blueracer17

I am a 32 year old male that is returning to school due to a job elimination. I have been on a pretty good lifting diet, but that also means it's expensive (supplements, fish, chicken, fresh veggies/fruit ect.). I was wondering what the college students on here do to build muscle on a budget. I need your inexpensive protein, carb and fat sources. I ride bike (weather permitting) and lift weights 5 days/week. Living healthy is usually pretty pricey. Thanks for the help.

UNCTYPE-S

Hardboiled eggs
protein shakes
protein bars
peanut butter
non salted peanuts
turkey

All of this is minimal. Assuming you live on your own, just substitute one bad thing you used to buy and replace it with some chicken.

invisiblewar

^basically that

and beer

Doom878

The bars and shakes are pricey on a budge unless you got a big tub of whey lying around. I'm on a budget too even though I'm working but I got a family. I bought a pound of turkey from my grocer and wheat bread. That covers pretty much your lunches. The whey from the tub covers most of your snacks. Chicken is cheap so that'll be the majority of your dinner. Wheat pasta, salad (lettuce, tomatoes, onions), and eggs are also fairly cheap. Youll just have less variety.

College students eat whatever and still get big.

DelawareTSX

As much as I hate the place i've found Walmart has some pretty good deals on protein bars. I picked up 30 super cookie crunch big 100 bars @ $1.25 each. They have something like 475 calories, 50 grams protein. Had some cheap protein too, but i usually just get ON on amazon pretty cheap.

Doom878

Noted. I might check it out. I hope OP is happy. A college student aged poster gave the info he desired from his targeted source.

invisiblewar

youre forced to go to the basics, especially if you still want to maintain your health.

blueracer17

Thanks guys, it's all noted.

niju321

the protein bars are ok but have too much sugar for my taste (of course i have too much diabetes in my family). i prefer the protein powder, you can buy like 5 lbs at a time from sam's club or costco...

UNCTYPE-S

^There are plenty of protein bars with low sugar.