Sure it doesn't but there is a way of keeping the price low such as, don't let your ego controlled you. Once you are injured, it will going to be an expensive experience and operation.

That is why I've never need to take whey protein

It totally depends on you. Well, since most beginners didn't even have any idea about their diet especially macro nutrition, they didn't bother to get to know about other supplementations except for the magic instant muscle builder mass gainers and whey protein thinking by just consuming this, they can become three times muscular than what they are currently.

As you can see, the more advance bodybuilder would start to get pre w/o supps, fish oils, glutamine, creatine, ZMA and etc. Why? Because they know they stuff.

1 meal for me.

Can you elaborate more on how you calculate the price?

If I need 200g protein, I need 1kg of raw chicken breast (22g protein per 100g chicken breast). 1kg chicken breast would cost me RM10.90 and multiply it by 7 days, it will only cost me RM 77.00. Correct me if I'm wrong. Unless you need 400g of protein per day, still the price would only be RM 140.00.

general rule of thumb is 1g of protein per 1lbs bodyweight.

165g of protein to be precise. 1kg = 2.204lbs

whether you are working out on that day or not, the amount of protein would be the same. Supposedly, all three values should be the same (carbs, protein, fat). But some people tend to take more cabs on the workout day instead of non-workout day, maybe 55% instead of 40% and adjust the remaining fat ratio. Sticking to your ratio the whole week be it you are working out or not is ok.

I am also in the same boat as you. As a student, money is always a constraint; unless you have a rich family. I found out that by cooking, I can easily hit my macro and daily calorie intake for just well below than RM 10.00. I do have time to cook so why not? For people who have time constraint, they may opt for supplements to help them hit their macro. It all depends on you.

All in all, real food is much better than supps but by hook or by crook, you need to reach that macro and calorie target.

My cooking style? I fry what I want to eat using butter. Being in a Keto diet makes me consume lots of fat (60% of my diet comes from fat). I ate minced meat which is high in protein and fat, lots of eggs including the yolk, butter and lots of butter.

This is more or less my daily diet
My lunch would be:
1 can of Tuna
2 tablespoons of CED Peanut Butter
3 first Choice Eggs
4 tablespoons of Planta

Dinner:
200g minced meat
3 tablespoons of Planta
3 first Choice Eggs
2 tablespoons of CED Peanut Butter
1 can of Tuna, 3 eggs

I'm on Keto diet so there is no Carbs involve in my diet. I left out the veggies, because of the word 'This is more or less my daily diet'. I do take them, brocolli to be precise whenever available.

Btw, test are from fats, not carb.

This post has been edited by alien9: Jul 6 2012, 01:38 PM

I'll do some research about that after I've done with my exam. Here is the link for my primary source of info on Keto, and I have few others but they doesn't touch anything about hypothyroidism. In fact, there is a forumers that lost 150lbs from Keto and didn't get this problem.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=132598293

This post has been edited by alien9: Jul 6 2012, 02:52 PM