Comments on: Does Eating Healthy Cost More? http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/ Fast and Fun Home Workouts to Boost Your Metabolism Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:07:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: phil http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-16140 phil Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:25:37 +0000 http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-16140 While preparing full meals, for me, like garlic chicken and steamed broccoli with almond shavings does fill me up and cost very little, for small meals or meals of convenience it seems that the healthier food cost more and fills me up less for example I’ll eat a yogurt with granola and two apples and be famished but I’ll grab two slices of pizza and be good to go for the next 5 hours. I think there is a trend in the US to choose meals of convenience over meals of substance. Tanking the time to plan out a week of meals then shop to the plan is absent in most American families. Cooking is becoming a lost art now that microwaving already prepared foods or tossing them into the oven for 20 minuets is so much more convenient. While preparing full meals, for me, like garlic chicken and steamed broccoli with almond shavings does fill me up and cost very little, for small meals or meals of convenience it seems that the healthier food cost more and fills me up less for example I’ll eat a yogurt with granola and two apples and be famished but I’ll grab two slices of pizza and be good to go for the next 5 hours. I think there is a trend in the US to choose meals of convenience over meals of substance. Tanking the time to plan out a week of meals then shop to the plan is absent in most American families. Cooking is becoming a lost art now that microwaving already prepared foods or tossing them into the oven for 20 minuets is so much more convenient.

]]> By: Lisa P http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-4286 Lisa P Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:49:53 +0000 http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-4286 Eating healthy foods not necessarily mean that you have to buy expensive foods just to become healthy. There are some vegetables that are cheaper. If you need help during down times, payday loans can be just what the doctor ordered. Prices are going up these days, even that of groceries, especially if you are among those who endeavor to eat healthier, buying fresher produce and leaner meats. Seeing the Victoria's Secret models or Gerard Butler stirs many people to exercise more and eat healthier to look better and be healthy. Now, those are good things – living healthier is a concern for all Americans as our obesity rates rise – but those healthy groceries and gym memberships add up, and it is hard to always summon the motivation after a long day at the office. Eating right and living healthy is vital to a long and healthy life, but real medical emergencies are even more expensive. Clinic visits or trips to see a specialist add up quickly, and the bill can be into the thousands even if you have insurance. Affording the things that are necessary to healthy living can be difficult, as can anything, and if you have a sudden shortage, and you need a pick me up to enhance your financial health, payday loans could very well be the correct prescription for you. Click to read more on <a title="Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Diet|Payday Loans for Your Perfect Body" href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2008/12/04/victoriassecret-payday-loans/" rel="nofollow">Payday Loans</a>. Eating healthy foods not necessarily mean that you have to buy expensive foods just to become healthy. There are some vegetables that are cheaper. If you need help during down times, payday loans can be just what the doctor ordered. Prices are going up these days, even that of groceries, especially if you are among those who endeavor to eat healthier, buying fresher produce and leaner meats. Seeing the Victoria’s Secret models or Gerard Butler stirs many people to exercise more and eat healthier to look better and be healthy. Now, those are good things – living healthier is a concern for all Americans as our obesity rates rise – but those healthy groceries and gym memberships add up, and it is hard to always summon the motivation after a long day at the office. Eating right and living healthy is vital to a long and healthy life, but real medical emergencies are even more expensive. Clinic visits or trips to see a specialist add up quickly, and the bill can be into the thousands even if you have insurance. Affording the things that are necessary to healthy living can be difficult, as can anything, and if you have a sudden shortage, and you need a pick me up to enhance your financial health, payday loans could very well be the correct prescription for you. Click to read more on Payday Loans.

