Comments on: Does eating right cost too much money? http://losingitandlovingit.com/blog/1572/does-eating-right-cost-too-much-money/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shannon - The Shrinking Mommy http://losingitandlovingit.com/blog/1572/does-eating-right-cost-too-much-money/comment-page-1/#comment-3112 Shannon - The Shrinking Mommy Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:56:51 +0000 http://losingitandlovingit.com/blog/?p=1572#comment-3112 LOL - my husband used to tell me that buying fruit (which I love) and veggies cost too much, but yet we'd spend over $50 every weekend just for his weekend junk food binges. It's true that "healthy" prepacked or processed snacks do cost more than the sugar and fat laden junk foods, but whole unprocessed foods aren't in the long run. One of the realizations I had when we were working on my daughter's weight issue was that I was telling her no to an apple or yogurt she wanted but allowing her a candy bar at the check out counter. An apple costs less than 50 cents, yogurt is just 50 or 60 cents, and a candy bar anywhere between 50 and 85 cents. once I realized that, I started letting her choose a healthy treat from anywhere in the grocery store and it made a difference. Now I'm doing the same thing for me. It's much less expensive to spend the money on fruit or yogurt than to buy a bag of chips, and I feel better. Definitely worth it! <em>Shannon - The Shrinking Mommy's last blog post..<a href='http://theshrinkingmommy.com/303/healthy-choices-christmas-challenge-day-9/' rel="nofollow">Healthy Choices Christmas Challenge – Day 9</a></em> LOL – my husband used to tell me that buying fruit (which I love) and veggies cost too much, but yet we’d spend over $50 every weekend just for his weekend junk food binges.

It’s true that “healthy” prepacked or processed snacks do cost more than the sugar and fat laden junk foods, but whole unprocessed foods aren’t in the long run.

One of the realizations I had when we were working on my daughter’s weight issue was that I was telling her no to an apple or yogurt she wanted but allowing her a candy bar at the check out counter. An apple costs less than 50 cents, yogurt is just 50 or 60 cents, and a candy bar anywhere between 50 and 85 cents. once I realized that, I started letting her choose a healthy treat from anywhere in the grocery store and it made a difference.
Now I’m doing the same thing for me. It’s much less expensive to spend the money on fruit or yogurt than to buy a bag of chips, and I feel better. Definitely worth it!

Shannon – The Shrinking Mommy’s last blog post..Healthy Choices Christmas Challenge – Day 9

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