How do you guys deal with the cost of eating healthy?
I make $124,000 salary, about $900 each paycheck (two weeks) of disposable income, and I am still taken aback by the prices of things.
If I want to get two weeks worth of healthy food, it will cost me around $200, whereas I can get a month of less health food for $100. I was raised eating out of Grocery Outlet basically, where you could get a 2lb bag of chicken patties for $3, or 5 pizzas for $20; so maybe seeing such high prices for healthy food is unusual to me because of that.
>I make $124,000 salary, about $900 each paycheck (two weeks) of disposable income, and I am still taken aback by the prices of things. I would too, at that low of income. I have a real job and make much more than that, so I can actually afford to eat what I want. For you, however, I would recommend just strict oats, rice, and vegetables; you can't afford much else.
Elijah Hall
I know, I make a lot more than what many people will in their lives. This is what confuses me so much. People who make half what I make are able to have completely healthy diets, and are able to get Veeky Forums. What am I doing wrong?
Matthew Foster
I can buy a weeks worth of healthy food for $50, idk what the fuck you’re buying.
Jose Morales
>I know, I make a lot more than what many people will in their lives. You....actually don't. I mean, sure when you compare yourselves to literal women and children, but the average man makes well over 125k. I hire in college students (18-23 year olds) for my business and pay them what you're making.
Ryder Perry
>make a quarter of your salary. >eat out sushi and kebab 4 times a week. > enough left over for salmon steaks black rice and avocados for home. >I think you put 1 too many zeros on your salary or youre a fucking fuck with 3 kids and a mansion.
Hudson Diaz
How can you make 125k and only have 23k a year of disposable income ?
The most expensive things I buy is probably almonds (activated), and I guess fish/sea food. Everything else (water, vegetables, eggs, chicken, oats, lentils, raw garlic) is relatively cheap if you look for discounts or buy bulk/frozen
Daniel Jones
>spend over 500$ a week at whole foods >parents foot the bill >mfw
>buys unicorn tears "oh wow guys I guess healthy food is too expensive!"
Matthew Turner
I've broken my budget into 50/30/20, bills, disposable, savings. I've got several student loans which take up most of the bill allotment, while getting employer match for 401k.
Student Loan 1: 165 Student Loan 2: 285.30 Car Loan: 270 Bill cost/mo: 2,927.30
Cars almost paid off, after that snowballing to student loans, maxing 401k and Roth, 28% tax bracket, 1800 is out of each paycheck for taxes, benefits, contribution, etc. After that is where the 50/30/20 split goes.
Logan Edwards
>student loan 1 >student loan 2
good goy
Justin Mitchell
Pro Tip: Don't go to ITT Tech, they know less than the students.
Nathaniel Wood
>Rent: 1780
time to move outside the city.
Ryan Campbell
140 on internet, 130 on phone Jesus which country is that ?
Ethan Harris
>car loan (buying a fancier car than you can afford >rent insurance (because too poor) >Car insurance including collision coverage for car (because too poor to replace car because car too fancy)
>$140 power because unoptimized >$130 phone because...holy fuck why?? >$140 internet---how?
You haven't taken any time to optimize your expenses and are paying the price.
Julian Morales
>car loan
You done fucked up lmaoooo getting a car loan to buy a car is the stupidest thing one can do...
Kevin Murphy
how is eating healthy expensive? chicken is cheap certain pork and beef cuts are cheap rice is cheap eggs are cheap beans are cheap milk is cheap cheese is cheap veggies are cheap (especially frozen) whey protein is cheap peanuts and peanut butter are cheap
if the cooking part is hard, then watch a few youtube videos or just buy a slowcooker and a rice maker for maximum laziness
Ryder Robinson
Rate my finances >$650 rent >$45 phone >$80 internet >$25 electric >$10 renters insurance >$100 food >$12 milk >$922 a month TOTAL
Liam Lee
Very Nice.
Jordan Morgan
>$124,000 salary >$900 checks What communist shithole do you live in that you have 80% of you income taken out of your checks?
Brody Ward
Don't buy activated almonds, just buy regular and activate them yourself. Saves you a bunch of money
I am outside the city. Work in Seattle, live in renton, hour commute each way to work.
