Ugh, I literally suck at keeping this blog. Millionth time is a charm right?
After a beautiful holiday in Mexico (picture below - I was right hey?!) with Mr Amazing Tattooed Lady, he did a much better job of the whole clean eating while away, while I got a little carried away with the carbs. Damn you hash browns!
So with us both planning on cutting for a while and Mr ATL probably cutting for the majority of the time until our next holiday and us saving, the challenge is cutting for £100 per month combined for both of us.
To hit my IIFYM and calories I need to hit approximately 1600, and Mr ATL has to hit 2000. I'll be sticking more paleo, he's mixing it up a bit.
Our weekly shopping at the moment comes from Sainsbury's and our local Asian supermarket, as these offer us the best value for money in terms of a cut. Our Asian supermarket also does £1 bags of fresh veggies and fruit, which means as long as were not fussy about what we eat we're fine. Now it should be a bit easier for us as we already have in bulk rice and oats for Mr ATL - we will also probably mix it up and visit Costco. Here's our shopping list:
Sainsbury's
Basics Chicken Portions - 2.5kg £4
Basics Cooking Bacon - 670g £1.15
Basics White Fish - approximately 8 fillets £1.70
Basics Courgettes - 1kg £1.75
Asian Supermarket
Canned tomatoes x4 (on offer all the time) £1
Mushrooms - £1
4 x fruit/veggies bags - £4
Milk 6 pints - £1.79
Eggs x30 - £2.69
Total: £19.08
For our budgeting sake that means we have £5.92 to play with on reduced foods from the supermarket or any other variants on canned goods or fruits/veggies from our usual shopping haunts.
Using the bacon and the white fish, with some canned goods (1 can tomatoes, 1 can chick peas) and the help of a lonely onion that was lurking in the fridge - we made 8 meals which covers the majority of my meals for the weekdays, while we used the chicken portions for Mr ATL as he is still lifting while cutting.
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