I would go the brown rice route before going all ramen. That's a lot of sodium in your diet.

just drink plenty of water and you will be fine

go to /fit/ if you need health advice..

the only problem is the amount of sodium, almost 50%+
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>>2539816

I like the packs a lot better as you can control how much of the powder you put in them. Bit cheaper too due to less packaging.
Not sure if you'd have the means to cook them on campus though.

Not terribly bad for you but not really good for you either. I'd recommend still getting like a loaf of bread and some penut butter periodically for protein and something that isn't noodles.
4-5 bucks should give you sammiches for the week at least.

>>2539825
I don't have 4-5 bucks.

I live on $10 a week, literally. That is for food, clothes, college supplies, etc. Everything that isn't rent.

>>2539833
Wow

>>2539833
Rice
Beans
Ramen
water

That is your life until you get more money

>>2539833
Eat once a day. Buy a huge pack of chicken breasts, pan sear them, and eat with seasoned rice/beans.

I just wait until sales at the supermarket, buy a pack of rice whatever (Zatarans, rice a roni, whatever) and cook some chicken with onions and mushrooms. I eat around $2/day on average, some days more, some less.

Your body will adapt to your new diet.

Eggs/tuna combo is pretty good too, I guess, if only because massive amounts of protein for $1 meal.

I don't know how HEALTHY it is for you, but ramen gets old quick.
>experienced college student here

>>2539805
two bucks for top ramen in a styrofoam cup?

NIGGER YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.

>>2539833

doesnt your school offer discounted meal plans for their cafeteria or something?

>>2539841
I don't know how to do anything worthwhile with rice and beans.

>>2539805

Enjoy your scurvy.

>>2539833
feel bad for you OP, do you have a paypal account or anything?

>>2539833
perhaps you should think of ways to grow that $10 before you die of malnutrition
also, there are much better ways to eat on $10 a week than 5 bowls of instant soup

>>2539847
Then fucking learn, man. Your ability to cook ramen in a cup (how the fuck do you spend $2 on that? Jesus, a pack is 5/$1 here) won't get you anywhere but in the hospital, where you'll spend far more money on bills.

>>2539849
Oops I'm so sorry, didn't mean to sage

is that $10 a week really $10 a week or $40 a month? cause then you could go to costco/sam's club etc. and get some stuff in bulk

Hope you don't die, OP.

Beans, potatoes, rice. Cheap bulk food. Sam's Club, Costco, etc, just buy cheap carbs. that much sodium will kill you if you keep eating so much instant noodles

>>2539853

this. You can get some rice and other healthiful things in bulk. Just be careful and get the shit that actually saves you money buying in bulk. For example, they sell those Naked drinks, but they sell them in gallons, 2 40 ounce, or a 10 pack. The 10 pack is just as expensive as buying them singularly.

OP you can buy a pack of packaged ramen for $3.40 and it comes with 24. Check Winco, if there is one nearby
Try to drink a cup of orange juice everyday as well, you don't want to get scurvy...

I suggest you buy some mrs dash or something to cut down on the sodium a bit. and if you want, adding veggies wouldn't be much more and make it more healthy. And if you have that little money, You may want to think about going the food stamps route if you live in the us.

>>2539849
OP here, I have a paypal, I won't post it. Any upcoming paypals isn't me.

I'll read the rest of the thread as soon as I'm done posting this so some retard doesn't try to beg money out of /ck/.

I read the rest, thanks for offering paypal donations but I don't want any, teach a man to fish, etc.

Anyways, I really get $10 a week. Not $40 a month. Don't ask, I get it illegally.

I'm in class from 8 to 6 with a break from 11AM till 12. I live in Canada, and they're $1.54 for a big bowl of ramen soup. It has those satchels in it of powders and whatnot, I put them over the noodles then pour boiling water over it, wait 3 minutes then eat.

I drink nothing but tap water ATM because it's all I can afford. I haven't found any of those packs you guys are talking about.. 5 for $1? That would be awesome. I never found that.

