-- I just got back from the grocery store and this what I bought.

[Simply Red]

Okay, so there are a ton of posters on here that are eating healthy, trying to eat healthy, or 'thinking' about it.

So, I figured I would start a thread. I am all about holding myself accountable. The more people that I tell about eating healthy, the more people I would let down by not. {TY sensibleshiefsfan}


So - I'll start by posting my receipt from Publix (a local grocer) :




Fusion Pro-Guide 4-pack razors - 16.99

Bounty white paper towels - 2.19

1# Boar's Head Oven Roasted Turkey - lowered sodium - $8

Emerald smoked Almonds - 5.89

Clemmy sugar-free frozen fudge bars - 3.75

kraft shredded 2% sharp cheddar - 3.99

kraft jack and colby 2% - 3.99

Dannon 85% less sugar yogurt - strawberry 2 four-pks - 2.79 per

4 various Lean Cuisine Dinners for convenience meal - 4 for 10.00

Alpine Lace Light swiss - 4.69

Carnegie Deli Pastrami slices - yes from the real place - 5.99

ground chicken breasts - 5.49

jones cherrywood bacon - 3.79

Boathouse Farms 100% carrot juice - 4.49

Sticky Fingers Memphis Original bbq sauce - 2.99

bananas - 2.10

frosted mini wheats 3.09 - (store brand)

organic natural peanut butter - 4.89

Jello Sugar Free Chocolate Mousse - Dark - 2.45 4/pack

container of store roasted cashews w/ sea salt - 3.49

Store mixed cantaloupe, Honey dew, watermelon, pineapple - fruit salad - 10.37


Diet Mug Rootbeer 12 pack - 5.29

Medium Publix Eggs - 1.39 - Dozen

Hunts Ketchup - no high fructose CS - $1.89



Order Total - $127.55
Paid = Chase Debit - sky blue card

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by PGM

Even if her entire naked body was covered in melted butter and she rolled around in a giant bowl of popcorn?

potentially - yes.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Fresh, in-season cherries are excellent, but decent ones often run $6/lb around here and that's too steep for my blood.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Fresh, in-season cherries are excellent, but decent ones often run $6/lb around here and that's too steep for my blood.

The one's I get around here aren't that pricey - I don't go too nuts, I get them at the asian market. Tha H Mart. Nothing crazy - but meaty enough - a nice pop - so they're firm - the pits are fairly small - these were 3.49 IIRC. I forget the species I bought.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

The one's I get around here aren't that pricey - I don't go too nuts, I get them at the asian market. Tha H Mart. Nothing crazy - but meaty enough - a nice pop - so they're firm - the pits are fairly small - these were 3.49 IIRC. I forget the species I bought.

Paid 2.99 last week at a local produce store.

[Simply Red]

they go up as you hit the whole foods, fresh markets as well as certain snotty, air conditioned farmers markets.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

they go up as you hit the whole foods, fresh markets as well as certain snotty, air conditioned farmers markets.

Yeah the place I got em is open air, not air conditioned, but man they have good produce. I get some huge shrimp fresh out of the Gulf there too.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Yeah the place I got em is open air, not air conditioned, but man they have good produce. I get some huge shrimp fresh out of the Gulf there too.

well you're in Florida now right? they have the roadside places, much like Missouri, Southern Georgia and South Bama.

We used to buy peaches in Florida and Southern Alabama, coming home from Destin - they were always better than Georgia peaches, it was weird that it was like that - but it was true.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by T-post Tom

Cut back on the dairy & processed meats. Go nitrate free on the cold cuts. What time's dinner? I'm hungry.

Dairy is fine.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by lewdog

I find when I go for long periods of time eating clean, "bad" food disgusts me and my body really can't handle much of eating it.

I just feel guilty.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Here's an idea I've kicked around lately:

We eat out a lot. Wayyy too much. I haven't eaten out in three days in an effort to eat better and cheaper.

Is it possible to feed two adults and two toddlers for $500/month? I have a feeling that we spend closer to $1200/month on food right now, and given the quality of food, it doesn't seem to be worth anywhere near that.

I figured that $400/mo. for groceries and another $100/month for incidentals and a few times eating out could cover it. Or is that a fool's errand?

Maybe. Probably not. I can feed myself for a month at Costco, but it's about $300 just for me. My wife added in is another $100/week. And that doesn't count the food we eat when we go out on the weekends.

Food is expensive, but you'll still be able to save a lot by not going out. Probably not as much as you were expecting.

[Simply Red]

Trader Joes is still a nice option Hamas, Buck recommended it to me, I'd forgotten about it. It's weird, my bill is always sixty something dollars, I've gone four or five times now. I leave w/ a ton of stuff for 60$. Meats, Baby brocoli, oranges, Cheeses, Chicken, Brussels, Milk - things like that.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Here's an idea I've kicked around lately:

We eat out a lot. Wayyy too much. I haven't eaten out in three days in an effort to eat better and cheaper.

Is it possible to feed two adults and two toddlers for $500/month? I have a feeling that we spend closer to $1200/month on food right now, and given the quality of food, it doesn't seem to be worth anywhere near that.

I figured that $400/mo. for groceries and another $100/month for incidentals and a few times eating out could cover it. Or is that a fool's errand?

Yeah, $400 in groceries (with $500 total) isn't happening. No chance. When you do the math, it seems plausible, but life is a bitch, and it's the "small things" needed to complete a decent meal that end up costing.

I think $600-700 is very doable, however.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Here's an idea I've kicked around lately:

We eat out a lot. Wayyy too much. I haven't eaten out in three days in an effort to eat better and cheaper.

Is it possible to feed two adults and two toddlers for $500/month? I have a feeling that we spend closer to $1200/month on food right now, and given the quality of food, it doesn't seem to be worth anywhere near that.

I figured that $400/mo. for groceries and another $100/month for incidentals and a few times eating out could cover it. Or is that a fool's errand?

You can definitely drop down much less than $1200.

$400 a month might be a little optimistic, unless you're going to just be crazy disciplined.

Eating out is the debbil, though (even though I freaking love it). To put it in perspective: the wife and I can go out for a meal and drinks and easily spend the same I would for a week's worth of groceries.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

well you're in Florida now right? they have the roadside places, much like Missouri, Southern Georgia and South Bama.

We used to buy peaches in Florida and Southern Alabama, coming home from Destin - they were always better than Georgia peaches, it was weird that it was like that - but it was true.

Yeah, my produce place is basically a "roadside" place except it has a roof and in the middle of a lot of retail stuff. The Georgia peaches, Honeydew and seedless watermelons that I get there are the best I've ever had.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Yeah, my produce place is basically a "roadside" place except it has a roof and in the middle of a lot of retail stuff. The Georgia peaches, Honeydew and seedless watermelons that I get there are the best I've ever had.

i get plums also not the best textured fruit - but just loaded with fiber.