£47 Weekly Food Shop | Building Muscle On A Budget 

Every day at work people tell me they can't afford to eat healthy but they buy about 3 energy drinks, smoke 40 a day and buy shit from greggs. £47 is very reasonable, class video as ever.

Ingredients: Affordable Recipe: simple Food : delicious Hotel: trivago

The editing, especially the information chart for each food is so nice and clean! Great video!

Can see a lot of effort has gone into this bro, got my like👊🏻

The editing and content value on this Video is just insane!

Obviously the definition of budget is going to vary from one person to the next so let's not all get worked up if you think £47 is expensive. Keep in mind I live in central London, the quality of food I've purchased is still pretty high, there's some variety in there, and this works out at 2,700-2,900kcal per day - a lot of you guys won't need to eat that much in order to build muscle. Like I mention at the end of the video I could have saved money by cutting out things like the fish, avocado etc, bulk buying my meats/fish, and obviously just eating less overall.

Genuinely one of the most detailed and helpful channels I've found ANYWHERE so far

This is the best meal prep video i've ever seen. Fast concise. No time wasted. Easy to follow directions. Not super complicated meal plans. Thank you.

It's all just in the mindset. I like your style man, like the attitude, I like the honesty and simpleness. Keep doing your thing. Respect.

Great Video! Small cooking tip that will blow your mind. Put the meat in a deep freeze bag that can be closed, spray some of that non stick on it, now drop in the spices but most importantly put in lemon juice or lime juice or vinegar (red or white wine) in it close the bag and toss the meat around in the bag. The acid will make the flavors pop but also marinade the meat so that it stays tender!

8:28 when people be complaining like “eating healthy is expensive”.. But They already ordered the IPhone XX 😅 Priorities.

This is perfect. Comprehensive breakdown of all the important aspects; where you shopped, what what you made, how you made it, what the cost was (even per meal) and the calorie/weight totals. The best mealplan video I've seen on RU-vid, and in fewer than 10minutes. Well done, mate

I don't know how it is in the UK, but here in the Netherlands for fresh produce it's pretty much always much cheaper to go to a turkish/surinamese grocer or an actual market than it is to go to a supermarket like Aldi or LIdl. If you're on a budget and you're cooking for a whole week go inside those kinds of shops and look around.

Idk about you guys, but I really enjoy watching cooking videos by bodybuilders. Easy recipes, big portions and straight to the point. Fucking love it

Really appreciate these types of videos.Eye opening and made for the average guy. Keep it up

I've watched many, many muscle building food shops on a budget, this one is fantastic, the detail in the financial breakdown is very insightful, it can be quote daunting when you end up spending £40+ per week on food when you're on a 'budget' but breaking it down to the equivalent to approximately £6 per day is minuscule, thats the equivalent to a pint and a half of beer or a large Mcdonalds meal! Great video, you've just gained yourself a subscriber from me :D

More Common Sense & Positivity from the Main Man of Health & Fitness... What's Not to love...? All these meals & healthy eating Tips were Superb

Been following mike for over a year. Consistent, clear and tried and tested advice he gives each vid. Love and peace brother

Somebody give this guy a medal!

