Comments on: Apparently Eating On $1 A Day Is Too Easy – Day 61: Eating Well On $1 A Day http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/ A guide that shows you how to save money on groceries with grocery coupons Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:22:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dash http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/comment-page-2/#comment-68177 Dash Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:21:25 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=4146#comment-68177 Your sister needs to show a little class and admit that you won. Your sister needs to show a little class and admit that you won.

]]> By: Jim http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/comment-page-2/#comment-67310 Jim Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:45:19 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=4146#comment-67310 I appreciate your effort, and realize I am writing well after this post, but I am itching to see you take a break and for your sister to do it for at least a month; 1$ per person per day for her family. I appreciate your effort, and realize I am writing well after this post, but I am itching to see you take a break and for your sister to do it for at least a month; 1$ per person per day for her family.

]]> By: Just me http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/comment-page-2/#comment-63485 Just me Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:53:46 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=4146#comment-63485 I tend to agree that if the goal is to prove you can survive on $1 in a day in America, foraging, dumpster diving, free food from neighborsand the like should not be part of the challenge. Those are things you do when the $1 a day premise isn't working out. Of course if you were a poor starving soul, dumpster diving and foraging, free food from neighbors etc would be fine but this was a bet to see if you could purchase all the food needed for $1 a day. Those things were all creative, but outside the bounds of your bet. Looking at what you ate, I imagine you could be a little deficient in certain vitamins, but so are a lot of people who are spending a lot more on their groceries. Complete protein from vegetable sources tend to lack vitamin B, vitamin D and a couple others that escape me at the moment. If you were a more knowledgeable cook this challenge would have been much easier for you. For one example, take a four-pound pack of chicken breasts 99 cents a pound. Debone all of them and extract with water for chicken broth for about a week's worth of soup, saving the remnants of meat from the bones and pairing with whatever else is on hand and some beans and rice for. That's pretty high quality protein for about a week of meals. The rest of the $4 pack is about 60 oz of fairly high-quality protein, which is less than 7 cents per oz. A 59 cent can of tuna at 5 oz is almost twice that per oz and the hamburger is $1.39 a pound and is probably what 25 percent fat rather than protein. The deal gets even better if you get a whole fryer on sale instead ... I can get those sometimes for .59 cents a pound and do about the same thing as I do with the chicken breasts. I just like chicken breast better because you can slice them up for mexican style fajitas or slice them up for stir fry with whatever is on hand or toss them into a nice Italian dish or onto a nice salad for lots of variety. Well, just some food for thought. I think you did pretty well all things considered and obviously did better than the sister expected! Interesting project, glad I ran across it. I tend to agree that if the goal is to prove you can survive on $1 in a day in America, foraging, dumpster diving, free food from neighborsand the like should not be part of the challenge. Those are things you do when the $1 a day premise isn’t working out. Of course if you were a poor starving soul, dumpster diving and foraging, free food from neighbors etc would be fine but this was a bet to see if you could purchase all the food needed for $1 a day. Those things were all creative, but outside the bounds of your bet.

Looking at what you ate, I imagine you could be a little deficient in certain vitamins, but so are a lot of people who are spending a lot more on their groceries. Complete protein from vegetable sources tend to lack vitamin B, vitamin D and a couple others that escape me at the moment.

If you were a more knowledgeable cook this challenge would have been much easier for you.

For one example, take a four-pound pack of chicken breasts 99 cents a pound. Debone all of them and extract with water for chicken broth for about a week’s worth of soup, saving the remnants of meat from the bones and pairing with whatever else is on hand and some beans and rice for. That’s pretty high quality protein for about a week of meals. The rest of the $4 pack is about 60 oz of fairly high-quality protein, which is less than 7 cents per oz. A 59 cent can of tuna at 5 oz is almost twice that per oz and the hamburger is $1.39 a pound and is probably what 25 percent fat rather than protein.

The deal gets even better if you get a whole fryer on sale instead … I can get those sometimes for .59 cents a pound and do about the same thing as I do with the chicken breasts. I just like chicken breast better because you can slice them up for mexican style fajitas or slice them up for stir fry with whatever is on hand or toss them into a nice Italian dish or onto a nice salad for lots of variety.

Well, just some food for thought. I think you did pretty well all things considered and obviously did better than the sister expected! Interesting project, glad I ran across it.

]]> By: David http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-57566 David Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=4146#comment-57566 I recently found this and have read through the entire experience. I do have a few ideas for the future... 1. You can't shop or forage from 8am - 6pm (typical work/commute hours). Not all of us have the luxury of working out of the home. 2. Lunch must require preparation that would be available in any office building. 3. Perhaps eat out once per month, as many would be roped into doing this. Alternatively, you must host a dinner once per month. I recently found this and have read through the entire experience. I do have a few ideas for the future…

1. You can’t shop or forage from 8am – 6pm (typical work/commute hours). Not all of us have the luxury of working out of the home.

2. Lunch must require preparation that would be available in any office building.

3. Perhaps eat out once per month, as many would be roped into doing this. Alternatively, you must host a dinner once per month.

