<prompt> Human: How do you do it? Are you putting all eating out expenses as entertainment or maybe just ignoring it or something? Do you really buy 40 lbs of chicken at the beginning of the month for 9 and then just slowly use it for half of all your meals? I mean good lord. An example of what I eat on a cheap day: 1 No breakfast Never have been a breakfast eater2 Lunch: Salad from grocery store Salad Bar for 43 Snacksecond lunch? consisting of frozen fruit, some sugar, and half of a pack of protein powder for estimated: 4 total 4 Dinner consisting of half a pound of salmon 6 per half pound for the cheapest kind, asparagus 4bunch and some squash maybe 1. 5 Water all day every daySo that adds up to 19 for a SINGLE day, and thats on a cheap day. If I decide to go nuts and have a 30 dinner once a week then it shoots my average well into the 20-25 range per day meaning 600-750month at a minimum.How the heck do you all get food expenses to 300 in your budget?  <response>: Stop going out and buying your lunch everyday, make one at home. I really dont see how the frozen fruit and protein powder adds up to 4. Protein powder is about 50 for a 5 pound tub. That comes out to under 1 per scoop. Dont eat a 12lb meat option for dinner everyday. Chicken, beef roast, pork chops are all way cheaper than that. 