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Originally Posted by kirant
Not going to argue the pack a day part of it, but fast food is probably some of the cheapest food you'll get. When that whole "McDonald's assumes you can get by only if you take another job" debacle came out, I did some calculations and it's really hard to get by on other foods. The lowest I tried was a pure Mac and Cheese styled diet and it's within range of a fast food diet.
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This is ridiculous. You honestly couldn't think of a cheaper diet than McDonalds?
How about this -
Breakfast: Box of cereal ($5) + Carton of milk ($6) = $11 for a week's worth of breakfast.
Lunch: Loaf of bread ($3) + 5 apples ($6) + 200g sandwich meat ($6) = $14 for a week's worth of lunch
Dinner: Bag of potatoes ($7) + bag of carrots ($4) + package of 5 chicken breasts ($15) = $26 for a week's worth of dinner
That's $51 for one person in a week, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It's not terribly exciting and not amazingly healthy but it's far cheaper and far more healthy than a fast food diet.