When we think about eating cheaply we end up going for fast food. However where is a will there is a way. It may not be the easy road, but it is the healthy one. When you are eating on a budget going to eat out is the worst you can do. Going out and eating a meal at a restaurant is the easiest way to eat, but it is expensive and often times it is not as healthy as they want to make us believe.
The best way to increase our nutritional intake cheaply is by starting to cook for ourselves. If possible trying to enjoy the cooking process is a plus. Doing it more often will make it easier and possibly even more enjoyable. If cooking isn’t your thing experimenting with oats and fruits can be a great source of nutrition.
Still not convinced? Or Always tight on your schedule? Plan for the coming week and do some meal prepping in the weekend. This can be simple, cheap and not as time consuming as cooking every day after work. Starting to cook this many meals might win you over to start to like to cook a meal everyday. Especially if you start experimenting with different ways of cooking.
You diet is a bank account, good food choices are a good investment. – Bethenny Frankel
Hopefully you are either convinced that you can save money or that your health is really important. If you wouldn’t be saving much at first sight, then keep in mind that it is an investment in your future. You will always have your body, if you have improved you body you can take this everywhere you go. When you have invested in your body you can challenge your mind to improve yourself completely. In the long run you can take better decision and save money by being smartly taking decisions.
Are you on a really tight budget? Consider talking to some neighbours and see if they like cooking. You could be surprised how different people think about health and cooking. They might find health just as important as you, but instead of money being the problem it could be the cooking. Offer to cook a meal once or twice a week for both families and sharing your time for the ingredients.
Tomorrow’s article will be discussing how to implement free movement in your life.