Ever had the thought that being healthy is expensive?

Maybe it’s healthy food, supplements, exercise programs, detoxing, you name it.

But it doesn’t have to be.

This week we’re exploring ways you can share, save and feel like a superstar.

As you know, sharing is caring, so what can you share (and receive) this week to support your health and maintain your budget.

1. Excess homegrown goodness (fruit, veggies, herbs)

Are you a green thumb with loads of produce in your garden that the birds and insects are enjoying more than you are?

If you don’t enjoy 15 different versions of how to cook zucchini, share some with a friend.

Maybe they will have something to share with you in return!

2. Snacks!

No this isn’t a joke, healthy snacks are often expensive but they often don’t need to be.

Most of us enjoy variety, rather than eating the same thing over and over again.

Organise a snack swap, or someone makes morning tea one day a week at the office (or kids lunches at school).

That way fresh produce will stay fresh and you will have less waste.

Also think about snacks that are nutritious and perceived to be expensive (but aren’t and let me tell you why).

One of my favourite go to snacks are nuts, which you may consider expensive. The advantage is they are also filling, very healthy and non perishable.

This equals no waste!

It’s also worth remembering that a serving size for nuts is approximately 12 nuts, so that’s not many.

Remember a serve of fruit is also often a very cost effective snack, particularly when its’ in season (if it gets eaten and not put in the compost bin).

3. Use of exercise equipment

Does your exercise bike get more use as a clothes hanger?

Consider offering it to someone who will get some use out of it (as a bike), or swap it for another unused piece of exercise equipment that your friend has got bored of at their house.

Or even better, exercise together. Walk in the park, bike ride, trip to the beach anyone?

4. Share skills

Do you know an avid gardener who dreams of pulling weeds out of your garden?

This is a fantastic form of exercise, think of all that bending, squatting, pulling and lifting!

Options are to ask them to pop over and help you with something in the garden (a skill you would like to learn) and then swap it for something that is also a good physical work out and that you’re good at (painting, cleaning the pool, washing the car).

5. Split the cost of your streaming services

No, I am not advocating sharing your passwords.

If you’re signed up to netflix, stan, paramount, disney and any of the other ones, maybe you can share your stream by having a home cooked dinner followed by movie night together, then swap and go to your friends place next week.

Get creative about what you can share, save and be healthy and share your ideas with us.