[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
I live in CA so things are probably more expensive, but I spend about $750 per month on food. I also lean towards organic and free range/grass fed products.[/quote]
Are you coastal? Check out Creston Valley Meats. They deliver along the coast from SD up to SF. I’ve gotten grass-fed ground beef as cheap as $3.50/lb from them.
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
I just told my coworkers how much I spend on food a week and apparently I’m WAY above average.
They aren’t atheltes of any kind, and not particularly health conscious yet my $75-110 a week on food is way mmore then they spend. I buy mostly produce, so maybe that’s part of it.
what about you guys? I would imagine most of you eat fairly well.[/quote]
$25 a week for myself because I’m cutting, $40-$50 when Bulking and $70 additional once a month for ON Whey Protein.
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
I just told my coworkers how much I spend on food a week and apparently I’m WAY above average.
They aren’t atheltes of any kind, and not particularly health conscious yet my $75-110 a week on food is way mmore then they spend. I buy mostly produce, so maybe that’s part of it.
what about you guys? I would imagine most of you eat fairly well.[/quote]
$25 a week for myself because I’m cutting, $40-$50 when Bulking and $70 additional once a month for ON Whey Protein. [/quote]
Damn man. You are on one hell of a cut.
[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
[quote]AccipiterQ wrote:
[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Anonymity wrote:
I should probably stop buying the grass fed beef cuts from whole foods. Those run easily $50-60 a week for 4lbs. But they are damn tasty.
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Do you have any small meat markets or butchers that you trust for quality nearby? Those are some crazy prices for grass fed beef.[/quote]
$15/pound for grass fed beef is expensive???
FML I can’t even buy non-grassfed beef for that price…
FML I have to move out of this frackin area…
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Ummm…I’ve never heard of something like top round being more than 4.99/lbs. and that’s living in Boston. Where the hell do you live? [/quote]
In DC mate…
Sure you can pick up some swill for $5, but I like better cuts of meat…sirloin, ribeye, etc…I paid $10.99 for my 16 oz ribeye yesterday…and that was on special at Giant…
I could probably save money buying more in bulk, but I travel a lot for work so I’m pretty much stuck buying things separately or else it will go bad…[/quote]
I live in DC as well… my “monday-friday” grocery store trip is about $80-$85, and my weekend trip is around $25… not counting several cheat meals or any supplements at all
I laugh when I see people claiming you can get “a dozen eggs for like $1” on some of these threads…shit is like $3.50 for generic brand here
However this is all relative, because salaries generally reflect local cost of living
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
I just told my coworkers how much I spend on food a week and apparently I’m WAY above average.
They aren’t atheltes of any kind, and not particularly health conscious yet my $75-110 a week on food is way mmore then they spend. I buy mostly produce, so maybe that’s part of it.
what about you guys? I would imagine most of you eat fairly well.[/quote]
$25 a week for myself because I’m cutting, $40-$50 when Bulking and $70 additional once a month for ON Whey Protein. [/quote]
Damn man. You are on one hell of a cut.[/quote]
[quote]scj119 wrote:
However this is all relative, because salaries generally reflect local cost of living
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I live in NJ, 15 miles outside of Manhattan where the salaries and COL are high. Even here I see $1 for a dozen eggs from time to time. Not on sale, it’s $2.79. Usually Walgreens will run sales on them. You guys don’t have Sam’s Club, Costco, or BJ’s near DC?
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
I just told my coworkers how much I spend on food a week and apparently I’m WAY above average.
They aren’t atheltes of any kind, and not particularly health conscious yet my $75-110 a week on food is way mmore then they spend. I buy mostly produce, so maybe that’s part of it.
what about you guys? I would imagine most of you eat fairly well.[/quote]
$25 a week for myself because I’m cutting, $40-$50 when Bulking and $70 additional once a month for ON Whey Protein. [/quote]
Damn man. You are on one hell of a cut.[/quote]
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Lol. I’m sure it would cost me way more than that if I using coke but it is the best way to cut and lose teeth at the same time.
i spend at least $150 a week on beer and pork scratchings
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
Lol. I’m sure it would cost me way more than that if I using coke but it is the best way to cut and lose teeth at the same time. [/quote]
coke doest make your teeth fall out… thats crack and meth brah
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
I just told my coworkers how much I spend on food a week and apparently I’m WAY above average.
They aren’t atheltes of any kind, and not particularly health conscious yet my $75-110 a week on food is way mmore then they spend. I buy mostly produce, so maybe that’s part of it.
what about you guys? I would imagine most of you eat fairly well.[/quote]
$25 a week for myself because I’m cutting, $40-$50 when Bulking and $70 additional once a month for ON Whey Protein. [/quote]
Damn man. You are on one hell of a cut.[/quote]
Weekly
Eggs $8.00
Cheese $3.00
Powdered Juice Mix $4.00
Ketchup $2.50
Apple Sauce ???
