Does anyone else find bodybuilding prohibitively expensive?

[Littleguy]

I was natty for about 20 years and still had gains, slow, steady with ass busting effort is where it's at.

I have never found it to be prohibitively expensive unless i flipped out and bought a bunch of useless supplements, be wise with your choices.

 

[marx]

A 50 lb bag of steel cut oats from Honeyville costs 58 bucks -shipped!

Chicken on sale. Check the newspaper, there is a sale on boneless breast or thighs every week at one grocery store or another. People make fun of all the chicken I eat. It is affordable.

Protein costs, milk, cottage cheese, beef, fish... but if you keep your eyes open, purchase in bulk when sales hit...

You gotta plan ahead, cook ahead to eat less expensively.

 

[Stumpy]

Chicken breast - $3.50 per pound
Peanut butter 8oz - $8.22 (if you can find the stuff anywhere).
Fresh milk $1.99 per 33.8 US fluid ounces
Ground beef $3.00 per pound
Veg is seldom eaten over here and is a bit pricey.

 

[Hero Swole]

Nobody in here mentioned tuna yet.

64 cents a can

 

[mustang_00]

there was a guy on another board planning his cycle around the dollar menu at mcdonalds... it was a insane cycle. never happened though cause his house blew away or some shit!?

 

[TheClap]

We eat a BB clean diet year round but when we did a Paleo type diet our food bill for the week was nearly doubled . It's the " organic " component that does this , I'm not sure if it's the same in the U.S. but here it makes the cost unreasonable especially with the quantities of food we eat .

The whole "Organic" thing is a crock of shit anyway. At least in the US it is. My sister owns a small farm. She was looking into getting the "Organic" certification... what's required? You pay a fee. That's it. That's the only ****in difference between the small bruised crappy looking fruits and veges and the large plump ones. Somebody paid a fee so they could get their certification and now they sell there shittiest looking produce for twice what they sell their good stuff for and just label it "organic."

 

[slicwilly2000]

Chicken breast - $3.50 per pound
Peanut butter 8oz - $8.22 (if you can find the stuff anywhere).
Fresh milk $1.99 per 33.8 US fluid ounces
Ground beef $3.00 per pound
Veg is seldom eaten over here and is a bit pricey.

In my state I routinely pick up chicken breast for no more than $1.99 a lb. Unless that peanut butter is organic you're paying way too much. 95% lean ground beef is $4.59 lb. Fresh milk is $2.49 a gallon which equates to 3.78 L. 1 lb of frozen spinach is $1.69 lb. No idea what the fish oil costs. Protein powder is around $16.80 give or take per week. 32 oz of egg whites is $4.59. 1 dozen eggs is $1 You can get cucumbers for 25 cents at the farmers market. Bananas are 49 cents a lb. I would say I spend about $200 on food and $54 on protein powder. I find protein powder very convenient at work. Add water then shake and presto you have a protein drink. Get some oats. I get the ones that are pre-measured for about $1 for 3 servings. That way I don't have to measure. Add hot water and you got your carbs. I forget what almonds cost. I think it was around $12 for 32 oz, so those are cheap as well. Substitute chicken breast for sirloin steak. 32oz of fat free cottage cheese is $2.49 I go through a pint of olive oil a week which costs $4.03 for the good stuff that I like. All the prices I posted are what I pay on sale.

Slic.

 

[marx]

Nobody in here mentioned tuna yet.

64 cents a can

Right on! Cheaper in the big restaurant supply can too!

 

[Stumpy]

I'm shopping in Spain......and the ground beef is mixed with pork. Peanut butter is fk expensive over here and hard to find. Protein powder doesn't exist below $60 for a 5lb tub.

 

[slicwilly2000]

2 lbs for $16.80 here. I pay 68 cents a can for tuna.

Slic.

 

[Hero Swole]

I'm shopping in Spain......and the ground beef is mixed with pork. Peanut butter is fk expensive over here and hard to find. Protein powder doesn't exist below $60 for a 5lb tub.

Why do they mix the ground beef with pork? lol

 

[GiantSlayer]

What is the cost of becoming a fat, lazy couch potato?