Question:
How much have your food bills gone done since WLS
Just curious if your grocery bills went down and appox. how much? — Vitabella (posted on January 2, 2004)
January 2, 2004
Hi. My food bills at home haven't changed too much. There are four of us
in the house, and I still cook for everyone, just eating smaller or
modified versions of what I cook for the others. In fact, I seem to spend
a little more, experimenting with some of the protein supplements and meal
replacement bars, etc.. The place that my food bill goes down is at work.
I don't order in with the others nearly as much, and tend to bring in
things from home to keep in the refrigerator so I won't eat things that I
shouldn't.
— Fixnmyself
January 2, 2004
Not really because I buy everything fresh, not processed. Nothing with
high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, additives, preservatives, etc. The
cheap stuff-- pasta, bread, etc. I don't eat anymore.
— mrsmyranow
January 2, 2004
they have went up, with the protien suppilemts and ythe vitmens and the
fresh food and the meats and n more cheapie packaged noodles and other
carby snacks my food bills are higher, also thre is more waste i do not
want to eat somehting more then a couple of time i get sick of it, does not
taste good to me anymore, so there is osme waste. do not plan on your food
costs going down else you may become dissapointed
— janetc00
January 2, 2004
i wouldnt say that my food bill at the grocery store has gone down because
i have to buy yogurt, cheese, all kinds of things i never bought before.
however, my expense of eating out... ALMOST GONE! i would spend 5-8 bucks
a day on eating out. now, if i get anything on the run, its a 99 cent
chili from wendys and i can get 2 meals out of it. in the beginning, you
will have to buy lots of vitamins etc to get started. but the expense
eventually evens out :)
markita
open rny 11-11-03 minus 60#'s as of 12-19
— Markita M.
January 2, 2004
I am over 2 years post op and have found the further out from surgery you
get the more expensive your grocery bill gets. That is not a bad thing, it
is just a change. I now buy all fresh things, veggies, fruits, milk, meat,
yogurts, cheese, etc that I didn't buy before. And yes, supplements and
protein also play a role. The further out you get the more need you will
find for balancing your diet. Initially, I had all that 'excess' stored
fat to carry me through but I don't have that any more. Even though I
spend more, it is well worth it to me, I have my life back and I feel
wonderful. So to answer your question, you food bills will go up.
— purdue_1993
January 2, 2004
My grocery bill has gone down. I haven't averaged it, but I know I don't
have to go to the store nearly as much as before. I'm 4 mos. post-op, so
I'm still in the phase where I'm not eating all that much and, when I do, I
concentrate on the protein. When you live alone, as I do, preparing
"real meals" gets very discouraging very fast. I've tried to be
"good" and make real meals, but when 90% of it gets wasted, that
doesn't happen much.
I've found that if I go to Sam's or Costco and get my meats, they last
forever. I may have to run into the grocery store to get milk or water
(found the Minute Maid light lemonaid - finally something in a can I can
have!), but other than that, the grocery trips have gone down from $80-$100
every other week to maybe $40-50.
I'm sure as the appetite comes back, the grocery bill will too, but for
now, I'm enjoying the vacation from the check-out line!
— Ryan M.
January 2, 2004
I go to the store alot less now, so I guess my food bill has gone down. I
shop at the military commissary and go about once a month and spend around
$200, and that stayed about the same, but before surgery, I was out of most
food at about two weeks, and would spend about $150 at a store in town,now
the food I buy at the commissary last the whole month. So I guess the
answer would be that I save about $150 a month, and I am now 5 months
post-op. Yes, the cost of protein shakes and vitiamins, B-12 and calcium
is more than I use to spend, the supply last for two and three months, so
that can be broken down and added to your food budget. Also, you are not
buying the sweets and soda, so that kinda balances out the cost of
supplements.
— cindy
January 2, 2004
With a hearty appitite-d husband and two young kids, I haven't seen the
grocery bill go down much. I do throw away a lot more left-overs now. He
doesn't eat them, and I use too. Eating out has lessend dramitically
though. If I have anything more than chili, I share the entire entree with
my kids. SO eating out maybe a little more than half priced now. Eating
at home, maybe a little more expensive since I go for leaner cuts of meat,
and more fruits and veggies.
