Saving money on food?

[TheDuchess 106]

I'm assuming most have saved money on food since you're eating less - but how much would you say that you save? Have you spent more money elsewhere in it's place?

I want to get on a more strict financial plan so I'm a bit curious :]

[meganb0216 23]

Saving more on our food bill but have been enjoying buying new clothes..since I am down 55 pounds in 7 months....

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

Honestly, I spend more money on food. I may eat less but healthy food is far more expensive than cheap food. It cost a lot less to snack on a Little Debbie than an apple and Peanut Butter. Cheap fatty ground beef is a lot cheaper than chicken breast, too. Fresh veggies and fruit add quite a bit to the food bill, too.

[lellow 1,713]

I was going to say the same as Mis. I spend more money on food than I did before. A grass fed, organic melt-in-your-mouth sirloin steak is going to cost more than a KFC meal, and if I can only eat a little bit, I want the food to be great quality and great tasting. So I don't actually think I've saved money on food at all.

[MookNana 61]

Our grocery bill has stayed the same, but the embarrassing amount we used to spend on eating out is WAY down. It's definitely a net gain for us!

[gowalking 10,790]

I spend so much less on food that it's ridiculous. I went from probably $1,000 a month to maybe $400..and that doesn't even include saving on ordering take out....which I don't do anymore 'cause it's mostly fast food.

I don't spend a whole lot on clothes because I'm buying cheap right now since I'm still losing weight but last week I bought two Coach pocketbooks and a wallet. I rationalized it by saying I'm saving so much on my food bill. ....and Coach products really wear very well so it's a good investment.

[KAATNS 1,473]

and Coach products really wear very well so it's a good investment.

I love your thinking!

[Janiece 64]

When I do buy groceries, I tend to buy more expensive items than before like grass-fed filet mignon. But I go out with coworkers for lunch everyday and I usually eat the 2nd half of my lunch for dinner...so I'm sure I must be saving money, I've just never done the accounting.

[ChicagoRose 650]

Honestly, I spend more money on food. I may eat less but healthy food is far more expensive than cheap food. It cost a lot less to snack on a Little Debbie than an apple and Peanut Butter. Cheap fatty ground beef is a lot cheaper than chicken breast, too. Fresh veggies and fruit add quite a bit to the food bill, too.

I was going to say the same exact thing. My new healthier lifestyle is more expensive than my 5 bucks a day lunches at McD's I used to eat but that being said it's WELL WORTH the investment. You owe it to yourself to eat well, regardless of the price. Cut corners elsewhere if you can =)

[3-Sibe-Mom 26]

My grocery bill is higher. Healthy is more expensive for sure. However saving a fortune on not eating out. I don't allow my other half to eat out either. He was use to fast food 2 meals a day. Not no more. I made a great dinner tonight and he loved it. It was our first meal together since my surgery.

[HotButterFly 981]

Right now it's lower, but eventually, like the ladies mentioned above, I'm sure it would even itself out, as I start adding foods. Right now I'm kind of stuck eating the same things over and over again (I don't mind- for now) that grass-fed organic steak sounds goooooood to me. (Haven't had steak yet)

[lellow 1,713]

The amazing thing I have found though is that good quality food actually tastes GREAT, makes you feel less heavy and bloated and though more expensive, it's only because the demand for good healthy, organic whole foods isn't there.

How, as a society, we have been conditioned to think that mass-produced MacDonald's chicken nuggets, which taste like cardboard to me now, is worthy of any sort of craving, is beyond me. Give me a miso-marinated slab of beautiful codfish anyday....yummmmmm.