Elvia1023 said:
Just noticed you only aim for 3000 calories so if your short for cash no need for the powders cos if you eat what I wrote you will have to watch out cos you will go easily past 3000. I don't calorie count (at all) but my days probably range from 3000-7000 calories and I find that pretty easy. My powder works out at £40 ($80) for 10 days supply so it adds up but isn't too bad cos the way I look at it £4 (each day amount) would only get me a sandwich and a drink. Oh and I get it cheap cos I use ebay.
Most people don't realize how many calories are in meals when you eat out and I don't mean crap like Maccy's or Burger King. If you get a steak and jacket potatoe or chips with all the trimmings that could be 600-1700 calories for 1 meal. Most 12oz steaks with all the trimmings carry about 1300 cos of the way they are cooked and the little extras. But as you are low in cash you are best cooking all your own stuff anyway and it is much better anyway cos you know what is going into it and imo tastes nicer when I do it myself.
I live in the UK and have never been to the US but I do know the meal portions are double the size compared to the UK so I can only imagine what size steaks you get. I would be in heaven. Only one place in my city (Liverpool) that sells a 24oz steak and it is huge but also £25 ($50) and that is pretty cheap cos the average price for a 8oz here is about £8 so it works out about the same (X3). I imagine most in the US can get that half the price due to portion sizes.
Elvia,
I that the price of steak in the grocery store or In a Resteraunt?
I get Mine here in the Usa from One of the best Markets we Have (Harter House) and Ill pay 5$ a pound (16oz) for sirloins or 9$ a Pound for Porterhouse
If I have the extra money to "splurge".
In the resteraunts though its closer to the prices you mentioned.
There are some good Cheap steak Buffets (Golden coral, Ryans, lamberts)
But the problem is that its not cheap if you had to go there for 6-8 meals a day.