Not enough food in my house. Help, please.
anezil93
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So, I'm trying to lose inches and gain muscle. I have the motivation and the workouts. But, the problem is that there's barely any food in my house. I don't get paid again until near the end of April. Any tips on what I can do to stay on top of my healthy eating until I get paid again?
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Depends on what you have available0
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AmberSue09 wrote: »Depends on what you have available
Barely anything. I only had enough money to buy snacks but, not anything I can make a meal out of unfortunately.0 -
Rice and beans are dead cheap for huge amounts. Might not be the most interesting diet, but it will keep you fed. What do you mean by snacks?0
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My budget for groceries is also limited. When it gets close to pay day we usually just do lots of eggs and toast or pasta. Planning your meals next time will help with what to get grocery wise.0
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Rice, beans, eggs, pasta, potatoes (a bag for like, $4), broccoli, lettuce, carrots, salt, pepper, garlic, canned tomatoes are all healthy and super cheap.0
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Eat whatever you have and fit it within your calories
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Where do you live?
Maybe food banks or charity places or even local produce stands...see if you can trade out volunteered time for their products!0 -
Beans and rice like others said. Perfect protein.
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Fruit.Alatariel75 wrote: »Rice and beans are dead cheap for huge amounts. Might not be the most interesting diet, but it will keep you fed. What do you mean by snacks?
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Make a big pot of spaghetti bolognese. The ingredients are cheap and you'll have plenty of leftovers. You could also make a big pot of veggie soup.0
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Since its almost easter, eggs are on sale around here for crazy cheap right now.0
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Eggs, brown rice (available in big bags that are cheaper), cottage cheese, oatmeal, frozen fruits and veggies, beans (cheaper dried than canned). You can do it! It might be bland and repetitive, but it will be healthy and stretch your budget. You could also make up large batches of spaghetti w meat sauce. You can reall stretch a pound of ground beef a long way like that. Check out Pinterest for ideas to stretch a grocery budget.0
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When I was in university, I had no money. Luckily, my dad used to come by with a box of groceries every once in a while. It's really important to have things that are low-cost, high-yield in your cupboards at all times. These are things that might require a bit of investment at the beginning of the month, but are some of the cheapest things you can eat in the long run. Bags of rice, oats (the ones you have to actually cook, because they are cheaper), canned beans, value packs of canned tuna, soy sauce, peanut butter, balsamic vinegar, eggs- these things last a LONG time and a huge combination of meals can be made from them. This is the only way to stretch a budget, not by buying snacky items.
That advice doesn't seem to be able to help you now. See if there are any food banks in your area to top up for the rest of the month. I used to help run a food bank at my university. It might not seem like food banks are "for you", but if your shelves are bare, they are there for you. Visitors to food banks are people who need food in the short term (many visitors only go there once in their lives) , and that's what they are there for.0 -
Walk into a soup kitchen, food bank or a church and get food.0
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AmberSue09 wrote: »Depends on what you have available
Barely anything. I only had enough money to buy snacks but, not anything I can make a meal out of unfortunately.
If you can afford to buy snacks, you can afford bags of rice and beans.
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AmberSue09 wrote: »Depends on what you have available
Barely anything. I only had enough money to buy snacks but, not anything I can make a meal out of unfortunately.
If you can afford to buy snacks, you can afford bags of rice and beans.
That was my thoughts too. A box of Little Debbies cost $1 and chips $4 here, I can get a bag of rice, a bag of beans and 4 cans of tuna for that price and it's going to last a heck of a lot longer......0 -
amyrebeccah wrote: »
Well, except she said she bought fruit, not Little Debbies.ShandaLeaS wrote: »AmberSue09 wrote: »Depends on what you have available
Barely anything. I only had enough money to buy snacks but, not anything I can make a meal out of unfortunately.
If you can afford to buy snacks, you can afford bags of rice and beans.
That was my thoughts too. A box of Little Debbies cost $1 and chips $4 here, I can get a bag of rice, a bag of beans and 4 cans of tuna for that price and it's going to last a heck of a lot longer......
OP, eggs, rice, beans, potatoes. Find the cheapest veggies you can to keep vitamins in you (onions are surprisingly good for this), and although you may not like this, veggies are often a bigger nutritional bang for the money than fruit is. Check out food kitchens in your area.
Great ideas. Also, see what grocery stores have on sale in your area. See if they will price match and take the time to shop around a bit to purchase things that can be stretched a long way.
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Just so I understand, you have little or no food and won't get paid til the end of next month?
That is one way to lose weight.0 -
beemerphile1 wrote: »Just so I understand, you have little or no food and won't get paid til the end of next month?
That is one way to lose weight.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Sadly fruit is more pricey than staples - but it is doable. I buy a box of stuff to send a friend in another state every couple of months - $50 gets me nearly 50 pounds of food - enough to feed her, hubs & kid for atleast a month.
Beans, rice, canned tuna/chicken/beef. Frozen veggies. Pasta. Oats. Peanut butter, saltines, soy sauce, cheap sauces (ranch, mustard, bbq). It gets repetitive, but it's food. Plus there are lots of sites that show how to cook different meals w/ the same ingredients.0 -
http://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank/?_ga=1.96038495.2101428355.1427740629
Go to this website if you are in the US and enter your zip code. It will show you the nearest food banks.
Next time you get paid, post here and plenty of folks can help you create a menu and grocery list to fit your budget.0
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