Comments on: Eating Well On $1 A Day: Day 7 – The First Week http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/ 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: Kim http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/comment-page-1/#comment-82374 Kim Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:19:43 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2756#comment-82374 I read the first week and I'm not gonna read any more, so I figured I'd comment here. THIS is your idea of a "healthy" diet? I applaud your attempt and the idea certainly is interesting, but I haven't seen enough variety in week 1 to consider this a healthy diet. Nice try with avocados and whole grains, but I wouldn't want my worst enemy to eat like you are during this experiment. Eek. I'm glad you're done! I read the first week and I’m not gonna read any more, so I figured I’d comment here. THIS is your idea of a “healthy” diet? I applaud your attempt and the idea certainly is interesting, but I haven’t seen enough variety in week 1 to consider this a healthy diet. Nice try with avocados and whole grains, but I wouldn’t want my worst enemy to eat like you are during this experiment. Eek. I’m glad you’re done!

]]> By: matt http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/comment-page-1/#comment-62744 matt Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:31:43 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2756#comment-62744 Since you like the banana / peanutbutter tortillas so much, may I suggest adding some honey and sunflower seeds. :D Since you like the banana / peanutbutter tortillas so much, may I suggest adding some honey and sunflower seeds. :D

]]> By: pepsibookcat http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/comment-page-1/#comment-55297 pepsibookcat Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:32:32 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2756#comment-55297 I am GREATLY enjoying your project. I'm a divorced single mom on a critically (ok, downright scary) tight budget, and I have an 11 year old son in a growth spurt who is eating me out of house and home! LOL However, I live in a tiny, rural, poor town, and I don't have the gas money to drive an hour to the city at will (if it weren't for the internet, I'd go insane). I only go to the city once every couple of months. So, I'm limited to a very small set of shopping options here in town. Plus, no one offers double coupon days here like some of the city chains do. So, I'm trying to figure out how to gain at least some of the benefits of your experiment in a place where I don't have as many shopping options as you did. My favorite part of your whole project so far? Your donations to the food bank. One of the most difficult adjustments to being poor, for me, has been going from a position of helping to a position of being helped. So, I have really been inspired by this component of your project. I am GREATLY enjoying your project. I’m a divorced single mom on a critically (ok, downright scary) tight budget, and I have an 11 year old son in a growth spurt who is eating me out of house and home! LOL However, I live in a tiny, rural, poor town, and I don’t have the gas money to drive an hour to the city at will (if it weren’t for the internet, I’d go insane). I only go to the city once every couple of months. So, I’m limited to a very small set of shopping options here in town. Plus, no one offers double coupon days here like some of the city chains do. So, I’m trying to figure out how to gain at least some of the benefits of your experiment in a place where I don’t have as many shopping options as you did.

My favorite part of your whole project so far? Your donations to the food bank. One of the most difficult adjustments to being poor, for me, has been going from a position of helping to a position of being helped. So, I have really been inspired by this component of your project.

]]> By: admin http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50327 admin Sun, 09 May 2010 15:18:34 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2756#comment-50327 @ceejay74 While I definitely wouldn't recommend trying this with a family that was 100% behind it, the basics are sound for everyday shopping. I have found since I started buying for food banks and that people that have seen the deals that I have gotten have asked me to get things for them too. Seriously, if I can do this, anyone can. I never grocery shopped before the beginning of this year, never used coupons and assumed that generics were less expensive that coupons with brand names. I found I was totally wrong. I think that anyone could you could easily combine this with regular shopping to save quite a bit. @ceejay74

While I definitely wouldn’t recommend trying this with a family that was 100% behind it, the basics are sound for everyday shopping. I have found since I started buying for food banks and that people that have seen the deals that I have gotten have asked me to get things for them too. Seriously, if I can do this, anyone can. I never grocery shopped before the beginning of this year, never used coupons and assumed that generics were less expensive that coupons with brand names. I found I was totally wrong. I think that anyone could you could easily combine this with regular shopping to save quite a bit.

]]> By: ceejay74 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50325 ceejay74 Sun, 09 May 2010 15:01:26 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2756#comment-50325 I think you're doing great! I'm a vegan so not an expert on meat, but I wonder if canned tuna might be your best bet for something that's cheap and healthy. I don't know if you could get mayo for cheap, but tuna salad would be great on Wheat Thins, in tortillas, in a salad or many other ways. I was wondering if this series would be interesting since I read another $1-a-day blog awhile back. But while she concentrated on buying in bulk at her local co-op (proving that buying whole foods can be cost-effective), your focus on couponing and utilizing chain stores puts a different, equally interesting spin on the idea. I'd love to try something like this but I don't think my family would join in. I admire you for going it alone--I think I'd feel weird if I were eating totally separately! Plus my goal would be to save money, and it wouldn't work if they were still buying regular groceries I think you’re doing great! I’m a vegan so not an expert on meat, but I wonder if canned tuna might be your best bet for something that’s cheap and healthy. I don’t know if you could get mayo for cheap, but tuna salad would be great on Wheat Thins, in tortillas, in a salad or many other ways.

