Meat... :( We could all live without, but this damn learned behavior...
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Donβt try to eat less meat, try to eat more veggie. I know itβs technically the same but the thought process is different. Before you know it, you had weeks without meat.
I have a lot of asian friends and their meals are always the opposite of typical American meals. It's a ton of veggies/rice with meat as a 'topping' rather than meat being the centerpiece with veggies as sides. I'd love to incorporate that more but I love meat so much...
nah, meat is great. Just the sourcing of it is not so great. Get your meat from a local butcher where you know where the animal came from.
Or better yet, if you have the space, time and money: get your own livestock.
You could reduce your mince meat consuption by adding TVP/ soy protein crumble in it. This is what some fast food places actually do and people don't notice the difference unless they hear about it. There are also many vegan proteins in freezer section in many stores. Tofu can be super delicious once you learn how to cook it. I think cooking yummy tofu is sign of good chef.
So far I exchanged minced meat by bought alternatives of peas and wheat. With differing textures and formes and I really enjoy them in my meals. I still need to learn to process and cook more with tofu. What I learned already some months ago, you need to press tofu with some weight for half an hour, potentially freeze it to further reduce their water by open pores, and then cook it in some sauce so that it can absorb the taste. Made sense afterwards, but always wondered how they got their taste. Good advice!
-Fast food. It's so expensive.
-Alcohol. It's unhealthy, and I use it as a crutch when I'm feeling bad.
-Animal products, due to climate change.
Switch to the premade microwave meals, semi healthier. You can get these at the store or even delivered.
For alcohol, I went down the expensive seltzer water/soda route to curve that. I still have wine and a beer, but not much really.
Animal products... You can just reduce, maybe do over meatless day for all the meals. It's not much, but something.
I've had a lot of microwave meals and I can't say that any one has ever come close to the appeal of fast food. Usually they're watery vegetables and a microwaved porkchop or something. At least buy a decent frozen pizza.
Literally everything. I hate living under a system where my options are
- repeatedly consume products which cause death and the destruction of our environment
- move out into the woods and live as an isolated hermit
- die
I'm...I'm just so tired.
I'm so fucking sick by it, too.
Micro-transactions in that one game I play.
I can easily afford it, so it's not like I'm gambling away my family's savings or something. However... At $10-20 a pop they aren't so "micro" anymore. And I know it's bad that I'm encouraging this predatory tactic. The money probably doesn't even make it to the developers. But they're freakin' ships from Star Trek! I can't help myself.
Takeout. I get it a few times a week and always feel a bit guilty about it. I like supporting the local businesses but it's expensive and the plastic containers aren't great.
Almost everything I eat, tbh. 30+ years of being overweight will do that to you.
Have you read about emotional eating? I'm struggling with it as well.
McDonalds. I have food at home and it's expensive. But damn I get a craving for it
Drugs, probably.
Spent a few k on k alone.
Add up everything over the years and I'm at least 1,000,000 pennies poorer.
More good times than bad but I still feel a bit guilty when I crunch the numbers.
Bubble tea. Expensive, but so good on a hot day..
Ice cream. I'm addicted.
I actually feel really guilty about buying all those single serving drinks from Dunkin' and the convenience stores because of all of the plastic I am just putting back into the environment. I really need to stop doing this. πΎ
Cookies... They hate when i eat something else but sometimes i do like some good old fashioned Dino Nuggets.
This website has some good tips.
Did you somehow reply to the wrong thread?
Wtf? Yes, completely wrong thread.
Gasoline. Airplane tickets. Those are probably the worst two things. But as others have said there are really only a few things that donβt make me feel guilty. So it might be easier to list those.
Coffee.
I don't need fancy coffee every day, especially with the inflated prices. I did the math and it's over $200/mo spent on coffee.
I stopped getting it every day, but I can't seem to kick the habit on weekends.
I used to be the same but with a Keurig and some flavored creamer we're able to go to the coffee shop maybe once every couple months and I drink a lot of coffee. Costco even sells pods made from paper that are biodegradable so I don't have to feel guilty throwing them in the trash.
Yeah, I bought a Krueg and the syrup used to flavor coffee at the coffee shops. I also bought a mini milk frother, so it really feels like a decent latte.
fyi, that coffee you are buying isn't "fancy." Buy yourself actual fancy coffee and grind and brew it yourself. I bet you could get some extremely amazing brew say, $250/lb and it would be cheaper then then the shit you buy daily.
Oh, yeah, no, it's definitely not coffe that's actually fancy, I just mean dressed up coffee. Iced vanilla latte with an extra shot of espresso is my jam.
Now I use a morning blend with my Kureg and froth up some milk with a shot of vanilla syrup and drink that.
It never tastes as good, but ohwell.
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Things I want but don't need like a beer at the store on Friday evening or a tablet of chocolate for the weekend or a game on Steam. So I try to minimize such purchases.
Weed from the Netherlands. Tobacco. I stopped smoking for 9 years and now I'm on 2-3 joints a day. Fuck. Should at least use my vaporizer again.
I eat a lot more almonds and popcorn than I should. And chewing gum.
Guilty? No.
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