]]> By: nel http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-3929 nel Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:22:11 +0000 http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-3929 hi i'm from Australia, i thought i'd throw in my 2 cents worth (that wont get you much here!). I too try to buy/cook in bulk- love my freezer.and i agree with catherine about local buying! While i agree in some ways that healthier eating can be cheaper than fast food (especially if you eat takeout most meals) , but there is always a tradeoff- time money and ethics. i like to complicate things for myself! i too am a student- cash and time poor, but my partner is a professional athlete, so requires high quality protein,specialist supplements and spirulina etc etc. (and eats 4x what i do ). IF i had the courage of my convictions i would only buy free range organic meat,gluten free breads/flour, organic local produce, fairtrade,recyclable packaging but then we couldn't afford to eat more than 2 days out of the week. Or i could go completely grassroots and grow all my own= cost of TIME!!! thats too extreme for me! i have to admit i'm a hypocrite as i still indulge in fast food and junk on tri weekly basis cos it can taste great and i'm lazy BUT i make better choices now- small chips and a skinless breast piece, water, not burger and a shake- costs the same though!!. i compromise. i have some partial solutions- i work at local farmers markets on weekends- get free free-range organic eggs and fruit from people i work for, but have to buy the big chain chicken breast as its half the pric (Aus$10-16 perkg vs up to 27/kg for freerange/orangic, and beef is usually13-25+/kg depending on cut!thats not org or anything either) not sure how that works in US$ but it adds up! Add in the fact i'm actually allergic to the salicilates in most raw fruit plus some vegies and my antihistimines cost a lot ( an would-be environmental manager whos allergic to natural foods- bit of a laugh!). How does one resolve that? Srry if it sounds like complaining, but it makes me wonder how most people can say its hard to eat healthy when they have simpler choices to make? i'll get off my high horse now. hi i’m from Australia, i thought i’d throw in my 2 cents worth (that wont get you much here!).

I too try to buy/cook in bulk- love my freezer.and i agree with catherine about local buying!
While i agree in some ways that healthier eating can be cheaper than fast food (especially if you eat takeout most meals) , but there is always a tradeoff- time money and ethics. i like to complicate things for myself! i too am a student- cash and time poor, but my partner is a professional athlete, so requires high quality protein,specialist supplements and spirulina etc etc. (and eats 4x what i do ).
IF i had the courage of my convictions i would only buy free range organic meat,gluten free breads/flour, organic local produce, fairtrade,recyclable packaging but then we couldn’t afford to eat more than 2 days out of the week. Or i could go completely grassroots and grow all my own= cost of TIME!!! thats too extreme for me!
i have to admit i’m a hypocrite as i still indulge in fast food and junk on tri weekly basis cos it can taste great and i’m lazy BUT i make better choices now- small chips and a skinless breast piece, water, not burger and a shake- costs the same though!!. i compromise.

i have some partial solutions- i work at local farmers markets on weekends- get free free-range organic eggs and fruit from people i work for, but have to buy the big chain chicken breast as its half the pric (Aus$10-16 perkg vs up to 27/kg for freerange/orangic, and beef is usually13-25+/kg depending on cut!thats not org or anything either) not sure how that works in US$ but it adds up!
Add in the fact i’m actually allergic to the salicilates in most raw fruit plus some vegies and my antihistimines cost a lot ( an would-be environmental manager whos allergic to natural foods- bit of a laugh!).
How does one resolve that? Srry if it sounds like complaining, but it makes me wonder how most people can say its hard to eat healthy when they have simpler choices to make?
i’ll get off my high horse now.

]]> By: Trey Eckerman http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2938 Trey Eckerman Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:21:10 +0000 http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2938 Scott, Great vid! Eating healthy doesn't have to break the bank. If you buy and cook in bulk, you can save even more. The undeniable cost of eating cheap is an unhealthy and unattractive body. You can't begin to put a price tag on this. Would most people spend and extra $15 a week to look and feel better than ever before? I hope so. That's probably what it breaks down to. Scott,

Great vid! Eating healthy doesn’t have to break the bank. If you buy and cook in bulk, you can save even more.

The undeniable cost of eating cheap is an unhealthy and unattractive body. You can’t begin to put a price tag on this.

Would most people spend and extra $15 a week to look and feel better than ever before? I hope so. That’s probably what it breaks down to.

