Get Big on a Budget with Evan "Ox" Centopani

[Cronos1247]

10kilos of chicken breasts would cost you around 130$ here in sweden..

Holy ****. I buy chicken at $1.99 per lb here.

[Ajthemeso]

Holy ****. I buy chicken at $1.99 per lb here.

feels good to live in texas lol.

[adamsteve14]

People really inflate the cost of a bodybuilding diet. I get chicken at $1.99/lb. Frozen veggies are cheap. Rice is cheap. Eggs are cheap. Cottage Cheese is cheap. PB is cheap. Oats are cheap. Fruit is cheap. What is expensive is pre-prepared, package bullshyt. Also, if any of you brahs really wanna save money, deer hunt or find a friend who has multiple tags and see if they will give you a deer. My buddy gives me a deer every year. $60 bucks for it to be butchered, 70-90 lb of steak and ground venison (tell them you don't want them to mix it with pork). Less than $1/lb. and lean as fuark

[Devils]

More importantly, what are YOU buying?

Post diet plz.

1kg Frozen Snapper - $10.95
2kg Lean Ground Beef - $16
1kg assorted bread rolls - $3
1 or 2 Frozen Pizzas - $12
1kg Frozen Mixed Vegetables - $3.99
3 Dozen Eggs - $7.50
Peanut Butter - $3.50
1kg Tomatoes - $1
2 large Lettuce - $1.40
Assorted confectionery and soft drink - $10.66

= $70 total

Obviously I will only need to buy some items fortnightly so the money from peanut butter and anything I don't finish will go towards other things like oil, rice, oats and other miscellaneous cooking items. I also spend some extra money on toiletries each week. This would be all my basics and all extra's would just be purchased when I feel like spending more money. For example I can go to the local markets and pick a box of vegtables and assorted fruit for $10 which would last me the whole week.

[Loastres]

Also, if any of you brahs really wanna save money, deer hunt or find a friend who has multiple tags and see if they will give you a deer.

you are one funny man, good one .. almost thought you were serious

[Groggery]

deer hunt or find a friend who has multiple tags and see if they will give you a deer.

You say that like it's a common occurrence around the world.

[adamsteve14]

You say that like it's a common occurrence around the world.

I guess I should have prefaced with the fact that I come from a rural background. Regardless, deer is an excellent lean, organic source of protein that can be cheap if you are in the right environment.

[Groggery]

I guess I should have prefaced with the fact that I come from a rural background. Regardless, deer is an excellent lean, organic source of protein that can be cheap if you are in the right environment.

I'll stick with my extra-cheap organ meat for now. Only problem is the hypervitaminosis.

[naturalguy]

We'll go live tomorrow. The video is approximately 20 minutes long and chock full of great info. We're going to pair the video with an article because we know many will probably have detailed questions about it. Here's an excerpt from that article, a preview:

"My Aunt and Uncle had a 130lb Doberman named Gunther and they never bothered locking their doors. Their Lazy Susan was unlocked too and housed every sugar-laden breakfast cereal that my mother specifically forbid: Apple Jacks, Sugar Smacks, Cocoa Puffs, Frosted Flakes and my all time favorite -- Lucky Charms. In short, I ate for pleasure. Growing up I had a lot of pleasure in my life. That lasted the first 15 years of my life.

Oddly enough, I have spent almost exactly the same amount of my life hell bent on eating with strict purpose; whatever will bring me one step closer to my goals is what I have aimed to eat. At 15, I began riding my bicycle to the store to buy things that my parents generally didn’t buy -- things that I thought would be better choices. Some of the first things I ever bought were multigrain bread and chicken breasts.

Riding home from the grocery store I felt like the key to success lay in those bags dangling from my handlebars as I rode home. I didn't know it at the time, but I would meet that future. Despite the fact that I didn’t always know what the hell I was doing, I always knew that the right food was crucial to achieving my goals. And of course, as time went on I educated myself with the writings of others and through my own personal experiences." – Evan Centopani

[Quadzilla99]

Sam's club ftw: 6 lb packages if frozen chicken breasts $9.98 here in central florida..so 48 grams protein per dollar..36 eggs for 3.19..67 grams protein per dollar

[ToniRadanov]

"at the age of 15 I began riding my bicycle....."




