"Bulking on a Budget"

[Alphacino]

I'm trying to hit around 350g protein and 500g carbs on my bulk for first cycle. What is the cheapest protein source for atleast 3lbs cooked per day? Also, how much do you spend per day on your food?

So far what I've done is just eat 93/7 ground turkey with white rice for every meal except breakfast which is egg whites and oats. The package comes in two for $13 and comes out to 43-50oz cooked and strained. Rice is dirt cheap so I don't really count that. So daily for me right now is around $14-15, no clue if that's good or bad. I've heard Boston loyd say he spends 70 a week and he's wayy bigger than me.

 

[cybrsage]

Chicken breasts, skinless and boneless. If you buy it by the box from the meat counter at Sam's Club they knock even more off the price. For me it is $1.48 a pound right now.

Yep...10 pounds of chicken for $15. That is a lot of good meat.

 

[Prowl]

Chicken breasts, skinless and boneless. If you buy it by the box from the meat counter at Sam's Club they knock even more off the price. For me it is $1.48 a pound right now.

Yep...10 pounds of chicken for $15. That is a lot of good meat.

Fuck you guys are lucky in the US, chicken is so cheap, super expensive in Canada.

 

[ELicit23]

1.48 a pound? Where? I pay 2.50 minimum even at wholesale clubs.
Bro, tuna and oats all day lol cheap as shit and gets you huge. And a spoonful or three of peanut butter haha

 

[Uso]

Not the healthiest choice or a protein; but whipping cream is extremely calorie dense. Container runs about $2.00, but is thousands of calories. Mix that with some carbs and something for flavor then a good whole food protein source and you'd have to try to be under 3k cal a day.
Hell if your a man, you could just put egg whites in it. Think Arnold had some weight gain shake that was milk, cream and eggs.

Also the fastest I gained weight was with this.

Bfast
3x Egg mcmuffin

Lunch
fried rice with extra egg

Pre workout: some type of oatmeal pie or little debbie snack
Post: 30g isolate and 2x mcdoubles with either cookies or mcflurry

Cals were high, and it was cheap apx($10 a day). I went from 185 to 197 in 3 weeks. My bf stayed low but, I wouldn't recommend for someone who puts bf on fast. Ive always been a lean guy. I was crazy busy and out of town. A friend recommended it to me and It worked.

cycle was just my cruise dosing. Test 400mg/wk and Anavar 350mg/wk

I will say that I stopped this because I literally started getting headaches whenever I didnt have my mcD's hahah so take it for what its worth ... a temporary WEIGHT GAIN diet not a healthy lean bulk at all.

 

[Southernfish]

I dont know what I spend per day.

Cheapest protein sources id have to say would be ground beef, eggs, and tuna. All good sources as well. Beans are good as well for bulking, they arent a complete protein source but great for bulking none the less.

 

[juced_porkchop]

I'm trying to hit around 350g protein and 500g carbs on my bulk for first cycle. What is the cheapest protein source for atleast 3lbs cooked per day? Also, how much do you spend per day on your food?

So far what I've done is just eat 93/7 ground turkey with white rice for every meal except breakfast which is egg whites and oats. The package comes in two for $13 and comes out to 43-50oz cooked and strained. Rice is dirt cheap so I don't really count that. So daily for me right now is around $14-15, no clue if that's good or bad. I've heard Boston loyd say he spends 70 a week and he's wayy bigger than me.

google "calorie dense food" and pick out the healthy ones you can get easy and cheaply

 

[cybrsage]

Fuck you guys are lucky in the US, chicken is so cheap, super expensive in Canada.

1.48 a pound? Where? I pay 2.50 minimum even at wholesale clubs.
Bro, tuna and oats all day lol cheap as shit and gets you huge. And a spoonful or three of peanut butter haha

Wow, really? The regular grocery stores where I live in Pennsylvania usually are under $2 a pound for boneless, skinless, chicken breast. Of course, much of PA is farming, so that probably makes a difference. Though our new governor plans on starting to tax food (it is tax free if it is not prepared for you). To his credit, the primary platform he ran on was "I will raise your taxes"...and yet somehow won the election anyway...

 

[ELicit23]

Just had a WIN moment: Steel cut oats were on sale at the super market, got 120 servings for 12 dollars lol. That's 1cup oats for breakfast for 2 months straight for 12 bucks!!!! I am rejoicing right now.

 

[Roush]

I save a shit ton of $ on beef.. I Go to a nearby ranch here and buy an "organic" grass fed cow and have it slaughtered then select my cuts .. I got two big freezers in the garage to store it all..
A fillet mignon that costs $50 in a restaurant costs me $3..

If you don't wanna buy a whole cow plenty of ranchers will sell you a quarter or a half, or you can go in with someone else and split the cost.

 

[ELicit23]

OP: YouTube this
"Evan centopani big on a budget"
"Size for 70 with Antoine villant"
"Frank McGrath big on 50"

Evan spends 100
Antoine spends 70
Frank spends 50

Get a general idea

 

[49ER]

Stick to the basics shrimp lobster steak and crab maybe throw in some caviar for dessert

 

[Uso]

Stick to the basics shrimp lobster steak and crab maybe throw in some caviar for dessert

only newyork strip or tenderloin with steaks though.

Oh don't forget bison and ostrich!

 

[Roush]

Stick to the basics shrimp lobster steak and crab maybe throw in some caviar for dessert

being I mainly eat kosher,, those are all cheat meals for me (except for the steak, that's kosher of course)..

Bison , every morning for breakfast,, ground meat bison it's frickin awesome with eggs.
As for the ostrich,, that's not kosher,, I wouldn't want to cheat too much

 

[anzel]

Truffles with Kobe beef!

Seriously tho, I stopped buying protein powder, the more you research the more you realize it aint worth the price/lb compared to real food. Its so low quality and they lie about how much protein you even get and then you have to wonder how much you actually metabolize...

 

[cybrsage]

As for the ostrich,, that's not kosher,, I wouldn't want to cheat too much

Yep, eating of bones was probably enough to do it - but the eating of glass and metal took it over the edge.

 

[halfwit]

Ugh, I spend around 700 a month on food. I hunt for deals too, my hat's of to you guys that can really pull it off for far less.

(for a family of 3, but I eat the vast majority of it)

 

[ELicit23]

Ugh, I spend around 700 a month on food. I hunt for deals too, my hat's of to you guys that can really pull it off for far less.

(for a family of 3, but I eat the vast majority of it)

That's not so bad for a family of 3. When I bulk I spend around 400-500... Maybe that's cuz I wanna be a hipster snob and buy all that organic cottage cheese, no antibiotic chicken and cage free eggs lol