]]> By: ROSIE http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2878 ROSIE Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:04:03 +0000 http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2878 RIGHT ON SCOTT! The same question was ask to me, not long ago at the office cafeteria. Everyday I take my own lunch (cook veggies or a salad, fruit for mid day break or oat meal)eveything home made. Everybody at my office buy french fries, pizza, hamburguers, burritos, chocolate cake, sodas, cookies, potato chips, etc.... When somebody asked is I probably was spending more than them, I LAUGH OUT LOUD, impossible, but I try explain the results, just exactly like your video with the fat AS..., and then the whole table shut-up and change the subject. Lately a couple of them are bringing home made lunch and the rest getting fat. I´m lucky, because in Guatemala fruit and veggies grow all year long, some months are more expensive than others, because of the raining season, but it is affordable. I spend a week for 2 papayas, 2 pineapples, 1 melon, 4 apples, 4 grapefruits, 7 appricots, 1 watermelon, aprox. $15.00 no counting the veggies and all the supermarket stuff. I guess I should be sending fruit to all your members. GREAT ARTICLE AND VIDEO! Rosie, Guatemala City RIGHT ON SCOTT! The same question was ask to me, not long ago at the office cafeteria. Everyday I take my own lunch (cook veggies or a salad, fruit for mid day break or oat meal)eveything home made. Everybody at my office buy french fries, pizza, hamburguers, burritos, chocolate cake, sodas, cookies, potato chips, etc….
When somebody asked is I probably was spending more than them, I LAUGH OUT LOUD, impossible, but I try explain the results, just exactly like your video with the fat AS…, and then the whole table shut-up and change the subject. Lately a couple of them are bringing home made lunch and the rest getting fat.
I´m lucky, because in Guatemala fruit and veggies grow all year long, some months are more expensive than others, because of the raining season, but it is affordable. I spend a week for 2 papayas, 2 pineapples, 1 melon, 4 apples, 4 grapefruits, 7 appricots, 1 watermelon, aprox. $15.00 no counting the veggies and all the supermarket stuff. I guess I should be sending fruit to all your members.
GREAT ARTICLE AND VIDEO!
Rosie, Guatemala City

]]> By: Bethany Longstreth http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2876 Bethany Longstreth Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:36:27 +0000 http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2876 Haha this is hilarious! I'm writing a newspaper article on this now actually. How about some more real life comparisons? 2 Liter Bottle of Coca-Cola - 1.79 vs. a Half Gallon jug of 2% milk -2.59 Wheat Bread- 3.39 vs. white bread- 3.19 still think it doesn't cost more to eat healthy? e-mail me at sillykitty1440@yahoo.com if you want more comparisons.. Haha this is hilarious! I’m writing a newspaper article on this now actually. How about some more real life comparisons?
2 Liter Bottle of Coca-Cola – 1.79 vs. a Half Gallon jug of 2% milk -2.59

Wheat Bread- 3.39 vs. white bread- 3.19

still think it doesn’t cost more to eat healthy? e-mail me at sillykitty1440@yahoo.com if you want more comparisons..

]]> By: Catherine Osthaus http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2827 Catherine Osthaus Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:26:55 +0000 http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2827 To lower the cost of healthy organic food I buy my stuff right off the farm. You can cut your costs by half! Especially for eggs and meats. The reason for this is you cut out distributer costs and grocery store mark ups. Another bonus is that all the food is fresh. Meats are frozen but that is ok. You also have direct contact with the farmer and see what the growing conditions are and what farming practices they use. Plus you know that the money you are spending is local and that has great environmental bonuses. It takes time and effort to do this but it is well worth it. healthyfitmom.com/blog To lower the cost of healthy organic food I buy my stuff right off the farm. You can cut your costs by half! Especially for eggs and meats.

The reason for this is you cut out distributer costs and grocery store mark ups. Another bonus is that all the food is fresh. Meats are frozen but that is ok. You also have direct contact with the farmer and see what the growing conditions are and what farming practices they use.

Plus you know that the money you are spending is local and that has great environmental bonuses.

It takes time and effort to do this but it is well worth it.

