{"id":17922,"date":"2014-02-19T00:55:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T05:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=17922"},"modified":"2014-02-18T22:49:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T03:49:12","slug":"eat-healthyon-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/19\/eat-healthyon-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat Healthy\u2026\u2026On a Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you ever feel eating healthy will cost you too much money and time?\u00a0 Do you get frustrated and feel it is not worth it?\u00a0 There is hope and I can relate.<\/p>\n

Eating healthy is very important to me, but so is being wise with the money and resources that have been given to me. \u00a0It takes a little time and effort, initially, to eat healthy on a budget, but the rewards are great by saving time and money.<\/p>\n

With a little thought and practice, you can do it by implementing just a few tricks to get started.\u00a0 Here are a few of my strategies.<\/p>\n

1. Focus <\/b>on <\/b>Produce<\/b> First<\/b> <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

As you put together your budget, allocate your money in the produce first to ensure you get the most nutritious items.\u00a0 Not only will it ensure that you are getting your fruits and vegetables, but will eliminate processed and package foods, because you simply do not have enough cash.<\/p>\n

2. Look for Sales and Seasonal Foods <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Look through your weekly sale papers to find what items are on sale at your favorite grocery store and plan your meals around those items.\u00a0 For your fruits and vegetables, choose those that are in season as they are cheaper and will provide a variety of color to your diet.<\/p>\n

3. Substitute Packaged Items for Ones that Can be Prepared at Home<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Do you buy healthy frozen waffles or pancakes?\u00a0 Why not make homemade and double your recipe on the weekend to freeze extra for the week?\u00a0 Do you grab a protein bar to go on busy mornings? I have found my homemade protein bars<\/a> that I shared last week are more delicious, nutritious, and cheaper to make than any I could buy at the store.<\/p>\n

Today be a \u201cWell Woman!\u201d \u00a0Eat and live healthy as a way to bring honor to God with your body and resources. \u00a0Don\u2019t give up.\u00a0 You can<\/strong> eat healthy on a budget.<\/em><\/p>\n

In Good Health,<\/p>\n

Crystal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you ever feel eating healthy will cost you too much money and time?\u00a0 Do you get frustrated and feel it is not worth it?\u00a0 There is hope and I can relate. Eating healthy is very important to me, but so is being wise with the money and resources that have been given to me. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":17938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[3038,2475,2256,5545,425],"class_list":["post-17922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home-with-gch","tag-at-home-w-gch","tag-coaching-with-crystal","tag-crystal-breaux","tag-eating-healthy-on-a-budget","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/athomecrystalfruit.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-4F4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17922"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17939,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17922\/revisions\/17939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}