Hi Mike & all viewers, First of all, thank you very much for this gains budget plan! You are amazing. I went shopping and spent around the exactly the stated same amount of money for food. Most of the day I come back to this video for cooking reference and did a quick detailed description of it, to save time. I'm sorry in advance if this comment broke any copyrighted laws, if it did feel free to delete it. Cheers, Nik High Carb Day Meal 1: 312kcal, 24g protein, 20g fats, 2.4g carbs £0.55 1:30 - 1:55 4x Eggs Meal 2: 491kcal, 53.8g protein, 2.2g fat, 66.9g carbs £1.93 1:56 - 2:42 300g Sweet potato 100g Asparagus 190g Chicken Meal 3: 733kcal, 56.6g protein, 7.4g fat, 107.3g carbs £1.54 2:44 - 3:39 240g Fish fillets 50g Broccoli 38g Sugar snap Peas 120g Rice Meal 4: 509kcal, 59.2g protein, 22.6g fats, 21.6g carbs £1.56 3:40 - 3:55 190g Chicken 40g Peanut butter 1x Beetroot 50g Broccoli 38g Sugar snap Peas Meal 5: 423kcal, 14.5g protein, 9.9g fat, 76g carbs £0.37 3:57 - 4:23 80g Oatmeal 200ml Milk 1tbsp honey Meal 6: 322kcal, 6.4g protein, 11.7g fats, 45.2g carbs £0.33 4:24 - 4:40 65g Granola 100ml Milk *You can combine Meal 5 + Meal 6 as one whole meal! Meal 7: 105kcal, 1.3g protein, 0.4g fats, 27g carbs £0.13 4:41 - 4:43 1x Banana 4:44 - 4:53 Total = 2,897kcal, 215g protein, 72g fats, 346g carbs Daily Total = £6.41 5 days per week = £32.05 Low Carb Meal 1: 505kcal, 36.2g protein, 33g fats, 3g carbs £1.71 4:54 - 5:19 1x Tuna Chunks Tin (112g drained) 2tbsp Mayo 1x Avocado Meal 2 & 3: 922kcal, 100.5g protein, 51g fats, 21g carbs £2.58 5:20 - 5:57 450g 7% Fat Mince 40g Peanut butter 2x 50g Broccoli 2x 38g Sugar snap Peas Meal 4: 491kcal, 53.8g protein, 2.2g fat, 66.9g carbs£1.93 5:59 - 6:03 300g Sweet potato 100g Asparagus 190g Chicken Meal 5: 522kcal, 14.1g protein, 16.5g fats, 77.1g carbs £0.59 6:04 - 6:15 65g Granola 40g Oatmeal 300ml Milk Meal 6: 290kcal, 5.2g protein, 22g fats, 15.2g carbs £0.52 6:16 - 6:26 50g 75% Dark Chocolate 6:27 - 6:40 Total = 2,730kcal, 210g protein, 125g fats, 183g carbs Daily Total = £7.33 2 days per week = £14.66 6:41 Grand Total per week = £46.71

Quick way to save a cheeky £35 a week mate: Bulk Powders unflavoured whey isolate @ 1.5 pence per gram = £8.40 per week for an 80 kg man. Morrison's Savers Lard @ 0.16 pence per gram = £4.80 for 20,000 weekly calories.

This video is absolutely quality, this legit needs to go viral. People spend so much money on finding out the best ways for this and you have just smashed it out like it was nothing in one video!

You are so wrong about frozen vegetables. Not only is there no structure difference after cooking, but also due to logistics frozen vegetables are usually ripened more naturally and have way more nutrients.

Frozen veggies tend to be healthier btw(at least here in America). They're frozen right after they're harvested, which will keep them technically fresh + keeps all the anti-oxidants. The travel time for "fresh" veggies tends to degrade the anti-oxidants.

In Bulgaria, I eat for ~50 brit pounds for a MONTH

The most informative, sincere, genuine, motivating fitness channel came across​ so far. The content is eye-opening in many ways.

Great video man. The quality just keeps getting better, keep up the good work!

The only fitness channel (far as i know) that really showing us what food to buy and how to organize and cook it right for the all week. Much appreciate your time and effort.

Love how you’ve edited this bro, such a good video 👌🏼

Wow I have never came across more useful you-tube video in my entire life. THANK YOU SO MUCH MATE.

Awesome production value Mike! I could eat that avocado/tuna mix 3 times a day :) Sooo important to measure out the granola, you think you don't do any damage with a small handful, but that stuff is so calorie dense. I had to stop buying it because it's like crack in a box.

I just love finding the folks on RU-vid that clearly work hard to make good content. Jesus, this video is amazing and you are very, very smart.

Who eats chicken and mince with peanut butter?!

There are a lot of video out there where you can find similar topics, but this one is PURE GOLD. Mike, you really know who to put content in a video, and really good, and true content. You don't have to be from England to take a similar approach. Well done for another great video! Cheers!

Can you add ina breakdown of your cycle aswell?

Best guy on youtube, everything he says is very clear and makes sense! Used to be a follower on ig and was so happy to see that he started a youtube channel! Cant wait till he gets the recognition he deserves on here

Am I the only person who actually likes chicken and rice lol. I genuinely eat it pretty much 6 days a week twice daily and then throw in shakes and whatnot to up my calories for the rest of the day

This is amazing. Mike, I’ve been pointed to your videos by my brother because I’m just starting out on my journey and he’s been at his for a while. The nutrition side is something I’ve always been dumbfounded and concerned about - seen lots of videos about the mass prep for clean eating etc which quite honestly scares me. Watching this as I’m also on a budget and I gotta say, first, to change my habits and having smaller meals more often is going to be the hardest thing, second, the meals and food you show here is lush. I mean I would love to have these meals. You’ve given me some inspiration fella so thanks very much.

