Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "Frugal Fit Mom" channel.

  1. It doesn't matter what she was doing, what mistakes she was making, she was willing to ask for help and openly and honestly share what she was doing in the hopes of fixing it. So many people never even get that far (admitting they have a problem, and then asking for help).
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  2. My food shopping has improved significantly since watching your videos. Eating better food for less. Also finally started cooking more. Spent years looking for a cookbook of Simple recipes, but everyone seems more interested in showing off than helping people like me learn basic cooking. I wanted simple recipes with no fancy ingredients to help me start, and learn seasonings and such later. Your shopping/meal videos have finally solved it for me after far too many years. Been cooking more, cooking things I've never tried before, and eating way better and more healthy on far less money. I just love seeing how good a meal could be made with few ingredients and "cheap" food, and it gives me the starting point I've been looking for.
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  3. For my home loan, I walked into the Credit Union and told them, I am only willing to have a monthly payment of $XXX/month, and no more. How much can I afford at that amount? I never gave them the chance to talk me into borrowing more. I set my acceptable upper limit before i ever went looking for a loan. Found a nice house, and have plenty of extra money every month, not even close to straining my budget. And I still have more house than I need (wouldn't mind a large garage/shop though).
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  4. I'm the same way with pretty much all of this and love it. So much needless waste and expense.
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  5. that would be interesting
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  6. Happy to say I do almost ALL of these. However there are a few I need to work on. They are things I have done better in the past though, so I can do it, just need to be more disciplined.
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  7. the less i need to spend to live the way I want to, the less I need to work, the earlier I can retire.
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  8. happy to say I already use most of these in one way or another.
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  9.  @cathyandresiak  Life happened prior to cellphones....we survived just fine. Stop living in fear.
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  10.  @anastasiya8314  people were bettr navigators by far prior to GPS. People also had better spelling, grammar, manners, and such prior to smartphones as well. People also used to have face to face conversations and weren't living in a pandemic of loneliness prior to cellphones either. We also scored higher in education overall prior to computers.
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  11. winter: heat set at 64F summer: heat set at 88F (*if the humidity gets too high, I turn the AC down to 1-2F below outside air temp)
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  12. find simple recipes. Many basic foods take mere minutes to prepare. I can make a homemade 12in Pizza in 15min. I often make tacos and just prep all the ingredients ahead and eat them for a week straight. Casseroles and such too. I make a sort of chili that is easy to make and lasts a week and tastes amazing. I have tons of things that take no more than 5min to cook and taste great and are super affordable. learn to find simpler recipes with fewer ingredients. start there.
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  13. winter: heat set at 64F summer: heat set at 88F (*if the humidity gets too high, I turn the AC down to 1-2F below outside air temp)
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  14. you could do better than $400. I've found way to feed an adult for 30 days on as little as $25/month (at walmart prices). Keep in mind that you don't want to eat like that every day for 30days unless you have to (food is good, but unless you come up with more simple recipes it gets old quick, I only have 2 solid recipes so far that work, but I'm sure there are many more). But it shows what is possible.
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  15. i stopped playing chess, when I won a lot, and people started expecting me to win, and started finding opponents for me to play against. Took years for me to start playing again, but I had to go into it almost intending to lose. I wanted it to be fun, not stressful. I wanted to not have to care about losing. it really just takes a mindset shift, and stop doing it to satisfy others, and do it becasue I enjoyed it.
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  16. winter: heat set at 64F summer: heat set at 88F (*if the humidity gets too high, I turn the AC down to 1-2F below outside air temp)
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  17.  @thetaekwondoe3887  it wouldn't kill you. your body adjusts with time.
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  18. why tip the delivery driver? why tip someone for doing their job? I don't tip the bus driver, nor the UPS driver, etc. We negotiated a price up front, and that's teh price. Tips are for when people go above and beyond, and are not compulsory. Especially when it's cheaper for me to drive to the store myself than tip.
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  19. I applaud you. We never needed them before, we don't need them now.
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  20. the first time I cut my own hair in the mirror with clippers, the next time I was out even the hair stylists were commenting on my haircut. Definitely takes practice (I chalk it up to getting lucky that time).
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  21.  @PainfullyAverage73  "i'd die in this 100+ degree weather" then set it at 95F, you'll be fine
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  22. Sometimes it's better spending more for the better product. Buy once, cry once. Other times, the cheap product is so cheap, you can buy it so many times over when they break or wear out before you can justify buying the expensive version, that you can never actually justify buying the more expensive option. I tend to do cost/benefit analysis on things like tools and expensive items, to see if it's better in the end going for the cheap version (good enough, not all cheap things are that bad, will last for how little i expect to use it, etc) or for the expensive version (only slightly more, but lasts way longer, easier and faster to use, cheaper in the long run, etc).
