Food is making me broke!

[redneck99]

It seems no matter the amout of money I make I will always find a way to spend more. Now it's on food! I spend $400 to $500 on groceries alone from Wal-Mart. That's the cheapest place for me to buy my food where I live.

On top of all that I buy protein shakes everyday on my way to the gym for the convience. Not to metion the 10lb bucket of protein powder a month.

This is getting crazy. I eat all day long. I'm hungry as shit right now posting this and I just ate like an hour ago. :(

Please tell me I'm not the only one.

[BBAddict]

I'm feeling your pain man. I've eaten four times today and I was just checking the clock to see if I could go eat again.

I spend about $400/mo on real food and then buy all my supplements in addition to that from online sources. I guess it's the price I have to pay to look this damn good! :D

I hear a couple dollar monster burger from Hardees fills you up pretty good though!

[bonebreaker]

I think most people who eat correctly suffer throught this too. I too, am hungry all the time. But when it seems worse, is RIGHT after I eat!! I can have my last protein bar at 3:30-4:00pm, and by the time I get home and start my workout about 5:30, I could eat a mule's pecker fried in tar. But by 7-7:30, depending on what body parts I have worked, I'm not very hungry at all, just a bit woosy from low blood sugar. Then, after I eat dinner, I'm hungry even before I put the dishes away. Weird. BB

[BBAddict]

So hungry. Mmmmm, a mule's pecker fried in tar. Sounds yummy!

[Bouncer]

One word, COSTCO. If you dont belong, join. Wholesale clubs save me a ton of money.

[Luftdude]

Originally posted by THE BOUNCER
One word, COSTCO. If you dont belong, join. Wholesale clubs save me a ton of money.

Yep, they sure do. And if there's no Costco in your area, there's always Sam's Club.

LD

[shortz]

Originally posted by THE BOUNCER
One word, COSTCO. If you dont belong, join. Wholesale clubs save me a ton of money.

You beat me to it. Wal-Mart owns Sam's club too. It is a whole sale place and if you have anything like it near you, join! You can buy alot of bulk stuff, anything you can find in a grocery store you will find in these places. When I am trying to bulk, I would go and buy huge tubs of cottage cheese and several lbs of cheese, nuts, frozen foods...

[Timma]

I belong to BJ's and I always come home with a shit load of food. My fiance keeps telling me I can't go alone anymore cause I bring so much home. I need a bigger freezer.

[meat12]

Sams club is the definalty a great place.

Any place where I can buy a half years supply of toliet paper in one trip is the place for me....lol

[redneck99]

I got a Sams club membership through the girlfriend's parents...... does it really save you alot of cash??? I guess in the meatdept. right? I figured Wally World already save's you quite a bit though....

I'll have to take a trip to Sams Club this weekend to check it out. Thanx guys! :) :)

[BBAddict]

Yeah, they just opened a Costco near me, so now I can get all my chicken, tuna, cottage cheese there. I'm not sure how much I'll save. Have you guys (that have Costco's) found that they have decent red meat too--and if so what kind of red meat do you buy there? I've been considering buying some kind of lean cut of beef and grinding it for lean burger.

[comsquat]

Red meat is unbelievable

[therock]

I am spending too much too. I spend $600 a month.

[Scrumhalf]

If you guys post your weekly grocery bill here, we may be able to offer suggestions on less expensive replacements that are just as good.

Do you have a grocery store in your area that has a bulk food section (that is a section where the stuff is in big bins and you scoop it into plastic bag). As a rule of thumb, I try to buy as many things as I can from the bulk food section - this includes rice, flour, pasta, oatmeal, etc. etc. Avoid buying boxed food as much as possible - you will save that way.

[Puddles]

Originally posted by BBAddict
Have you guys (that have Costco's) found that they have decent red meat too--and if so what kind of red meat do you buy there? I've been considering buying some kind of lean cut of beef and grinding it for lean burger.

I don't know which cut it was, but I was getting a pretty lean steak there, then when I got home I trimmed it around the edges (that was the only vissible fatty area) and ground it up for burgers and meatloaf. Tasted much better than the meat I was getting at the butcher and much leaner than anything they did for me.

I'm a huge fan of Costco/Sam's club. Their chicken tenders are considerably less expensive than in the supermarket and I have a big chest freezer in the garage so when I go shopping I stock up buying 6-10 packages at a time. Milk is 50 cents a gallon cheaper, so I get that in bulk and freeze it too. Costco has bags of 6 peppers (big ones and I stuff em with ground turkey) 2 red, 2 yellow, 2 orange for $6. They have a big container of mixed greens for salad for about $4. Disposable goods (cups, plates, etc.) are much cheaper there and so is Splenda.