Oatmeal $4.00
Brown Sugar $5.00
$26.50
3 shakes a day and 3 solid meals @ 2200-2500 a day.
[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
Lol. I’m sure it would cost me way more than that if I using coke but it is the best way to cut and lose teeth at the same time. [/quote]
coke doest make your teeth fall out… thats crack and meth brah[/quote]
Lol. Guess you noticed my level of experience with drugs then.
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
I just told my coworkers how much I spend on food a week and apparently I’m WAY above average.
They aren’t atheltes of any kind, and not particularly health conscious yet my $75-110 a week on food is way mmore then they spend. I buy mostly produce, so maybe that’s part of it.
what about you guys? I would imagine most of you eat fairly well.[/quote]
$25 a week for myself because I’m cutting, $40-$50 when Bulking and $70 additional once a month for ON Whey Protein. [/quote]
Damn man. You are on one hell of a cut.[/quote]
Weekly
Eggs $8.00
Cheese $3.00
Powdered Juice Mix $4.00
Ketchup $2.50
Apple Sauce ???
Oatmeal $4.00
Brown Sugar $5.00
$26.50
3 shakes a day and 3 solid meals @ 2200-2500 a day.
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Ahh makes since then. How are you spending a month on protein powder then?
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
I just told my coworkers how much I spend on food a week and apparently I’m WAY above average.
They aren’t atheltes of any kind, and not particularly health conscious yet my $75-110 a week on food is way mmore then they spend. I buy mostly produce, so maybe that’s part of it.
what about you guys? I would imagine most of you eat fairly well.[/quote]
$25 a week for myself because I’m cutting, $40-$50 when Bulking and $70 additional once a month for ON Whey Protein. [/quote]
Damn man. You are on one hell of a cut.[/quote]
Weekly
Eggs $8.00
Cheese $3.00
Powdered Juice Mix $4.00
Ketchup $2.50
Apple Sauce ???
Oatmeal $4.00
Brown Sugar $5.00
$26.50
3 shakes a day and 3 solid meals @ 2200-2500 a day.
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Damn dude, no meat! I do not envy you lol.
That’s a lie. I do envy how little you spend.
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
I just told my coworkers how much I spend on food a week and apparently I’m WAY above average.
They aren’t atheltes of any kind, and not particularly health conscious yet my $75-110 a week on food is way mmore then they spend. I buy mostly produce, so maybe that’s part of it.
what about you guys? I would imagine most of you eat fairly well.[/quote]
$25 a week for myself because I’m cutting, $40-$50 when Bulking and $70 additional once a month for ON Whey Protein. [/quote]
Damn man. You are on one hell of a cut.[/quote]
Weekly
Eggs $8.00
Cheese $3.00
Powdered Juice Mix $4.00
Ketchup $2.50
Apple Sauce ???
Oatmeal $4.00
Brown Sugar $5.00
$26.50
3 shakes a day and 3 solid meals @ 2200-2500 a day.
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Ahh makes since then. How are you spending a month on protein powder then?[/quote]
I spend $70 a month on ON Whey protein from amazon. Cost $70 shipped for 10lbs with a subscription. This give me 5 scoops a day for the month.
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]farmerson12 wrote:
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
I just told my coworkers how much I spend on food a week and apparently I’m WAY above average.
They aren’t atheltes of any kind, and not particularly health conscious yet my $75-110 a week on food is way mmore then they spend. I buy mostly produce, so maybe that’s part of it.
what about you guys? I would imagine most of you eat fairly well.[/quote]
$25 a week for myself because I’m cutting, $40-$50 when Bulking and $70 additional once a month for ON Whey Protein. [/quote]
Damn man. You are on one hell of a cut.[/quote]
Weekly
Eggs $8.00
Cheese $3.00
Powdered Juice Mix $4.00
Ketchup $2.50
Apple Sauce ???
Oatmeal $4.00
Brown Sugar $5.00
$26.50
3 shakes a day and 3 solid meals @ 2200-2500 a day.
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Damn dude, no meat! I do not envy you lol.
That’s a lie. I do envy how little you spend.
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I surely buy meat when I bulk. Usually 2 bags of chicken for $11 and a package of steak for about $19. I also increase my oatmeal intake and double up on the that but at max I still only hit $55 a week. I used to eat out all the time and found that I could spend $100 in 3 days on junk. Sat down one day and started taking bodybuilding more seriously and it started saving me a ton of money. I’m 249 down from 265 and heading towards 175 @ 5’7". Cutting saves me a ton of money.
