Sparkpeople

Healthy food does not need to be expensive. Shop sales and learn what counts as healthy. Chicken is often on sale and chicken is very healthy. Fresh vegetables are better than frozen, but frozen tend to be cheaper and last longer. Rice and pastas (just not too much) are healthy and very inexpensive. www.fitday.com is another website that allows you to track food and exercise, as well as set goals and tells you how you are doing on those goals. The key to losing weight is not to go on a diet, it is to change your eating and exercise patterns for life. Don't put yourself on an eating regimine that you won't be able to continue. Learn proper portions and how to recognize the different between hunger and bordom. Don't allow yourself to have too much junk food in the house, but if you love chocolate allow yourself to have a small piece every day. Limiting portions is a much better way to have self control then trying to eliminate completly...you won't be able to continue that.

You don't have to buy "health" food in order to have a healthy lifestyle. Buying fresh food from a vendor will always be better for you, you know, the guy with the strawberry stand, or oranges, bananas. The best way to curb a bad diet is a lot of excercise, as well. Next time you go to watch tv, lay down and do crunches while you watch, and do it everyday. Then do pushups doing commercials, or visa versa. "health" food is just like any other marketing technique, they are trying to overprrice you on things you think you need to own.