healthyfitmom.com/blog

]]> By: Melissa http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2725 Melissa Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:17:03 +0000 http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2725 My problem is that eating really healthy versus slightly healthy can be a cost problem. For example, it is very expensive to eat enough protein. It is dirt cheap to fill up on white pasta and sugar-laden tomato sauce. It is much more expensive to buy whole wheat pasta, add a good amount of lean protein to that (sure, fat-filled ground beef can be cheap, ground turkey, never), and buy tomatoes to have a clean, healthy meal. Cereal is another one, I want something like Kashi, but that is twice as expensive as some sugar-laden malt-o-meal. I'll give you that fast food is often more expensive, but walking the fine line between cheap things made with sugar and high fructose corn syrup and getting real food brings my grocery bill up, quite a lot. My problem is that eating really healthy versus slightly healthy can be a cost problem. For example, it is very expensive to eat enough protein. It is dirt cheap to fill up on white pasta and sugar-laden tomato sauce. It is much more expensive to buy whole wheat pasta, add a good amount of lean protein to that (sure, fat-filled ground beef can be cheap, ground turkey, never), and buy tomatoes to have a clean, healthy meal. Cereal is another one, I want something like Kashi, but that is twice as expensive as some sugar-laden malt-o-meal. I’ll give you that fast food is often more expensive, but walking the fine line between cheap things made with sugar and high fructose corn syrup and getting real food brings my grocery bill up, quite a lot.

]]> By: John Sifferman - Real World Strength Training http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2721 John Sifferman - Real World Strength Training Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:46:20 +0000 http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2721 I'm a believer Scott - there is absolutely NO REASON to believe that eating healthier costs a lot more than eating unhealthy foods. I try to take a broader perspective when figuring out our overall food costs. I believe that eating as healthy as you can is literally akin to paying for health insurance. Just by actively taking care of your health through proper nutrition and exercise will always considerably decrease your risk for countless medical conditions. My wife and I now consider our grocery bill as a way of "insuring our future health." This new mindset gives us a new perspective on paying for our health, and has helped us get over the "rising cost of food" excuse/barrier. Just last night, we hit the grocery store together. When we compiled our shopping list, we both decided NOT to consider our food choices based on price. We decided to add everything to the list that would work towards our goals, regardless of how much this grocery bill would cost us. We were shocked that our bill actually came out $20 lower than it has been for the last several weeks. Like I said, I'm a believer! John Sifferman NSCA-CPT http://JohnSifferman.com http://BurnTheFat.com P.S. It was very nice meeting you in CT this weekend - I had a great time hanging out! I’m a believer Scott – there is absolutely NO REASON to believe that eating healthier costs a lot more than eating unhealthy foods.

I try to take a broader perspective when figuring out our overall food costs. I believe that eating as healthy as you can is literally akin to paying for health insurance. Just by actively taking care of your health through proper nutrition and exercise will always considerably decrease your risk for countless medical conditions.

My wife and I now consider our grocery bill as a way of “insuring our future health.” This new mindset gives us a new perspective on paying for our health, and has helped us get over the “rising cost of food” excuse/barrier.

Just last night, we hit the grocery store together. When we compiled our shopping list, we both decided NOT to consider our food choices based on price. We decided to add everything to the list that would work towards our goals, regardless of how much this grocery bill would cost us. We were shocked that our bill actually came out $20 lower than it has been for the last several weeks.

Like I said, I’m a believer!

John Sifferman NSCA-CPT

http://JohnSifferman.com
http://BurnTheFat.com

P.S. It was very nice meeting you in CT this weekend – I had a great time hanging out!

]]> By: Jason Moffatt http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2717 Jason Moffatt Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:27:51 +0000 http://unstoppablefatloss.com/blog/does-eating-healthy-cost-more/#comment-2717 I agree that you can eat very healthy on a budget. But I like what Ursula had to say... 'what is the real cost of unhealthy eating". I don't think many people really want to know the answer to that. In fact, they would probably reject it. Personally, my grocery bill is probably 4 times the normal person because of my nature to spoil myself with the best raw foods on the planet. I have no problem dropping a ton of cash on great food. It's the one thing that I allow myself to not hold back on no matter what. So while you can eat healthy for cheap, when you go for raw cacao bars at $10 a pop it is a bit out of most people's range. I agree that you can eat very healthy on a budget. But I like what Ursula had to say… ‘what is the real cost of unhealthy eating”.

I don’t think many people really want to know the answer to that. In fact, they would probably reject it.

Personally, my grocery bill is probably 4 times the normal person because of my nature to spoil myself with the best raw foods on the planet. I have no problem dropping a ton of cash on great food.

It’s the one thing that I allow myself to not hold back on no matter what.

So while you can eat healthy for cheap, when you go for raw cacao bars at $10 a pop it is a bit out of most people’s range.

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