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  23. "Make time!" I preach this!
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  24. I've proven I can feed one adult for 30 days on as little as $13/month. Maybe closer to $20 now with inflation.
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  25. you should do a video on you homemade pancakes. always looking for basic simple recipes of common things. please do a video.
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  26. proper jaw posture and good diet can eliminate the need for braces.
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  27. well said @jillyd2807 
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  28.  @haircuthunny26  and if you have space/time for a garden/canning, that is another opportunity.
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  29. had me worried. van life can be fun, for short time, but not longtime.
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  30. I had a 1995 Ford Ranger and it was bomb proof. even after multiple deer hits, racoon hits, and 2x car accidents where it was "totaled" (not me driving it), it was still running. Had it for years, and wish I had another small pickup. I also had a 2000 Ford Taurus that finally blew a head gasket at 300k miles. Was a good car and lasted me many years. Now I have a 2004 Buick Lesabre. Still no rust, everything still works.
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  31.  @kevinjoseph517  what is yikes about saving money?
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  32.  @EgoBrain1  the only person who is miserable, is you. ironic isn't it.
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  33. family always gives unsolicited opinions/advice. but the irony of any people complaining about that, while giving opinions/advice. I don't complain about it, because we all do it.
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  34. I sleep on the floor, have for the past 10yrs, and I love it. if you had trouble, you were doing it wrong.
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  35. the best organic? grow your own garden.
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  36. winter: heat set at 64F summer: heat set at 88F (*if the humidity gets too high, I turn the AC down to 1-2F below outside air temp)
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  37. when you eat healthy and cook well, good food spoils your taste buds and unhealthy processed food taste nasty and make you feel like crap.
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  38. grew up on tater tot casserole, Sheppard's pie, lasagna, spaghetti, etc.
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  39. I lived for 4yrs in AZ on $15k/yr, comfortably. And my yearly expenses were only $9k-$11k/yr. Now I make GOOD money, and my annual expenses are now only $23k/yr. And that is with me owning property, 2 airplanes, a car, etc. Not all of that expense is NECESSARY! I could sell my airplanes and save Thousands per year in fuel, oil, maintenance, hangar, insurance, etc.
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  40. I have a family homemade pizza recipe. I can literally get home from work, preheat the oven, grab ingredients from the pantry, mix and kneed the dough, and bake the pizza, in the EXACT SAME TIME it would take me to grab a frozen pizza out of the oven, and cook it. I've even cooked my own sausage for the toppings in that time too. And the homemade pizza tastes SOOOO much better, and is FAR cheaper. It's higher quality pizza than the fanciest brand of frozen pizza at a typical grocery store, and you can put whatever you want on it. From getting home to eating, same time as frozen pizza, no more than 15min total. And if cooking for one I can do 1-2 pizzas at teh same time that could last me almost a week. and it tastes so good cold or reheated too. I think I've made a pizza for around $2 or less and is an adequate meal for 4 healthy adults, and with different toppings could have been less. and even less if the ingredients came from my garden.
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  41. public libraries near me are a shadow of their former selves. they also lack books on all the subjects I'm into lately (mostly history related too).
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  42. awesome tips. glad to see I'm already doing a lot of these. some i need to work on more.
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  43. I grew 3in in a single year once.
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  44.  @cathyandresiak  living in a safe part of the country helps too....apparently that's no longer common sense anymore.
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  45. My first smartphone was a Galaxy S3. I'd been using the old reliable Samsung flip phone for years ($15/month), but suddenly found the need for my job. Bought the S3 around when the S5 came out. Had the S3 for 6yrs (still works, just stupid slow now, GPS doesn't load anymore...). Replaced it with a cheapy Samsung for $60 brand new (basically same as the S3 in every way but new and faster). $35/month plan. Have had that phone a while now, expect to have it for a while, still looks new and works great.
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  46.  @rnupnorthbrrrsm6123  spot on, not that many decades ago almost no one had AC in their homes.
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  47. grew up before cellphones were common, and never had one till I was 21 and it was a flip phone. NOT NECESSARY!
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  48. if he's hungry, he needs high fat and high protein. steak and eggs would be a good option.
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  49. My Mom did this when I was a kid.
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  50. i'm actually very happy to say I've never heard of these before, and never seen them before, and kind of wish I never had. People wonder why they are poor and 2/3rds of Americans or Obese.
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