I know what alot of you will say, eat simply with mono meals. Things like that do not satisfy me at least not right now. I want to eat meals I like to cook of course I know everything will be uncooked, but I have a vitamix, a dehydrator , and a food processor. I am just running out of money so fast. I go to the farmers market when I can, but there is not alot of organic produce at my farmers market, plus they are not open when I get off or before I go to work, only one day on my day off. I am completely out of fruits and veggies and dont get paid until friday. I dont go out I dont buy new clothes we dont even have the internet, so I cant scale down, we are about as scaled down as my family can get. How do some of you bargain buy or do you have any ideas on how to keep costs down? I am back to eating the SAD diet not because I want to but because that is all we have in the house, my husband is not cool with vegetarian, vegan, and definately not raw. He will eat it as a side dish but he wants his meat and cookies with it. For now I am just going to try to at least get my green smoothies in everyday.
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Your body wants mono meals, your budget obviously needs it as well. Who cares what you want, this lifestyle is not live to eat. Food is simply food.
Thanks for everyone replying! I do want to be raw, when I eat this way I feel better (some days, detox Im sure), and I crave healthy food, I am just out of money but I am going to keep on as long as I can. I do want this and I agree that my hubby will come around when he sees the shift in me, he is already liking the green smoothies and I make him shakes with raw choc, banana, and almond milk, that he asks for now, and my 2 year old daughter loves green smoothies, even the ones I dont like she just drinks them up.
I wish I could find something like that. Memphis, TN is not a very green place but the city is trying. My husband is the head chef at a resturant I wonder if he could order me some stuff too. I found a buying club in my area for nuts and dried fruits grains all organic, it is just 15 up front per order and then you have to buy large quantities unless other people want to split it with you, but the prices are great, but just cant do it right now.
Thanks achin70 for that I wrote a note to myself to read that book, surely there is a way to do this frugally, I just cant get it right at this moment!!
Hi blakejack- If you want maximum results and take better care of your health, your diet should consist of 100% organic produce and grocery. And yes, even with the farmer's market available it is more expensive than the conventional stuff. But I'd rather spend more money to take care of my health so that I don't need to waste all of it on medical bills. Last year I caught a nasty cold and paid $150 out of pocket for a prescription and anitbiotics. The medical industry tries to take advantage of unhealthy and sick people so the doctors can make more money! If you can, buy in bulk so you can have a lot of food on hand. I save a lot of money by making a menu or making a list of everything I eat. I hope you can get back into eating raw. Your health comes first.
eat nearly as much as you used too? I've been raw for over a year now and I eat more than when I started out. What if she is very active? I have to eat 3,000 calories or more depending on my activity level a day, sometimes even 4,000 calories of fruit and greens. It gets cheap if you are lazily sedentary, sure.
I totally agree about everything being organic. Its not that I am spending my money on other things it is just that I am out of money. But I am trying to buy as much raw and organic as I can fit into my budget. My farmers market has only one vendor that sells organic, it just hasnt caught on down here in my part of the south. There is also only one healthfood store, and my grocery stores organic section is pitiful, most of the produce is old anyway. I am going to try to be as raw as possible.
Thanks luxdivon, its good to her those optimistic words, that is the mindset I am trying to keep.
Thank you sisterbecky, I am trying to make meals out of what I have on hand at the house until payday tomorrow. But if I have beans and rice that is usually what I eat when I am out of my raw food. I am getting used to all this and I have to spend half of my grocery money which isnt much on my hubby who eats a SAD diet, but it will all work out and I will get the hang of it soon. :)
Thinking like that is a huge step backward for raw and vegan eaters. If we want to get people interested in this kind of diet, we need to be creative. Just because a lot of us are into being healthy doesn't mean that we're going to completely deny how much we love food. If someone is not satisfied with simply mono meals, they're not someone who considers the concept of "food is simply food." A lot of us are true food lovers, we live to eat, not eat to live, and I think that makes an enormous statement for the vegan and raw community.
U mad? Okay, work out one hour, eat 2,500 calories a day. Buy bananas in bulk and eat them as your staple. Conventional produce is acceptable, I do not eat organic, unless it's on sale.
I am actually thinking about getting an extra job at The Whole Foods Market, 20% discount, but I have 2 jobs already a mom and a bank job. We only allow $70 a week for groceries but I end up spending all my extra income on food anyway, so it ends up being alot more for me.
Luxdivon- thanks about the quinoa, love that stuff, but never tried it sprouted, so going to have to give that a shot. I hate my corporate job but just dont know what else I can do right now, have a little girl so just trying to do what is best for her right now.
Blakejack1123: I have a similar predicament, finance-wise! I incorporate cooked grains like quinoa, millet, amaranth, and occasionally rice into my diet, mixed with spices and herbs (and I don't care to hear the gasps of the purists on this forum). These grains (w/exception of rice) are known to be very alkaline. Plus, I have a rice cooker, which cooks all grains and is soooooo easy.
And EVERY morning, w/out fail, I have a green smoothie, which is about the only thing that gets me out of bed some days. I make sure greens and fruit are always plentiful, and if I have money to make other dishes, i do it. If I don't, I don't stress. Better to be calm and relaxed about your diet then fanatical.
The59Sound, is that a Gaslight Anthem reference? Also, "U mad?" - this is not theb9...
bridge 9 is for new hardcore jerk offs. i don't belong to forums, only soulseek hardcore/punk room. and yes, the gaslight anthem are the 21st century bruce springsteen meets clash meets tom petty meets the cure. i'm in love with them atm.
the59sound -- I'm glad you didn't take any offense to what I said. Where are you from? It's not often I see someone into raw foods/hardcore, which I think is strange since veganism and hardcore sometimes go hand-in-hand.
luxdivon, sorry love, I was replying to 59sound who said something along the lines of "eat mono meals, it doesn't matter what you want. This life style is not live to eat, it's eat to live." I though that statement was not only pretty inaccurate, if it was true would we have an entire website dedicated to people coming up with creative and delicious dishes, but it's also the wrong attitude to present to a world of SAD and meat eaters. You don't convert people to this lifestyle by telling them that you just eat to get nutrients and not for flavor and enjoyment as well.