Eating less, costs less

January; a long, lean month.

It’s a long time until the next pay-check, and every time you try to squeeze into your previously perfectly fitting jeans, you wish you were leaner. Well, the ideal solution popped into my head today:

Eating less, costs less

a)      If you EAT LESS snacks and puddings, you don’t need to buy snacks or puddings, and so the grocery bill COSTS LESS.

b)      If you decrease your portion sizes, the ingredients stretch further and you spend less.

c)      If you EAT LESS richly, you will have fewer calories and your grocery bill should also follow the nature of the food.

Now it may seem obvious, but I quite like it as a little mantra when wandering around the supermarket. The next time you feel yourself being drawn into a great offer, don’t succumb, just say that little phrase to yourself a few times and you should find yourself walking safely past, remaining strong in your resolve, thin and most importantly solvent.

If you are like me, and feel that a cup of tea served on its own is in some way missing its soul mate, rest easy in your mind as this phrase can be applied to those “little somethings” too. They’re not really snacks after all, just little tasters. Consider for example the cupcake, which previously would have fitted this category very elegantly.  With the addition of 4 letters, it becomes smaller, and much more attractive to a person in pursuit of leanness. Behold the mini cupcake.  



Santa knew what he was up to when he delivered my mini-muffin tray….