Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: How to eat and not break the wallet

Yep, I spend a TON of money at the grocery store... but mainly because I eat more *quantity-wise* than most people I know. Still, I don't get near as many calories as other people I know because I'm not chowing down on french fries, cookies & steak.

I'm going to echo Amanda and say that once you settle into the diet, it gets cheaper. I make my own bread at home, which costs virtually nothing per slice, and I eat a lot of tuna and frozen fat-free chicken breasts that I buy at Sam's Club. I eat pureed, canned fruit, and cheap fresh fruit. I eat frozen veggies and I buy my tortoise a varying mix of heads of lettuce, rather than the pre-cut bagged kind I used to buy him. Also, I try to stay away from the "fad" specialty foods, such as frozen IBS-safe meals at the HFS and soy ice cream (which can get super expensive).

You CAN live on this diet without spending loads of money, it just may get boring. You can buy 5lb bags of slow-cook rice, frozen chicken breasts and frozen veggies for VERY cheap. Sometimes you just have to make a decision, like Rutchie did, on what is more important: more spending money, or feeling good/eating healthily for IBS. (Not to mention, who needs spending money when you're too bloated and in too much pain to go out at night?)

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Elizabeth

all those years it wasn't IBS - it was celiac!
send me an email: liz@dopple.net

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