• Live Longer,  Manage Your Money

    Our $160 Monthly Food Bill

    To get that brain matter flowing and get you thinking about your answer throughout the article, we’re going to start this off by asking you a question. How much do you spend a week on food, namely groceries? The big three monthly expenses everyone has are: housing; transportation; and food. Well, we’ve covered housing with: The House Hack that Allows us to Live for Free, and transportation with: How to Get Rich by Driving Crappy Cars, so we figured it was about time we dove a little deeper into the food budget a little more. Ever since Mr. RRR was a guest on the Vegan episode of ChooseFI, we have been asked…

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    Rat Race Recipe: Sweet Potato Casserole

    It’s hard to believe that it’s only 14 days until Christmas. For some reason, it hasn’t felt quite like the holidays this year. Maybe it’s because our constant stream of Christmas parties hasn’t started yet. Regardless, there’s always at least 3 Christmas eating events that we attend, and that means that we need to prepare and bring at least 1 dish for every event. As you can imagine, if you don’t strategically plan, it can make a small dent in your wallet compared to your normal grocery budget. Our favorite dish during the holidays is sweet potato casserole. A few years ago, I took on the responsibility of bringing this…

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    Strengthen Your Mental Fortitude Through Fasting.

    I’m going to start off with a little anecdote: Years ago (before Mrs. RRR and I married, and long before either of us had ever heard of FIRE or even considered early-retirement a thing) I trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and competed in a few tournaments. Because of the obvious benefits (read: bigger, stronger, heavier) I would cut weight to reach a lighter weight class so I could be more competitive. While researching one night, I stumbled upon a diet, or really lifestyle, called “Intermittent Fasting”. That caused a lengthy exploration down a rabbit hole that eventually led me to this blog called Lean Gains. The benefits read like a late…

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    Cut Your Grocery Bill by 60%

    Most recent post on our groceries: Our $160 Monthly Food Bill Let me ask you a question: have you ever dreaded going to the grocery store, knowing you were about to fork over a wing and a thigh (get it? Food humor, lol) to pay for all this stuff? I’m sure you’ve heard everyone say that it’s so much cheaper to cook your meals at home, instead of eating out? Instead you’re thinking, with the amount I spend on groceries, I could almost eat out every meal and it would cost practically the same. Yeah, that used to be us, well…mostly, just not the whole eating out for every meal. We…