The mind ponders
Take some time away from the property forum and get a comparative physiology book out of your local library.......and ponder no more.
$2 a day food budget
- Thread starter redwing
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Take some time away from the property forum and get a comparative physiology book out of your local library.......and ponder no more.
I used to go close to that many calories in my sleep. When I was a young fella trying to gain weight and strength for the gym, I used to make up balls of honey, skim milk powder and peanut butter. I would store them beside my bed so that when I woke up in the middle of the night I had easy access to cheap protein.
I definitely gained weight. Nowdays I have to sleep in the bedroom furthest away from the fridge so that I don't eat in the middle of the night.
Take some time away from the property forum and get a comparative physiology book out of your local library.......and ponder no more.
YUCK!!! That is the most distastful body I have seen. Why someone would want to do that to themselves is beyond me.
When I was 18, I worked in an office of 6 people. I realised stregth comes in numbers and use to feed the office for like $1.50 each a day. This would get $2 chips, couple frankfurts, a bottle of ecks soft drink for 68 cents, cheap loaf of bread for 80 cents, and baically anything else we could get on sale
Living Below The Line
..would be a tough week on the below
Sample shopping list and meal plan
Day 1:
Breakfast: 1 serve of oats – 100grams (maybe a little bit more for my two male counterparts), cooked with water and 50mls of milk, tablespoon of raw sugar. Also plan on finding some nice ripe bananas at the Vic market this weekend for mushing into the porridge. Yum!
Lunch: Rice and Dahl
Dinner: Soup and toast
Day 2:
Breakfast: Egg on toast (if this isn’t filling enough, a small serve of porridge as well)
Lunch: Mashed potato (potatoes + small amount of butter and milk) and steamed veg + Snack of fruit
Dinner: Soup
Day 3:
Breakfast: Porridge
Lunch: Rice and Dahl
Dinner: Potato Omelette
Day 4:
Breakfast: Egg on toast (+ porridge)
Lunch: Mashed potatoes and steamed veg + fruit snack
Dinner: Soup
Day 5:
Breakfast: Porridge with banana
Lunch: Rice and Dahl
Dinner: Soup
..would be a tough week on the below
Sample shopping list and meal plan
Day 1:
Breakfast: 1 serve of oats – 100grams (maybe a little bit more for my two male counterparts), cooked with water and 50mls of milk, tablespoon of raw sugar. Also plan on finding some nice ripe bananas at the Vic market this weekend for mushing into the porridge. Yum!
Lunch: Rice and Dahl
Dinner: Soup and toast
Day 2:
Breakfast: Egg on toast (if this isn’t filling enough, a small serve of porridge as well)
Lunch: Mashed potato (potatoes + small amount of butter and milk) and steamed veg + Snack of fruit
Dinner: Soup
Day 3:
Breakfast: Porridge
Lunch: Rice and Dahl
Dinner: Potato Omelette
Day 4:
Breakfast: Egg on toast (+ porridge)
Lunch: Mashed potatoes and steamed veg + fruit snack
Dinner: Soup
Day 5:
Breakfast: Porridge with banana
Lunch: Rice and Dahl
Dinner: Soup
as we are housesitting, we usually start with no food.
Groceries for a man and woman
Go to store: (I forget exact price..but this is close)
I may have been able to get cheaper prices, if we lived here longer, and knew where to look.
3.09..3L milk
2.29...2 kg potatoes
1.09 ...margarine (table spread)
1.59 ...jam
1.39...sweet chili sauce
1.19... 1 kg carrots
1.29...onions
1.29...1 kg mushrooms
4.99...cheddar cheese 500g
1.29...long grain rice
.97.....1 kg self rising flour
.97......1 kg raw sugar
2.29....200g instant coffee
1.99.....415g corn flakes
1.09....500g mayonnaise
3.89....minced lamb (reduced)
3.78...2 loaves bread
3.00....coil sausage (reduced)
1.99....2L cordial
.39 ....sm pineapple
2.00...bananas
1.38...2 cans baked beans
1.89...lg can tuna
1.29....6 lg buns (reduced)
6.99....500g bacon
2.99....frozen cheese cake
1.49....smack crackers
1.59....bag candy
Total:$59.48
I figure we will spend maybe $10 more before we leave here. This will be food for 9 days.
There are chickens here for eggs, and oil,green pepper,tomato,icing sugar, can tomato paste we used from here.
So we seem to be able to survive pretty good on average $60-$70 week.
Meals so farstill have 1/2 grocery supplies left)
cereal & toast
bacon, eggs, beans, toast
mini pizza made on buns
tuna and cheese burgers
lamb mince patties with mashed potates and carrots
lamb mince patties with rice & vegetables
sausage coil and baked potatoes and carrots
Made a homemade cake
will be making homemade cinnamon buns
we always take cordial with us in car, in case we get thirsty
If needed, we would have cut out candy.
We splurged one day and bought an ice cream cone each.
Groceries for a man and woman
Go to store: (I forget exact price..but this is close)
I may have been able to get cheaper prices, if we lived here longer, and knew where to look.
3.09..3L milk
2.29...2 kg potatoes
1.09 ...margarine (table spread)
1.59 ...jam
1.39...sweet chili sauce
1.19... 1 kg carrots
1.29...onions
1.29...1 kg mushrooms
4.99...cheddar cheese 500g
1.29...long grain rice
.97.....1 kg self rising flour
.97......1 kg raw sugar
2.29....200g instant coffee
1.99.....415g corn flakes
1.09....500g mayonnaise
3.89....minced lamb (reduced)
3.78...2 loaves bread
3.00....coil sausage (reduced)
1.99....2L cordial
.39 ....sm pineapple
2.00...bananas
1.38...2 cans baked beans
1.89...lg can tuna
1.29....6 lg buns (reduced)
6.99....500g bacon
2.99....frozen cheese cake
1.49....smack crackers
1.59....bag candy
Total:$59.48
I figure we will spend maybe $10 more before we leave here. This will be food for 9 days.
There are chickens here for eggs, and oil,green pepper,tomato,icing sugar, can tomato paste we used from here.
So we seem to be able to survive pretty good on average $60-$70 week.
Meals so far
still have 1/2 grocery supplies left)cereal & toast
bacon, eggs, beans, toast
mini pizza made on buns
tuna and cheese burgers
lamb mince patties with mashed potates and carrots
lamb mince patties with rice & vegetables
sausage coil and baked potatoes and carrots
Made a homemade cake
will be making homemade cinnamon buns
we always take cordial with us in car, in case we get thirsty
If needed, we would have cut out candy.
We splurged one day and bought an ice cream cone each.
