FOOD

[InGen]

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But if I'm not using the name brand protein, where will I get my daily dose of arsenic?

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...protein-drinks/what-our-tests-found/index.htm

Haha, I use bodybuilding.com and buy multiple protein tubs at a time, whenever they have some deal (e.g. buy 1 get 1 free, plus some % off). Saves me a ton of money compared to what I would be spending at GNC.

 

[NontradCA]

Haha, I use bodybuilding.com and buy multiple protein tubs at a time, whenever they have some deal (e.g. buy 1 get 1 free, plus some % off). Saves me a ton of money compared to what I would be spending at GNC.

Use ON for protein, creatine etc.

 

[Donkk]

I like the sun warrior vegan protein powder. Only one ingredient but, its taste is not good so I mix it in drinks. But I guess this goes with the Jack Lalanne train of thought, "If it tastes good, spit it out."

 

[steeno]

The bulk foods aisle is your friend. For example, I buy dried beans, cook them in batches and freeze for later use. I save money, and they're better than the canned stuff!

 

[hallowmann]

Mcat eh? You will see what happens when get married.

25 lbs in 2 months after my marriage. In fairness I also took the MCAT that second month, and had a pretty busy school schedule. I continued to gain another 5 lbs on the interview trail, and am only now losing weight again. If I can drop 25-35 by the end of the summer, I'll be happy amd back to my borderline BMI normal/overweight self.

Wife and I spend about $200 a week on food when we don't eat out. Fruits and Veggies are probably the most expensive parts of our food diets.

 

[Postictal Raiden]

25 lbs in 2 months after my marriage. In fairness I also took the MCAT that second month, and had a pretty busy school schedule. I continued to gain another 5 lbs on the interview trail, and am only now losing weight again. If I can drop 25-35 by the end of the summer, I'll be happy amd back to my borderline BMI normal/overweight self.

Wife and I spend about $200 a week on food when we don't eat out. Fruits and Veggies are probably the most expensive parts of our food diets.

I gained nearly 50 lbs after marriage. I admit, however, that I was underweight when I was single. I have dropped ~30 lbs from my highest point. I am now at the borderline you mentioned. I want to drop another 10 lbs to be on the lower end of my normal weight.

$200 a WEEK? That's a lot! I guess you guys enjoy food. I agree with you that eating healthy AND delicious is expensive

 

[hallowmann]

I gained nearly 50 lbs after marriage. I admit, however, that I was underweight when I was single. I have dropped ~30 lbs from my highest point. I am now at the borderline you mentioned. I want to drop another 10 lbs to be on the lower end of my normal weight.

$200 a WEEK? That's a lot! I guess you guys enjoy food. I agree with you that eating healthy AND delicious is expensive

I might be exaggerating, its probably closer to $150, but its the veggies man. A basket of greens here costs like $30. Plus the halal meat in an area that doesn't have many options adds a lot to the price.

Yeah, I have never been underweight. That said, my build has always been bigger and more muscular. Even when I was running distance track in high school the lowest I got to was a BMI of 24.8, and I was pretty lean and healthy then. I just need to get back there now.

Thank God for PBL and a schedule that lets me more flexibly plan out my day.

EDIT: OK, so after checking over my expenses this last month, I *mayyyy* have been exaggerating. Looks like my wife and I spend about $100/wk on food. For some reason I thought she was spending more when she went shopping. Before med school, when we're going out more, it was closer to $150, but that feels like forever ago...

 

[broken tibula]

We're definitely an exception, but myself and my two housemates (we are three women in our twenties) spend about $150-$175 a month on groceries, total, for the three of us. Here's how:

- We do not buy snack foods, cereals, juices, sodas, or basically anything packaged
- We don't buy meat
- We don't eat out
- We drink water from the tap
- We shop at Aldi's, use coupons frequently, buy store brand foods, fruit and veggies that are in season, and bread from the day-old discount shelf
- We get creative with leftovers and never throw food out
- We look for recipes that use the supplies we already have, instead of ones that require us to buy new things
- We make our own hummus, granola, dried fruits, etc.

Here's what you'll find in our kitchen: rice (bulk bag) beans (also bulk bags), chickpeas, lentils, eggs, cheese, Greek yogurt, peanut butter, oats, jams, veggies, fruits, sometimes bread, sometimes milk, staple baking supplies, and an extensive array of spices.

Meals are yogurt, omelets, rice and beans, veggies, stir fry, soups, chilis, stews, sandwiches, pancakes/waffles, burritos, quesadillas, salads. Tonight's dinner is (meatless) spaghetti on rice, with garlic parmesan bread.

So, for anyone looking to super!budget, it can be done. You eat simple, repetitive, made-from-scratch meals, eat no meat, buy cheap, and go in with multiple people so food doesn't go bad and therefore to waste.

