Atkins "too expensive"?

[Chasin2Kids]

I'm wondering what you guys and gals retalliate with when someone says "Yeah, but isn't Atkins expensive?" It's come up here, and I was just wondering if anyone had any funny or sassy comebacks...

[not2late]

I never found Atkins too expensive, but then I'm a real penny pincher and I look around for bargains and sales. I was reading a blog about fast food and a poster said that a 99 cent burrito at Taco Bell was less expensive than making it at home. Another person replied with a breakdown of the ingredients and their cost. It turns out at home you could make that burrito for 87 cents.

I guess if you want a snappy comeback, you could always say 69 cents a pound for chicken legs is alot cheaper than $400 per month for diabetes drugs or something like that. Or you could just say I don't put a price on my health.

[Chasin2Kids]

Our freezer is actually full of meat right now because hunting season is over. 69 cent per pound chicken legs? Wow. I'm coming to live with you! I'm a penny pincher too, so we do all homemade here, too. I'm gonna have to start watching the meat sales a little better though. Typically, when our freezer is out of venison/etc., we just didn't buy meat and waited for the next hunting season.

[boonie stomper]

Before I went on Atkins, most of the money I spent on food went to waist...


non-Atkins fast meal: An angus swiss and portabella burger with lettuce, tomato & onion $(price)
Atkins fast meal: An angus swiss and portabella burger with lettuce, tomato & onion at $(price) - feeds one, plus you have a bun left over for feeding the birds for free...

[Atkid]

The only out of the ordinary items that I buy now are Heavy Cream, and SF Vanilla flavored syrup.

[Curveegrrl]

But don't forget all the new clothes you have to buy as you shrink out of your current ones! That adds up FAST!!!

*broke on Atkins*
*but looking diviiiiiine*

[Atkid]

Originally Posted by Curveegrrl

But don't forget all the new clothes you have to buy as you shrink out of your current ones! That adds up FAST!!!

True, true but so worth that!

[julirama723]

I'd say something like, true it may be expensive, but my health is priceless!

[ttdriver]

Yeah, I've heard that before. I typically respond with "Junk food is always cheap. That's why its junk."


Betty

[changing]

I echo what a lot of the others have said and want to add that for me, as I climbed the rungs, my diet got less expensive. My meat portions and dairy portion shrunk a bit, and I have filled up on a lot of cheaper fare like cabbage, peaches, and sweet potatoes. Many veggies have always been very cheap.

Also, I find that now that I've lost over 60 pounds, it takes much smaller portions to feed my hunger, which tends to save a lot on the grocery bill! Between DH and I, we both eat about half of what we used to and can stretch our food further.

Something to think about.