also incorporate some good bacteria in the diet you can do this cheaply with kefir, yoghurt, kvass, and raw cheese/milk.
Make sure you eat 6x a day and don’t drink calories if you want to lose weight and regain insulin sensitivity for more energy.
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Thanks for the whey protein tip. I buy it for breakfast. There’s great information in this post. I’m single and never really thought to buy in bulk…..
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3. Eat Eggs. I always have eggs at breakfast.
I have to agree with the eggs. With 3 teen girls and 1 teen boy, we have eggs every morning. I can buy a dozen eggs for $1. So for 25cents per child per day, I can’t beat the price. Plus, my egg cooking skill has gone out the roof.
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Canned Tuna + A1 sauce = Cheap Steak!!
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All good advice which I’ve mostly followed for years except I’d caution against eating lots of cheap canned tuna unless you really like your mercury. Wild Planet brand is relatively low in mercury but not cheap–it’s a once a month treat at our house.
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Most junk food is actually pretty cheap so that’s a hard incentive for people who are also trying to save money. The thing with eating healthy is that it is insurance for the rest of our life. You will have more energy and it leads to fewer doctor’s visits. It’s just harder because junk can taste so darn good sometimes.
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You can go for seasonal vegetable always.
Also be sure to buy only as much as you need. Don’t waste food.
These are 3 tips to eat healthy at cheap rate
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I love when people say it’s unhealthy to be vegan when they, themselves, are not vegan. Look out for the lack of iron, or B12! Yeah, whatever. I’ve been vegan for going on 7 years, have never been healthier (keep in mind I do work out and run, so that helps) and it’s funkin’ easy! There’s nothing difficult about it, eat vegetables, eat legumes, eat fruit, grains ect. I do take Trader Joe multi-vitamins, and it’s such a toootallll hasssllleeee man, ugh, the life of a vegan is so difficult…total nonsense. The benefits far outweigh the negatives, so you may not be able to grab a quick bite to eat if all that’s around is a McDs, boo hoo.
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If you want to lose weight without completely depriving yourself, you should follow these steps:
1. Exercise!!!!
Walk jog and run 3-5 times a week. (Obviously you want to do 5 days as often as possible.)
Some people can relate to me about not feeling like your “jog” was good enough. Maybe you wished you had ran more…so here is what I do during my 30 minute treadmill workout..
Minutes 1-2 walk on 3.5 (3.5 mph) with an inclined platform of 1.5 (or walking up a slight hill)((we’ll call it uphill))
Minutes 2-3 1/2 Run on 7 mph with an incline on 1.5 (I will exercise with a 1.5 incline for the remander of my workout)
Minutes 3 1/2- 5 1/2 I’ll walk on 3.5
I continue this 2 min walk, minute and a half run for the remander of my workout.
This routine works best for me since I get so bored easily and am ALWAYS staring at the clock/stopwatch.
This way, I can walk, then switch it up every 2 minutes with a 90 second sprint. While staring at the stopwatch sweating my a** of in anticipation of the walk break..
(Some reps I run on 7.5 or 8 mph just to burn a few more calories and take a few more steps.)
I also do planks http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises_10.htm
About 30 seconds of planking 5-6 times with a 30 second break after each plank.
I also do reverse situps (lay flat on your back w/ knees bent and pull your knees to your face)((keep head flat on floor)) Do these for 5 measley minutes 3-5 times a week, same time frame goes for the planks.
2. Don’t deprive yourself of food. If you want a snickers bar, eat a snickers bar. And don’t beat yourself up for doing so, either. You’re gonna workout that night anyway.
3.(relates w step 1) Remember that when working out, the first week is gonna suck because you feel like its going to take FOREVER!! So just push yourself. Your body will get stronger and you’ll feel like working out is just a part of the everyday routine. Put a mirror behind you so you can turn and stare at your bum that you want to shape up!
I promise you, even if in the first week you only workout twice, keep going!! after the 2nd-3rd week of working out, it’ll get easier and you’ll be patting yourself on the back when you catch yourself thinking “i cant wait to work out!”
4. Eat 5-6 times a day. Cereal for breakfast. (or anything under 300ish calories. Waffle, toast, french toast, eggs, muffin with parfait, coffee w biscuit, smoothie with special k bar……options are endless really!!
For your 2nd meal have some pretzels or fruit, or a small chocolate/sweet snack…100-200 calories
3rd meal half a sandwich or soup or salad… something small… if its higher in calories order or help yourself with a SMALL portion
4th meal..fruit or granola bar or popsycle or
small bag sunchips, etc.
5th meal, dinner….palm full of meat, veggies, bread FILLING tastey, but SOMEWHAT healthy food.
6th meal should really only be eaten if your hungry or if you had a really small amount of food for the day.
EXERCISE!!
I weigh 122. Today I had starbucks (mocha coffee) brisket with texas toast and baked beans.
And that’s all i’ve eaten. I’m starving…and broke. But i’m about to eat somemeatloaf and mashed potatoes…oh andi’ve had 3 beers…so…not the healthiest I know…but tomorrow i’ll have some yogurt, a smoothie, probably some popcorn cuz the bf and i are going to a movie, i’ll prob eat fairly healthy tomorrow…BUT I’LL EXERCISE!
5(or6..whos counting?) WATER, WATER, WATER.
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The title should be changed to 16 ways to eat cheap at the cost of your health! I would be careful on giving health advice when you don’t really know what you are talking about. Telling people to diet when they are overweight is silly. People should change their lifestyle and not just go on a diet. Eating canned food is not healthy. Drinking tap water is not healthy. Buying in bulk would mean you buy a lot of something at one time. If the food doesn’t spoil within a week due to preservatives then its not healthy. And finally saying that fat does not make you fat just shows that you believe anything you hear on the web. Medhi from strong lifts is just repeating something he read off yahoo news. I’m not disputing that the changes you state are cheaper but they sure are not healthy. Shame on you!
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From a PubMed search:
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2002 Jan;42(1):1-34.
A comparison of the nutritional value, sensory qualities, and food safety of organically and conventionally produced foods.
Bourn D, Prescott J.
Source
Department of Food Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. diane.bourn@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Abstract
Given the significant increase in consumer interest in organic food products, there is a need to determine to what extent there is a scientific basis for claims made for organic produce. Studies comparing foods derived from organic and conventional growing systems were assessed for three key areas: nutritional value, sensory quality, and food safety. It is evident from this assessment that there are few well-controlled studies that are capable of making a valid comparison. With the possible exception of nitrate content, there is no strong evidence that organic and conventional foods differ in concentrations of various nutrients. Considerations of the impact of organic growing systems on nutrient bioavailability and nonnutrient components have received little attention and are important directions for future research. While there are reports indicating that organic and conventional fruits and vegetables may differ on a variety of sensory qualities, the findings are inconsistent. In future studies, the possibility that typical organic distribution or harvesting systems may deliver products differing in freshness or maturity should be evaluated. There is no evidence that organic foods may be more susceptible to microbiological contamination than conventional foods. While it is likely that organically grown foods are lower in pesticide residues, there has been very little documentation of residue levels.
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I am sharing this with all of my clients.( I am a personal trainer) It is getting increasingly harder to eat healthy foods with the increasing inflation at the grocery store. I have gotten some very good ideas from your article as well from reading through the comments. I like the idea about enforcing portion control. If your raising a family, that’s a must when serving up healthy cereal that can cost upwards of 4.75 a box. I also try and buy healthy foods in bulk from Costco. They have really started to cater to health minded buyers. Very valuable info here
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