TLS c/o 2020 - In #Squad We Trust Forum

[Keilz]

Reddit.com/r/frugal

Or alternatively,

Reddit.com/r/frugal_jerk

[RParadela]

$200 a month for food and drinks? Jesus H Christ. I spend that on drinks alone easily

[theothercat]

When you guys are budgeting and calculating how much you'll need in total for food and/or rent, are y'all using an academic year period (like 8 months total) or are you including the summer months (12 months total)?

I think I know the answer just wondering what others are planning for.

Definitely include the summer months, as you'll still need to sleep and eat. Even if your situation drastically changes (move back with parents or whatnot), still factor in a budget and stick to it.

+1 on including the summer months.

The way I figured it: I made a high budget and low budget. So for example (my budget is for NYC), I made one budget that allows for $2,000 rent and having to pay utilities, with a large grocery budget and eating out/fun budget; then I made a second budget with $1700 rent with utilities included, a lower food/fun budget, etc. Of course certain expenses are the same no matter what (i.e. insurance, traveling home once a year, books.

This way, I have a budget range, and can visualize what I would have to sacrifice or pay for a certain lifestyle or a certain income level (read: loan amount).

[waldorf]

to the reasonable food budgeters ITT: how many hours per week do you spend cooking and shopping?

I grocery shop every Sunday, takes about 20-30 minutes depending on the crowd. Probably spend two hours on Sunday cooking. I make breakfast everyday (usually a smoothie or yogurt or oatmeal) and that takes about 5 minutes every morning.

[Mr_Chukes]

$200 a month for food and drinks? Jesus H Christ. I spend that on drinks alone easily

No drinks for me, gonna be sober for law school lol.

[JC2017]

to the reasonable food budgeters ITT: how many hours per week do you spend cooking and shopping?

I grocery shop every Sunday, takes about 20-30 minutes depending on the crowd. Probably spend two hours on Sunday cooking. I make breakfast everyday (usually a smoothie or yogurt or oatmeal) and that takes about 5 minutes every morning.

Similar here. 30-40 minutes shopping once a week. 1 minute for breakfast (cereal and OJ). 3 minutes for lunch (ham or turkey and cheese sandwich, apple). Usually max 15-20 minutes a night making dinner, although I'm not fancy.

[Mr_Chukes]

to the reasonable food budgeters ITT: how many hours per week do you spend cooking and shopping?

I grocery shop every Sunday, takes about 20-30 minutes depending on the crowd. Probably spend two hours on Sunday cooking. I make breakfast everyday (usually a smoothie or yogurt or oatmeal) and that takes about 5 minutes every morning.

Similar here. 30-40 minutes shopping once a week. 1 minute for breakfast (cereal and OJ). 3 minutes for lunch (ham or turkey and cheese sandwich, apple). Usually max 15-20 minutes a night making dinner, although I'm not fancy.

You eat the same thing everyday though? I like to meal prep but I try to make different meals.

[waldorf]

to the reasonable food budgeters ITT: how many hours per week do you spend cooking and shopping?

I grocery shop every Sunday, takes about 20-30 minutes depending on the crowd. Probably spend two hours on Sunday cooking. I make breakfast everyday (usually a smoothie or yogurt or oatmeal) and that takes about 5 minutes every morning.

Similar here. 30-40 minutes shopping once a week. 1 minute for breakfast (cereal and OJ). 3 minutes for lunch (ham or turkey and cheese sandwich, apple). Usually max 15-20 minutes a night making dinner, although I'm not fancy.

Oh, I'll add that I didn't put time per day because I meal prep. If I run out of food before the next Sunday, I'll toss in a frozen pizza or Lean Cuisine or make a quick sandwich. I keep cheap stuff around for quick meals (pasta and sauce, sandwich materials, frozen pizza) if I'm starving for some reason or run out of the food I prepped.

[JC2017]

When you guys are budgeting and calculating how much you'll need in total for food and/or rent, are y'all using an academic year period (like 8 months total) or are you including the summer months (12 months total)?

I think I know the answer just wondering what others are planning for.

Definitely include the summer months, as you'll still need to sleep and eat. Even if your situation drastically changes (move back with parents or whatnot), still factor in a budget and stick to it.

