Eating Healthy for Diabetes Doesn’t Have to Be Expensive

Being diabetic, we all know that we need to eat healthy and exercise. Well why is it so difficult to actually follow through on this? I have said plenty of times that this is the time that I am going to cut back on my bad eating habits and increase the good eating habits. I can’t just stop eating bad one day and then switch to eating good, it just doesn’t happen. The easiest way for me to get back into eating habits is to eat the things I have been eating, but cut down on the portion control. Eventually, I will not require as much food to move away from the table and I can begin eating healthier things. The other bad part of eating unhealthy is the amount of money that I spend eating out. I eat out for lunch on average 3 days a week. One day, I will eat bad and spend about $10 and the other 2 days are split between Subway and Quiznos, which are both about $5 each. That right there is $20 a week, $80 a month, almost $1,000 a year. I could pay off a credit card in a year with that amount of money!

So, yesterday was the tipping point for me. I went to the store and bought stuff to make my own Sammie’s and oven roasted chicken breast subs and flat bread salads. I paid about the same amount of money, but will have enough food to last me about 2 weeks worth of lunches. I used to always say that it costs so much more to eat healthier, well not exactly. If you do it properly, then it doesn’t. Living with type 1 diabetes brings a lot of expensive situations, but eating does not have to be one of them. I bought a package of pork tenderloins (6) for $5.50, a box of boil in a bag brown rice $2.50, package of steamable veggies $1.99 and made 5 days worth of lunch for under $10! When I go out for lunch and buy stir-fry it costs me $10 for one meal.

On a side note, here are some pictures from Daytona and a few videos, hope you enjoy.