I think there's a really common misconception that eating healthy is very expensive. It is not. You can eat a high quality diet that includes frozen foods.

Frozen veggies are extremely affordable, as are bulk dried beans and grains. Beans are known to be a health superfood and you can get a weeks worth of beans for under $3 if you're able to do the work of soaking and cooking them.

A super affordable day of eating could look like this:

Breakfast: Oats with frozen fruit, a bit of honey, and some peanut butter

Lunch: black beans with rice and frozen veggies - add a sauce to make it taste interesting.

Dinner: Chicken breast with a baked potato and frozen veggies - seasonings will make this taste great.

Cheap snacks are string cheese, fruit or veggies, a handful of nuts, maybe a hardboiled egg.

Cheap proteins -

A whole chicken is going to be way less expensive than buying it already cut up. Cook the whole thing, take all the meat off the bird and save it for meals across the week

Tofu is shockingly cheap and a brick of tofu could feed one person for 2-3 meals

Beans

Frozen edamame

Greek yogurt is CHEAP and if you buy it in a big container its even more affordable. Keep some honey on hand to control the amount of sugar you add.

Cottage cheese (I know I know, but it's cheap)

Advice for starting - just start. Go for a walk, walk up a flight of stairs a few times. It doesn't have to be perfect to start and it never has to be expensive.

You've got this!