[imagood1]

now that the produce stands are open where I live it's nice to be able to go and pay less for the biggest part of my grocery bill.

Spaghetti Squash is .99 a pound, colored peppers are .79 each, radishes are .50 for a 1 lb package, lettuce - .39 a head, etc. It's amazing what $20.00 can do at these places.

I agree we waste no food in our home. I am the only Atkineer in my home so when we find pork roast and pork steak for .99 a pound we buy 3 or 4 at a time - cut each pork steakk in half and freeze them - the pork roasts are made into 3 to 4 meals each with the final meal being some sort of soup or cut up and made into a spread to eat in a lettuce wrap or put into a celery stalk.

I was raised that you don't waste things, we didn't have enough money to waste anything. When I was growing up we didn't eat out that often, when I was first married we had nothing so I carried my meals - even with I worked 2 jobs). A "big night out" would be cheeseburgers at McDonalds and sharing a medium fry.

We have had a garden for several years and I've learned to can and freeze everything I grow as a way to save money. Once you make up your mind to eat real food you'll find your meals not only taste better but you feel so much better. When people turn their eyes up when I tell them I'm eating the Atkins way I laugh at them because they have no idea they are missing out on the life changing program we've found.

I can't imagine ever not eating the Atkins way - I feel good, my diabetes numbers are wonderful, I sleep well at night, my clothes are smaller and my attitude has grown by leaps and bounds. With all that why would I ever want to go back to eating starches and chemical junk I can't pronounce?