Lose Weight and Save Money

57 pounds lost so farLosing weight and saving money are the #1 and #2 New Years' resolutions respectively. I can help you to do both.

Five years ago, when I started SavingsAngel.com, I was obese. Many years of working at a computer, bad food choices, and a lack of exercise had led to the eventual outcome. At the grocery store, I made food choices like many people people do. While I tried to buy healthy foods, I ended up buying too much food impulsively based on what looked good and what fit the budget. There were many healthier products I would have liked to buy on a regular basis – but it was simply outside our budget.

As I started applying the highest value coupons with the best local sales, I found that I could get food for next to nothing – and pretty much anything I wanted. I began buying all sorts of food simply because I could get it for 80% off or more. This included high calorie, high fat, processed foods. You can imagine what happened. My health got even worse.

I had a breakthrough moment. I saw pictures of myself and I couldn't believe what I saw. I decided that I no longer wanted to look that way and I didn't care if it would take two to three years to get healthy. I would do it.

Here's how some SavingsAngel.com Shopping became a real blessing. I donated nearly everything in my pantry that wasn't part of my new eating plan. I decided that with little exception, I would browse my weekly list differently, focusing on the healthiest food for my family. I began a lower-calorie, low-fat diet while trying to avoid sugar and simple carbs when possible. I set a healthy calorie level for myself and I logged every single food or drink that I put in my mouth. It was a bit of work – but logging everything in my iphone app really was my silver bullet. I recommend the free app or website: loseit.com I made myself accountable. Many times I'd skip out on eating something just because I didn't want to have to write it down.

At the grocery store, I found that by buying more of the healthiest food at 50-70% off, our grocery bill hardly went up. One of the best parts of shopping with coupon-sale matches is that I had enough extra money in our budget so that we could afford the specialty foods we really needed (healthy, whole, unprocessed, and mostly plant-based). It also helped our budget that I simply didn't eat as much as I used to.

Sometimes, I hear people exclaim that coupons are only for unhealthy foods. While it's true that you could buy a lot of unhealthy food with coupons if you wanted, ultimately YOU decide what goes in your shopping cart. Just because something is 80% off doesn't mean you HAVE to buy it for yourself.

Another thing to consider is when you are not brand loyal and willing to try different products in areas that you may not be as picky, you can save money. There are cleaning products, for example, that you can get on a regular basis for pennies on the dollar if you are using coupons matched to great local sales. Take the savings that you'll get from less important products and apply it to the things you really want. If you want to eat only organic vegetables, go for it! Save more money on your plastic wrap, toilet paper, and all-purpose cleaner and apply your savings wherever you want. You can quickly add up an extra $40 in savings by shopping smarter.

The good news for health conscious consumers is that as more big budget food manufacturers and retailers get into selling healthy, whole, organic products, the consumer wins. More choices almost always means better options. With those big name food producers comes bigger budgets for coupons and we've been seeing plenty of them over the past couple weeks.

As for me, I changed my shopping habits. Technology helped me do that so much easier than trying to figure everything out on my own. The bottom line is that there are great deals this week on healthy foods for your family. Each week, you can find coupons that will allow you to buy premium products at wholesale prices.

As for the rest of my story? I also changed my exercise habits. As a result of the two lifestyle choices, I lost more than 50 pounds in less than a year. In just fifteen months after starting my commitment to eat better, I ran a full marathon – which was unthinkable when I began. I've never been an athlete. Today, I exercise five days a week and I just finished my second marathon this past weekend while shaving 20 minutes off my time. Better health equals more choices in life. Better savings information equals more choices at the grocery store for your budget. More choices at the grocery store equals healthier, higher quality food for your family in 2012.

The easiest way to cut your grocery bill in half is through using manufacturers coupons combined with the best sales at local stores. Normally, this takes a lot of work to create a winning shopping list for your family. Each week, SavingsAngel.com combines over 2,000 products on sale at local grocery and drug stores with their enormous database of manufacturer coupons ““ which are found in Sunday's paper and throughout the Internet. This combination results in access to over 300 products each week for 50% off or better. Here are a few examples of deals that are available until Saturday at midnight. Please check out blog @ SavingsAngel.com/blog each week for tips on how you can easily start cutting your grocery bill!

Josh Elledge (husband, and father of three) is the Chief Executive “Angel” of SavingsAngel, Inc. ““ launched from his home in January 2007. A husband and father of three, he now appears each week on television, in newspapers, and a number of radio stations across the country teaching families how to cut their grocery bill in half using the Internet. Elledge created the technology found on SavingsAngel.com through the need to save his own family's money. Successfully able to cut his own grocery bill from $600 a month to less than $300 a month, his message has reached hundreds of thousands of families. SavingsAngel.com is now growing rapidly throughout the country. You can watch a short video athttp://SavingsAngel.com that will explain more information about how to cut your own grocery bill in half with the help of SavingsAngel.com!

Written by Josh Elledge - Chief Executive Angel

Josh Elledge Consumer Savings Expert and Founder/Chief Executive Angel, SavingsAngel.com®

Josh Elledge is on a mission to help Americans save money and time so they can give. He is Founder and Chief Executive Angel of SavingsAngel.com®, which was created to bolster the buying power of the average U.S. family by combining technology, coupons and smart thinking for extreme savings on household consumables and everyday items.

Through his work with SavingsAngel.com, Elledge has emerged as one of the nation's leading experts on consumer savings appearing in the media more than 2,000 times!

READ MY FULL BIO HERE: https://savingsangel.com/josh

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