Getting healthy don't come cheap.

I've recently signed on as a BeachBody independent coach and I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to follow the eating plans that they have on the Team BeachBody website. I determined that my problem was that I never actually went grocery shopping for my Menu Plan so, I decided to go a head and plan in my menu plan from TBB (team beach body) with the family menu and just go out and use the shopping list that TBB provides you with. Here is my review of Team BeachBody's "Customized" Menu Plan .

Shopping Day:

Pros -

1. I had very little list prep (normally I spend a good 3-4 hours planing my meals and grocery list)
2. I can add and remove things from the shopping list as I please.
3. Meals are easily and clearly laid out on the web site, I did copy them over to my dry erase board because I need to have that big visual to remind me that I have meals planed.
4. For the most part the meals they set up for you are pretty "clean" or, in other words, very few processed/convenience foods
5. There is a good of foods, especially if you like seafood. 
6. You can exclude the foods you don't like (like seafood for example.)
7. You can choose to view your menu either by the week or by the day, that's nice, and you can print your menu a week at a time.

Cons -

1. They call it a customized menu plan, and I guess technically it is, just not very easily.
2. It's not all that user friendly. I find that if I want to input a new meal or use my own recipes it can be quite challenging. 
3. It's set up for single servings. Since I am of the mind that a family who eats the same food together helps keep mom from going crazy together, I think that it's vital for a menu planning service to have a multiple servings option. Now, that being said, most of the food you buy wont come in single
4. Another problem is that when viewing your menu in week format you can't chose which day to start your week on. This is an inconvenience for me because I go grocery shopping on Wednesdays and the menu starts on Sundays. Now, I know what you're thinking "Just use their Sunday as your Wednesday" but that just can't work! Sunday is Sunday and Wednesday is Wednesday!
5.  It's expensive. When I went shopping today I spent $205 for one weeks worth of food! Of course I had to buy somethings for the girls, but still. I have budgeted about eighty bucks for grocery's each week. I'm no mathematician, but I'm pretty sure I blew the budget. 

So there you have it, my honest review. I knew eating clean was going to cost me more, but honestly I'm not sure if I can handle dropping this much dough on food.

May your tummy always be full. 

What are your tips and ticks for eating healthy and clean on a budget?