USA, Comcast 250/12, TMobile unlimited data for 2 lines
In 2013 bought a 2011 Kia Forte because my paid off 2007 Focus's transmission blew, car was worth 4k, new transmission would be 7k, was also moving from Washington to Virginia for contract work. In that time I went from working at Dominos to being a Senior Application Developer, pay went from
Aiden Martin
7 grand a month after taxes 3 grand in bills Only has 1800 left over What am I missing here do you have a bad coke problem or something
Leo Hill
Completely agree, needed to make a cross country trip about a month after that, wasn't sure how long I would be gone.
Liam Hall
Chicken, pork, beef, cheese and eggs are not cheap if you want good quality and if you dont want food from unnaturally held animals.
Andrew Sanders
No coke problem, it's mostly fast food and things like games, books, parts for my nas. Most of my spending probably goes towards non-alcoholic drinks though to be honest. I'm fine drinking water, but my girlfriend hates the taste (or lack thereof) of water, so it's usually Arizona Iced teas, cokes, lemonade, orange juice, etc.
Caleb Garcia
>if you dont want food from unnaturally held animals. So what you're saying is that there is cheap healthy food available but you don't want to buy it?
Andrew Thomas
>10gb Fucking why lmao Also why have a 2 bedroom
Cameron Thomas
That's not me, just someone piping in with an opinion.
I don't care too much about whether it was cage free or grass fed, or any of that happy bullshit. Maybe I can revisit my stance on that once I'm healthy, but right now I can't afford to be worried about organic gluten free bullshit.
Hunter Fisher
>claims no coke problem >says his girlfriend would rather have coke than water Not fooling anyone OP
Xavier Butler
2 hours a day commuting, streaming music for myself, I never really get that high, unless I'm kind of bored on music; in that case I'll stream netflix or something else on the bus. My girlfriend does it for mostly the same reason.
Nolan Reyes
>not understanding when I said she likes coke more than water, I mean Coca Cola shiggy.
Chase Campbell
900 of disposable income retard l2r
Michael Garcia
Each paycheck gross is about 4800, after tax is 3400, after benefits and freedombux for being in a socialist state drops my takehome to 3000, from that takehome, split 50% for bills, 30% for disposable (which my groceries come out of), 20% for saving (aside from 401k)
William Collins
What kind of gf does 6 figures get you?
Dominic Gray
healthy food isnt expensive stop wasting your money on dumb "super foods" and organic salad. Eat your basic green veg, potatoes, rice, eggs, meat. It's cheaper than eating junk food every day.
Xavier Campbell
One that I had before making six figures. She also wants to get Veeky Forums as well, but not as much as I do.
Daniel Bell
Not if you don't plan on trading it in and want to keep it forever like a nice sports car
Tell her to get off her ass and work so you can afford tendies
Brayden Torres
My mom and dad each made around 58k close to retirement. One a contract specialist, one a flight engineer. From my perspective, I make more in a year than they do combined, which is success in my book. I only hope that one day, should I have kids, that they make more money than I do.
Austin Carter
I'm not big into tendies. I liked chicken patties growing up, they were really nice for making a wrap. I don't think I've ever bought tendies as an adult, but had them when I was a kid. In fact, it's what we would usually get from Grocery Outlet because it was so cheap. Years of eating nothing but tendies really made them completely unappetizing.
Lincoln Cox
Am I the only one here that thinks groceries (like, the number one thing that keeps you alive) shouldn't be budgeted as "disposable" in your plan?
Josiah Brown
Seems like your gf is making a bigger impact on your finances than healthy food. You should just dump her, do some introspection, and realize what a dumb ass question you asked on fit with your circumstances.
Anthony Adams
>what is reading comprehension
not that guy, try again bucko
Xavier Carter
>I only hope that one day, should I have kids, that they make more money than I do
why? having more money doesn't change your life, it simply means you'll have different brands and shit (a BMW over a Toyota, a 80'' OLED TV over a 32'' LCD. A trip to the family to Fidji Islands 5stars instead of Florida)
Brody Ortiz
>Buy things like oats, lentils, and nuts in bulk if possible >eat out sparingly >buy cheap veggies/fruits over expensive ones, frozen usually are much cheaper >go for poultry for most of your meat, try to limit it to a meal a day at most
Basically how you eat healthy on a budget. You can buy a 5lb bag of oats for $15-20 depending on area or country (most online are like $15 but in my area it's $3 for like 2lbs of steel cut).