I spend about $260/mo, excl supplements & (nice) meals out, living in downtown Boston. I started last fall at closer to $400 and scrupulously worked my way down. Eating mostly paleo doesn’t help to keep the costs down, nor does my recently acquired STRONG preference for organic, grass-fed, grass-finished beef.
Total $261
Meat makes up the bulk of my cost, and of that the most expensive part is beef. For anyone like me, who’s liable to get arrested if we attempted to slaughter livestock in our apartments or who don’t have the balls (Squiggles, mad props, if you’re in new england; you kill it, I’ll cook it), the next best thing is definitely joining a CSA program. I have an arrangement to get local, organic, grass-fed & finished meats home delivered monthly for about $9/lb. It’s a little cheaper if you can go pick them up, but the $1.50/lb on delivery is worth it if you can’t get out of the city during the workday. With 15lbs of meat per mo, this is about $135/mo and forms the base. I used this site to find my CSA: Eat Wild - Find Your State.
If you don’t feel like a CSA, or it’s hard to get one in your area (there’s only one accessible from downtown Boston), go to Trader’s or Costco. At Costco, lean cuts of non-organic should cost between $2.49 (stew beef, but it stir fries fine) and $4.99 (steak tips, yum!) per pound. Non-organic chicken should be about $1.99/lb. I’ve heard Somers Organic (organic, grass fed & finished) runs about $9lb there, but haven’t confirmed yet. Trader’s will sell you an organic, “all vegetarian feed” (I’m guessing corn) ~2.5lb tri-tip steak roast for $5.99/lb (~$15/roast). I’m pretty disciplined with my portions (I section it into 1/4lb cuts - ~20-25g protein ea.), so each one lasts me about a week. A box of 6 cartons of egg whites (I use 1/2 carton per breakfast - ~30g protein) runs about $8 at Costco; individual cartons are about $2 at Trader’s.
For anybody that spends time on this site, organic, grass fed, grass finished meats are worth it - saturated fats are where antibiotics & toxins build up (e.g., organic important) and the Omega-3/6 ratio of fats is wildly different between grass fed and finished (important - many grass fed cattle still are finished on corn feed, which seriously undoes a lot of the good Omega-3/6 ratio). Hence, if you’re looking to get more ripped, making this change can make a big difference.
Veggies - you can also go CSA for your veggies, which is about $25/mo for one person (at Boston Organics) and gets you organic veggies home delivered. I have always had trouble consuming fresh veggies fast enough, so I prefer to go the frozen route. A 5lbs bag of pre-cut, medley frozen veggies at Costco will run you about $6. Toss on to that some spinach for about the same, and you can get your fill of veggies for less than $30/mo.
Carbs - if you’re a fortunate soul that can eat a lot of them, then your diet will be cheaper. As for me, I only eat legumes, but buying smart these only run $20/mo. When I have to run out to the local corner store, this shoots up to about $45, but still not bad.
Healthy Lunch - I’ve befriended and trained one of the local lunch proprietors downtown to make a nice chicken stir-fry w/ steamed veggies for about $4.50. Each one lasts me two days. To this, I add some canned beans to end up at around $6 per two days, or $60 for 20 work days/mo. Obviously, this is a splurge for convenience, so my meal costs could be a bit cheaper w/o it.
These are the costs for Boston, which has one of the highest COL’s in the nation, so I think most places will be a lot cheaper. For example, my college roommates from Austin and Newport News used to think Costco here was expensive compared to their local supermarkets.
Happy hunting (and eating).
~Sailor Peg
[quote]Blaze_108 wrote:
I’m a poor college student, but…
3lbs pork, 3lbs chicken, 3lbs hamburger-~18
3 gallons of milk ~$10
4 lbs rice ~$2.50
36 eggs ~$4.00
6 sweet potatoes ~$4.50
12 bananas $2.50
Total: $41.50
that’s if i stick to my diet 100%. I usually buy some extra snacks or something though. Gets me ~4200 cals/day.[/quote]
shit, i need to shop where u shop.
My List
3lbs beef - $15
2lbs chicken - $8
1 gallon organic milk - $8
dozen omega 3 eggs - $4
sausage link - $5
6 pack beer - $8
bread - $3
beans - $3
ice cream - $6
bananas - $3
produce - $10
$70 - $80/week
I get paid once a month. So week 1 I spend around $150, Week 2 about 75, Week 3 about 50, and we eat at the in laws on Week 4.
Trips to the grocery store are no longer fun when you have an 11 month old bottomless pit to feed.
my food bill averages around $10/day if I eat at home.
[quote]Onslaught2099 wrote:
Sat down one day and started taking bodybuilding more seriously and it started saving me a ton of money. I’m 249 down from 265 and heading towards 175 @ 5’7". Cutting saves me a ton of money.
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WHAAAAAAT?!?