I recently moved, am looking for a new job etc… Well time is tough :D. Anyway, I managed to find the following at affordable prices,
Eggs
Milk
Cottage Cheese
Chicken breast
Wholemeat omega 3 bread (surprisingly cheap!)
Pasta
Dried sultanas/apricots
Avocado/nuts oil
Do you think I got everything for my diet? I mean, veggies are obviously missing, but is it such a big deal to actually bulk (appart from the fibers and vitamins which lack as a result) and gain real size.
It would look something like this in the end:
Meal 1: Eggs/milk/sultanas
You need fruit and veg. Take superfood at the very least. Dried sultanas/apricots are ok but you need variety. Omega 3 bread won’t have enough EPA and DHA. Even on a budget I would supplement fish oil.
I agree with Omca, include mixed nuts. Consider flax seed for more omega 3 plus fiber.
I hope you are not limiting your self on just these foods.
Peanuts are an incredible source of cheap calories. Go Through about 1-1.5 cups a day and you’ve added a considerable amount of calories without breaking the bank.
I recently found chorizo to be a super cheap protein source, and delicious I might add. It’s really, really fatty but I’m low carbing it and bulking as well. also get some oatmeal. I think beans are pretty cheap to relative to the amount of calories they contain.
I usually get canned but if you have the time and want to save money get dried beans. Always look through the paper and mailings that grocery stores send out for their weekly deals and coupons. I’ve got a coupon from Albertson’s I’m waiting to use for tomorrow. 3 lbs ground beef(27% fat) for $5.
That’s pretty well what I eat all the time… except I don’t eat bread much… I eat a LOT of oats… and don’t really eat pasta either… I also get 3.25% Milk… as well as frozen veg… seems to work… dirty it up every now and again, and you’re good…
Where’s the cheap canned food?! Tuna and sardines are cheap, easy, full of Omega 3’s, have lots of protein, blah blah blah
For veggies, try going for frozen. [Usually] cheaper and already chopped.
Buy the stir fry veggies, dump them in a pan with some oil/butter/cooking spray, add tuna/sardines, and stir fry that shit up. That was one of my easy/cheap/quick meals this past semester in college. Stir frying the sardines with sauces and spices takes away some of the strong flavor that some people hate.
If you’re feeling extra special, toss in canned shrimp (about 50 to 75 cents more expensive than tuna/sardines).
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Where’s the cheap canned food?! Tuna and sardines are cheap, easy, full of Omega 3’s, have lots of protein, blah blah blah
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How come no ground beef? Also, every supermarket puts out priced down meat. You can beautiful cuts marked down by dollars, usually coming out to just a dollar or two a pound-- which is incredibly cheap.
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bulldogtor wrote:
Where’s the cheap canned food?! Tuna and sardines are cheap, easy, full of Omega 3’s, have lots of protein, blah blah blah
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How come no ground beef? Also, every supermarket puts out priced down meat. You can beautiful cuts marked down by dollars, usually coming out to just a dollar or two a pound-- which is incredibly cheap.
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why are you eating only chicken and cottage cheese during a bulk??
Where is the:
Milk
Peanut butter
BEEF !!!
and dont forget pizza and burgers…
Thanks for your input guys, indeed I didn’t think of frozen veggies. They’re indeed really cheap compared to fresh products.
I also found some good deals on ham, and peanuts were really a great idea as well.
@B-rok: My initial question did not concern which food had protein, but fiber intakes (then if there are still a trillion thred on this, k my apologies, or just don’t answer to it?).
Ratchet, /bow for the input as well but I prefer to try keeping it as clean as possible (for the heal benefits of eating good too). So not more than a pizza per week for me :D.
