If you're looking for a strategy on how to eat healthy on a budget,
you are in the right place. Let's dive into it! So one of
the biggest issues that people run into when they start eating healthier is they
find that their grocery bill increases by a pretty solid amount.
And while there are times where it is important to make that investment,
there's also times where you're kind of gotta be a little more smart with how
you eat healthy, right? If you buy grapes every single week, grapes are super,
super expensive, and while they may be tasty, they may be nutritious.
If you're on a super tight budget, they may not be the best choice.
So in this video,
we're really going to dive into three strategies that I've used in the past to
buy groceries on a budget. And then if you stick around to the end,
I also have a four strategy that allowed me to save over a thousand dollars in
groceries every single year. So back when I got into the business game,
I was in the grind mode for the first few years, right.
I wasn't seeing much success. So I was putting a lot of effort, energy time,
money into my business.
And I got to the point where my credit cards were basically maxed out and where
I was going to the grocery store every week.
Basically hoping that my credit card wouldn't be declined.
And so in that process, I had to challenge myself. I had to be very,
very intelligent with how I invested in food,
because it was either I was able to get the food that I needed for the week or I
was going to go hungry. And so what I found was that when I was able to be very,
very intentional with the types of food I got,
I was actually able to spend less money in a lot of cases,
getting healthy groceries while still being able to eat as much as I want to
throughout the week. And so, like I said,
I've got three specific strategies and then a little bonus one for you.
So without further ado, let's get into them.
So strategy number one is super simple here. And if you are on a budget,
if you are working on eating healthier, stop eating out, right.
Even if you're going out for fast food, your meal can rack up to over $10.
If you're going out to a restaurant, it's going to be a lot more than that.
And so if you're really working on eating healthier,
the majority of your meals should be cooked.
The majority of your meals should be bought at a grocery store.
Because when you're there,
you can be very intelligent about what you're paying for. You don't have to tip,
you don't have to add tax. I guess you do have to add tax on groceries,
but besides that, right,
like you don't have all these other expenses that come with going out to eat and
eating at restaurants and fast food, places like that, stuff adds up.
And so let's think about it. If we're spending $10 per meal. Now,
all of a sudden, if we go out to eat four times a week, that's $40 minimum.
Whereas if you're really intelligent without you shop your grocery bill could be
$50 a week. If you're shopping for yourself and potentially even less,
if you're really smart about it. So that's one of the first things I say,
like when I speak with guys on the phone who are interested in my program and
they say, you know, I can't afford your program,
or I can't afford to eat healthier as an excuse. My first reaction is,
I'm sorry, that's both right. Like,
let's look at how many times are you going out to let's look where your money is
going to towards food. And we pretty quickly see that. Yeah,
there's a lot of space in the budget if you start cooking more.
So my first and most important recommendation here is if you're really trying to
stick to eating healthy on a budget, stop eating out, right? No,
I'm not saying forever, but I'm just saying cut out a lot.
Like if you treat yourself once every two weeks,
that's probably more reasonable than going out to eat 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8 times every single week.
So that's strategy number one and strategy Number two is really just going to be
when you are cooking and when you are shopping stick to the basics, right?
Like I've had times where I've gone to the grocery store and I bought so many
things that I just did not need. Sauces, powders,
spices, add on snacks. Like all these things that yeah.
I'll consume when I'm hungry,
I'll add it to make my food a little bit different. But when I look at it,
probably don't necessarily need it. Right. And so for sticking to the basics,
I got three things that have really worked for me in the past. So number one,
I always go with frozen organic veggies, specifically trader Joe's.
But if you don't have a trader Joe's most grocery stores have them at a very
affordable rate, you get a bag of organic broccoli. That's frozen. Number one,
the frozen veggies actually contain more nutrients in them because when they're
frozen, they're able to retain more. But number two,
they're actually going to be like two to $3 per bag.
And if you're having about two servings per bag now for every meal,
it's basically only a dollar that's going towards veggies.
Every single time you eat, which is in the grand scheme of things, not a lot.
So that would be my number one recommendation, right?
Stick to the very basic veggies.
Cause if you're going out and you're going for all the sweet potatoes and the
fresh organic broccoli and the organic green beans. Yeah.
Your bills probably going to rack up if you're going for those frozen veggies,
which if you're smart, you can cook them and be very delicious.
You can actually keep your bill pretty minimal.
The second part of really sticking to the basics is just going with the
discounted meat or the discounted Tempe. Now Tempe is a really,
really cheap source of protein that is also vegan and also healthy for you if it
is organic.
So that's something where you can get a bar of Tempe for like $3 at the grocery
store, which for most people is about two meals.
But if you're not going the vegan route or you don't want to eat Tempe with
every meal, obviously you go into the actual discount section of the store.
There's always meats on sale, but not only that, but when a meat is 2, 3,
4 days from expiring stores will actually have a certain time of day where
they'll go out and they'll put little discount stickers on their meat with
coupons, where you'll get a dollar or $2 or $3 off.
