Lose Weight AND Save Money
Recently I read a post on Laura Rowley’s Money and Happiness Blog about losing weight and getting rich. Since I am hoping to do both of those things, I thought I would try out the theory of creating a “Diet Diary.” The diet diary is supposed to help you be more aware of what you are eating. The same goes with your finances - the more aware you are of where your money is going, the more likely you are to save, invest, pay off debt, etc.
So, here is what I want to know – in addition to helping me lose weight, will recording everything that I eat also help me reduce my spending? I think that it just might! I already realized very quickly that paying $1.06 for a 32 oz coke was not only costing me 4 times the amount I pay for a can of Coke (which is $.25 if I buy a 12 pack on sale), but it’s also more than double the calories! Obvious, I know since it’s 32 oz compared to 12 oz, but I just hadn’t ever really thought about it until I saw it written down in my diet diary. So, here is what I started doing… if I plan to be in my car for a large portion of the day, I pack a little cooler with cans from home. I find that I usually drink a 12 oz can in the same amount of time that I would have, in the past, had the 32 oz fountain drink. I quickly and easily reduced my calories and my spending.
Of course, saving $.81 on Coke isn’t going to make me rich, but as they say, “every little bit adds up!” I wonder where else I will find an easy solution for cutting back on both money and calories. Do any of you have any suggestions?
Jennifer Streiff, Business Development
Tags: calories, Coke, diet diary, getting rich, Laura Rowley, losing weight, money, spending
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:23 am
Recently I saw this photo of” 24 fitness” with escalators in the front and noticed that people take escalators to go into the GYM rather than using the stairs. It is funny to notice how many people avoid walking to do pretty much anything like goto grocery, park, movie theater, shopping or to work, but they walk or run in the GYM. Think about it, let us say you spend 1 hour at GYM each day and it takes about 30 mins to 40 mins to dress for GYM and travel from GYM to home. It is about 1 hour and 40 minutes we spend everyday for exercise. But if use this time to walk instead of driving or taking public transportations or riding bike to work we still get good exercise but save money. And think about the less you drive more you do good for the environment, less pollution and healthy mother earth. Also think about going out to Fast food restaurants. You have to spend gas and have to pay for unhealthy food. But if we buy materials to cook and just stay home and cook, it is not only healthy, but you get to exercise while you cook.