 

[Dr Tony T. Chopper]

Asian market sell convenient 6-pack rice containers which you can just pop in your microwave - $8
Cheap frozen ground beef packs in any frozen meats isle can be combined with Hamburger Helper - $10
$18 -20 is more than enough to feed you for an entire week, but again, Sunday cooking will be the agenda here.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Asian market sell convenient 6-pack rice containers which you can just pop in your microwave - $8
Cheap frozen ground beef packs in any frozen meats isle can be combined with Hamburger Helper - $10
$18 -20 is more than enough to feed you for an entire week, but again, Sunday cooking will be the agenda here.

 

[Dr Tony T. Chopper]

If I was remotely brave enough, I might confess to ADCOM my very first source of interest into medicine was actually when I cried seeing Chopper's mentor entrust her life in his hands as his rite of passage as a full-fledged physician.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

If I was remotely brave enough, I might confess to ADCOM my very first source of interest into medicine was actually when I cried seeing Chopper's mentor entrust her life in his hands as his rite of passage as a full-fledged physician.

Too bad being yourself is a bad quality for interviews 😉.

 

[Lost Vagus]

Third year DO here. My wife and I have spent $200 per month total combined since we got married in 2010. Started med school in 2011. It's really quite easy to spend only that much per month on food if you are self-controlled. We eat out once per month and that's generally only if we have a gift card. We eat a fairly healthy diet too. Lots of fruits and veggies. We eat chicken and fish as our only meat pretty much. No soda at all. About 15 bucks a year on alcohol total generally (we just don't drink that much really).

You are much healthier than me! I probably spend close to $50 a week on alcohol alone. When I go out, I go out.
I could probably learn a lot from this thread. I eat cereal or a granola bar for breakfast and then buy lunch at the cafeteria. I also get a coffee every day. Dinner is typically frozen food, pasta, or some kind of meat. I don't really budget for food. I pretty much just eat whatever I want. Maybe I'm careless, I just have too many other things going on to worry about that stuff.

 

[cliquesh]

We're definitely an exception, but myself and my two housemates (we are three women in our twenties) spend about $150-$175 a month on groceries, total, for the three of us. Here's how:

- We do not buy snack foods, cereals, juices, sodas, or basically anything packaged
- We don't buy meat
- We don't eat out
- We drink water from the tap
- We shop at Aldi's, use coupons frequently, buy store brand foods, fruit and veggies that are in season, and bread from the day-old discount shelf
- We get creative with leftovers and never throw food out
- We look for recipes that use the supplies we already have, instead of ones that require us to buy new things
- We make our own hummus, granola, dried fruits, etc.

Here's what you'll find in our kitchen: rice (bulk bag) beans (also bulk bags), chickpeas, lentils, eggs, cheese, Greek yogurt, peanut butter, oats, jams, veggies, fruits, sometimes bread, sometimes milk, staple baking supplies, and an extensive array of spices.

Meals are yogurt, omelets, rice and beans, veggies, stir fry, soups, chilis, stews, sandwiches, pancakes/waffles, burritos, quesadillas, salads. Tonight's dinner is (meatless) spaghetti on rice, with garlic parmesan bread.

So, for anyone looking to super!budget, it can be done. You eat simple, repetitive, made-from-scratch meals, eat no meat, buy cheap, and go in with multiple people so food doesn't go bad and therefore to waste.

Sounds like a terrible life.

 

[Dr Tony T. Chopper]

I am a cook at my school's vegetarian food place, and I recommend lentil, potato, chickpea, spinach samosas that you can get in bulk, and toss into a small counter-top grill. Also, wholesale might have giant bags of tomato/other veggie soups which you can dump into a large pot and reheat. Eating meat is very important as well, but anything beyond simple ground beef aka. sirloins, rumps, rib eyes and whatnot are going to cost you.

IMO I would maybe stay away from cheese and jams if possible because not only are they extremely fattening, they also cost quite a bit.

 

[broken tibula]

Sounds like a terrible life.

We don't mind it. Obviously, we're willing to go to an extreme that many others aren't, but for us, it's pretty all right. 🙂

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I am a cook at my school's vegetarian food place, and I recommend lentil, potato, chickpea, spinach samosas that you can get in bulk, and toss into a small counter-top grill. Also, wholesale might have giant bags of tomato/other veggie soups which you can dump into a large pot and reheat. Eating meat is very important as well, but anything beyond simple ground beef aka. sirloins, rumps, rib eyes and whatnot are going to cost you.

IMO I would maybe stay away from cheese and jams if possible because not only are they extremely fattening, they also cost quite a bit.

Depends on the cheese. If you're buying Gouda at Costco you're not going to be spending much.
Also buying pre-ground meat is about as disgusting as Jamaican beef patties. Buy a device and use it instead of paying for pulp and treated meats.