A friend of mine though, her grocery bill was cut in half. She only buys
one box of hamburger helper now. She use to eat one herself and the other
was for her husband and kids. Guess it depends how much you ate preop.
— candylnd24
January 2, 2004
Not so much my weekly grocery bill as our family is still eating. I find I
am saving a lot of money by not eating out. Now I bring my food from home
to work, before I would order in at work at $10 a day and add the other
daily fast food, coffee's, soda's etc...I am easily saving $15-$20 a
day....but you also have to consider vitamins & protiens etc. It helps
me justify all the new clothes I have had to spend money on!
— nani68
January 3, 2004
My grocery bill is down a little. But when I eat out I can buy a reg. meal
and take it hame and have 2 or 3 more meals for myself or my hubby has a
meal out of it.We went out yesterday and Hubby had a chicken dinner for
$5.50 and I had a large bowl of potatoe soup with 6 saltines for a $1.50
not bad considering I brought home about 1/4 of my soup.
— charanewme
January 3, 2004
My "food" bills seem to be down, overall, because I'm not going
out to eat nearly as much. Even when I do, I bring back enough food for
1-2 additional meals. However, I do spend a lot of money on protein
supplements - powders/bars, etc. My doctor wants me to have at least 80g
of protein supplements per day, in addition to about 80g of protein from
regular meals. This really adds up; I'm sure everyone knows those
supplements aren't cheap (or even that good, for the most part).
— Grace B.
January 3, 2004
Hehe. Well, my food bill went down quiet a bit, and then I discovered that
I -love- Sushi. I like it because I can sit at the sushi bar and only
order as many peices as I can eat. The downside is, sushi is expensive, so
overall, my food bill hasn't gone down that much I guess.
— Greg P.
January 3, 2004
I didn't notice any difference in our food bill. But then I never paid
much attention to it to begin with. As far as eating out....that expense
has remained the same. I order what I want, and if I don't finish it...oh
well..I take it home. I have always taken my lunch to work, so I can't
really say I saw any savings there either.
— RebeccaP
January 3, 2004
Well, at 9 months out, my grocery bill hasn't decreased very much since we
are a family of 6..including 4 boys!! AHHH! My eating out bill has
decreased since even though, I'll order whatever I want, I may share it
with my kids, or bring it home for leftovers, I don't order the appetizers,
drinks and desserts that I used to!! Cuts the bill down by about 30-40%.
— denisel
January 4, 2004
I'm 8 weeks out and our food bill has decreased almost to nothing. We
stopped going out to eat (why bother?) and I haven't really cooked but
maybe 3 meals since the surgery. (I have a very understanding husband!) He
eats alot of soup and sandwiches. With what we saved in food bills, we
were actually able to pay for all of our Christmas expenses without
charging or taking money out of our savings. I'm sure that I will again be
interested in going out to eat and I'm sure that my husband will start to
want meals again, but in the meantime this is great! We could've saved a
small fortune if I would've stopped eating a long time ago! :)
— JaimeO
January 5, 2004
I'm 6 1/2 mos. post op Lap RNY. I definitely dont have to shop as often as
I used to, but I usually spend the same amount as pre-op. I buy quality
meats and vegetables and those items are very expensive. The big problem
for me since i'm single, everything goes bad before I can finish. I cook
small portions and freeze a lot, but even what I cood never makes it past
the left-over stage. So in the end I think my expenses have increased
considering I buy better quality and most of it goes to waste. Add another
$50 per month for Protein supplements. I'm definitely spending more.
— Regina J.
January 5, 2004
since my surgery I have decided that since I eat only small amounts to
focus on higher quality foods. I eat as many organic foods as possible. I
eat alot of shrimp and other fresh seafoods. I eat ribeye steaks as they
are the best tasting to me. they are also high priced. I eat fresh veggies
and fruits every day. My grocery bill might be higher than before.
— **willow**
January 13, 2004
Gone down?? Mine is up, plus I waste so much food now. Ouch. ;)
— Danmark
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