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[AtmaWeapon]

I'm not too concerned about supplements because I know iherb.com ships to Korea (although I never actually bought from them), but what about foods? A lot of common high-protein bodybuilding foods such as cottage cheese, lean red meats, fish, etc. from what I remember either aren't there, difficult to find, or ridiculously overpriced. Suggestions?

[12ax7]

I used to eat pretty much anything that wasn't high in fat or sodium.

But, yeah, the food can get pretty expensive. That's part of the reason why I gave up on that and took up hiking.

I might pick it up again, but I definitely won't t bulk up like I used to (I've dropped 40 pounds from when I was at my heaviest, and I'm not a very tall guy).

[Hugo85]

Tuna cans can be stocked up when seen at cheap'ish prices. Otherwise eggs.

[The Floating World]

Low fat milk.

Ta da.

Seriously.

[12ax7]

[The Floating World]

[highstreet]

Chicken breast can be had for 53-60K won per 10 KG

Eggs are cheap. Fish is cheap if you buy from a market. Broccoli, spinach, cabbage all cheap from markets.

And the whole 30G of protein at one sitting thing is a myth with no science to back it up

[xinster]

[jonpurdy]

Chicken is quite cheap. Eggs are plentiful. Cans of tuna are also readily available.

Steaks are definitely pricey but you can get American beef for cheaper than Korean beef.

[cdninkorea]

Get a Costco membership. Besides chicken breasts and water-packed canned tuna, try the frozen tilapia filets too.

[Rutherford]

There are a few good websites for this type of stuff as well.

One is mass119, another is called gooddalk. Just naver search for them. You can buy frozen chicken breasts and protein powder.

[bbud656]

Im not a body builder, just a casual lifter. How much protein do you suppose is in a tuna kimbap? The tuna is packed with it, there is ham and egg as well. I usually get mine sans mayo. Seems relatively healthy and probably borders on the max amount of protein you can digest in one sitting. For someone who wants to work out but doesnt consider growing muscle a way of life, it seems like a decent way to get protein. 2,500 won as well

[pikachun1]

wow, that's nuts because i just started to work out and it's not like what it was back in the states. high protein foods are just not as readily available at affordable prices for the average lifter in Korea. i have to consume about 150 grams at a minimum and ideally i would want to 200+ but as you can see it can get pretty expensive. i'm getting a lot of protein powder shipped over, which is very expensive in Korea.

Also, this is big, but getting chicken breast from your local stores can run you high on the bills. buy them on gmarket. you can get like 5 kg for like 50,000 won (i think). also, milk is comparatively expensive. eggs are definitely a good option. so i guess...protein powder and chicken breast online will be your staple foods, haha. good luck!

[warmachinenkorea]

Costco has

Chicken tenders 4oz 24 grams of protein, about 4 tenders.

Chicken breasts, 4oz 24 grams of protein, about 1 breast

Turkey burgers 30 grams of protein in one pattie. 18,000, 12 patties in
pack

Cod fillets about 30 grams of protein per fillet.

Tilapia fillets. 4 oz 24 grams of protein. Each fillet is around 3-4 oz.

2 dozen eggs are around 5,000 at my local Debec mart.

Almonds, pecans and walnuts by the bag.

They also sell chicken breast meet in a can.
It's not cheap but doable. Sorry the only price I remember is the turkey burgers.

I've found ground beef and steak to be less fatty there also. I try to be selective about the cuts I choose.

I'm not a body builder more of a powerlifter. How much do you weigh and what is your body fat %?

[jk3587]

You can order frozen chicken breasts for around 55k-60k on gmarket which comes to around ~550-600W/100g

You can find butchers selling frozen US/Aus beef chuck/round and ask them to grind it for you. The place I go to has it for ~1100-1200W/100g

Also costco has frozen fillets of fish and cheese and pork tenderloin and whatnot.

3 shakes + 3 meals a day and you should easily fill 260g protein as long as you don't really care too much about protein variety.