On a more srs note: Will be interesting to see this vid! I hate our Swedish prices, everything's so damn cheap in the US I R jelly. Wish I could buy any decent foods that don't force me to sell my car, right leg, left leg and soul...

[PillClinton]

feels good to live in texas lol.

I just got chicken breast for $1.88 per lb. here in SoCal (usually get it for 1.99)

1.99 seems to be the standard in the west.

$50-$60 dollars of that will last me a month.

I got a friend who will hopefully go boar hunting soon, want to do what adamsteve does and get some from him. will be delicious

edit: I should probably qualify that i am not that big (sitting at 163-168), so growing at my size takes very little food to begin with

[tsiparlanaeht]

1kg Frozen Snapper - $10.95
2kg Lean Ground Beef - $16
1kg assorted bread rolls - $3
1 or 2 Frozen Pizzas - $12
1kg Frozen Mixed Vegetables - $3.99
3 Dozen Eggs - $7.50
Peanut Butter - $3.50
1kg Tomatoes - $1
2 large Lettuce - $1.40
Assorted confectionery and soft drink - $10.66

= $70 total

Obviously I will only need to buy some items fortnightly so the money from peanut butter and anything I don't finish will go towards other things like oil, rice, oats and other miscellaneous cooking items. I also spend some extra money on toiletries each week. This would be all my basics and all extra's would just be purchased when I feel like spending more money. For example I can go to the local markets and pick a box of vegtables and assorted fruit for $10 which would last me the whole week.

I'm sorry bro but what you just listed here on the Gold coast would be $100-$130 depending on specials.

So no , you can't speak for whole of Aus. WA cheap as fuk cause ain't nobody wanna live there.

[DanielEver]

1kg Tomatoes - $1

sounds like a dreams. here it costs around 6-7$ per kilo

[081034970]

Can't buy boneless skinless chicken breast for less than 8euros /kg. And that's wholesale.

How're you Americas in so much debt when your food is so cheap?

[DanielEver]

How're you Americas in so much debt when your food is so cheap?

i can see why you're red

[dustyhanshaw]

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I am past the point in my career where I am counting my money while deciding what I can buy at the store but have to say that this was a great video idea and of course having Evan do it was fitting. I'll be checking it out for sure.

DH

[Canuck77]

$50 in Canada doesn't get you very much, or anywhere else other than the US lol

Word. Even if you shop at 'No Frills'. Unless you are eating a diet of oatmeal, egg whites, canned beans, yams, rice and canned tuna...no way could you get by on $50 up here in Canada. Even the cheapest, sodium injected chicken breasts will run you $8+ for 2pk...bone in...bagged chicken is even pricier...I can get by on $75-$100/week just for myself alone... =/

Costco does me well for fish, good deals on bagged haddock and salmon fillets, clean fish and it is stated as "wild" not "farmed" on the package...so John Meadows would be proud. Lucky for me I am one of the few who like to eat fish and rice daily...

[RoroCwalker]

It depends where in Canada.
In QC, we have the provincial taxes + federal, makes it even worse but it's quite cheap anyway.

Pro tip ;
Buy everything when it's on special.

[MyronLatsBrah]

10kilos of chicken breasts would cost you around 130$ here in sweden..

I think THAT much chicken would cost at least $60 anywhere, not sure who would buy 10kg at a time tho, must get boring.

[Devils]

I'm sorry bro but what you just listed here on the Gold coast would be $100-$130 depending on specials.

So no , you can't speak for whole of Aus. WA cheap as fuk cause ain't nobody wanna live there.

It all depends on how you shop,

I buy everything on special and always hunt for reduced items. Most of the time day old bread is bagged up for quick sale and I can get a bag of 4-5 bread rolls for $1, you telling me you've hunted around the supermarkets and haven't seen deals like this?

Also I do the majority of my shopping at the local markets, it's not organic, grain fed, hand raised, hydroponic wanker food. It's just plain old whole ingredients from the local producers.

lol if you walk into an up market supermarket and just pay what they ask, most of the time you're paying 50% more for the same product. At coles chicken Breast is sometimes $10-14 per kilo, at the local market I can get it from the butcher for $7.99 per kilo, I'm saving up to 4-6 dollars per kg there. Same thing like cearal and oats, one store you will have wheatbix at $4.50 a kilo, another store might have it for $3.5, you realize how much money you save doing this thing for every item you purchase right??

