I'm sure I am spending less. I think with less cravings I'm happier eating healthy so I am not eating out as much and the variety of food I crave is less, so I am buying pretty much the same things daily. As I track my calories, it makes my life easier too and I am shedding weight.
Are we saving money on groceries by using GLP1 drugs?
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Romulusguy
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My spending has been reduced significantly since starting Tirz. It's NOT JUST about groceries; there is a trickle down effect from GLPs that hit a lot of smaller areas of our pocketbook that cumulatively amounts to some pretty decent cost savings,
1. I never eat out any more. Everything is cooked at home or made at home and brought to work.
- I no longer buy large varieties of snacks and foods. My diet is now very simple and repetitive.
- The bulk of foods I buy are, in and of themselves, lower cost than the varieties of meats/foods I used to buy. For example, a bag of frozen jumbo shrimp, a bag of frozen scallops, and a bag of veggies (I prefer the Italian blend of cauliflower, lima beans, snap peas, and carrots) will give me a week's worth of dinners. Whereas, I used to purchase pounds of beef, pork chops, chicken breasts, etc. that would usually languish in my freezer and cost a lot more.
-While I DO spend money on protein drinks and protein powder, I usually buy in bulk, so the costs are still well below what I used to pay for bulk groceries.
2. Gas: as I do not eat out or shop as much, this trickles down to fuel expenditures. Less time driving = longer lasting tank of gas. Longer lasting tank of gas = less money per month spent on filling it up.
3. Adding in a workout cycle 4 days a week gives me time AWAY from my house. It's starting to warm up in Los Angeles, and even spending 2 hours at the gym, instead of inside my home, means 2 hours of not having my air conditioner on and sucking up energy, adding to my electric bill.
4. As my eating habits and workout routines have improved, so has my health. Less illness, less time at doctors, means LESS TIME OFF FROM WORK. This means more accrual of vacation time that I can then cash in OR spend....on vacation 🙂
5. My clothes last a lot longer, especially belts and underwear, now that my gut isn't stretching them to their maximum limit 😛
6. I know this is gross, but....I'm not using the toilet nearly as much as before Tirz, because I'm not ingesting snacks/candy/chemical laden crap all the time. Slight savings on my water bill AND I'm not spending as often or as much on toilet paper.
7. Mattresses, cushioned chairs, couches....all of these will last longer, with less indentations and wear, the lighter I get.
There are probably a hundred other micro areas where Tirz/GLP1 is helping reduce costs overall. My point being, if you are amazed at how much you are saving on groceries, take a step back and think of what ELSE is being affected, cost wise, by using a GLP and adopting a healthy lifestyle 🙂
1. I never eat out any more. Everything is cooked at home or made at home and brought to work.
- I no longer buy large varieties of snacks and foods. My diet is now very simple and repetitive.
- The bulk of foods I buy are, in and of themselves, lower cost than the varieties of meats/foods I used to buy. For example, a bag of frozen jumbo shrimp, a bag of frozen scallops, and a bag of veggies (I prefer the Italian blend of cauliflower, lima beans, snap peas, and carrots) will give me a week's worth of dinners. Whereas, I used to purchase pounds of beef, pork chops, chicken breasts, etc. that would usually languish in my freezer and cost a lot more.
-While I DO spend money on protein drinks and protein powder, I usually buy in bulk, so the costs are still well below what I used to pay for bulk groceries.
2. Gas: as I do not eat out or shop as much, this trickles down to fuel expenditures. Less time driving = longer lasting tank of gas. Longer lasting tank of gas = less money per month spent on filling it up.
3. Adding in a workout cycle 4 days a week gives me time AWAY from my house. It's starting to warm up in Los Angeles, and even spending 2 hours at the gym, instead of inside my home, means 2 hours of not having my air conditioner on and sucking up energy, adding to my electric bill.
4. As my eating habits and workout routines have improved, so has my health. Less illness, less time at doctors, means LESS TIME OFF FROM WORK. This means more accrual of vacation time that I can then cash in OR spend....on vacation 🙂
5. My clothes last a lot longer, especially belts and underwear, now that my gut isn't stretching them to their maximum limit 😛
6. I know this is gross, but....I'm not using the toilet nearly as much as before Tirz, because I'm not ingesting snacks/candy/chemical laden crap all the time. Slight savings on my water bill AND I'm not spending as often or as much on toilet paper.
7. Mattresses, cushioned chairs, couches....all of these will last longer, with less indentations and wear, the lighter I get.
There are probably a hundred other micro areas where Tirz/GLP1 is helping reduce costs overall. My point being, if you are amazed at how much you are saving on groceries, take a step back and think of what ELSE is being affected, cost wise, by using a GLP and adopting a healthy lifestyle 🙂
I agree with everything (on topic) said here. I'm not necessarily saving money just spending it on other things that have become more important to me than the obvious quest for food. I think it has something to do with breaking the reward pathways for food and forcing me to seek my dopamine from other sources like exercise, travel, and participation in life. My weight is and will always be a factor in my quality of life. Peps helped me get out of the food = happiness death spiral.
