Inexpensive Diet

[daeinwolf]

Hello all,

 

For the past 4 months or so I have been weight training for a bit of mass. So far I have manged to pack on about 25 lbs of muscle by eating a constant supply of high protein food(about 3500 calories a day, 180g of protein). Unfortunately, I have recently been cut down to a fairly low spending budget. This is going to effect how much food I can buy. I was wondering if anyone here had any ideas of inexpensive yet high protein foods that I could keep me from loosing any weight.

 

Thanks in advance---Joshua

[Bretty101]

Milk and eggs are always gonna be cheap and an excellent source of protein. Might be high in fat, not sure if thats a problem for you?

 

When i was a student cash was a bit tight and i lived on milk and eggs. also, I don't know if it's the same where you are but big bags of frozen meat are quite cheap in supermarkets (in the UK anyway). Cheaper then the fresh stuff.

 

Nuts are another good source of protein. I can't think of anything else.

 

Though it usually seems expensive, protein supplements when you divide it up isn't that expensive. You pay a lot for 10Kg but that is a lot of 20g measures! worth considering!

 

Good luck!

 

Bretty

[Rich67]

Cheapest and best have gotta be eggs, tuna, and milk.

 

If you can wing it, a good whey protein powder can cost about $20 US. That can have about 20 servings in it, and if it's mixed with milk, it can push 25-30g of protein per serving. That's about a dollar a serving. I'm on a budget too. What I do is eliminate one meal (usually dinner) and drink my protein blend (10 oz of nonfat milk, one banana and two scoops of MEtRX whey powder). That gives me about 40g of protein (good quality, too), potassium from the banana, calcium, and some carbs for energy. I have eggs for breakfast (WHITES only! Throw out the yolks-fat and cholesterol) and some toast. I eat pretty much what I want for lunch (steak, chicken,etc). For snacks I have yogurt, peanut butter and nuts. That's a cheap diet. I figure for all my food each week, I spend about $50 US. Here's a list for you:

 

1) Protein powder (if you can afford it)

 

2) Cans of tuna

 

3) peanut butter

 

4) whole wheat bread

 

5) milk (nonfat or low)

 

6) bananas

 

7) eggs

 

nonfat yogurt

 

9) trail mix (mixed nuts)

 

That's the bare bones. I also get

 

10) green veggies

 

11) multi-vitamins

 

12) apples or pineapple

 

13) cereal

 

14) diet/caffeine free soda

 

That about does it. It's pretty cheap. I also buy frozen chicken breast and frozen meat for special occasions.

 

All things considered, it's eating for muscle on a budget. I'm not real big,I'm athletic, but I train 3x a week, lift weights 3x a week, do aerobics 2x a week and I am never hungry.

[WolverineGuy]

Go to Sams, and get a bag of frozen chicken breast...great source of protein, and cheap.