[–] upsidedownbackwards 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
It's really easy to eat horrible for cheap. 2 loafs of store brand sandwich bread, some margarine, and a big pack of store brand cheese will only run $8 or so and will make 24 grilled cheese at 350 calories per sandwich (double cheese). 8400 calories for two loafs and I've watched it vanish in 3 days. Throw in liquid calories and you've got the 3500 calories a day it takes to maintain/grow morbid obesity.
[–] OhTheHamanatee 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Always wondered the same. Also, they always cry about how expensive it is to eat healthy*. You gotta understand that taxpayers usually fund those creatures to be able to afford so much food, too.
*healthy = their definition of healthy - organic bio non-gmo no pesticide gluten free super whole foods.
[–] SimonJ57 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
My money is on hammies thinking "Gluten free is just a whole new range of foods to eat, I'll spin it that it's actually healthier than regular foods, as an excuse to eat them!".
IIRC, It's actually worse for people who can stomach gluten.
Because Whole wheat is also a major source of dietary fiber, which the bowels need to work properly. Which is one of the many things you can't have going gluten-free.
And therefore can lead to unnecessary bowel-cancer risks in otherwise healthy people.
[–] DammitMoonMoon 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
i've shitlorded hammate with this logic. She works hard for her money. She's always broke though. Why is she always broke? She spends so much money on food. Any time she says something about needing a new whatever but being short the money I say "well, when you eat less you save money, especially if you're not buying sugary drinks and chocolate all the time. Bonus is you lose weight like you say you want to. It's a win/win situation if you just practice some self control about fucking food. Eat when you're hungry, not when you want. You don't even know what being hungry really is yet".
In the last 2 months she has lost 15 pounds. 15 more to go to be human again!
[–] Shareanapple 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Processed food seriously is so expensive. After having my first baby, my favourite gift was a basket of crackers, chips, a bottle of wine etc... It wasn't healthy but my baby nursed nonstop and I was in a lot of pain, so it was nice to have easy things to eat while my husband was at work.
So when my friend had a baby I wanted to do the same thing for her. I don't eat food like that generally, I don't even buy loaves of bread or things like tortillas or pitas because I make them myself. I was amazed at how expensive stuff was. I could have given my friend homemade meals for a week for the cost of these snack foods.
My husband makes good money, but we would definitely have to go seriously into debt to get fat.
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[–] mmmmdonuts ago (edited ago)
Bingo! Me fat co-worker LOVES this one particular sushi restaurant because the portions are humongous (and they don't charge her for extra spicy mayo), and the prices are cheap. I ate there once and it was the most vile, disgusting sushi I ever had, and I had so much leftover.
I love sushi and have never had a time where it grossed me out, all sushi places are relatively similar, but this 'quantity over quality' one was nasty.
[–] BoracicBaronetYr 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Your priorities are way different. They would give up their car insurance (legally or otherwise) before their snackcakes.