Here are a few small rules that will help you start eating right and at the same time save on food.
1. Eat porridge. There are so many kinds of cereals and different fast-cooking flakes on the shelves that it's a matter of five minutes to cook porridge for breakfast. Refuse the usual sausage in the morning: do not load the body with excess fat, salt and preservatives. Hot porridge will restore digestion, and soon you will be surprised to realize that such a breakfast is no worse than a sandwich.
2. Eggs - a source of high-quality cheap proteins and vitamins. Add to breakfast an omelette with tomatoes or soft-boiled eggs - it's tasty and inexpensive.
3. Fish reduces cholesterol, helps to lose weight. Instead of fresh sea fish, you can buy salted herring - it is much cheaper, and the useful qualities are the same. Before use, soak the herring to remove excess salt.
4. If you are used to buying cheap vegetables in the summer, go to frozen vegetables in winter - modern freezing technologies retain most of the nutrients in vegetables. Frozen vegetables are often sold in the form of ready-made mixtures - they only have to fry or cook. And there are such sets in the winter much cheaper than fresh vegetables - a noticeable saving.
5. Serum is an available source of proteins. On the serum instead of milk you can cook porridge: the proteins are well saturated and restored after exercise
6. Drink vitamins - they will reimburse the body's need for "unusual" foods, and you will not want to eat every day for grapefruit or mango. Although, of course, this does not mean that you need to completely abandon the fruit.
7. If you like to cook and can not imagine dinner without a new dish, remember the old recipes, experiment with simple products, do not constantly get involved in expensive exotics.
8. Do not buy high-calorie foods - they are less useful and cost more. Instead of 20% sour cream, take 15%, try to drink low-fat milk. Such a relaxation at once will have a beneficial effect on your appearance.
9. The main rule of the grocery store: never go shopping hungry. On an empty stomach it is more difficult to choose the necessary, there is a temptation to buy everything and more, and you can not talk about saving. Prepare the list of necessary purchases in advance.
10. Do not overpay for the advertised brands of products, buy those that you liked, even if they are not very famous. Do not forget that the price of a product depends not only on its quality, but also on the amount of money spent on its advertising. Expensive - not always the best.
11. Do not hesitate to take food to work. Buy a special plastic container and quietly dine at the office with the usual home-made food. Do not waste money on a cafe. Especially exclude fast food!
12. Drink plain water or tea - exclude soda. Additives and colorants that are part of their composition, disrupt digestion and turn the stomach into a real chemical reactor. Especially do not drink soda during meals.
13. And the last thing - do not overeat! Do not forget the old golden rule - getting up from the table a little bit hungry, it will not only save your health, help you lose excess pounds, but also develop the habit of cooking less. As they say, a penny a ruble.
Elena Romanova , especially for the site