190g of chicken once appears as 53g protein and later on 42g!!! are you weighing it cooked? I saw you weigh your meat n vegs raw.

Practical, down to earth, realistic, brilliant. On an unrelated aside, it’s interesting Mike begins with ‘what’s up?’ In my experience here in the UK we say ‘what’s up?’ To people who look upset, miserable or down in the dumps and it’s taken to mean, ‘what’s wrong.’ Or ‘what’s the matter with you?’

Lets be honest lads, if you want to gain healthily you have eat well and lots (5/7 meals a day) so £47 weekly for this is acceptable and like Mike said, he didn't just go a cheap as possible as it's not healthy or enjoyable

Frozen veggies however do sometimes contain more nutrients since theyre frozen within hours from harvest. I do agree they dont taste as good as regular veggies but theyre not necessarily "not fresh". Thanks for the video!

Couldn't of timed this video better Mike! Thanks a bunch for the content!

Your videos are always wicked man, full of info... No bullshit, straight to the point! Thanks again

Bruh mike please never change, best RU-vidr

Subscribed! Purely on the basis of this video! Not many bodybuilders give this sort of information out for free, along with the helpful advice of low/high carb days. Diet is the hardest thing for me to crack, foods can be complex, so I appreciate your video. Nice one fella. 👏👏👏👏

Mad mate I done my own shop (online asda) while watching this vid keeping the cals the same and it's dead on £47👀🔥👌

This video is wicked better then all those whack food prep videos without info of how much to weigh. Nice one brother. Very helpful.

This was surprisingly void of “bro” testosterone Genuinely informative quality content Subbed

One of the best foods are the beets. It helps circulate the bloodstream and helps oxidize the blood cells. Helps immensely with the cardiovascular system and stamina in workouts.

All these people thinking £47 is a lot, I thought I was eating on a budget(ish) and I spend £75 living in London.

You should eat Boiled sweet potato, baked has a high glycemic index. Also eat brown rice not white, white has a higher glycemic index. Also wholegrain bread or pasta is a very good source of carbs.

the lack of seasoning is outrageous

Can you do more videos like this please it’s really helpful to have a whole week of food and meals and knowing nutrition like this! Really helpful

Not going to win master chef 👩‍🍳 but gains 💪🏼💪🏼

Mike!!!! You killed it on this video, can definitely tell you put a lot of time and effort in this video man and it is greatly appreciated. People tend to use the excuse that eating healthy is too expensive and this just proves that it doesnt have to be at all!!!!! Great video man

when I see size of your pan and the liquid that chicken is boiling(not frying) in, it makes me. Don't you bodybuilders care about a flavor even a bit? your tastebuds could literaly eat poop if someone said there is a protein in it

When you divide it by 7, it makes less than 7 £ per day. For this money you get high quality food in big amount (2700 calories from healthy sources). It cannot go cheaper and has the same taste. Great video, Mike! Thank you :)

Discovered yr channel weeks ago. Watched loads of yr vids since. Yr up there with the very best in opinion. Brilliant work pal

love the way you edited ur videos! so easy to follow and understand mate

Some great ideas as to how create some variety in what otherwise would be pretty standard meals.

After working in a cold-air grocery warehouse I don't believe in the frozen>non-frozen stuff anymore. Just about everything's flash frozen, but thaws by the time you get it. I'm half-convinced the water sprayers are just there to melt any straggling chunks of ice.

awesome vid Mike

My meat, fish, chicken per week is: 55$ My veggines per week: 27$ - pre-diced,chopped, sliced etc. My carbs per week: 10$ - (rice, oats, potatos, pasta) Whey isolate 1 ingredient per week: 11$ - (I get 1 shake per day with 50gs.) Fats per week: 10$ ( nuts, oils, etc) Various things per week: 10$ (almond milk, coconut milk, honey, cocoa etc etc) Total price per week: 123$ for me. I get around 180g of protein from per day from this, you could obviously just add another shake if you're heavier then me or think you need more protein. I'm 90kg atm so I aim to get around 2g per kg a day. I buy quality stuff, pre cut stuff, to save time. I spend around 15-20mins per day cooking all my meals, most of the time it's waiting for things to cook. So yeah, 66$ per week is very very cheap as far as bodybuilder appropriate diets go :)

What’s wrong with fish n rice cakes?