+1 on including the summer months.

The way I figured it: I made a high budget and low budget. So for example (my budget is for NYC), I made one budget that allows for $2,000 rent and having to pay utilities, with a large grocery budget and eating out/fun budget; then I made a second budget with $1700 rent with utilities included, a lower food/fun budget, etc. Of course certain expenses are the same no matter what (i.e. insurance, traveling home once a year, books.

This way, I have a budget range, and can visualize what I would have to sacrifice or pay for a certain lifestyle or a certain income level (read: loan amount).

For anyone going to NYC, might I suggest checking out Jersey City Heights (trust me, Jersey City is not bad!). From 2012-2014 I paid $600 for a room with 2-3 roommates in the apartment, and door to door to get into the middle of Manhattan is 25-30 minutes. The Path train runs 24 hours, and the NJ Transit buses are also quite convenient.

[JC2017]

to the reasonable food budgeters ITT: how many hours per week do you spend cooking and shopping?

I grocery shop every Sunday, takes about 20-30 minutes depending on the crowd. Probably spend two hours on Sunday cooking. I make breakfast everyday (usually a smoothie or yogurt or oatmeal) and that takes about 5 minutes every morning.

Similar here. 30-40 minutes shopping once a week. 1 minute for breakfast (cereal and OJ). 3 minutes for lunch (ham or turkey and cheese sandwich, apple). Usually max 15-20 minutes a night making dinner, although I'm not fancy.

You eat the same thing everyday though? I like to meal prep but I try to make different meals.

Haha yeah I'm a simple man with simple tastes, although I always have 2 cereal boxes open for variety! (gotta have my Reese's puffs or CTC from time to time)

[waldorf]

This might be weird but I've also trained my body to want less food. I have a really fast metabolism and used to be starving all. the. time. It was so easy to just give into a craving and grab a burger or takeout. It took some discipline but after sticking to strict portions for a few weeks, my body adapted and wasn't constantly starving. (FYI - I'm not starving myself. I'm talking about training myself to operate on a normal diet vs. wanting to eat literally all the time because I can).

Also, don't eat just because you're bored. These things sound simple but overeating and boredom eating made my grocery bill skyrocket.

[Pozzo]

More cycle data out:

[+] Spoiler

Looks like an incremental dip from the last set of data (with the huge caveat that Feb scores aren't included yet).

[Sarastro]

More cycle data out:

Looks like an incremental dip from the last set of data (with the huge caveat that Feb scores aren't included yet).

Get to work nerds and tell me what this means

[Mr_Chukes]

to the reasonable food budgeters ITT: how many hours per week do you spend cooking and shopping?

I grocery shop every Sunday, takes about 20-30 minutes depending on the crowd. Probably spend two hours on Sunday cooking. I make breakfast everyday (usually a smoothie or yogurt or oatmeal) and that takes about 5 minutes every morning.

Similar here. 30-40 minutes shopping once a week. 1 minute for breakfast (cereal and OJ). 3 minutes for lunch (ham or turkey and cheese sandwich, apple). Usually max 15-20 minutes a night making dinner, although I'm not fancy.

You eat the same thing everyday though? I like to meal prep but I try to make different meals.

Haha yeah I'm a simple man with simple tastes, although I always have 2 cereal boxes open for variety! (gotta have my Reese's puffs or CTC from time to time)

Peanut butter chocolate flavoorrr!
I can do that with rich and steak but not with sandwiches. I use to go to subway everyday for lunch. Now i cannot even think about subway. I hate it lol.

[waldorf]

to the reasonable food budgeters ITT: how many hours per week do you spend cooking and shopping?

I grocery shop every Sunday, takes about 20-30 minutes depending on the crowd. Probably spend two hours on Sunday cooking. I make breakfast everyday (usually a smoothie or yogurt or oatmeal) and that takes about 5 minutes every morning.

Similar here. 30-40 minutes shopping once a week. 1 minute for breakfast (cereal and OJ). 3 minutes for lunch (ham or turkey and cheese sandwich, apple). Usually max 15-20 minutes a night making dinner, although I'm not fancy.

You eat the same thing everyday though? I like to meal prep but I try to make different meals.

