Most of the time, it seems like you have to PAY money to lose weight. You know, gym memberships, fancy diet food, personal trainers… Well I’ve found a way to lose weight while saving money! Here are the two key components of my plan.
Walk Everywhere
No, not literally. If you have to go visit your aunt in Alaska, definitely take a plane. But walking to all errands within a mile or two of your house works. If you can consolidate the errands, that’s even better. Currently, I walk to work, the farmer’s market and the convenience store. Walking to work saves me a bit on gas. Since I don’t have the car five days a week, I tend not to use it after work. Who wants to get home from work and then go run errands?? The result is that I save up all the big errands for Saturday, and then go do them all at once. So I only use my car once or twice a week. The high gas prices are not affecting me very much–at least not when it comes to fill-ups.
Go on a Slow Carb Diet
The cool thing about this diet is that unless you buy a lot of packaged low-carb junk food, you’ll save a ton of money on groceries. Well, unless you have an affinity for ribeye. I find that I am filling my cart up with lots of beans and frozen veggies. That, supplemented by vegetables bought reasonably at the farmer’s market, has definitely cut my grocery bill down. Not to mention the number on the scale.
I love efficiency. This approach definitely kills two birds with one stone.
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