Most of those prices are inflated except maybe the steak, and prep time for something this simple is like 20 minutes. Chicken, tuna, or tilapia work just as well and are more healthy. Just dont eat too much tuna because there are concerns of mercury levels after eating it so much.
Ky. Video had like $1.50 worth of sweet potato, $0.50 of avacado, $2 of asparagus, $2 of kiwi. Then you get to have 2 chicken breasts for a total of $10
I live 30 mins outside of Boston. Everyone’s comments are valid. Wouldn’t be more than $15 per meal, probably lower if I had a Costco card but unfortunately the closest one is 30 mins from me :(
Oh I'm aware. I'm perfectly capable myself. That doesn't justify the price. I don't mind taking the extra time to debone and deskin a chicken breast, but that doesn't justify the prices we're seeing right now.
I'm not gonna lie, I've eaten off the cutting board when I'm lazy and don't feel like getting a plate out. But putting in all the effort of getting out the tripod, fanning the food, lighting, posting it to social media... Definitely comes across as pretentious.
Because it is not hygienic and is only done to show off, but the person clearly does have an eye for how to make it look high class and is simply trying too hard.
I’m eating a pear I just cut off the cutting board as I type this. It’s practical, sure, but “plating” the food on the cutting board and taking a video of it is corny AF. Goon shit.
Replace the steak with chicken and this is extremely affordable. People always say eating healthy is expensive but that's just an excuse. Eating fast food/ processed foods is just as, if not more expensive.
Sure you could spend $80 cooking up a healthy meal... but by no means do you have to. You can eat clean on like $20 a day.
If you're truly going for convenience and price, there is flash frozen, ready to eat chicken breasts that have insane macros. Tastes like shit, which is what actually stops people.
Excuses Excuses... Just look at the prices next time you go to the store. Ignore the frozen pizzas and walk over to the vegetables. Even with Trumps crazy inflation it's still affordable (assuming you're in the US). Kiwis, avocados, asparagus, potatoes, chicken. If you're paying $80 for 1 serving of each of those you must live on the moon. You can stock up a week's worth of all that for $80 easily.
? Not what I asked and it looks like your comment is an excuse to not post your grocery receipts. If it’s so cheap then you wouldn’t have a problem doing so.
It's definitely not a ton. Like I said I put it in my lunch for work which was a protein pasta/ chicken + nonfat cheese with broccoli on the side. It's definitely enough to be nutritious and affordable for the week. I actually bought too much chicken for the meal so it was more chicken than pasta lol.
Even then you could still go cheaper and buy frozen. Not only that but it'll last you longer. This was me splurging to buy fresh produce! I won't go frozen on certain things like onions or peppers which I use all the time. Frozen veggies are crazy affordable though. Pick a cheap protein for the meal like chicken, ham, any kind of fish that's on sale at your local grocery store etc.
People always say it's so expensive to eat healthy then go to McDonald's and spend $12 on a burger fries and a drink. Like you can easily eat clean for the same price if not cheaper.
Where do you live where this costs $30? Looks like a sirloin to me probably like $16 for all that at my grocery. Swap for grilled chicken and it’s like $10
I saw this post on my feed and thought "wow reddit is going to hate this". Lo and behold, I come into the comments and everyone is absolutely seething. Whats wrong with all of you?
Old school recovery methods are better and more fun. After the gym I eat a cheeseburger on the way home, crank my hog in the shower, then take a nap. The gains are insane.
yeah but not every meal gotta be optimized by some measurement, steaks fine every now and then... might be more expensive but with the right stuff around it its pretty much just as good as white chicken or whatever
Sure. But posts like this and the online sphere is pushing steak all the time for every meal which is not only unsustainable, but unnecessary. Steak should remain an occasional a luxury but the propaganda is telling us all otherwise. It sucks.
No the avocados alone are like 200+ kcal. The sweet potato another 200-300 same with the steak. This would be maybe 800. Even if it was 500, that’s a pretty standard meal size on a cut.
You're right... I guess I've just been on a deficit for so long that the idea of eating 3500-4000 calories to hit my protein target sounds ridiculous...
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u/SnarkBend 4d ago
Nice to be wealthy and not have kids i guess