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mattdunnapoo

mattdunnapoo

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What do you guys normally eat to get your protein quota for the day ?

at the price of £7 for 3 small chicken breast at my tescos, meat is getting stuiply expensive.
 
Yeah but the cheapest stuff is going to be massively injected with water and other undesireables whilst tasting pretty horrible in comparison.
 
My local butcher has 4lb chicken breasts for £10 and much better than the supermarket stuff. Check yours out.
 
Beans such as lima, soy or white are quite nice and can be added with sweet potato, other greens and say some cod or basa if money is still an issue.

Frozen fish isnt usually injected with anything as the fibers dont break up like chicken does for instance.


http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/foods-highest-in-protein.php

That look pretty useful and could give you plenty of ideas to get the ball rolling.
 
cheers guys well i stopped lifting in nov to move house and just re started and couldnt believe the increase in price, i like whole foods over shakes.

but ill give the butchers ago at 15st i try aim to get a least 1g of protein to 1lb of mass doesnt equal to cheap :)
 
In all seriousness protein shakes are a relatively inexpensive way of topping up to meet your goals. As long as the basis is real food then there's no harm in the odd shake.

no more than 5.5 a day though.
 
Just buy from online butchers, somewhere like musclefood.com you can get lots of chicken breasts for cheaper than Waitrose and Sainsburys.

In fact if you go here (or enter WR6028 on checkout) you get a free chicken breasts:

http://www.musclefood.com/hidden/?code=WR6028

I've now done 3 orders from them, and the quality has been great - no water additives.

And ultimately, if you want to build a healthy body, you have to invest in it. Spending 250-300 a month on food isn't really a bad thing IMO - just cut down on the poor quality foods, and alcohol and you're onto a winner!

If you really are struggling (which I know some people do) then shakes are there for helping you bolster you macros.
 
You wanna make some gains? That's gud, that's reeealll gud!

Chicken, whey and nuts are my staple proteins.
 
platypus said:
Yeah but the cheapest stuff is going to be massively injected with water and other undesireables whilst tasting pretty horrible in comparison.
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I like the iceland frozen ready cooked chicken I think it's 2.50 for 400g though so probable not uber cheap? although they do £5 bags that I'd assume are better value for money but in those sizes they don't do roast chicken flavour
but as it's ready cooked it obviously cant be injected with water and won't shrink as it cooks (if you even cook it)


I buy it more for convenience than the cost though
 
Supermarket prices:
Tinned tuna is ~90p for 25g of protein.
Total 0% yoghurt is £2 for 50g of protein.
Beef mince is about £3.30 for 100g of protein.

Plus whey shakes of course...
 
1.35 for 15 egg's in lidl.
6.6g protein per egg.
69p for Tuna chunks in brine (about 28g protein per tin)
40p for 500g oats which I know are carbs but have about 12g protein per 100g so good source of low GI carbs and getting protein to help towards protein macros.
40p for 200g cottage cheese which is v high in protein too.
I usually eat the above with salad and chicken, beef and few protein shakes daily makes it very easy and cheap to hit protein goals.
 
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Frozen chicken 1kg from asda/tesco/farmfoods is £4 per bag, and the comments about massively water injected are tosh, 13% or less water is hardly massive.

Online sites such as westin gourmet/musclefoods tend to be £5-£6 pre kg depending on deals and are fresh.

If you can find a local butcher you will probably be able to get similar prices. I currently get my chicken from a local butcher at £30 for 5kg's, and if i buy 10kg at a time he normally does a slightly better deal. workouts out at £5.50-£6 per kg.

Quatlity wise the supermarket frozen stuff is the bottom of the pile, but not by a massive margin. If cost is your main concern then this would be the best choice.

The online suppliers and butchers quality is the same, however you dont have to wait for delivery from your butcher, and normally they will ask how you want it, ie 1kg bags, 2kg bags etc and that can save some hassle over getting the 5kg bulk packs online and having to split them out.
 
Supermarkets are about £7 per kg for fresh breasts. Musclefoods and other online butchers are cheaper than this.

Frozen... well.. don't know anything about that :p However you have to compare like for like. Comparing frozen bargain basement chicken @ £4 /kg is not the same as comparing it to fresh chicken. So if anything you've highlighted the fact that online butchers are awesome. :)
 
We have a meat wagon that stops in a pub locally every friday. The food is great and the prices are fantastic. Might be worth seeing if you have similar in your area.
 
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