I used to be queen of junk food. For the longest time I never purchased a single piece of produce. Our cart was loaded with, juice, soda, chips, processed meats, instant dinners, bags of fries......Yes that stuff tastes good. But at what price? Oh well the actual purchase price of a usual trip to the grocery store would be about 75$ for MAYBE a weeks worth of chips, soda and instant dinners. Garbage food. On top of that, Mr.C and I would grab fast food while we were out.
No wonder I topped 210 pounds while pregnant with CB and it took me 19 months to get it off. No wonder Mr.C (while wonderful and an amazing man) was topping the scale slightly more than my high.
We'd been gradually making the change. Less processed dinners. But we were still going out to eat, and out to bars regularly. Then a few months ago, when I hit my target weight and Mr.C was still struggling. I sat him down and told him I did not want my kids to grow up with out their daddy because he dropped dead at 32 yo from our lifestyle.
He stopped eating out. Now he takes 2 sandwhiches to work and carrot sticks. We've totally cut fast food from our diet (well Mr.C has at least. I still swing into Mcdonalds once in a while for a small fry)
I'm not much of a drinker (booze) especially after having CB I like to stay sober. The kid still needs his mom at 6 am even if mommy has a hang over. But Mr.C enjoys his happy hours. That was the other thing he gave up. Its really working for him. He's lost a bunch of weight and is looking amazing.
We're really trying to do more fitness activities. Mr.C actually walked to work for the first time today! He really enjoyed it and even walked home. Thats 4ish miles round trip! Pretty awesome! I've been really working on doing my Prenatal Yoga DVD and getting out and moving with CB in the morning.
Lets get to the nitty gritty reason I felt like posting this, I've realized something recently. I can get 2 weeks worth of food for about 50 bucks. Sometimes its more if we have a "meat" heavy week. But we mainly don't eat a ton of meats. You wanna know my secret? I've almost totally cut out prepackaged foods. No more smart ones meals, no more instant chicken. I buy a lot of produce, Tonight we ran to the store to replenish our fruits and veggies. I spent 12$ for 3 huge plums, 2 pears, 2 big peaches, a box of strawberries, and a cucumber. Also grabbed some weight watcher cream cheese and tortillas for wraps. As I walked toward the back of the store, I noticed chips were 2 for 5$. I could easily grab a couple bags if I wanted. But I would have ended up doubling what I spent tonight, and what would I have had to show for it? A fleeting moment of happiness as we inhaled the bags of chips and a few solid pounds packed onto my ass.
Its amazing what a healthy lifestyle does, for your entire lifestyle. Eating healthy saves money in the short term and in the long run. Obesity leads to a lot of long term health problems.
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