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How much do you spend?

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  • 23-11-2015 10:05pm
    #1
    d-gal
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    There's a thread over in AH about how much people spend on food. €500pm between 2 people is causing outrage.

    I'd imagine us fitness people would spend a hefty amount on food. I spend a huge amount on food but I eat out a good few times per week coz of work so that's a big factor.
    I buy food from SuperValu and the butchers every 2-3 days and that's at least €20 every time.

    So what's your monthly spend on food? I'm not bothered adding in supplements for now!


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    Hanley
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    €100 week if I prep and eat everything at home.

    Way ****ing more if I eat out.


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    d-gal
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    Hanley wrote: »
    €100 week if I prep and eat everything at home.

    Way ****ing more if I eat out.

    I really don't wanna count up what I spend in a week. I spend €8 on a 8 egg omelette pretty much every weekday to start with.


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    Dtp1979
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    d-gal wrote: »
    I really don't wanna count up what I spend in a week. I spend €8 on a 8 egg omelette pretty much every weekday to start with.

    8 eggs a day?? Wow you must have high cholesterol :pac::pac:


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    jive
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    Prob €40-50/wk inc. supplements (1 person). Staples are basically eggs, porridge, whey, rice, spuds, cheese, milk, tuna, beef mince, chicken, nuts, coconut milk, tinned tomatoes, onions, spices, peppers... all of which are relatively cheap.

    Probably eat out once a week but wouldn't be pricey grub. I can see how people spend a lot especially when they have to buy for multiple people (different tastes and all that).

    Usually buy peanut butter and whey in large quantities online when on sale so could spend like €200 in one order but that could last me over 6 months.


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    Mellor
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    My weekly shopping averages t about $100, probably (between 2). Some weeks is $120, others its $80. There there's random $20 spends, should I minus non food items.
    $15 a week on coffee, and $20 on food the times I don't bring out.

    I'm already confused, I've no idea how much I spend.


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    No idea, don't keep track because I love cooking with different things (often it can be expensive) and eating out, so it would be rather pointless. Especially as I can eat really cheap if I want to. I imagine my protein smoothie cost practically nothing to make every day for breakfast and then a lot of veg and fruit on top of that is cheap too, beans nuts etc. It's just specialty things that are choice that cause inflation.


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    Transform
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    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    8 eggs a day?? Wow you must have high cholesterol :pac::pac:
    that was just brilliant!


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    Transform
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    Transform wrote: »
    that was just brilliant!
    no idea what we spend but its lots of real food and a lot less than doctors bills and diabetes


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    discus
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    €44 a week max and that includes good quality beef and chicken everyday, and a fair bit of lactofree milk. I keep my fruit and veg simple and fresh though, and I shop in Aldi for everything but gluten free bread, pasta and lactose free milk. You can save a lot when you don't go for the en vogue recipe ingredients.


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    Transform
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    discus wrote: »
    €44 a week max and that includes good quality beef and chicken everyday, and a fair bit of lactofree milk. I keep my fruit and veg simple and fresh though, and I shop in Aldi for everything but gluten free bread, pasta and lactose free milk. You can save a lot when you don't go for the en vogue recipe ingredients.
    thats a fact - so many of these popular food blogger sites im convinced post recipes of stuff they're being given to promote that can cost a fortune! Plus the asian markets are typically great for some iteams e.g. coconut, nuts, green tea, spices etc


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    Alf Veedersane
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    The person in the article that prompted the thread did a lot of shopping in M&S and Fallon & Byrne and liked buying truffle oil and chicken kiev en croute.

    It was basically an ad for Lidl.


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    Inspector Coptoor
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    €200 a month on groceries between myself and the wife.
    Another €80 on meat for the slow cooker.

    I buy breakfast in work for €1 a day for scrambled eggs and another €5 at lunch time for something like chicken beast, veg and a some potato and a bowl of soup so that's €120 a month.

    I reckon between us, if you counted eating out and groceries and everything else it'd be around €600 a month between us


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    discus
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    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    e and liked buying truffle oil and chicken kiev en croute

    If you keep a few potted herbs like myself, you could make that en croute so easily yourself, even with the more expensive gluten-free alternatives to flour. And the herbs can be got for 1.50 a plant, mine have done me for months!


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    Alf Veedersane
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    discus wrote: »
    If you keep a few potted herbs like myself, you could make that en croute so easily yourself

    ...for when you get the munchies, yeah ;)


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    discus
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    I live in a house of stoner undergraduates... I'm sure that they'll end up trying to smoke them at some stage :eek:


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    jive
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    discus wrote: »
    €44 a week max and that includes good quality beef and chicken everyday, and a fair bit of lactofree milk. I keep my fruit and veg simple and fresh though, and I shop in Aldi for everything but gluten free bread, pasta and lactose free milk. You can save a lot when you don't go for the en vogue recipe ingredients.

    This. For a normal human bean you will eat very well for €30-50 per week cooking your own meals.

    Real human beans


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    COH
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    I spend more than I have to, but not as much as I want to.... just enough to know that where recovery and general happiness is concerned I know nutrition isn't holding me back.

    Rough guess.. 100e a week? More sometimes if socialising at the weekend (dont drink much, but eat like a c*nt) Most major meals are prepped at home but I'm a fiend for a good brunch out with friends and I snack on protein bars/RTDs etc between meals when in work at the gym


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    WHIP IT!
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    COH wrote: »
    I spend more than I have to, but not as much as I want to.... just enough to know that where recovery and general happiness is concerned I know nutrition isn't holding me back.

    Rough guess.. 100e a week? More sometimes if socialising at the weekend (dont drink much, but eat like a c*nt) Most major meals are prepped at home but I'm a fiend for a good brunch out with friends and I snack on protein bars/RTDs etc between meals when in work at the gym

    This is me...


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    laoch na mona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭laoch na mona


    about 40-50 a week for two people,normally do the shop in tesco


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    laoch na mona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭laoch na mona


    discus wrote: »
    I live in a house of stoner undergraduates... I'm sure that they'll end up trying to smoke them at some stage :eek:

    housemates ate half a roast chicken on me last night, sometimes the costs of living with stoners outweigh the benefits


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    discus
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    I'd lose my head at that! I did catch one having a sneaky eat of my nutella with his FINGERS. Who does that?

    How are people cooking? I reckon I save a bit of cash and energy by using a TEFAL actifry for nearly everything, except steak.


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    #23
    WHIP IT!
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    discus wrote: »
    I'd lose my head at that! I did catch one having a sneaky eat of my nutella with his FINGERS. Who does that?

    How are people cooking? I reckon I save a bit of cash and energy by using a TEFAL actifry for nearly everything, except steak.

    Honestly, I'd castrate that b*stard...


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