if you shop smart the food can be prett6y affordable. eggs come in packs of 5 dozen at my grocery store. very cheap. bulk whey is cheaper than almost every kind of meat, and is more anabolic than meat as well. bulk chicken is cheap. buy the thighs and peel of the fat. you can get HUGE bags of rice for real cheap, and a rice cooker is inexpensive. big fat bottles full of extra virgin olive oil are prett cheap. you can get big packs of bottles water for like 2 bucks.