Can anyone recommend a good budget diet?

[Tuna Guy]

stick the tuna in a colinder and wash it, i ate to much tuna(hence the name) and became sick of it, i then started to wash it and have never looked back.

 

[BlckSheep]

I don't have the time nor the desire to go through the newspaper clipping coupons, but I do usually skim through local grocery store flyers that come in the mail. Usually there is a sale on some particular meat that I like, and then I stock up. I can usually get ground beef for $.99/lb., leaner hamburger meats for $1.89/lb., chicken and turkey breasts for $1.99/lb., beef sirloin steaks for $2.50/lb., salmon steaks for $2.99/lb. along with other treats (I love crab legs). Because as with all expenses, the cost of groceries varies from one city/region to another, you will have to determine what would be considered good sale prices on meats for your area. And tuna's always cheap. To avoid the excess saturated fat and cholesterol, I like to use Light Miracle Whip rather than regular mayo in my tuna salad. Also, creamed tuna is good. That is tuna cooked in a pan on the stove with milk and oil (Canola oil is a good choice; has a lot of GOOD fats). I make meal replacement shakes with peanut butter or canola oil. And at proteinfactory.com, the various types of high quality protein powders I like to use sell for between just over $4/lb. to just over $8/lb. Definately a bargain in my opinion. And when you're grocery shopping, try the generic versions at least once. Sometimes the off brand (or store brand) is manufactured by a name brand and just given a different label. Even when that's not the case, I have found many grocery products in which the generic version is as good tasting as the name brand version.

Just my $.02. Hope I was of some help.

 

[Richard Gear]

I drink 7 Myoplex shakes a day, I haven't chewed food in 5 months and the last time was only because it was my neices' Christening party and they had Stuffed shells and Sausage&Peppers (My favorite). I know it sounds crazy, and I miss the chewing sensation, but you gotta do it brother. That's my opinion.

 

[macho21]

tuna recipe

I eat my tuna with oriental noodles. Trow the tuna in after done boiling and let it sit to absorb the flavor from the noodles(which is good). When i eat it, all i taste is the noodles, so it is easy to go through a few cans in one day.

 

[MadCow1]

I think only 1 guy noticed that the author stated he hates tuna in an initial response about 4 posts from the very top. I hazard that tuna makes people unobservant.

Anyway - ground beef/turkey and eggs got me through college.
1) Throw either ground beef or turkey in a pan and season well.
2) Break up the chunks and cook until done while draining grease as it forms (if you can't afford the leaner stuff).
3) Crack a few eggs over it and mix together in pan with burner still on.

Tastes pretty damn good but I ate it for years and can hardly look at it now.

 

[animal B]

get your self a protein powder....now your ready

meal 1... protein powder, 2 raw eggs, cup of oatmeal, and banana
meal 2...6 whole eggs cup of rice(wake up people..stop throwing the yolks out...
meal 3.... same as meal 1,,less the banana
meal 4...chicken breast rice and green veggi
meal 5..same as meal 3
meal 6..only protein powder
meal 7....chicken breast and broccli
meal 8..before bed..only protein powder
all this would be less than $8
this is my pre contest diet more or less

 

[J-Ro]

Wow, thanks for all the sugestions. As for trying to convert me to tuna, I'm not going to rush out and buy some now, but I'm defintely going to try it out again soon.

 

[gorth97]

Wow, thanks for all the sugestions. As for trying to convert me to tuna, I'm not going to rush out and buy some now, but I'm defintely going to try it out again soon.

I really like the tuna. I usually cook it and well done and put peppers and some good seasoning on it.. YUM YUM tastes good. If you don't cook it, I can see why you don't like it.

 

[Adaptek]

get your self a protein powder....now your ready

meal 1... protein powder, 2 raw eggs, cup of oatmeal, and banana
meal 2...6 whole eggs cup of rice(wake up people..stop throwing the yolks out...
meal 3.... same as meal 1,,less the banana
meal 4...chicken breast rice and green veggi
meal 5..same as meal 3
meal 6..only protein powder
meal 7....chicken breast and broccli
meal 8..before bed..only protein powder
all this would be less than $8
this is my pre contest diet more or less

I got a couple questions:

1) raw eggs? What about salmonella (sp?) I heard they have some new eggs now that they radiate and kill salmonella to avoid poisoning. I cant get those where I live, so what are the dangers?

2) I thought the yokes were bad for you. If you are trying to cut up, should you still eat yokes?

 

[Adaptek]

I drink 7 Myoplex shakes a day, I haven't chewed food in 5 months and the last time was only because it was my neices' Christening party and they had Stuffed shells and Sausage&Peppers (My favorite). I know it sounds crazy, and I miss the chewing sensation, but you gotta do it brother. That's my opinion.

How much do you pay for a myoplex? What one are you using?

Myoplex - Lite, deluxe or plus.

Are you doing this to loose bodyfat? How much do you weigh?