Thread: What do you spend per week on food.

Originally Posted by Hammerlynn

Not to sound like a total dork but I saw your story on BB.com about a month or so ago. Truly amazing. I started where you did and will look back about once a week to remind myself that I can do it! Is that stalking?

*dork rant over*

Thank you dear.

Its only stalking if I dont like it....

Originally Posted by Uthinkso

eggs are pretty cheap and the bags or frozen chicken breast from Costco rock.

Frozen chicken breasts in the uk are somethings like 30% water so when you grill them they shrink, I find a 6 piece bag lasts me 2 days maximum which is why i dont buy them.

Originally Posted by KentDog

Right on.. I spend about $75/week, plus supplements every three months. I try to load up when things are on sale (buy boneless skinless chicken breasts at $1.99/lb and freeze them, cottage cheese at $1.28/container six at a time, etc.).

Yeah same here man. The problem is I just moved to the Lower East Side and there is a small grocery store about a block away. It's definitely convenient to say the least, but the prices are crazy for chicken breast. But hey, I gotsa do what I gotsa do.

Originally Posted by leg_press

Frozen chicken breasts in the uk are somethings like 30% water so when you grill them they shrink, I find a 6 piece bag lasts me 2 days maximum which is why i dont buy them.

I buy the raw ones that are usually on sale for all the picnic holidays here(4th of july, president's day) and freeze em.

Originally Posted by leg_press

Frozen chicken breasts in the uk are somethings like 30% water so when you grill them they shrink, I find a 6 piece bag lasts me 2 days maximum which is why i dont buy them.

That really annoys me, too.

My god, I must be in grocery heaven hearing these prices. I am just one guy but I eat 7 meals a day almost all of the time, and I spend a little over $200 a month on groceries for myself.

Are you all including supplements in this too? I probably spend another $100 on vitamines, carb gels, and whey/egg protein every month.

I just found a great health food store that has all my wonderous organic needs also so that will probably up my bill a significant amount because I'll be buying in smaller amounts with greater frequency and organic foods are all more expensive.

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MAN! I Shop at super walmart for normal stuff. I used to get my produce at a place called henrys but whole foods (those stingy bastards) bought em and shut them down. I refuse to pay 3 dollars for a flippin red pepper. . . I'm a broke entreprenure but even if my venture blows up, I'm never shopping at that fufu wallet crushing store of yuppies!
now i'm forced to eat crappy tasting broccoli sprayed with god knows what kind of chemicals that will force me to sprout an 11th toe when i drink milk on a full moon!
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I spend like 75 a week. Unless i'm reuppin my supps then like 150.

Originally Posted by motiv8ed

[RANT]
MAN! I Shop at super walmart for normal stuff. I used to get my produce at a place called henrys but whole foods (those stingy bastards) bought em and shut them down. I refuse to pay 3 dollars for a flippin red pepper. . . I'm a broke entreprenure but even if my venture blows up, I'm never shopping at that fufu wallet crushing store of yuppies!
now i'm forced to eat crappy tasting broccoli sprayed with god knows what kind of chemicals that will force me to sprout an 11th toe when i drink milk on a full moon!
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I spend like 75 a week. Unless i'm reuppin my supps then like 150.

The Walmart out here even has organic stuff now.

You should check out sprouts. it is like Whole foods buy way cheaper.

Originally Posted by P-funk

The Walmart out here even has organic stuff now.

You should check out sprouts. it is like Whole foods buy way cheaper.

Yeah i just bought some of walmarts organic stuff :/ Its nothing like sprouts/henrys/whole foods/AJ's
Walmart has "lesser" organic foods. Its like they sold all the good organic stuff to those other places and pawned off the midget veggies to walmart.

I wish we had a sprouts out here... or a sunflower :/ The closest thing is an AJ's on 69th ave and that place is in the middle of a bitter price war with whole foods on who has the most expensive greenery.

yea, AJs and Wholefoods are super overpriced. I typically go to Sprouts or Trader Joes. I have never been to Sunflower, but I have heard that it was a good place to shop.

Actually, the Frye's Markey place near my house is huge and has lots of good stuff.

Originally Posted by Plateau_Max

My god, I must be in grocery heaven hearing these prices. I am just one guy but I eat 7 meals a day almost all of the time, and I spend a little over $200 a month on groceries for myself.

Are you all including supplements in this too? I probably spend another $100 on vitamines, carb gels, and whey/egg protein every month.

I just found a great health food store that has all my wonderous organic needs also so that will probably up my bill a significant amount because I'll be buying in smaller amounts with greater frequency and organic foods are all more expensive.

I can't even imagine putting the grocery bill and supplement bill together.. that would be scary!

Originally Posted by crazy_enough

Thank you dear.

Its only stalking if I dont like it....

Holy God! Yours is an amazing story!

My sister just had gastric bypass surgery (like 6 months ago) she was somewhere like 260lbs at 22/23 years old. I tried my hardest to get her into the gym so the fitness lifestyle bug would bite her. I just think she didnt believe it was possible to achieve the success that you are proud to experience.

I wish I had your story to show her back in the day...

Originally Posted by motiv8ed

Holy God! Yours is an amazing story!

My sister just had gastric bypass surgery (like 6 months ago) she was somewhere like 260lbs at 22/23 years old. I tried my hardest to get her into the gym so the fitness lifestyle bug would bite her. I just think she didnt believe it was possible to achieve the success that you are proud to experience.

I wish I had your story to show her back in the day...

One of the biggest reasons that people fail on their fat loss/lifestyle goals is that they can't envision themselves as that leaner, healthier person. They only think that they are this overweight, over fat person and that is how it is for life "it is my genetics". They sabatoge themselves before they even beging....START WITH THE END IN MIND!

Originally Posted by P-funk

One of the biggest reasons that people fail on their fat loss/lifestyle goals is that they can't envision themselves as that leaner, healthier person.

So true - I had that same problem 2 years ago going into college. Was like 245lb and not having a lot of luck losing it. Then over winter break I got incredibly sick and lost 45lbs in roughly 3 weeks (healthy right? ) After that I saw myself without all the extra fat and thought it was awesome, so I kept going with it. 159-164lbs now depending on water weight, but some of that is muscle I have put on too