I hear this ALL the time.  “But it’s so expensive to buy the right foods!”  Sure, it may seem that way, but that’s why we’re here, to show you how expensive it really is.

The average American family, wife, husband, 2.59 kids spends just over $700 per month on food.  Well, that dollar amount certainly fits us to a T, we spend exactly $700 per month on food.  Rarely more, rarely less.  It’s what we budget for and we stick to it by using shopping lists and menu planning.

Okay, so we’re on the average American food budget.  But we’re not an average American family.  husband, wife, 4 kids (not 2.59) and Tonya runs a daycare out of the house 5 days a week and can, at times, have up to 8 kids in the house (including ours).

That’s 10 people and here we are, buying organic foods, not everything, but a lot, we’re buying foods that don’t have artificial colors, sweeteners, crap we can’t pronounce and stuff that just doesn’t make sense to eat in the first place.

We don’t starve, we’re always full.  We snack all the time, especially at night and we feel great.

When I hear people say to me, “It’s so expensive, I just can’t afford it.” or “sure you can do it, you make more than me.” all I hear are excuses.  There is no price you can put on your health.  There is no dollar amount that is worth feeding your family poison and I don’t care what you say, there is no way the average American family with 2.59 kids can’t do what we’re doing with as many people as we’re feeding.

We’re paying $50 per mouth per month.

What are you paying right now?  I bet it’s more.

There aren’t any hidden costs, we don’t go to the store every day, we go twice a month.  We take about 4 hours every other Saturday and buy what we need to last us.  We buy in bulk, we buy organic foods in bulk (Costco has a great selection) and we store the food by freezing or canning or just eating it right there and then.

Anyone who starts off with, “Yeah, but…” is just giving excuses.  There is no excuse and there is no justifiable reason for people to be eating the crappy food they are eating today.

You’re just being lazy.