Even things like lettuce, at Coles you have to pay 1.50-2$ EACH, yet you can buy them for under a dollar at another shop.

It comes down to 1 things, laziness. If you're too lazy to hunt around then you must be happy with paying inflated prices, so you have no business complaining really. Being thrifty is a good skill, it takes a little bit of effort to reap the benefits.

sounds like a dreams. here it costs around 6-7$ per kilo

Yeah truss tomatoes are still up around $6-8 per kg, the standard ones are around $2-4 dollars a kg at the supermarket, and $1-3 a kg at the growers market.

I think THAT much chicken would cost at least $60 anywhere, not sure who would buy 10kg at a time tho, must get boring.

This is why people cant save money, you don't think you can freeze them and use them over the course of a month?

At any one time I have up to 2-5 different types of meats in my freezer, I can have a different one each day and guess what, I bought them in bulk saving much more than the average Joe buying a steak when he feels like it.

[tsiparlanaeht]

It all depends on how you shop,

I buy everything on special and always hunt for reduced items. Most of the time day old bread is bagged up for quick sale and I can get a bag of 4-5 bread rolls for $1, you telling me you've hunted around the supermarkets and haven't seen deals like this?

Also I do the majority of my shopping at the local markets, it's not organic, grain fed, hand raised, hydroponic wanker food. It's just plain old whole ingredients from the local producers.

lol if you walk into an up market supermarket and just pay what they ask, most of the time you're paying 50% more for the same product. At coles chicken Breast is sometimes $10-14 per kilo, at the local market I can get it from the butcher for $7.99 per kilo, I'm saving up to 4-6 dollars per kg there. Same thing like cearal and oats, one store you will have wheatbix at $4.50 a kilo, another store might have it for $3.5, you realize how much money you save doing this thing for every item you purchase right??

Even things like lettuce, at Coles you have to pay 1.50-2$ EACH, yet you can buy them for under a dollar at another shop.

It comes down to 1 things, laziness. If you're too lazy to hunt around then you must be happy with paying inflated prices, so you have no business complaining really. Being thrifty is a good skill, it takes a little bit of effort to reap the benefits.



Yeah truss tomatoes are still up around $6-8 per kg, the standard ones are around $2-4 dollars a kg at the supermarket, and $1-3 a kg at the growers market.



This is why people cant save money, you don't think you can freeze them and use them over the course of a month?

At any one time I have up to 2-5 different types of meats in my freezer, I can have a different one each day and guess what, I bought them in bulk saving much more than the average Joe buying a steak when he feels like it.

It has nothing to do with laziness. It's called time management. I don't have the time to do what you do, nor does me spending $200 a week on food affect me in any way possible its chump change to me and what my time can produce somewhere else.


I simply wanted to make a point. I get your point too but my time is worth more than the money I save.

[tumtum]

People really inflate the cost of a bodybuilding diet. I get chicken at $1.99/lb. Frozen veggies are cheap. Rice is cheap. Eggs are cheap. Cottage Cheese is cheap. PB is cheap. Oats are cheap. Fruit is cheap. What is expensive is pre-prepared, package bullshyt. Also, if any of you brahs really wanna save money, deer hunt or find a friend who has multiple tags and see if they will give you a deer. My buddy gives me a deer every year. $60 bucks for it to be butchered, 70-90 lb of steak and ground venison (tell them you don't want them to mix it with pork). Less than $1/lb. and lean as fuark

This... I took a buck last December.. Have eaten 8 Oz about 5 days a week. Still have a ton left

[antrod3]

I always find these discussions and videos more useful then the training videos. Always like to hear what everyone is doing to save a buck and still maintain the lifestyle.