>Listening to a guy who makes over 100k complain about fiances
You work in computers and tech field op. I know this cause you guys tend to be smart with literally only computers. You lack any common sense and deserve to be in poverty to obtain some common sense and humility. I make 60 k at best and my life is fantastic. Love being a well rounded, responsible, non oblivious person.
Dominic Young
You need to redefine what you think healthy food is. There's a million healthy options that are going to be a lot cheaper than pizza. The main basis of my diet is basically >Lentils >Quinoa >Rice >Beans Which cost like...pennies per pound >Ground Beef from Costco, 2.99/lb for 83% lean >giant ass bags of spinach >eggs
Where you live is going to be a huge factor in how much your salary can purchase though. Six figures in the bay area is like 60k a year anywhere else. Six figures where I live in the Phoenix valley is an extremely comfortable lifestyle.
Which region do you live user? I'll be making 60K out of college and OP's figures scare me if he is complaining about food
Jonathan Hill
holy fuck op i dont save as much as you yet but Rent:705 utilies(water, electric): 150 phone:92 because paying 30 a month for new phone, fuck paying 800 dollars up front for a phone. internet: 80 student loans: on hold while finishing school.
i ride a bike so no being jewed into having to pay car insurance or car loan. thats like 1k in bills i make 43k right now roughly. i get 80% of my checks because im not in a socialist state that gives me 2644 a month. 300 a week disposable after savings and bills.
gotta learn to live on less op, its really a good skill to have.
Ryan Thompson
>$100 a month for food >~$3 a day for food >$1 per meal Are you a house cat?
Nathaniel Green
>what are oats, rice, and vegetables which are cheap as fuck
Austin Scott
same lol
>buy sashimi, a pint of cottage cheese, and a bottle of mineral water for lunch
Chicken breast is 2 a pound when buy in bulk, 2 pounds of rice is under $3. Even buying lots of veggies, potatoes, and various meats to supplement that gets you under 50$ a week. Not to mention eggs are dirt cheap. Why is fit filled with such retarted people.
>electricity Are you living where it's 18-25c all year around?
>food I'm Aldi cheap and can't beat that. post grocery list.
Christian Jenkins
>lrn2advanced cooking techniques so you dont just boil or pan fry bland shit >lrn2butchery and buy whole chicken and roasts and portion from there since that's cheaper >take advantage of bulk sales if you're in burgerland >eggs >lrn2slowcooker >buy lots of tupperware and eat the same thing for weeks at a time >rice, chicken, brocolli, hot sauce, garlic >lrn2intermittent fasting so you eat less times in a day thus reducing the overall cost while also managing your macros easily >lrn2waterfast for days at a time >drop the alcohol if you got the habit
I don't earn much myself but these are what I do to get by and not eat so much. Also the 1g protein/lb of bodyweight is a meme. You don't need that much protein.
Justin Watson
Not sure exactly what you mean, but healthy food is dirt cheap. Only 90lb Instagram yoga girls living on their daddy's credit card can afford all that new-wave bullshit labeled healthy (organic, non-gmo, free range soy beans). Don't fall for that crap. It doesn't have to be so complicated.
Cooper Diaz
spending somewhere between $100-150 at Trader Joe's for a week of organic eating really tempted to just buy the non organic stuff while I'm bulking
Nathaniel Walker
My whole life I grew up poor, now that I'm not anymore I don't know what to do.
Matthew Morgan
Nigga I eat 4500-5000 calories a day and I make $1,200/month. Try harder. Beans, rice, spinach, tortillas, bagels and cream cheese, frozen veggies, pasta, whey, granola and yogurt, peanut butter... etc
Cheap, calorie dense, "healthy" food is ez peasy.
Are you buying prepackaged stuff? "Organic" scams? Stuff with "healthy" written on the box? Healthy shit is barely processed shit you have to make yourself
Robert Carter
>look how great my life is guys >am I cool now >i have no idea what real life is like
Chase Hall
I guess some people can have their lentil and eat it too
Liam Sanders
This.
Med fag here, nobody needs 1g protien/lbs body weight. 80-90g is plenty for most adults to put on mass.
Robert Ross
>having more money doesn't change your life
Only if you're a moron who spends it all week to week on stupid shit and debt. Having plenty of money left over after expenses is a huge stress relief.
John Bell
Too many white carbs. Gotta substitute some of that with brown rice or dried legumes (split peas make an awesome substitute for rice in dishes like kare).