This is the video first I’ve watched on your channel, I really appreciated the effort that went into the video production. This video does help me a lot as I am a student who is trying to bulk hence the budget is appropriate for me. Thank you very much

Got an Aldi near me, going to have to try this. Right at the start of my journey with this shit, still pretty lanky 😅

5:16 you should try: One can of tuna (I buy the spicy tuna, adds flavor), one avocado and an equal amount of cottage cheese. Lets say its all 1:1:1 part tuna, avocado and cottage cheese. And lastly, if you want to: add pepper, salt, siracha(highly recommended). It's a protein bomb and it tastes good! For those of you finding it hard to eat tuna, try this!

My food budget is $1 a day, but I live next to the ocean so I can catch salmon and clams for food everyday.

Just keeps getting better and better! Thanks Mike!

Bro! Thanks for this free information and even posting it in the comments. So much free info for us!

You have my respect, brotha. Good well produced video outlining the breakdown of each meal on how affordable it can be. Keep it up!

everything is great but please don't use that spray in a can... it's convenient but full of BS

A tip for making delicious and healthy asparagus: 1. Pre-heat oven to 425 F (220 C). 2. In a bowl, toss asparagus in olive oil until asparagus are fully coated with the oil. 3. Season asparagus with salt, pepper, garlic powder. Can also sprinkle grated parmesan on the asparagus if your diet allows it. 4. Toss everything in the bowl until seasoning is mixed well. 5. Bake in over for 12-15 minutes (on the shorter end for thinner asparagus). 6. Sprinkle with lemon juice before serving for extra flavor. 7. Enjoy!

You sir are a Real Hip-Hop head! Literally the only fitness channel with the dopest Hip-Hop from video to video. I hear the Royal Flush, Marco Polo, Hi-Tek, G-Unit and many other artists!

Bravo, Sir! I am just starting to actually weigh my food out and track the macros. Can be a bit confusing at first, so this really helps to see you weigh it and translate it in a simple way! Got my like and a subscribe!

What dudes wanna know is you expenditure on anabolic drugs and where

Nice! I eat like this now but seeing you do it and how far you are gives me confirmation that I'm on the right path!

And steroids to keep anabolic

You could reduce the cost of your proteins considerably with beans, peas, lentils, chickpeas, etc. Then just compensate by eating more of these / combining with grains to makeup for the differences in limiting amino acids.

Anyone know the song in this video?

THANK YOU MIKE, i feel like i'm getting better when it comes to nutrition but i still have a long way to go before i can ingest all that after having gastric bypass surgery, so i split all of this and eat 6 times a day, it's the only way i can eat enough protein.

After watching this I just got damn hungry.. ah wanna eat all these meals :D

People hit like if you appreciate the production value. Deserved in my opinion.

What about how much you spend on PEDs?

First video that I've watched from you. Instant subscribe! Keep that up! The editing and the charts are awesome.

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Really useful video. It's definitely the one thing I'm struggling most with. Knowing what I should be eating is one thing but getting the macros right is even harder.

Great Vid.

Best fitness video I've seen in years and I was around in the early days of Scoobys Workshop. Awesome job!

Don’t buy those small packs of rice buy a big pack, it’s much cheaper.

Then is best meal prep video ever posted for the fitness community on youtube ever!

This is twice what i pay. Just cut out the whey. Drink normal fat free milk. Chicken everyday maybe some red meat 1/2 times weekly

Bro you are so chill getting back to the gym I love your attitude towards it very straight forward

In my opinion you shouldn't have a budget on food, instead have a budget on everything else

i was looking at getting back in to lifting and this has helped me out immensely because my downfall last time was chicken and rice every day

70 dollars a week, 280 bucks a month is not a budget, thats a car payment.

The diet fits well into my budget, my question to you is will my gains get affected massively if I tend to drink on weekends. If yes what should I do to minimize the muscle loss, a day after a binge. We all know you had mastered the art of staying ripped back in the day inspite of drinking 2-3 times a week, please share your secrets lol

Mike is the best, when it comes down to explaining stuff...

Oats and whey mixed with almond milk all day every day