Day 7 Total for week $30.90!!

So I made it in under budget a bit. Of course I did get a lot of free meals this week, but I honestly think I could make a pretty good vegetable and chicken stew for about $5 that would be good for three meals. I think I may try to do that next week to keep my costs down.

I'm not sure how realistic my plans are for most people. I have been fasting most of the day several days a week, and eating at my cousin's a lot. Starting next week, I will try to be more conscientious of what I am making. With other primal/paleo followers in mind.

Two things I have learned so far: It is nice to have family that will feed you, and it is comforting to have meat in the freezer. I pretty much have lived off of two packages of meat I got on sale at Safeway. Three servings of steak (8oz each) for $8.14, and a huge thing of pork chops for $8.63 (9 pork chops about 8-10oz each). So far none of these have been pastured or grass-fed. I did buy 3 pounds of grass-fed ground beef at Whole foods on Friday, which will last me for a bit--but I probably won't start eating that until this weekend.

I will continue to keep track of how much money I consume in food each day.

So far today:

Coffee with half and half .52
Apple .32 (QFC, organic)
Walnuts (2 oz.) .52 (Costco, 3 lb. bag, 11.99)

On another related note, I am taking up the Primal Blueprint Challenge over at Mark's Daily Apple. I already follow a plan greatly influenced by what Mark writes about. No reason not to join the group of other primal/paleo followers and enjoy a little solidarity...

Update:

The rest of my food for the day was free. Wednesdays I go over to my cousin's for dinner. We had fairly primal stuff--meatloaf, brussels sprouts, and a potato gratin, followed by a little ice cream for dessert. And some yummy wine.