Re: grocery bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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SBD is expensive, I've found, at least, more expensive than eating anything

and eating it cheap. The problem is, I think, that most of the " cheap "

foods are the very processed ones. I can buy packs of pasta meals for 88

cents or I can buy breasts of chicken for $3.29/lb. and lettuce at

$1/head. Gee.

I haven't really found a ton of " good " ways to save a lot of money in this

venture, other than buying in bulk (thanks, Sam's club) and watching the

sales. Otherwise, I've chalked up the better living as worth the expense

in the long run (cheaper than medical bills, I guess).

At 09:54 AM 12/7/04, you wrote:

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> wow, I printed out about 6 recipes that I found at misc places online to

> start our diet this week.......

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>went shopping last night to get the ingredients I needed for everything.

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>spent $170!!!!!! what the heck?!?!?! (granted I spent $13 on

>Tomatoes!!! holy cow, didn't think it would be THAT expensive) is there

>a better way to save money and eat this way at the same time?!?!?!

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>yikes.

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It is not that just SBD is expensive, eating healthy is expensive.

-Beth

Re: grocery bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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> SBD is expensive, I've found, at least, more expensive than eating

anything

> and eating it cheap. The problem is, I think, that most of the " cheap "

> foods are the very processed ones. I can buy packs of pasta meals for 88

> cents or I can buy breasts of chicken for $3.29/lb. and lettuce at

> $1/head. Gee.

>

> I haven't really found a ton of " good " ways to save a lot of money in this

> venture, other than buying in bulk (thanks, Sam's club) and watching the

> sales. Otherwise, I've chalked up the better living as worth the expense

> in the long run (cheaper than medical bills, I guess).

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>

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> At 09:54 AM 12/7/04, you wrote:

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> > wow, I printed out about 6 recipes that I found at misc places online

to

> > start our diet this week.......

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> >went shopping last night to get the ingredients I needed for everything.

> >

> >spent $170!!!!!! what the heck?!?!?! (granted I spent $13 on

> >Tomatoes!!! holy cow, didn't think it would be THAT expensive) is there

> >a better way to save money and eat this way at the same time?!?!?!

> >

> >yikes.

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> Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The

South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right

fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad

carbs and bad fats.

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> For more on this WOE please read " The South Beach Diet " by Arthur

Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8

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[Guest guest]

I bought a bunch of frozen veggies because they were on sale last weekend, except I did buy some cucumbers fresh and bagged salad. I wish I bought green peppers, been wanting them.

Once, a long time ago, I got this huge bag of frozen veggies real cheap at Walmart, but haven't seen it again. It was a really huge bag, had to put it out in the deep freeze, wouldn't fit in the freezer! It had big cauliflower heads, huge slices of carrot, and broccoli i believe. I might check Sam's Club, maybe they'll have something like that.

TheresaDarice LaPierre wrote:

We probably spend $20-30 more per week on groceries than pre-SBD because the prices of veggies went through the roof down here. We did eat out more before, not a lot, but more than we do now so we're saving $$ there but spending more on groceries but we're eating better so probably a good trade-off. I am trying to talk hubby into putting up a small hothouse so we can grow some veggies year round.

I'm just hoping to keep catching the meat on sale, and will buy veggies according to what's on sale, etc.

Theresa

Do you Yahoo!?Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats. For more on this WOE please read "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8 __________________________________________________

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>Once, a long time ago, I got this huge bag of frozen veggies real cheap at

>Walmart, but haven't seen it again. It was a really huge bag, had to put

>it out in the deep freeze, wouldn't fit in the freezer! It had big

>cauliflower heads, huge slices of carrot, and broccoli i believe. I might

>check Sam's Club, maybe they'll have something like that.

They do, at least here. Something like 6lbs of broccoli frozen for $3 or

something. Cheap and very good tasting. Nothing but pure veggies.

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[Guest guest]

I guess I'm lucky. At Winco, they offer 3 pound packages of flash frozen chicken breasts for $6. It takes a little longer to cook, but I'm cool with that.

C

Re: grocery bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We never bought chicken breasts even before SB! Last time I even looked, it was like $10 for three small breasts, and I'd need 2 for one meal for my family. Just can't afford that. The lunch meat was on sale, 3 packs for $5, so that is WAY cheaper. I only bought 2 thinking it would last a week, but should have stacked up and got a lot more while it was on sale.

Theresa