 

[NontradCA]

Eating no meat? I ate 8 eggs, 2 burgers, a turkey leg and 16 chicken nuggets today. 😳

 

[Poliscidoc]

Test week=$20-$250
Normal month=$150-$250


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[Elevencents]

Food is one thing in life I refuse to skimp on, from a taste and nutritional standpoint. I spend probably $500 a month on just groceries alone. And this includes zero junk food.

 

[DoctorKrieger]

Eating no meat? I ate 8 eggs, 2 burgers, a turkey leg and 16 chicken nuggets today. 😳

Ron Swanson, D.O.???

 

[Postictal Raiden]

Eating no meat? I ate 8 eggs, 2 burgers, a turkey leg and 16 chicken nuggets today. 😳

I like your diet.

I'm wondering though, were they whole eggs, or white only? Because that would be a ton of cholesterol.

 

[NontradCA]

I like your diet.

I'm wondering though, were they whole eggs, or white only? Because that would be a ton of cholesterol.

6 whole ones and 2 whites. I'm not too worried about it because I'm very active. I'm addicted to boiled eggs now though, I can't even do scramble anymore haha.

 

[chizledfrmstone]

I like your diet.

I'm wondering though, were they whole eggs, or white only? Because that would be a ton of cholesterol.

Dietary cholesterol doesn't make a big difference from what I remember. I eat a couple of eggs from time to time.

 

[Postictal Raiden]

Dietary cholesterol doesn't make a big difference from what I remember. I eat a couple of eggs from time to time.

I remember reading a study done in UCLA that showed that dietary cholesterol had minimal effect on blood cholesterol.

 

[eimaise]

We're definitely an exception, but myself and my two housemates (we are three women in our twenties) spend about $150-$175 a month on groceries, total, for the three of us. Here's how:

- We do not buy snack foods, cereals, juices, sodas, or basically anything packaged
- We don't buy meat
- We don't eat out
- We drink water from the tap
- We shop at Aldi's, use coupons frequently, buy store brand foods, fruit and veggies that are in season, and bread from the day-old discount shelf
- We get creative with leftovers and never throw food out
- We look for recipes that use the supplies we already have, instead of ones that require us to buy new things
- We make our own hummus, granola, dried fruits, etc.

Here's what you'll find in our kitchen: rice (bulk bag) beans (also bulk bags), chickpeas, lentils, eggs, cheese, Greek yogurt, peanut butter, oats, jams, veggies, fruits, sometimes bread, sometimes milk, staple baking supplies, and an extensive array of spices.

Meals are yogurt, omelets, rice and beans, veggies, stir fry, soups, chilis, stews, sandwiches, pancakes/waffles, burritos, quesadillas, salads. Tonight's dinner is (meatless) spaghetti on rice, with garlic parmesan bread.

So, for anyone looking to super!budget, it can be done. You eat simple, repetitive, made-from-scratch meals, eat no meat, buy cheap, and go in with multiple people so food doesn't go bad and therefore to waste.

I think this is totally reasonable and healthy. Keep it up ladies. People could learn a lot from your frugality and resourcefulness. I can't believe how flippant some people in my class are about food... dropping $500 to $1000 per month for them by themselves. It's insane in my opinion to do that if you're taking out $40,000+ of loans per year on med school. My wife and I do most of the same things you do (except we do eat meat, and we do eat out about once a month -- but the others we do) and keep our total food budget to $200 total for the two of us combined per month. We eat healthy, lean, and feel great. I think it also helps set a good role model for your patients to follow when you counsel them. I've used this tactic with several patients when talking to them about health & financial wellness (don't be fooled ... financial well-being can be lumped in to your "whole-person" wellness which I like to counsel patients on from time to time).

 

[ChineseKid]

holy sht
learned a lot here.

I eat every 2/3 hrs and eat relatively clean. But damn, jello of these weekly spending!
No one here boil water for drinking?

 

[Dr Tony T. Chopper]

holy sht
learned a lot here.

I eat every 2/3 hrs and eat relatively clean. But damn, jello of these weekly spending!
No one here boil water for drinking?

Boiling water is too time-consuming, and is a low yield activity IMO. Why not just get a $2.00 container of mineral water with a dispenser opening? Its easy, cheap and really useful in replacing any sort of water jug, or water filters.

 

[EMDO2018]

Does anybody here intermittent fast along with low car dieting?

 

[1badz]

Does anybody here intermittent fast along with low car dieting?

Only time I experiment with intermittent fasting and relatively low (but still high for most people) carbs is when I am trying to get sub ~10% body fat. Some people can do both of those things on a normal day but for me those are extreme measures. I get cranky on low carbs and feel terrible when intermittent fasting, though it does seem to help get me leaner. I can maintain around ~12% bf with ~250g of carbs/day so I am more than happy with that.

