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[mcgeta]

What is everyone averaging on food/groceries everyweek?

I weigh about 100kg, go to the gym frequently and I have a big appetite so I would probably eat more food in a week than most people but i'm trying to gauge what I should be spending on groceries by comparision.

I shop at large stores such as Homeplus. I tend to buy a mix of local and Western foods (especially cereals) and in my first month i've probably spent 400,000 to 500,000W on feeding myself (including eating out on 3-4 occassions).

Thanks y'all.

[TheWill]

300,000W for me. But I also eat more than half my meals outside.

[smoggy]

In Daegu, I spend 10,000W at the farmers market & 20,000w at EMart.
My restaurant meals are under 3,500won. So I spend about 120,000w a month. The main thing is the cost of physical therapy. The bills add up, but my insurance at home pays me back.

[enochyoo]

Im still in the states but i buy my own groceries, I go to the gym as well so I try to eat as clean as possible
simple month would consist of

$60 worth of chicken breasts(at 2.39 a lb)
$10 worth of rolled oats
$10 Peanut Butter
$15 Fruits(Bananas in particular)
$15 Veggies(Broccoli in particular)
$10 White Rice
$20 Misc.
$60 Eating out

so around $200, im guessing the costs wouldnt be TOO different
btw, this is w/o whey protein and NO

[Draz]

[enochyoo]

hahaha yea i thought so as well, dang

i use 2-3 tablespoon chunks of PB a day so i go through maybe 2 med size containers a month

koreans arent very fond of oats, and i doubt they eat chicken breast abnormally like bodybuilders...seeing how majority of them are sticks.

thinking bout taking a 5lb whey container and a tub of oats with me HAHA, i wonder if they'll have problems at customs?

p.s im speaking from a korean persons view(me)

[Rusty Shackleford]

I spend around 120,000 a week. This lasts me a month for breakfast.

http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=159115973

I'm not afraid of cholesterol. But an egg and a strip of bacon keeps me full until mid day. If I have cereal, I'm starving by 9.30.

Sometimes I order some cheese

http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=130075924

But the better part of a double Sejong for bland American cheese isn't my idea of a good time.

Lunch is provided by the school at around 40,000 a month.

10,000 a week on veges from the local ajumma market. That gets me a big bag of salad leaves, 2 heads of broccoli, some carrots, onions and gochu. Also cherry tomatoes, when they are in season. That usually comes to well less than 10,000. I usually buy a coffee with the change.

Lately I've been making meat and veges for dinner. I ordered Korean food 3 nights a week for about 6 months, but all the rice was making me feel like crap. Now I eat Bulgogi, chicken or Pork. Chicken breast at my local E-Mart is 6000w for 500grms. Bulgogi is 14,000 for 800grms and pork is 5000w for 400 grms. That lasts Sunday through Thursday. Friday, Saturday I eat out. I usually drop 50,000 on something decent like a steak, for the GF and I. Maybe more depending on what we eat. Sometimes less if we are just having BBQ or some other Korean food.

My advice is to not get too hung up on money. The harder you try to hang onto it, the easier it will slip through your fingers.

[eamo]

If you're a hearty westerner who like to eat....then a Costco membership might be what you need.

I find E-mart and Homeplus to be quite expensive.

[mcgeta]

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