]]> By: jeffrey http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-57074 jeffrey Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:32:54 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=4146#comment-57074 @Becki Nope, you aren't at all. It takes some practice to get it all down (it certainly took me quite awhile). Several readers have asked the same thing and I have done a couple thus far; For Safeway http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/step-by-step-safeway-ecoupon-moneymaker-eating-well-on-1-a-day/ http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/step-by-step-safeway-moneymaker-example-eating-well-on-1-a-day/ For CVS http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/step-by-step-cvs-money-maker-eating-well-on-1-a-day/ http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/step-by-step-cvs-extra-bucks-moneymaker-example-eating-well-on-1-a-day/ @Becki

Nope, you aren’t at all. It takes some practice to get it all down (it certainly took me quite awhile). Several readers have asked the same thing and I have done a couple thus far;

For Safeway
http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/step-by-step-safeway-ecoupon-moneymaker-eating-well-on-1-a-day/
http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/step-by-step-safeway-moneymaker-example-eating-well-on-1-a-day/

For CVS
http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/step-by-step-cvs-money-maker-eating-well-on-1-a-day/
http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/step-by-step-cvs-extra-bucks-moneymaker-example-eating-well-on-1-a-day/

]]> By: Becki http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-57069 Becki Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:26:59 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=4146#comment-57069 Maybe I am a little slow, (and definitely very bad a math!) but I would like a step by step guide to figuring out the deals. I get the basic concept of stacking, catalinas, etc. but have trouble following how all of that worked. I need VERY basic -- I have this coupon for $1.00 off 1 xx item; I have this coupon for free yy with two xx items, so I am buying two of xx and one yy. The regular price is $zzz but I got $2.00 off and the price of yy, so it was actually $aaa. I know this seems very simplistic, but I get lost on the multiple products and deals. Maybe I am a little slow, (and definitely very bad a math!) but I would like a step by step guide to figuring out the deals. I get the basic concept of stacking, catalinas, etc. but have trouble following how all of that worked. I need VERY basic — I have this coupon for $1.00 off 1 xx item; I have this coupon for free yy with two xx items, so I am buying two of xx and one yy. The regular price is $zzz but I got $2.00 off and the price of yy, so it was actually $aaa. I know this seems very simplistic, but I get lost on the multiple products and deals.

]]> By: Gail http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-56579 Gail Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:12:03 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=4146#comment-56579 I'm behind on reading, but I can say that I have been inspecting my CVS much more closely and have been getting most of my cereal there. I walked out of my CVS the other day with $9 in extra bucks after turning in about $9 worth, plus buying stuff on sale. I think I had just been to lazy to think it through. You can see the Walgreens and CVS ads right on line even if you don't get the paper. We don't get the paper and so unless we make an extra trip of my son buys it for us, we don't have it, but I can see the groceries ads for Giant Eagle on line also, so even if you don't have coupons, you can watch the sales to stock up on good deals. Gieant Eagle had Campbells Tomato soup on sale for 50 cents a can a week or two ago so I got 10 cans and put them in my pantry. I have virtually eliminated shopping for groceries at Walmart as I found with checking out the ads of the other stores I can do better. And with CVS the more you shop there, the more you get in extra bucks evry quarter. I’m behind on reading, but I can say that I have been inspecting my CVS much more closely and have been getting most of my cereal there. I walked out of my CVS the other day with $9 in extra bucks after turning in about $9 worth, plus buying stuff on sale. I think I had just been to lazy to think it through. You can see the Walgreens and CVS ads right on line even if you don’t get the paper. We don’t get the paper and so unless we make an extra trip of my son buys it for us, we don’t have it, but I can see the groceries ads for Giant Eagle on line also, so even if you don’t have coupons, you can watch the sales to stock up on good deals. Gieant Eagle had Campbells Tomato soup on sale for 50 cents a can a week or two ago so I got 10 cans and put them in my pantry. I have virtually eliminated shopping for groceries at Walmart as I found with checking out the ads of the other stores I can do better. And with CVS the more you shop there, the more you get in extra bucks evry quarter.

]]> By: Minny http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-56447 Minny Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:33:14 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=4146#comment-56447 There is another blog where a woman fed her family of $800 a year. http://jane4girls800dollarannualbudget.blogspot.com/ It also makes fascinating reading, though you have to dig through the archives now to see how she did it. I think she has vids on youtube as well. There is another blog where a woman fed her family of $800 a year.

http://jane4girls800dollarannualbudget.blogspot.com/

It also makes fascinating reading, though you have to dig through the archives now to see how she did it. I think she has vids on youtube as well.

]]> By: Minny http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-56445 Minny Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:24:52 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=4146#comment-56445 Has your sister been converted to eating on $1 a day? Just think, eating on $1 a day could give a massive chunk to pay off the old mortgage! Has your sister been converted to eating on $1 a day?

Just think, eating on $1 a day could give a massive chunk to pay off the old mortgage!

]]> By: jeffrey http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/apparently-eating-on-1-a-day-is-too-easy-day-61-eating-well-on-1-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-56361 jeffrey Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:56:19 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=4146#comment-56361 @Rachel She simply sees her job description as as a sister as trying to make things as difficult as posssible for me under any and all circumstances (especially outrageous bets me make) in order to "keep me in line" I would do the same if the roles were reversed ;) @Rachel

She simply sees her job description as as a sister as trying to make things as difficult as posssible for me under any and all circumstances (especially outrageous bets me make) in order to “keep me in line” I would do the same if the roles were reversed ;)

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