[stealth_swimmer]

1kg Frozen Snapper - $10.95
2kg Lean Ground Beef - $16
1kg assorted bread rolls - $3
1 or 2 Frozen Pizzas - $12
1kg Frozen Mixed Vegetables - $3.99
3 Dozen Eggs - $7.50
Peanut Butter - $3.50
1kg Tomatoes - $1
2 large Lettuce - $1.40
Assorted confectionery and soft drink - $10.66

= $70 total

Obviously I will only need to buy some items fortnightly so the money from peanut butter and anything I don't finish will go towards other things like oil, rice, oats and other miscellaneous cooking items. I also spend some extra money on toiletries each week. This would be all my basics and all extra's would just be purchased when I feel like spending more money. For example I can go to the local markets and pick a box of vegtables and assorted fruit for $10 which would last me the whole week.

You get a lotta stuff for $70. Looks to me like you get pretty good value out of it, especially with the frozen snapper. I've never seen frozen snapper around where I live. It'd be awesome to get. Around here, it's just fresh snapper, which is seasonal, and it's always really expensive. Like $10/lb at least (that would be $22 per kg)

[XShreddedX]

I really only buy a few things weekly, and some monthly which take longer to go through, even though i believe in iifym for enjoyment, i mostly follow the same diet 5-6 days a week for convienence (4500cals training days, 3800 cals non training days)

weekly I'll buy
2-3 bunches of banana's
1-2lbs of various other fruits(currently kiwis)(1-2 servings per day) and a bunch of tomatoes
4 tubs of CC
3 dozen eggs
3-5lbs chicken
3-5lbs of either salmon or orange roughy
7-8 sweet potatoes
1-2 containers of oats
1 bag of brown rice
~3lbs veggies(broccoli,asparagus,and/or spinach)
1-2 gallons of milk


all in all comes out to a little over $100, and average about $15-20 weekly for monthly items such as PB, olive oil, assorted nuts, and treats like steak

[Devils]

It has nothing to do with laziness. It's called time management. I don't have the time to do what you do, nor does me spending $200 a week on food affect me in any way possible its chump change to me and what my time can produce somewhere else.

I simply wanted to make a point. I get your point too but my time is worth more than the money I save.

I apologies if you took my post to mean I drove around all day looking for the best deal. I go to my local supermarket and farmers market like a normal person and buy all my food for the week, or sometimes just twice a week.

It literally takes me under 2 hours to by everything I need for the week. If something is not on special I will just skip it and wait till it is, I'll use the money on something else.

[HydroShake]

invest in a large freezer.
buy in large bulk when stuff is cheap and freeze that shit
go to one of those wholesale places that supply restaurants like restaurant depot or jetro
i mean they have beef tenderloin for 7 bucks a pound. imagine what the cheap cuts cost.

frozen stuff isn't pretty and screws up the texture but it's food.

[zrage]

costco -

10lbs chicken breast - 19$
10lbs of any cheap red meat 20$
10$ worth of rice
= 49-50$

chicken and rice/beef all day every day

[jrhodez]

We'll go live tomorrow. The video is approximately 20 minutes long and chock full of great info. We're going to pair the video with an article because we know many will probably have detailed questions about it. Here's an excerpt from that article, a preview:

"My Aunt and Uncle had a 130lb Doberman named Gunther and they never bothered locking their doors. Their Lazy Susan was unlocked too and housed every sugar-laden breakfast cereal that my mother specifically forbid: Apple Jacks, Sugar Smacks, Cocoa Puffs, Frosted Flakes and my all time favorite -- Lucky Charms. In short, I ate for pleasure. Growing up I had a lot of pleasure in my life. That lasted the first 15 years of my life.

Oddly enough, I have spent almost exactly the same amount of my life hell bent on eating with strict purpose; whatever will bring me one step closer to my goals is what I have aimed to eat. At 15, I began riding my bicycle to the store to buy things that my parents generally didn’t buy -- things that I thought would be better choices. Some of the first things I ever bought were multigrain bread and chicken breasts.

Riding home from the grocery store I felt like the key to success lay in those bags dangling from my handlebars as I rode home. I didn't know it at the time, but I would meet that future. Despite the fact that I didn’t always know what the hell I was doing, I always knew that the right food was crucial to achieving my goals. And of course, as time went on I educated myself with the writings of others and through my own personal experiences." – Evan Centopani

hehehe all in good fun