Making Do With What We Get

Today, my wife and I are going to Perkins Restaurant.  It is a franchise but is owned locally so it does not operate like a franchise since corporate gives their owners a chance at making some changes if they want to.

My wife will get the Tremendous Seven plate with two eggs (cooked anyway she wants) 2 strips of bacon, and three pancakes.  I will get the Everything Omelet with breakfast potatoes and three pancakes.  I will eat half my omelet and half the potatoes and take the other half home along with the 3 pancakes.  She will eat all of her breakfast except for one pancake that she will give to me.

On Monday, I will have the other half of my omelet and potatoes and then on Tuesday and Wednesday, I will eat two pancakes for breakfast each day.  The total cost with beverages is about $30...  however, we get 5 meals out of it, so each meal costs about $6.  The price has gone up because each meal used to cost between $3-$5.  It is still a good deal.

We have plenty of money to eat all of the food at one time, should we chose; however, for me, that is or seems to be unhealthy.  One of the reasons why so many people are obese is that they eat too much at each meal.

Diets will help you lose weight, but you gain it back over time.  Exercise will help you lose weight but that is because you are starving yourself in the process.  The ONLY WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT IS TO EAT LESS at each meal.  Some nutritionists suggest that you should eat FIVE small meals a day and no snacks.

One way to help you eat smaller meals is to count your calories and eat UNDER 2000 calories each day.  Your main source of calories should come from vegetables, but you should also eat proteins, starches, breads, and fruit.  Proteins come from meat, beans, eggs, fish, nuts, etc.  And you should avoid red meat.

But this is not about losing weight it is about making do with what you have.  Instead of eating all your food at one time, eat half...  not only will you become healthier, but your money will last longer.

The other big deal is DONT BUY WHAT YOU WANT...   ONLY BUY WHAT YOU NEED...

If you recall the musical group, The Rolling Stones had a song with lyrics that touched on that same subject.  What do you think they knew back in the 1960s that you don't know today?

If you learn to make do with what you have, your life will become happier, you will have less stress, and you will live longer to enjoy that happiness.  Wealth and owning stuff will not make your happy.