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    We needed to save some money recently to help pay for the extra expenses of the holidays. My wife and I were making a very strong effort not to finance Christmas using the credit cards, and we were about 95% successful in that regard. Overall, it was very good year, and I’m pretty sure our families appreciated the $10 gifts as much as they appreciated the more expensive gifts of previous years.

    One of the unfortunate side effects of saving money is that our grocery bill had to shrink considerably, which proved to me something I had suspected for years. It is far more expensive to eat healthily than it is to eat poorly. Bell peppers, for example, cost more per pound than ground beef, and most cuts of chicken and pork. All of them, however, cost about seven to ten times as much per serving as a box of macaroni and cheese. And I’m talking about Kraft, the good stuff not the cheap store brand box which costs half as much.

    Because of this, I haven’t used my vegetable juicer in about two months. Now, I didn’t exactly break down and go on the Ramen diet, but I did eat more sandwiches and frozen pizza than I really would have liked. I miss my concoctions of peppers, carrots, beets, and cherries. I had a choice between an Xbox 360 and $20-per-pitcher vegetable juice, and the juice lost.

    How do vegetarians do it?

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      Nightclub Los Angeles

      March 7th, 2008 at 8:30 pm

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      TRUTH BE TOLD,most people can rarely eat healthy anymore.
      I think this might be engineered somewhere to get rid of some of the population.
      This may seem like a far out (left field) concept but consider:
      the manipulated, purposely devalued dollar, and it’s relationship to food and gasoline purchases.
      This ends up (of course) with you being able to buy less and less food , car, gasoline , housing, etc.
      and it gets worse and worse year after year.
      I believe that there is a conspiracy to rid America of the middle class , put us into poverty (=SLAVERY)
      I guess that the bottom line is you can’t charge what used to be a fair wage these days and get anywhere as far as having a good diet and still be able to pay your bills.
      James

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      Pool Decks

      July 13th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

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      I have a hard time eating healthy. Its not affordable. Any time you want to buy something thats good for you its so expensive. Why is crap processed food so easy to get?

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      Joey

      July 22nd, 2008 at 2:19 pm

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      I went through the same phase that you are going through with your wife now. The prices have gone so much that it is now cheaper to eat at the fast food places. I gained alot of pounds and everyday I was disgusted with myself. Now that my income has gotten better, I’m focusing alot on my diet. Hopefully this will be a passing phase for you too.


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