 

[Donkk]

Only time I experiment with intermittent fasting and relatively low (but still high for most people) carbs is when I am trying to get sub ~10% body fat. Some people can do both of those things on a normal day but for me those are extreme measures. I get cranky on low carbs and feel terrible when intermittent fasting, though it does seem to help get me leaner. I can maintain around ~12% bf with ~250g of carbs/day so I am more than happy with that.

I agree, if I drop carbs to low I get cranky and have a hard time concentrating. To drop to 10 and below bf, I usually go all vegetarian and use Sun Warrior vegan protein, which literally tastes like dirt but it is the only thing that works for me. A few of my friends are lucky and can just add HIIT cardio a few times a day to achieve this but I am not so lucky.

 

[latelogger]

This thread just reminded me I need to lose some weight.

 

[Seth Joo]

$100 a week in groceries for a single guy is excessive, unless you're Ronnie Coleman.

I am from Boston, its not that hard for a single person to spend 100 dollar a week on groceries, of course Boston is one of the most pricey cities in America.

 

[Tapoona]

Eating no meat? I ate 8 eggs, 2 burgers, a turkey leg and 16 chicken nuggets today. 😳

We have a BBQ club at my school and today we had the first day that 1st years could participate in the smoking. There were about 15 of us total helping. I had two wings (there wasn't a lot of those), two thighs, two drum sticks, 2 thick slices of smoked bologna (don't knock it till you try it), couple of slices of smoked ham, couple of slices of smoked sausage, and a rib. I had to go home before the pork shoulder came out of the smoker. This is one of the great things about my school, if you like smoked meat.

 

[EMDO2018]

Low carb diets make me feel like crap, and very irritable with no energy. But the fat is dropping off so I must persist.

 

[petyr_baelish]

For example. Today I found asparagus for 99 cents a lb. I bought 15 lbs of it.

LOL. How do you store all of that? We get a CSA box every week and I can barely figure out what to do with it all. It basically translates to elaborate salad meals a couple of times a week just to use up the produce.

 

[Chillywilly]

Low carb diets make me feel like crap, and very irritable with no energy. But the fat is dropping off so I must persist.

Try a fruit smoothie with kale or spinach. The ultimate pick me upup

 

[Member10billion]

Try a fruit smoothie with kale or spinach. The ultimate pick me upup

I like kale, pineapple, apple, and banana smoothie. YUMMMM

 

[touchpause13]

LOL. How do you store all of that? We get a CSA box every week and I can barely figure out what to do with it all. It basically translates to elaborate salad meals a couple of times a week just to use up the produce.

We have a huge fridge lol. Do you like the CSA box? I've kinda thought about doing something like that.

 

[TXKnight]

800-1000 on groceries a month for 2 adults and 3 kids. No counting eating out, which is minimal and mostly weekends. Not even when I was single I spent $30. That's kinda low IMO.

 

[TXKnight]

What cheap sources of fish have you found, beside can tuna and salmon fish seems to be really expensive. And yeah, eating on 200 a month is totally doable, especially for a single guy. People saying they need 400 a month, probably never experienced tough times or had to budget.

tilapia

EDIT: do not buy pangasius, that thing is nasty. Cheap but nasty.

 

[petyr_baelish]

tilapia

EDIT: do not buy pangasius, that thing is nasty. Cheap but nasty.

Wow I almost bought that at HEB this week having never heard of it. Is it an oil spill fish from Galveston? 😀

 

[petyr_baelish]

We have a huge fridge lol. Do you like the CSA box? I've kinda thought about doing something like that.

I love the idea of a CSA and will probably try another local farm. Quality is very farm-dependant. In my experience the CSA is very repetitive which makes sense since harvests happen only a few times er year. We got kale once but brocolli and cauliflower every week which wasn't cool after say, the 6th week. But it's super cool to eat locally.

 

[touchpause13]

Makes sense. I can't wait for the farmers market to open up here. I vastly prefer to buy locally grown foods if at all possible. I think they taste better and I get warm fuzzies about it lol

 

[TXKnight]

Wow I almost bought that at HEB this week having never heard of it. Is it an oil spill fish from Galveston? 😀

Lol yeah they have it at HEB, but do search on how they raise this fish and the stuff they eat, etc. It's disgusting, even if it's not true, the fish tastes nasty

 

[abolt18]

Ron Swanson, D.O.???

Thank you. I just saw this thread and felt compelled to do something like this. You've done me proud boy.

 

[abolt18]

Does anybody here intermittent fast along with low car dieting?

I generally fast once a month (24 hours) for religious purposes. I've found it to be a fantastic mental, spiritual, and physical boost. It decreases my appetite in days following too so that helps me with portion control. I'd recommend it to anyone.

 

[abolt18]