Save & Lose Challenge

This is not a diet; this is a savings and fresh whole foods challenge

Is your spending and eating out hurting your pockets and expanding your waste line???

Do not spend any money on anything for at least one week.

Do not spend on food /eating out 4 days a week.

Cleanse…

2 days-eat all raw, fresh/frozen fruit, veggies, raw nuts only & plenty water (Sunday& Monday) or (Monday& Tuesday)

Clean out your freezer&fridge, and cook all of those meats & veggies.

Save&Lose…

Tues-Fri- Eat a raw, fresh, cooked(low sodium) veggie and fruit 3-5 times a day.

Prepare fresh food, pack lunch & snacks for 2-3 days at a time that are interchangeable.

-eggs, spinach, oatmeal, peanut butter, 50/50 mix, apples, oranges, bananas, pears, broccoli, chicken breasts, tuna, sprouted bread

-focus on low sodium

If you must eat out, get a salad w/ balsamic vinegar, veggie plate(all veggies-no carb), or meat & veggie only

Drink coffee, hot green tea, and plenty of water

OFF DAY-don’t forget your 1-3 servings veggies & fruits, water

Estimate the amount you usually spend on food through the week and put all or half of it in savings…piggy bank or savings account

I have noticed, I spend upwards of $100-150 some weeks on just FOOD!  Instead I spent $50 on groceries (Trader Joe’s&Target), and subsequently I saved $100 and lost 5 pounds this week. $60 of it went to savings!

Pick another item that you overspend on and add it to the no spend challenge…I picked hair products…you’ll be surprised how much extra money will be in your bank account!

Buy it when you need it…

Make a Weekly budget of how much you can spend on food, and other items, ie $65 week on food, and $50 week on other items (toiletries) use all of what you have before you buy a replacement.  All of your lotion, body products, detergent for example.

Shopping List Suggestions…

Verdae Bi-Lo, Trader Joes, or Whole Foods(fresh or frozen produce, meat only)

Veggies…

Collards/kale/mustard greens

Cabbage

Broccoli crowns

Spinach

Red pepper/green pepper/onion

Carrots

Fresh meat…

Bilo frozen chicken/fresh chick breasts

Fish(bagged tilapia/whiting)

Cage Free Eggs/Egg whites-in carton

Tuna-in water

Good carbs…

Sweet potato

Small red potatoes

Sprouted Bread/Whole wheat bread (sodium free/low sodium/Ezekiel bread)

Oatmeal (Quaker oats box-Trader Joe’s-steel cut oats)

Brown Rice, White rice

Fruits...

Banana

Apple

Strawberry

Cantaloupe

Orange

Peanut butter (low sodium JIF natural or peanut butter&co cinnamon raisin)

Balsamic vinegar

Lemon juice

Yogurt

2%shredded cheese

No salt added crushed tomatoes/no salt added pasta sauce

Olive Oil

Butter (sweet cream, unsalted)

Raw Almonds

All of these can SAVE your hair, face, waist, and wallet!

Kinks&Savings