Haha yeah I'm a simple man with simple tastes, although I always have 2 cereal boxes open for variety! (gotta have my Reese's puffs or CTC from time to time)

Peanut butter chocolate flavoorrr!
I can do that with rich and steak but not with sandwiches. I use to go to subway everyday for lunch. Now i cannot even think about subway. I hate it lol.

I worked at Subway during high school and never want to eat there again........
I can't even step foot in one. During a road trip I took with my dad, we drove through the middle of nowhere for several hours. My options were McD's and Subway. I'd rather starve.

[Stylnator]

to the reasonable food budgeters ITT: how many hours per week do you spend cooking and shopping?

I grocery shop every Sunday, takes about 20-30 minutes depending on the crowd. Probably spend two hours on Sunday cooking. I make breakfast everyday (usually a smoothie or yogurt or oatmeal) and that takes about 5 minutes every morning.

Similar here. 30-40 minutes shopping once a week. 1 minute for breakfast (cereal and OJ). 3 minutes for lunch (ham or turkey and cheese sandwich, apple). Usually max 15-20 minutes a night making dinner, although I'm not fancy.

What about days when you spend all day in the library?

[alpha kenny body]

$200 a month for food and drinks? Jesus H Christ. I spend that on drinks alone easily

No drinks for me, gonna be sober for law school lol.

LOL you're joining the wrong profession

[alpha kenny body]

to the reasonable food budgeters ITT: how many hours per week do you spend cooking and shopping?

I grocery shop every Sunday, takes about 20-30 minutes depending on the crowd. Probably spend two hours on Sunday cooking. I make breakfast everyday (usually a smoothie or yogurt or oatmeal) and that takes about 5 minutes every morning.

Similar here. 30-40 minutes shopping once a week. 1 minute for breakfast (cereal and OJ). 3 minutes for lunch (ham or turkey and cheese sandwich, apple). Usually max 15-20 minutes a night making dinner, although I'm not fancy.

What about days when you spend all day in the library?

meal prep and bring your meals in a lunchbox to school

[R. Jeeves]

$200 a month for food and drinks? Jesus H Christ. I spend that on drinks alone easily

glad you posted this. I was beginning to think that I was an exceptionally profligate fatass

[curry1]

$200 a month for food and drinks? Jesus H Christ. I spend that on drinks alone easily

i probably spend 150 on food a week, lol

[Dr.Degrees_Cr.Cash]

to the reasonable food budgeters ITT: how many hours per week do you spend cooking and shopping?

+1, time is my biggest hurdle to food budget right now, although in UG when all of my work could be done at home I was wayyy better about eating on the cheap.

[alpha kenny body]

More cycle data out:

Looks like an incremental dip from the last set of data (with the huge caveat that Feb scores aren't included yet).

Get to work nerds and tell me what this means

black males are the hottest prize given that black applicants have dropped ~3%, and male applicants ~4%

[Pozzo]

More cycle data out:

[+] Spoiler

Looks like an incremental dip from the last set of data (with the huge caveat that Feb scores aren't included yet).

Get to work nerds and tell me what this means

My first take is that the very top bands continue to be down, just a bit more so as the cycle moves along. 175-180 pretty consistently ~25% down this cycle. 170-4 has gone from 2% up to just 0.4% up since December (back out 170, and 171-4 is quite down). Meanwhile more of the later apps seem to be coming from 160-169 band. The 165-9 band was down 17% in Dec, but down 11.4% now. 160-4 has gone from down 4% to up 0.9% in that same time.

Seems like 165+ is still a really good place to be, but that's small consolation in the face of the barrage of WL/dings coming out of the T14 these days...

[goldenbear2020]

According to government estimates, a 19-50 year old male should be spending the following monthly amounts for food:
thrifty $184, low cost $237, moderate $297, liberal $365

https://www.cnpp.usda.gov/sites/default ... an2017.pdf

[Mr_Chukes]

$200 a month for food and drinks? Jesus H Christ. I spend that on drinks alone easily

No drinks for me, gonna be sober for law school lol.

LOL you're joining the wrong profession

Naw I'm good, I can hold my liquor. I heard so many lawyers become alcoholics lol.