Do you spend a lot more $$ on you?

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Permalink Reply by s on September 5, 2008 at 2:10pm

i eat a lot of fruit, so it doesn't run up the bill THAT much, especially if you're replacing things you used to buy (amy's kitchen meals for me). the key is to buy only the worst-pesticided things organic if you can't afford all organic. so generally i avoid lots of pesticidey fruits and veggies and just buy others that are on sale. it takes planning, effort, and a few tries to get it right. if you're into superfoods, though, that's a different and costly story. good luck!
s

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Permalink Reply by RubyLaine on October 2, 2008 at 8:56pm

I am afraid to tell my hubby how much I spend on myself as opposed to him and the two chitlins. I can shop once every two weeks for them but for me its like every other day. Organic red peppers alone cost me a fortune as opposed to the non organic. You would think eating raw would cost way less than all the meat, juice, junk food, and frozen crap I buy. NOT!! Oh well, gotta look out for number one ( the kids eat well also) and I am so worth it!!

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Permalink Reply by Jef on November 2, 2008 at 10:53pm

Yes,
I have experienced resentment about how much green stuff is in the fridge, and I, like you, haven't been all raw yet, for very long periods of time.
I would definitely find it a lot easier if I were single ........ I think.. There are still the group gatherings.
I don't know what to say now. He gets mad, but he spends money on hunting... He says, "well, raw food is your hobby, and hunting is mine" I totally disagree, since if I weren't on a lot of raw food, I'd be spending money on antidepressants, and more inhalers for asthma. but if it works for him to think of it that way, and he doesn't bug me too much, then I'lll just let it go.
The only thing is that our budget is so low that it is really hard to get what I want and need to eat raw to stay healthy, and stay in the budget. I really need something like chlorella or spirulina for protein since I'm a fast oxidizer, and so when I run out now of what I have, I don't know how I'll fit it all in the budget. For awhile I had an extra stash that I could supplement with, but now that's gone.

Anyway, just blabbing,..... I think you have to do what you have to do, and if he puts up a fuss, then so be it. Just do a little at a time, and see how it goes.

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Permalink Reply by sparrowrose on November 6, 2008 at 2:03am

My husband is a "frozen dinner omnivore" and I definitely spend more at the grocery on his food and drink than my own. But he is convinced that my food costs more and although I do go through the gorcery receipts and run the math for myself, I don't bring them to him because we've already done enough arguing about food and money to the point where I just don't want to stir things up any more.

When I switched to whole-food (cooked) vegan, my half of the grocery bill was about $25/week and his half $75/week. Now that I'm high raw with many days of full raw, my bill has doubled to $50/week. But because of the conflict over food and costs, he's been telling me lately to get my costs back down and he's been postponing grocery trips so that I'm forced to try to live two weeks on one week's worth of produce. The result of that is that today I ended up making a bean soup (I've still got tons of dried beans in kitchen storage) because I'm down to bananas, spinach, and sprouted lentils and I was starting to get sick from not enough calories and not enough variety.

It can be really frustrating, especially because I know that my food is still less expensive than his but I get lectured about my food costs. We honestly don't have a lot of money to spare as I'm in grad school and he's disabled. I'm muddling through as best I can, and working on keeping an attitude of abundance. I won't back down on food issues because I'm a recovering diabetic and I really *need* to eat healthy food. I'm just praying that the situation resolves in a healthy, loving way for us.

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Permalink Reply by Rose on November 20, 2008 at 3:24pm

one of the best, cheapest things to get is KALE!!! A HUGE bag will cost less than $1 which always makes my husband happy. The only time he gets upset about my food spending is if I buy too much produce and it starts going bad before I can use it. I also find that if I cook for him using some of my produce he doesn't even notice the food costs...

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Permalink Reply by Kiani on January 6, 2009 at 9:18pm

I have spend money on organic food over the years. The ways I have brought the costs down is by ignoring marketers advice, gathering all the wild foods I can find, and buying less expensive foods.

Marketers scam you by telling you the benefits of their products without mentioning the side effects or high costs. Their only goal is to make more money off of you. Completely ignore everything they say and look right to nature for the truth and undeniably great health. Don't let a marketer get in the way. You have the right to go directly to the source. Nature will never charge you a penny.

Go to the local library and find books to borrow for free concerning identifying wild greens, including grasses, fruit, nuts, seeds, etc. Begin looking right in your yard or surrounding area. Branch out to peeking over your neighbor's fence and identifying plants and trees that bear edible food while commuting. Go back to that location and get some. Please ask permission to pick or collect anything from private property. Agricultural theft is a felony in Hawaii and there is no raw food in jail. Eating about half wild and half purchased food cuts down the cost a lot.

Buy the seeds like Sunflower, Sesame, and Flax over the expensive Nuts. Buy Hawaiian Spirulina over the more expensive Chlorella, E3 Live, and Klamath Lake Blue-Green Algae. Buy the fruit that is cheaper like Apples and Oranges versus the Persimmons, Berries, Grapes, and other high cost fruit.

Over all you deserve the best. Don't buy conventional foods for the lower price tag. The most flavorful foods are the ones you find in your yard or neighborhood that are fully tree or vine ripened and freshly picked. There is no way a merketer can tell me that his organic Tomato($2-5/lb.) tastes better than a fresh-picked, fully vine-ripened Cherry Tomato growing wild here. In Hawaii the cost of organic California produce is higher because of the shipping. The produce has been sitting on a shelf for 1-2 weeks. Foods have a life force enregy in them that dies out after 2 days or so. Don't spend big bucks on dead food. Food grows on plants and trees for free right outside your window. Take action now.

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Permalink Reply by lillian andreassen on February 28, 2009 at 4:19pm

I spend more money on my food.. because i am buying organic, but food and health is my big hobby and my boyfriend can see the benefits of me eating raw, my skin, my mood etc. so he let me spend whatever i need to stay healthy.. actually he is starting to eat more raw to!

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Permalink Reply by cynthia on November 3, 2009 at 8:36pm

no, my husband gets takeout all the time, and starbucks coffee and store-bought, prepared meals. He definitely spends more than me. I probably spend around $70 per week or so, which is all organic and not trying too hard. I could get it down to less if I shopped around more, but I like to support my local farmer's market.

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