healthy food... or money?

Choosing the free lunch at the expense of one's health is a poor choice, I guess. It doesn't cost must to bring your own lunch anyway. LOL

have fun

Money and health are always relative tightly, free meal is good, if it's nutrition, and can save money. so I think you can eat some free meal and bring your lunch sometimes, so you can save your money at the same time you won't lose your heath.

Hi, mac
I do not think it's good for you to sacrifice a healthy lunch for a little money. I think you can still save by not buying and bringing your lunch instead.
As for me, I have learned to save money on clothes and other things, but I strive to make healthy choices with food.
Take care!

Why don't you make the healthy choice some days and other days eat lunch for free. I think that you can always alternate your choices that are the most beneficial for you that day. I like to be able to choose what I want to do on the particular day tht I feel like doing it.

Healthy meals are better for you in the long run. I truly understand saving the money especially in these times but health is more important. What I use to do when I was working, I would bring my lunch to work. It would usually be leftovers from my dinner the night before.

Hi maclinglinger, if you are eating healthily the rest of the time then save money where you can. Surely the food can't be that bad in a nursing home nutrition wise? If you don't mind the taste of what they serve then have some of it and take along a bag of sliced carrots or celery to mucnh on while you are there.

hello macdingoliner, I think no matter what, healthy is more important than money, I have a colleague, who is very very thin, but she insist not to have lunch at the afternoon, kind of saving money or so... I hope is is okay in tackling hungry, she is so think that I am afraid she will been blow away when there's larger wind.

just go with a healthy food as you may lose money in the form doctor fees if you continue to have food like this..

hi mac,in my opinion,eating unhealthy food is not a bright choice,maybe you keep to have unhealthy lunch,one day you will spent much money on you health care.but if the good could not influence your health,it's ok .

Hey...not too many things in life are free theses days.
Ok, Ok, so the nursing home meal isn't the most "healthyist" choice...so what? It's free isn't it? And aren't you trying to save every penny you've got, as you say you are? The body will adjust and compensate for the "one" meal. You can STILL be frugal in that regard. It's NOT going to throw your system "out of wack". As a matter of fact, it's probably good for you to "splurge" once in a while, even if it is only once a day. You're saving money, and at least, YOU didn't have to prepare it! You can always bring in your own lunch from time to time. But it's only wise to take advantage of the FREE choices, one is offered in these troubled economic times. Don't worry about it... you'll be fine. It's better than going hungry.

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