Eating healthy = Expensive????

NO WAY! Ok friends, this one really gets to me.....even though I use to say the exact same thing two years ago. Since then I have learned the TRUTH. Eating Healthy can actually SAVE you money!!!!! Here are some short facts I have learned over the year:

1. Produce can be more expensive if bought organic. But organic is not always necessary if the research is done.

2. Eating healthy means not only adding fresh produce to your grocery cart (which is where most see the expensive part), BUT it means NOT putting junk in your cart!!! Junk like preservatives, things containing artificial colors, artificial flavors, and chemicals. HELLO!! In other words don't buy mac n cheese, frozen pizzas, ice cream, pop, Little Debbies, etc....take the money and get healthy items!

3. It's ALL about choices when going out to eat.

4. Lets see.....compare this friends:
$100 pair of running shoes, $200 detox kit, eating healthy = $300 and no hormone issues, no polyps, no endometrious AND pregnant
OR
$8000+ in fertility treatments, 5 surgeries in 6 years for polyps/endometrious where insurance covered very little because of "specialty doctor", $!!! spent on trying to treat hormone issues over and over and over = TONS of money and NOT pregnant.

5. A quote from my fav, Jamie Oliver on American health:
"I've never worked with a family of four that live on junk food that don't end up spending less eating fresh. They save an average $100-$150 a week!"

6. We are a hard core Dave Ramsey family - my wallet even has the envelopes inside it! For the past several months our grocery/food/eating out envelope has been $420 for this family. In the transition to eating healthy, I have NEVER ran out of money except for the one month Adam did his detox which is an extreme case of speciality meals. Never. Never go over. We now drink only organic milk, eat only organic chicken, and buy fresh produce every week...majority organic.

So eating healthy expensive...NOPE, sorry friends that is just another excuse. Come on, this is your life, your child's life, your grandkid's life. Go ahead try to put a price on that. You'll never win that argument with me.

Just a little fired up,
Jill

Oh, and by the way...When pregnant with Emma five years ago I was on progesterone shots once a week. Insurance did not cover the med or all the needles and syringes. This pregnancy, absolutely ZERO drugs needed. Love it.