Sebastian Ramirez
Really? OP here, I read the sticky and was worrying about how I can fit 300g of protein in my diet a day, which is why my meals were costing so much, it was basically a shitload of chicken breast.
Henry Howard
>How do you guys deal with the cost of eating healthy? Do what adults do and cook your own food. Better yet, marry a woman to cook for you.
Dominic Davis
more money = more money to spend on hobbies and shit dude. I am an EE and make about $130k now (before tax, have MS and 5 years in the industry), and I know that I wouldn't be able to set up my home gym and home workshop if I made half of that. Or maybe I could, but I would have to wait for each piece of it, rather than buying any equipment I want when I want to.
Carson Smith
>supporting a girlfriend with all your money
top cuck
Justin Collins
Try harder.
Cameron Peterson
Also, more money = money that can be used on your children to set them up for greatness, like sending them to quality schools, sports clubs, etc. More money to spend on ACT/SAT testing and get scholarships and shit. I know my poor ass used to wish for money to take those tests. Hell, even some college students I knew got money from their parents all the time for whatever they wanted. Having that monetary safety net can help. I still think making kids work on their own and earn their shit through hard work rather than money, but I know I am saving my money for my children to be worry free if they ever truly need it.
Ryder White
i don't work and don't have any problem affording my daily diet 6 scoops of unflavored whey 3 teaspoons of baking cocoa powder half a gup of olive oil spinach and kale msg fish oil creatine ethyl ester hydrochloride acetylene L-carnitine iron 1 to 2 pounds of rice (cutting or bulking) cup of french press coffee with butter and honey in the morning total is about 10 bucks a day max
Ryan Brooks
>make $76k/year >eat out twice a week at sushi/middle eastern/indian restuarents >buy too much meat every week and end up throwing most out >spend ~$50/week in supplements and protein >still able to put money aside every paycheck for a decent vacation once a year
maybe youre a fucking idiot and dont realize how much money youre wasting on coke and whore
Lucas Roberts
compared to mine, im mirin >$975 rent >$80 phone >$90 internet >$125 electric >$15 renters insurance >$300 food >$0 milk >$1585 a month TOTAL
John Cruz
>tfw make 35k salary and can only afford to OMAD
least i still got 40lb to lose
Josiah Wright
Renton is niggerville. Im assuming you made this up and just picked a random place on the map.
If not, Jesus. You are getting ripped off.
Also, Washington is a bread basket, in season if you buy crops in bulk from farms, you will be very well off.
One year I bought 3 bushels of wheat and kept it in my larder. I had fresh nutritious sourdough every single day just by grinding and preparing the dough before work and letting it set till evening where I make it in a Dutch oven.
You could easily drive to Eastern Washington and buy a trunk full of potatoes for fucking nothing. I used to dig them with my family on the corners of the field where the tractors miss.
Nicholas Jenkins
Nope, lived in Kent, moved to Renton, 2 bed 2 bath, 970 sq ft
Ryder Young
i eat for 50$ a week, i eat porridge every morning (around a kilo) ,i dont mind the taste- just add whatever topping i want if im bored of jam or peanut butter everything else is: >chicken >frozen/liquid eggwhites >lac free milk/almond (whateever is cheaper), >veggies from the chinese market (cheapest src where i live) >and general shit like peanut butter and weetbix etc. if you plan out your meals according to your macros it should be pretty cheap (i meticulously plan out my meals (once) and then just repeat it daily) + also eat as much free food as possible (dont care if its junkfood (aslong as its not too bad)) and yes i am a student and see most people living like me (and yes i am fulltime study and the rest of the time i FUCKING WORK)
>$50/week sups step your game up senpai, i spend 4x more on vitamins/SARMs/whey/casein then on food while barely staying financially afloat
Eli Gray
Do you hire them as contract killers or what?
Joshua King
i'll play. monthly AUD expenses: 1320 rent 500 food including eating out and coffee 30 electricity 65 phone 20 other shit like spotify, magazines 60 gym 40 pool 60 transport, no car
total 2095. makes me realise i should really be saving more
classic au rent lmao, like two thirds of your expenses
Jayden Gomez
I live in Norway and here eating healthy is mandatory and unhealth food is banned by law. u should be happy if u dont live here, atleast u have the choice to eat shitty food.
Jackson Mitchell
If a broke ass student like me with ~150$ per months after rent/insurance/gas etc can eat healthy there's no excuse.
