Does Healthy Eating Cost You More?

One of the biggest myths out there is the myth that eat­ing healthy costs too much. Just the oppo­site and I’ll prove it to you in three ways.

#1: Cash

Here’s some sam­ple fig­ures cour­tesy of Scott Tousignant’s fit­ness blog.

* 2 medium size sweet pota­toes $1 or … small fries from a fast food joint

* 2 red pep­pers $1 or … a can of pop

* Bowl of oat­meal with fruit and pro­tein pow­der $2 or … large bag of chips

* 6 Chicken Breasts $10 or … a sub combo from a fast food joint

* 18 eggs $3.50 or … a burger from a fast food joint

* 2 salmon fil­lets $15 or … large pizza

* Loaded chicken salad (home­made) $3 or … bag of cookies

* Large bag of oat­meal $3.50 or … 4 choco­late bars

Not much of a com­par­i­son, it is?

Yet the foods on the left would feed a fam­ily of two or more for 4–7 days, the foods on the right? 2–3 days if you live through it.

Tips to make the most expen­sive part of eat­ing healthy — the cost of qual­ity meats — go fur­ther include,

1. Use tofu fillers in chicken and beef recipes. Even if you hate tofu, you can barely taste the dif­fer­ence when com­bined properly.

2. Buy your meats in bulk online. You can find less expen­sive grass-fed beef and naturally-raised chicken and have it deliv­ered to you if you live near a large city. If not, check the local farmers.

3. Eat meat only 3–4 times per week and use black beans with rice or inex­pen­sive tuna for your other days. I eat tuna cooked in a skil­let with lots of veg­gies and some olive oil almost every night and I LOVE the taste!

There are over 40 pages of recipes in the The Every Other Day Diet Plan to help you eat healthy and cheap, you can still eat out and con­sume your favorite foods sev­eral times per week.

#2: Your Health

Do we ‘really’ need to talk about buy new (usu­ally larger) clothes every year or two? Or about the health care costs asso­ci­ated with being even 20 pounds over your ideal weight, let alone more? How about the time you miss from work with exces­sive colds?

Eat­ing healthy and tak­ing care of your body adds years to your life, and for the record, the years eat­ing poorly takes away from your life, on aver­age, costs each Amer­i­can over 80,000 in med­ical expenses.

Want to add that to your food budget?

#3: The Big Picture

Any­one who has been fit knows the joy it brings, the free­dom you feel from wear­ing what­ever you want, the pro­duc­tiv­ity you see from increased energy, the pace at which you move dur­ing the day.

Not only are these gifts price­less, but they are also mas­sive cash-savers. Your pro­duc­tiv­ity alone can add thou­sands to your bot­tom line each year, well off-setting any costs asso­ci­ated with eat­ing qual­ity food.

So the bot­tom line is just like any good accoun­tant would sug­gest — you need to look at your ROI (return on invest­ment) if noth­ing else.

What does invest­ing in a bet­ter body, greater health, and vibrant energy do for your life? How can that actu­ally trans­late into more income AND less expense?

You will be surprised.

If you want some tips on get­ting started with shed­ding that excess weight, go here for a short video and pre­pare to take some notes! It’s free.