the reason im asking is cause im moving out the house in a couple of days.. and im planing my budgget right now.. i would like to stay healty, and not hungry and yet still not spend too much on food.. any sugesstions would be awsome.
Food budget? How much are you guys speding on food a month?
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musclyjerk
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At the bare minimum I have lived just fine on £80/month ($150).
Which bought me lots of eggs, ham/turkey slices, bread, bacon and cheap ready meals for the main meal.
It's not ideal and certainly not if you workout - I spend a rediculous ammount on food these days.
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Which bought me lots of eggs, ham/turkey slices, bread, bacon and cheap ready meals for the main meal.
It's not ideal and certainly not if you workout - I spend a rediculous ammount on food these days.
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LA_Chico
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more like 250$ bro, and thats pushing it, i spend like way more than that though dude
well for college life i think i can do it for $100. im making my bugget right now for the food i figure ill eat about 120 per month... and thats like 4 meals a day.. if i dont eat out then i think its possible... so far iv gotten been able to bugget 40 meals for 25 bucks, but thats just on differnt sandwiches though... if any one wants it i will post a compleate meal list here.. im also considering healty ness and YUMMMMMMYNESS too..
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I live cheap. I eat decent. I'm really only lacking on fresh produce. And maybe red meat. And as a busy full time student/full time employ who lifts and does numerous endurance athletics, meal preperation time and cost is very important.
$4.50 - 5 dozen eggs. I eat up to 12/day. Lasts about a week. 6g protien per.
$.50 - can of lowgrade tuna. I eat 3-6 per day. 33g protien per can.
$1.58 - 1 loaf of Granny's Delight Whole Grain Fiber Bread. A very healthy bread with each slice containing 6g fiber. Very important. I eat 4-8 slices a day.
$4.70 - 10 pound bag of chicken quarters. If I'm short on time I'll just through them in a pot and boil them. Takes about ten minutes to de-skin and the just wait. Lasts about 2 days.
$.70/pound - Whole chicken (about $2.50-4.00). Just pull the skin off and throw it in the oven at your preference. Sometimes I'll do 200F for 6-8 hours or 375F for 1-2 hours.
$1.50 - 1 pound bag of frozen stirfry veggies. Add some chicken if you want.
On the weekends I'll buy redmeat. Usually something cheap ($1.50-$2.50 per pound).
Also smoothies are cheap. Just throw some ice, yogurt, a banana (or strawberries or whatever), and some all natural peanut butter in the blender and viola! It's cheap ($1.00?), easy, healthy, and fills you up for a while.
OF course, if you don't have any dietary needs (no weightlifting, or slow metabolism, or care about health, etc...)you can live cheaper on roman noodles, PbJ, chefboyardee, etc...
$100 may be pushing eat. $150 is more realistic.
$4.50 - 5 dozen eggs. I eat up to 12/day. Lasts about a week. 6g protien per.
$.50 - can of lowgrade tuna. I eat 3-6 per day. 33g protien per can.
$1.58 - 1 loaf of Granny's Delight Whole Grain Fiber Bread. A very healthy bread with each slice containing 6g fiber. Very important. I eat 4-8 slices a day.
$4.70 - 10 pound bag of chicken quarters. If I'm short on time I'll just through them in a pot and boil them. Takes about ten minutes to de-skin and the just wait. Lasts about 2 days.
$.70/pound - Whole chicken (about $2.50-4.00). Just pull the skin off and throw it in the oven at your preference. Sometimes I'll do 200F for 6-8 hours or 375F for 1-2 hours.
$1.50 - 1 pound bag of frozen stirfry veggies. Add some chicken if you want.
On the weekends I'll buy redmeat. Usually something cheap ($1.50-$2.50 per pound).
Also smoothies are cheap. Just throw some ice, yogurt, a banana (or strawberries or whatever), and some all natural peanut butter in the blender and viola! It's cheap ($1.00?), easy, healthy, and fills you up for a while.
OF course, if you don't have any dietary needs (no weightlifting, or slow metabolism, or care about health, etc...)you can live cheaper on roman noodles, PbJ, chefboyardee, etc...
$100 may be pushing eat. $150 is more realistic.
Chicken nuggetts(the kind you heat in the oven) and french fries cost like 12 bucks for a weeks supply 
Grab some pasta and some soup and some bread for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and you can live for 100 bucks a month
Im not recommending this but I have done it when I have needed to.
Grab some pasta and some soup and some bread for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and you can live for 100 bucks a month Im not recommending this but I have done it when I have needed to.
THE_ADDMAN
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another good idea is chick peas and beans.
I saw em about 80c per can at Walmart where I live.
buy a can of each for less than 2 dollars, add a little italian salad dressing, shake and you have bean salad. full of fibre, carbs and protein
good few portions too. the bean salad yielded above is probably enough for 2 meals.
I saw em about 80c per can at Walmart where I live.
buy a can of each for less than 2 dollars, add a little italian salad dressing, shake and you have bean salad. full of fibre, carbs and protein
good few portions too. the bean salad yielded above is probably enough for 2 meals.
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I'm a big guy, and I spend about $800 per month. That's certainly not the norm.
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I'd say if you live alone and have pressures of student life then 300-500 bucks a month is a realistic figure.
If you wanna go medieval and eat beans, oatmeal and potatoes - then sure - you'll probably survive on 50 bucks a month or so. I can't do it though
PRMoon
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I think I spend like 20 dollars a month on food. Just enough to get a snack or something. My primary job is at the MGM Grand so I get free food there whenever I'm at work, which is alot. My secondary job promoting puts me in good standings with like 6 or 7 other casinos on S. Las Vegas Blvd so I get full access to their EDR's as well.
on a side note one of the girls i'm seeing pays for dinner everytime we go out so I get to eat for free then too!
I buy a new bottle of liquor every now and again...when I don't get a free one from work. I love my life.
on a side note one of the girls i'm seeing pays for dinner everytime we go out so I get to eat for free then too!
I buy a new bottle of liquor every now and again...when I don't get a free one from work. I love my life.
Reyaj
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good thread.
Everyone who lives on their own post exactly everything they ate yesterday.
Especially killa cause your thread makes it sound like you eat 24/7!
Everyone who lives on their own post exactly everything they ate yesterday.
Especially killa cause your thread makes it sound like you eat 24/7!
well back in my very cheap heyday... the early mid 90's... my target goal per month on food was 25$ per month.. and my reccord was 12$... how?
bake every day
( grew my own yeast-most spendy ingredient)
vegetable garden
everything from scratch
buy NOTHING premade or processed
only buy things on sale, be opportunistic
change food with the seasons
of course this is a possible only if you have the time, the will and the ability
bake every day
( grew my own yeast-most spendy ingredient)
vegetable garden
everything from scratch
buy NOTHING premade or processed
only buy things on sale, be opportunistic
change food with the seasons
of course this is a possible only if you have the time, the will and the ability
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