£20 Bulking Diet

So your misses really eats 200g of mince as part of her evening meal, and 200g of oats during the day? Fair enough :) lol

Very good work All4n.

dannyboy84

how u going to bulk on that? my missus eat more than that and she 8 st. all so very bland id eat that for 1 day and be bored.

It's not so bland when you add the soup/beans/tinned tomatoes etc. Who said a bulking diet on budget had to be anything but bland anyway? It's going to be a price you have to pay at least to a certain extent. I can't eat the finest steak as it's expensive, but i'll make the sacrifice thanks.

You're 8st bird eats over 3000 cals per day? Lucky she has a fast metabolism huh? Or does a lot of exercise.

The OP weighs 68kg. My diet works out about 250g protein, 300g carbs and 100g fat. It's possible it'll make him fat anyway. So how is the OP going to bulk on that? Very easily i'd presume, where's your alternative then showing us your wisdom on how it's done?

I'm pretty sure that you can do it for near enough £20.

Basics like chicken, eggs, oats, milk can all be had for sensible money when bought locally and at the right place - at that price all the time not just reduced.

10p each for large local eggs, £3.40 a kilo for 5 large chicken breasts, oats for 60p a kilo, milk for £1 for 4pints.

It's important to be aware of what decent prices are available to you locally. On top of those basics you'll also want to buy the essentials for introducing a bit of variety and flavour to your food; oils, herbs & spices, tinned beans and tomatoes.

If you wander into (insert preferred chain supermarket here) and pickup the things mentioned above you may very well be nearer to £30 a week before you even start.

3.40 a kilo for chicken??  id have doubts about the quality at that price.

Indeed. 750g would make more sense. Sure the chicken breasts are not 150g each rather than 200g each chris?

The last batch i bought was £16.99 for a 5 kilo vacuum sealed pack. It was 50p or £1 more for a big plstic tub - but since i stick them in bags and freeze i may as well save the cash.

There were 24 breasts in my pack and on average they were 200g each. I tend to put 4 together in a freezer bag and whack them in the chest freezer out in my shed.

The quality is absolutely fine. They are no cornfed chicken breast by any means - but they are comparable to all other non-speciality breasts i have had.

We did try a big 10kg box of frozen chicken breasts from Makro a few months back but they were full of added water/salt etc. You could tell straight away when you cooked them how much fluid they lost and how much smalle they were after cooking.

Honestly if you have a Makro or a Bookers available nearby i would suggest spending a score and testing. I've done a back to back test with chicken from the supermarket, farmers market, and a quality local butcher and if there was a difference it was imperceptible to me

I'm cooking up another four in a while so i'll see if i can get a decent photo or two in case you can spot something i can't.

Lovely with a bit of salt/pepper & either some herbs or some spices of sorts.

what country is the chicken from?

 1kg of mince isn't going to go far. I think I use about 400g just for one meal

let me try:

9am: 100gram porridge with slice banana pieces., plus 30gram protein shake + almond flakes.

12pm: 4 egg omlette with onions, sweetcorn, other veg. 100grams porridge with sliced banana pieces

3pm: asda smart price tuna steak can with large jacket pot with sweetcorn, lettuce and cucumbers

6pm: turkey breast with 100gram rice and mix veg + kidney beans.

9pm: 100 gram basmati rice or quinoa with tin of makeral fillet and mix veg with kidney beans.

10.30pm: 30gram protein shake with almond flakes

key is to buy in bulk, (rice, potatoes, quinoa, protein powder), look out for deals like for tuna/makeral

Not much of a try without some rough prices matey. I'd guesstimate that to be £25-30 anyway.

Apologies for not replying sooner. Virgin media cocked up the internet in my area :/.
Some good suggestions and points, will take them on.

Also I went shopping to Asda and saw that they were selling 4 portions of battered cod for only 98p. 11g protein per piece. Any good???

dazc


what country is the chicken from?

Can't be sure on this although i will ask next time i go in.

They make a point of putting about transparency of food sources on their website and the Great British Chicken logo.

I'll ask when i am back in next time but i have tried chicken from all over the place and it seems the same as the usual cost stuff but cheaper.

Certainly nothing wrong with the quality

I'm glad this topic came up.

I'm 5'11" and weigh roughly 57kg trying to bulk but want to get my diet correct before hitting the weights.

Being a stundent also my budget is tight £25 a week is really all I can afford to spend on food and up until now I've been buying ****e like pizzas, curries etc anything with more than 500 calories without thinking of any nutritional balance.

I'd like a set plan for the entire week swapping to an alternate plan the next week to keep things from getting boring.

The oats, pasta and rice based triangle with chicken and tuna as protein sources.

I'll be supplementing this diet with protein shakes (non flavoured myProtein shakes).

Any advice for meal plans would be appreciated ;)

At 57kg mate, I'd just eat everything and anything. Make sure there is protein in each meal and eat eat eat.

Dazc; the OP is 68kg. He may very well grow on 2500kcals. Why on earth dose he need 200g of chicken a day? Plus he may not care if it's not interesting or have a sauce. Varitey is overated. If he varies veg and meat over the weeks no probs. Now I do think £20 is tough going indeed, but double it? But I am curous so will try and figure out a shopping list; 1kg oats- £1 (less probably) Skimmed milk powder 500g- £1.50 Cheap supermarket weetabix- £1 1kg Mince- £5 Rice- £1 Cheese 400g- £3 Olive oil- £2 That's a total of approx £15 so far. Then spend £5 on fruit and veg (get some cheap frozen stuff). You could make up a 1kcal smoothy every day with the oats, milk powder, oil and banana. That's a good % of what the OP needs right there. Now that's off the top of my head. I am sure others can make even more savings. Again £20 seems tough going but getting close is def doable for a lighter gentlemen.

 
want food shop can you get them from mate