For people hoping to lose weight today, in this economy, the true value of “cheap diets” comes to the forefront. But dieting is not cheap! Diet food is expensive. Organic. Low-Calorie. Fat-Free. Etc. Etc. Etc. It all means the same thing... BIGGER DOLLAR $IGN$! So, in light of the tough financial situations we are all in, I have written some “cheap diets” tips for everyone:

Cheap Diets Tips

• Make it fun! Here are some fun tasks we can do to make dieting more economical:

  • Find the cheapest way to make Pizza

  • Find and make the cheapest 400 Calorie Meal

  • Find and make the most delicious $3.00 Meal

  • Design a Complete Health Meal for less then $1.00 a person

• Combine expensive high quality ground beef with standard ground turkey to make cheaper burgers

• By taking half of a cheese slice, ripping it into smaller pieces, and distributing those pieces across the top of a burger, you can use half the cheese and yet not miss it in a single bite.

• Drink a glass of water before each meal to feel more full from smaller meals.

• If you drink organic milk, use much cheaper, regular skim milk for cooking and cereal instead.

• Use peanut butter as a protein instead of more expense meat products occasionally.

• Shop at the “cheap supermarkets” (like save-a-lot or aldi's for example) for non-brand named foods... Most taste just as good, just keep an eye on calories.

Cheap Exercises

Cheap diets is only one part of the weight loss experience. Healthy eating has to combine with exercise and physical activity in order to achieve weight loss goals. Just as healthy food is more expensive, gym memberships and exercise equipment can cost a pretty penny! So, in hopes of saving us all a little money in this area, here are some cheap exercise tips as well:

“Cheap Diets” Exercise Tips

• Walking/Jogging – Hope on Google Maps and use it to find a 2-mile or 5-mile loop of roads that start and end with your home, or your job, and make time each week to walk, jog, or run those miles 3-5 times.

• Swimming – For a change of pace, jump into a friend's pool, or skip the morning coffee and take $2 to the local pool to take in some time.

• Weight Training – So many different things can work here... lifting bags of books for example. Use the broom stick as the barbell. Don't even add any weight to it. If you can do 3 sets of 15 reps with 125 lb. Barbell, you should be able to do 3 sets of 100 reps with just a broom stick right? Try it.

• Use the Staircases you encounter as a chance to do calf raises. This worked with incredible results for me in college. Read about it HERE.

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