I was wondering if this series would be interesting since I read another $1-a-day blog awhile back. But while she concentrated on buying in bulk at her local co-op (proving that buying whole foods can be cost-effective), your focus on couponing and utilizing chain stores puts a different, equally interesting spin on the idea.

I’d love to try something like this but I don’t think my family would join in. I admire you for going it alone–I think I’d feel weird if I were eating totally separately! Plus my goal would be to save money, and it wouldn’t work if they were still buying regular groceries

]]> By: admin http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50324 admin Sun, 09 May 2010 15:00:45 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2756#comment-50324 Yes, I did know about the cream cheese deal before hand - it had been going on the previous week and I had been buying them for my local food bank since they were better than free. The big question was whether the blinkies would still be around. The stores started to take them down and they were running out of coupons - luckily the store near where I was house sitting still had theirs up. Yes, I did know about the cream cheese deal before hand – it had been going on the previous week and I had been buying them for my local food bank since they were better than free. The big question was whether the blinkies would still be around. The stores started to take them down and they were running out of coupons – luckily the store near where I was house sitting still had theirs up.

]]> By: Maxine http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50315 Maxine Sun, 09 May 2010 12:02:15 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2756#comment-50315 You are doing great on $1 a day! I do have a question about the blinkie cream cheese deal-did you know about this prior to going to the store or did you come up with this while shopping. I'm thinking this part was close to genius! Glad to see that you ate something different for dinner! You are doing great on $1 a day! I do have a question about the blinkie cream cheese deal-did you know about this prior to going to the store or did you come up with this while shopping. I’m thinking this part was close to genius! Glad to see that you ate something different for dinner!

]]> By: admin http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50292 admin Sun, 09 May 2010 04:51:44 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2756#comment-50292 You can see about blinkie coupons here: http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/blinkies-in-store-coupon-machines/ The photo I used for that post is actually the cream cheese blinkies that I was talking about. For two weeks (it is now over) the cream cheese minis were $1.49 each, but if you purchased 5 of them, you got $5.00 off your purchase. This made the cream cheese minis $0.49 each. The blinkie coupon was good for $0.55 off 1 meaning that if I bought 10 cream cheese minis and used 10 $0.55 of 1 coupons, the store would owe me $0.60. If I buy another item, that overage will go toward the cost of that item. So if I bought 10 cream cheese minis, used 10 coupons and bought an apple for $0.75, then when it was all rung up, all I would owe is $0.15 ($0.75 for the apple minus $0.60 overage from the cream cheese mini coupons) You can see about blinkie coupons here:

http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/blinkies-in-store-coupon-machines/

The photo I used for that post is actually the cream cheese blinkies that I was talking about. For two weeks (it is now over) the cream cheese minis were $1.49 each, but if you purchased 5 of them, you got $5.00 off your purchase. This made the cream cheese minis $0.49 each. The blinkie coupon was good for $0.55 off 1 meaning that if I bought 10 cream cheese minis and used 10 $0.55 of 1 coupons, the store would owe me $0.60. If I buy another item, that overage will go toward the cost of that item. So if I bought 10 cream cheese minis, used 10 coupons and bought an apple for $0.75, then when it was all rung up, all I would owe is $0.15 ($0.75 for the apple minus $0.60 overage from the cream cheese mini coupons)

]]> By: erika http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50290 erika Sun, 09 May 2010 04:36:45 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2756#comment-50290 Can you explain again about the cream cheese minis. I've been following all week but don't understand that part. What coupons did you use? Can you explain again about the cream cheese minis. I’ve been following all week but don’t understand that part. What coupons did you use?

]]> By: creditcardfree http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/eating-well-on-1-a-day-day-7-the-first-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50283 creditcardfree Sun, 09 May 2010 03:07:17 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2756#comment-50283 You are doing great! I am amazed at how much food you still have left! Based on what you have been eating your calorie count is probably on the low end between 1200 and 1400 per day. I'm not surprised that you have lost some weight. You are doing great! I am amazed at how much food you still have left! Based on what you have been eating your calorie count is probably on the low end between 1200 and 1400 per day. I’m not surprised that you have lost some weight.

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