I really do not know how to cook well. I don't know how much rice and beans cost but even if I did, I wouldn't know what to do with them, honest. I can't work atm due to college and don't have any financial support. (I'm not elligible to it. Both parents died two years ago when I was 16).

So I pretty much really am stuck on an uncertain $10/week for now. I deal with it until I'm out of college and can work.

>>2539870
OP seems like a respectable guy. I'll be in your shoes in a couple years but having it less rough as you.

>>2539890
Thanks. I got in college this Monday and quickly realised that I basically have no money left after I pay the rent. I have to pay the rent, I can't be on the streets or else college won't accept me, otherwise I wouldn't mind sitting in a box, hehe. I already live in a one room place anyways, doesn't get any cheaper. And all that money's obtained illegally unfortunately.

So after some extensive research, I realised that instant noodles are really cheap and filling. If I find anything cheaper than for $1.54 a bowl, I'll go for it, but that's that for now unless I can get better suggestions.

>>2539889
1 lb. uncooked rice or beans goes for about 90 cents in the U.S. Two or three bags is enough to get you through the week.

The instructions are RIGHT ON THE PACKAGE. It's impossible to fuck up either of those dishes unless you are trying VERY hard.

>>2539904
So do I just eat raw dry like that? Cook it and eat it? With salt?

Same for beans? Mix the rice with the beans?

>>2539889
dude look on the internet for rice and bean recipes... why the fuck are you considering 2dollar ramen bowls when you only have 10$ for everything except rent....

Hell I would advise you to forget seasoning your rice and beans, just salt should do it since you are so poor. Just cook them in a pot and that's it. And don't buy canned beans, buy dried.

Also you can't get anything from goodwill?

>>2539907
Go to the supermarket. Read the back of labels. It TELLS YOU HOW TO COOK RICE/BEANS. It's very hard to fuck up, and it's much better for you than a shitty bowl of ramen.

>>2539908
What is goodwill?

I would do good with ramen I think. $10 a week, that leaves me with like 3$ a week besides food which is all I need. A pen every now and then? That's like $1 a week.

A movie rent? That's like $5. It's fine really. :/

Unless I'm not seeing the big picture and am about to fuck myself up. I can go for two or three days without food anyways. I'm in a good shape.

>>2539907
I guess if you really wanted to, you could eat them raw...

But no. Beans you soak overnight in a pot before cooking. Depending on the rice, you cook it anywhere from fifteen minutes to an hour. Neither dish requires anything more than tap water and a pot. And yes, you can mix them together. When you have a little bit more money, add canned diced tomatoes and make Spanish rice.

go to Sam's Club. $10 for a 25 pound bag of rice; 252 servings = 63 cups
Depending on how hungry I am, and how many times I'll be eating in a day, a meal for me is either 1/2 cup or a whole cup of rice.
That's $10 for 63-126 meals.

Well, I s'pose I'll try rice and beans next week.

Just out of curiosity, what do you guys think can be done with $5/week?

>>2539889

How are you paying for tuition? It's fucking murder here in the USA; 8,400 for a year of college in my state university.

>>2539933
It's free in Canada. Well, $390 a year. I scrape that up.

>>2539930

As this man has pointed out, rice and beans are cheaper than your current strategy.

Google for specifics, but cooking them is really easy. You just boil them. Add some salt too, maybe.

>>2539935

The average in Canada is ~4000 a year for a BA. Where are you going?

>>2539932
Rice n' beans. That's about your only option. Get maybe three pounds a week ($3-ish) and over the course of a few weeks, you'll have enough for >>2539930

>>2539942
I live in Montreal. College does not mean University.

>>2539935
Can't you like rent out part of your room to another student or something, charge like $100 a month, thats $25 extra per week for everything man

does canada not have a food bank? A place that gives you free food once a month, just by showing up with an ID card?

>>2539921
>>2539921
foodbanks or whatever you call them

and also don't go for ramen and not eat for a few days every week that's just retarded.

