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Budget Diet
comanighttrain
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Thats an intertesting question!
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1 - Bake beans on toast for a week and deal with the side effects during and for weeks after!!
2 - The kelloggs 3 bowls a day but use supermarkets own instaed!!!!!
Its a hard question as your training needs will need to be put into the equation. Caloerie in and calories burnt. Also the added problem of fruit and veg.
Looks like you will shopping late at night when the food is reduced.
2 options
1 - Bake beans on toast for a week and deal with the side effects during and for weeks after!!
2 - The kelloggs 3 bowls a day but use supermarkets own instaed!!!!!
Its a hard question as your training needs will need to be put into the equation. Caloerie in and calories burnt. Also the added problem of fruit and veg.
Looks like you will shopping late at night when the food is reduced.
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Given £50 to last a week whats the best diet you can come up with?
If you have some ingredients in mind/int eh cupboard, and would like a recipe suggestion pm me and i'll see what i can do. Oh dear i've just put the pressure right on myself here
I live on £25 a week, I train approx 3 hours a day, meaning I have to cover about 5000 calories a day.
My shopping list is pretty much
porridge, porridge, porridge!
milk
soreen
bananas
cereals
bread
tuna
mince, pasta, salmon etc.
you get the idea. I used to be spending a comfortable 50 a week last year, but i was spending too much, and it was all on training food as I needed the calories, so I changed to getting huge amount of porridge/milk/soreen/bananas to cover the training side, I buy in huge bulk so I have the rest of the money to spend on nice food.
I also buy no alcohol, no sweets, no cakes etc.
Its not that hard to be honest you just have to plan before you go in and only buy whats on the list.
But for 30 pounds you can get loads of lean meat and fruit and veg.
Plus the odd I'VE TRAINED HARD AND I AM DAMN WELL EATING THIS CHOCOLATE
I plan my weeks food by meals.
so i look for the good deals
I shop in morrisons and they often have large potatoes in packs of 4 for 72 pence, so two meals( 2 spuds per meal) and tin of tuna
I'll also spend 8 pounds a week on meat, so you have to addapt each week to get what you looking for, so this week i've bought chicken breasts x 4 £ 3.99 and some turkey meat £ 3.49.
Fruit and veg is easy because you can buy it loose.
Planning mate is the key, maybe i've got too much time on my hands.
If your wanting a diet to lose weight, i'm not your man, as i dont think this sport is for losing weight, that should happen naturally.
need any other help give me a shout.
I am gonna buy a lof of frozen meats to keep my protien up so that i dont get too skinny for my other sports interests..ASDA fbudget chicken for the win i think.
though not as great a one as £40 a week for 8 people.. ;-)
didds
Breakfast - 10p (porridge + milk)
Snacks - Fruit (banana/apple) £1.00
Lunch. Home made soup (20p)
Dinner: Without meat - £1.00, with meat £2.00
Drinks - water or a bit of coffee.
Probably about £15 - £20 per week, tops.
I don't shop at the supermarket. I only buy seasonal veg.
I don't buy processed food or prepared meals.
I go for quality - I'm not shopping for a budget, but for health and ethics.
Of course, If I am away from home - as is often the case, I will end up eating out.
Although, given the vast amount of weight I've put on, I had planned on just getting some muesli and eating that in my hotel room while finishing off "How Life Ruined My Triathlon" (my soon to be published book).
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