So if you really want to take this to the extreme and you're seriously committed
about leveling up your health on a budget is you can actually go to the store
and just ask like, Hey,
when you guys come out and when do you guys put stickers on the meat and most
people will tell you.
And so that's really an option there because if you're going out and you're
buying meat, that's the opportunity to save 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
$7 every single time that you're purchasing these bulk packages of meat.
So don't just go for the expensive steak.
Don't just go for the high price chicken, go for the ones that are discounted,
go for the ones that are on sale,
which leads me part number three of keeping things simple,
which is the more foods that you can buy in bulk, The better. Now,
bulk beans and bulk rice are two huge recommendations in mine. Um,
you can get a can of organic,
healthy beans for a dollar at trader Joe's and probably anywhere between one to
$2 anywhere else, which again, if you're having half a can for a meal,
that's only a dollar, every single meal for your beans, same thing with rice,
rather than buying those super small bags that you have to go out and restock
every two weeks. Why not just spend the $20 on the massive bag of rice,
that's going to last you three to six months.
So those are my three strategies for keeping a simple, right,
frozen organic veggies, discounted meats or Tempe,
as well as bulk rice and beans.
And that leads me into strategy number three here,
which is really making sure that you're buying as much as you can.
And I'm talking about everything in bulk, right?
Whether you have a membership for a place like Costco or any other of these bulk
stores going in and finding things that are sold more it's actually, yes,
the price tags upfront, little bit higher,
but in terms of the quantity and the price per unit,
you're actually going to be saving money here and there.
So if you can go to Costco, even if you get a membership for a year,
there's a bunch of coupon codes out there to get you a discount,
but you can go in and you can stock up on these bulk items that are going to
allow you to actually save a lot of money and use the freezer to your advantage.
So stuff doesn't go bad,
make sure that you're staying pretty consistent with what you're getting,
but really if you go with bulk and you're not just buying like the single
package meats and the single packaged snacks,
you can actually save a pretty hefty chunk of money in the long term.
And so those are my three strategies, right? We've got to stop eating out.
You've got sticking to the basics when it comes to cooking,
not doing anything extravagant and just going simple every week and then also
buying in bulk when possible. Now, like I mentioned,
at the beginning of the video,
I have a strategy that I've used to save over a thousand dollars on food every
single year, as simple as it sounds, that strategies integrating fasting.
Now I talk a lot about fasting and our EMS body mastery program,
which if you're interested in hearing more about that,
check out the description of this video for link. That's a free course.
We're kind of going to give you the whole load down there,
but not only is fasting going to be super healthy for you,
but also you're cutting out food. Now, when you fast,
you're not necessarily just completely eliminating that meal and keeping every
single other piece of food throughout the day, the same.
You're probably going to offload and eat a little bit more through that period
that you're actually eating. But when you really think about it,
if you cut out that meal, you are eating less.
And so even if you're only paying like $3 for your meal,
you're still saving over a thousand dollars in the term.
And that brings up an awesome example. So if you check this picture out, um,
this was actually really cool.
One of our members in our Facebook group started putting away the money that he
was spending on lunch into a Roth IRA accountant.
I don't know how long he was investing for. Um, it looks like based on the date,
I believe this was about a year saved over a thousand bucks,
saved almost $1,200 just from putting the money that he normally spent on lunch
into a investment account. So think about it for a second, right? $3 per meal,
which if we're being honest,
you're probably spending a lot more than that per every meal that you have.
But if you cut that out alone, that's massive savings, right?
We don't have to be consistently stuffing our face every two hours.
We don't have to be bulking up on tons of chicken, tons of beef,
tons of protein. We can moderate this process.
That's going to help us build muscle and burn fat and a very healthy and steady
way. So that's my little bonus trick for ya. And again,
if you're interested in learning more about how we use fasting and resistance
training to help our clients check out the link in the description of this
video, but besides that, that's all I got guys. So again,
if you're really working on a budget, you've got stopping, eating out,
sticking to the basics, buying in bulk and utilizing fasting.
So with that being said, I'm very curious,
how much money are you spending on groceries every single week?
Let me know in the comments.
And also let me know how many mouths you're feeding with that amount,
because I'm very curious,
I've been all over the place right now because I have a little bit more of a
budget.
It's probably spending around 150 a week for two mouths and
that's including, you know,
supplements and restock and like everything else that we were going through,
which, you know,
we could definitely be smarter if we were more intentional about it.
But it's at the point where we're able to spend a little bit more on that.
And it's an investment that is enjoyable and we can have treats,
but as you get started, as you're building your health,
like taking it simple and using this and using these tools to stick to a budget
is one of the smartest things you can do rather than what most people tend to
do, which is just use the excuse. I can't afford to eat healthy,
which at the end of the day,
we know is both because if you're committed to an outcome,
you're going to be able to create that outcome.
Even if it's a little more inconvenient,
even if it's not as simple as you thought it is possible.
And people do it every single day. But that being said, I appreciate you.
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said, as always remember, eat smart, move more, sleep deep,
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