Make sure to look for the best deals when buying your rice and beans and spices. Since you told me you have never seen ramen go for cheaper than 2$ per pack, I'm gonna have to assume your in a backwater town with no good food markets where you can get ok deals, or you have never heard of ramen in bags instead of cups.

and man I really don't understand why poor people insist that ramen, frozen meals and prepackaged stuff is cheaper than cooking...

Kimchi Ramyun Nong Shim special
421 cal / 100 g -------------4.21 cal / g
8.3 g of protein / 100g ----0.083 g of protein / g
4210 cal / 5$ ---------------842 cal / $
83 g of protein / 5$ ------- 16.6 g of protein / $

Chickpeas raw AKHAVAN
728 cal / 200 g ---------------- 3.64 cal / g
39 g of protein/ 200 g -------- 0.195 g of pro / g
16562 cal / 9$ ----------------- 1840 cal / $
887.25 pro / 9$ ---------------- 98.58 pro / $

Quick Oats noname PROVIGO 2.25kg
160 cal / 40 g -------------------- 4 cal / g
5 g pro / 40 g -------------------- 0.125 pro / g
9000 cal / 5$ -------------------- 1800 cal / $
281.25 pro / 5$ ----------------- 56.25 pro / $

>>2539942

University of Arizona

Federal Aid paid for about 2000, and the rest I took student loans for.

Have to say I'm really fucking jealous at the cost differences...

>>2539889
How are you affording tuition, books, supplies, internet, computer, etc?

Does your school not have some kind of program where you can work for the library/cafeteria or a job placement program?

If filthy hobo scum like Sceak can live comfortably in Canada, surely a decent student can find their way too. (then again, he probably sucks dicks for a living)

>>2539947

I just googled that shit... yes... you guys do have food banks.

Look man... instead of starving to death. Google your area + food bank... look through the websites.

Go to the food bank with your ID card. Sign up. Get free food.

Then find another food bank in your area. Go sign up with that one. Get more free food.

Find another food bank in your area... Go sign up with that one, and get more free food.

They will give you meat, dairy, canned vegetables, rice, beans, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, fresh fruit, bread.... ect.

For FREE

If you're smart you'll find 4-6 of them in your area that will accept you and you'll sign up with all of them.

In America, where I am, you can go once a month at that food bank. So if you sign up with 4-6 of them, you can get free food 4-6 times a month. Think of the savings, and the increase in your health.

>>2539945
wait so you in cegep? which part of montreal do you live in? I could help you find some nice places to shop

btw how do you get around with a 10$ per week budget?

>>2539946
It is literally one room. Look around the room you're in right now. It's probably smaller than that if your room is an average bedroom. That would be where I live. Well, that plus a cupboard sized bathroom. :)

>>2539947
I am not eligible for "food banks" for (il)legal reasons. I tried.
I heard of a "hobo van" that goes around and gives free food to homeless people. I might try to make myself look like a hobo every now and then and snag some loot. I feel like an ass for stealing food from hobos but they probably get more food than me anyways.

>>2539951
I can't work at all. It's not legal for me and I would have no time anyways.

>>2539951
>If filthy hobo scum like Sceak can live comfortably in Canada, surely a decent student can find their way too. (then again, he probably sucks dicks for a living)

OP said he gets $40 a month illegally. I think he probably does suck dick.

>>2539959
Yep, cegep. Would rather not tell which.

I live in Ahunstic, near métro Crémazie.

>>2539962
I don't suck dick.

>>2539960

That doesn't make sense.

I work at a food bank... everyone is eligible. Let me read their website, maybe it's different in Canada.

OP needs to learn how to dumpster dive

>>2539960
>legal
>illegal
>legal
>illegal

Are you an illegal alien or something??

Hey OP, you got a bike? I'm in Montreal and I'll take you out dumpster diving if you like.

>>2539960
What (il)legal reasons?

and what could you possibly be doing that's illegal but gets you $10 a week. Nothing seriously illegal would have that measly a payout.

>>2539975
sucking dick