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How much $ you spend on food/day?!
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So,
just read whole parts reading the 'salary/income thread' and there's a bunch of people claiming they can live from 1-2$ a day (I've seen 35$ a month on food and he/she claimed she was eating VERY healthy).
Now, I'm REALLY interested what a 'healthy' diet looks like according to ya'll. What is an average day for you, how much does it cost you? List EVERYTHING except tap water:
Breakfast:
- Oatmeal+Milk (.20€+.20)
- 2 glasses of milk (.30)
- Orange (.15)
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.75$
Lunch:
- Bread (.50)
- Cheese (.50)
- Glass of milk (.15)
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1.15$
Dinner:
- Potatoes (.50)
- Peas (.75)
- Meat (1)
- Orange (.15)
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2.25
That's 4.15€ a day already. That' 5-6$ or so.
Now this is the bare minimum. Three good meals a day, but honestly I don't know anyone who eats just 3 meals a day and ONLY drinks water. Everybody snacks and what not. Cookies, crisps/chips, soda, juice.
A healthy meal consists of at least 2 pieces of fruit and 7 ounces of veggies a day.
Let's see what everyone's got to offer and what people think is healthy and how they buy everything for 35$ a month...
People living at home are disqualified from this thread - sorry.
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if im at home my mom loves to cook so pretty much nothing. at school i have a fourteen meal plan per week which is paid for through my financial aid/ my parents. living and working on my own this summer i tried to spend around 8-10 a day on food, sometimes went out for dinner and spent 15 bucks
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i try to spend between $50-$60 a week in food, no more than $200 a month.
I eat really well, usually 2-3 meals a day with lots of snacks.
My groceries staples are:
Eggs, bananas, bread, apples, yogurt, avocados, tomatoes, peppers, berries of some sort (whatever is cheapest), and baby carrots.
i usually also try and figure out what other foods i can make for dinners/left overs to take for lunch. usually, pasta, stir fry, chili, soup, etc.
then i get snacky things, like granola bars, trail mix, etc. whatever is on sale that week.
so far, it works out pretty good for me.
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You're spending like over 15k a year on food which is more than what people on minimum wage even earn... That's an insane amount of food.
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Yeah, I've got my girl included in there, too, as I cook for both of us. i don't understand how some of you eat so cheap. a fucking fast food meal is damn near $10 any more...
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Spent no money on food the past week, Working camp life haha
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You consumed food that someone paid for.
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Exxonmobil pays for it all so I don't give a fuck haha
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So? Your post and point add nothing to this thread.
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