Bulking up on a budget?

ODochartaigh

I am a full time college student with some part time work and as is natural, money is a bit of a problem. I've been trying to bulk up a bit by doing some weight training etc. but I know my diet won't let me gain much weight.

Looking online at diet plans and stuff isn't much help since it's all organic and sources crap that I really just can't afford, and the sheer amount of it doesn't help either.

I was hoping some of you might be able to point me in the way of a budget shopping list that'll help me put on a few pounds?

BossArky

Need more info (training history & regime, weight, diet). These can be cheap options:

Option 1: Add milk. Try 2 litres skimmed a day. Give it a month and reassess. Are the scales trending upwards? Are you getting stronger/bigger? Still not gaining weight? Try 3 litres a day. I'd suggest skimmed over full fat, to avoid packing on too much fat (depending on how many calories you require).

Option 2: Bag of spuds. Boil or microwave them. Quick and easy source of fodder. Go through a bag every couple of days. Pay attention to the scales and your strength/size/waist line.

Use fitday.com or similar to assess calorific intake/outflow.

Mellor

BossArky wrote: »

Still not gaining weight? Try 3 litres a day. I'd suggest skimmed over full fat, to avoid packing on too much fat (depending on how many calories you require).

That makes no sense tbh.
You are suggesting milk as an easy source of calories, then you recommend skim to limit the calories.

If somebody was overdoing it with the regular fat milk and gaining fat. A more sensible solution would be to simply drink less.
It's also cheaper option.

siochain

milk, oats, coconut fat, coconut milk, eggs can be cheap nutritionaly dense foods.

Buy the coconut fat & coconut milk in one of the Asian stores.

rubadub

Butchers 10 for €10 on chicken fillets usually works out cheaper than supermarkets.

The cheapest milk I can get is actually in a green grocers, cheaper than supermarket own brand stuff.

Hanley

**HOW TO EAT, ON A BUDGET**

I left Blackrock today @ 12.45pm.

At 2pm I was washing the dishes and enjoying a cup of coffee at home in Drumcondra after cooking a few lunches, and a stop off in Aldi.

Quick, easy and cheap.

The magic combo everyone wants.

Here's what I bought;
900g of beef burgers
400g of bacon
3 sweet potatoes
3 peppers
1 mixed salad bowl
125g of dark chocolate (it's all gone now )
1 jar of cream
COST: €18.20

Here's how you could have a total cost of €2/meal if you're trying to drop body fat or maintain weight, or €4/meal if you're doing a clean bulk.

"Maintenance":
125g beef
40g bacon
1/3 sweet potato
Half a pepper
75g of mixed salad

Kcals: 250, with 25g of protein for €2. Throw in some healthy fats like olive oil dressing on the salad to bump kcal's up a bit and you're onto a winner.

"GAINZZ":
250g beef
80g bacon
2/3 sweet potato
1 pepper
150g of mixed salad

Kcals: 500, with 50g of protein for €4. Throw in some healthy fats like olive oil dressing on the salad to bump kcal's up a bit and you're onto a winner. Add in some cheap high quality energy dense snacks like organic peanut butter on rice cakes, and you're taking in A LOT of kcals for very little euros.

…and it's all high quality real food.

People complain that eating ****e is cheaper, that's just horse****.

The food quality and macro/micro nutrient density above is so far ahead of a typical dirty bulk it's not even funny.

Please share this with friends so we can stop this "eating healthy is too expensive" crap.

SOURCE: posted earlier on the RF facebook page by me

Zamboni

http://www.hollandandbarrett.ie/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=2793

Just under 6000 calories for €7 :pac:

Dave 101

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MNctsEFp7Zs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMNctsEFp7Zs

phlex

Squeeze in as many peanut butter sandwiches as you can inbetween meals.

Try GOMAD gallon of milk a day

Go to the butchers and buy 10 for €10 chicken breasts (avoid the filth they sell in supermarkets)

Go to a veggie stall and buy ready to eat avocados (they sell them for 1 euro)

avoid going crazy on protein and focus purely on carbs and fats for the first month of your bulk. Seriously If your getting 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight your fine.

brown rice, sweet potatoes, kidney beans, tuna, avocados, mix in cheap veg for carbs.

If you can afford it creatine and GOMAD go hand in hand!