Well, I'm completely out of fruit now. Still have a bunch of eggs left though, I've only been eating at most two a day.
But I now have a game plan. And I'm going to stick only to the grass-fed ground beef, I didn't even ever finish the corn fed stuff and had a loss of appetite because of it. However, they do have fresh wild-caught never-frozen fish at the Fresh&Easy, so I now know that is an available option, if/when I have the money.
But here's my plan:
Today, I'm going to stop by Ralph's and get me some more fat trimmings(commercial grain-fed). The store is only about 5 minutes away from my house, so I could probably stop by almost everyday to get fresh fat trimmings for free. Key word on this is "free." I'm also going to see if they can weigh it, and then I'll ask for more precise measurements of fat, so I can better keep track of how much I'm eating. I think I'll start out asking for a half pound(8 ounces, right?), if I can, and see how well that fills/lasts me(thinking about 2 days so possibly 4 oz a day), and then go from there on whether I need more or less.
After that, on my way to class (since it is close to my school/in the same direction) I am going to stop by Trader Joe's and pick up 3 lbs of their grass-fed 85/15 ground beef. They're about $6 each pound, so this should cost me about $18-$20. I'm going to eat only half a pound a day, so 3 pounds will last me 6 days, precisely until Monday, which is the next time I have class and can stop by Trader Joe's again. I'm going to stick with buying only 3 pounds at a time, each time I go to Trader Joe's. I will try not to eat more than half a pound a day. If I get hungry, I will eat fat instead. But three pounds will only last me 6 days, and I'm only going to buy it once a week, on Mondays. The 7th day, when I run out of meat, which will be Sundays, I will try to eat only 2 egg yolks and fat, maybe fruit if we have any. If I get hungry, I will eat only the fat trimmings. They are free, so I can eat as much of them as I want. However, I don't know how good it will be for me to eat one day a week almost pure fat, with no muscle meat at all. If anyone knows any reasons I should not do this, please tell me why, otherwise I'm going to see how this goes for me. I could possibly tweak my plan so that I can get my half pound of meat per day, everyday, but for now I'm going to try one day a week without to save on costs, to see how that goes first, and if it doesn't work, then I will tweak it to get a half pound of meat everyday. This will also keep my protein intake low. After having read about the Wai diet's approach to curing acne with low protein, I'm going to see if this higher fat and lower protein will help with my acne. I am also trying to build muscle, so I'm going to be working out everyday, to also help with using up any excess protein. one day a week without muscle meat will also keep my protein intake low. However, it will still be a couple weeks before I have to go one day without meat.
This will put me at spending about $2.5 - $3 a day on food, though, with the one day a week without meat.
While still at Trader Joe's, I will ask about both liver (preferably organic grass-fed, but just organic will still be fine, since the only other liver I have been able to find is commercial grain-fed) and fat trimmings. Organic fat trimmings will still be better than commercial fat trimmings, even if it's still grain-fed. I am hopeful about the liver but doubtful about the fat trimmings. If they have liver, I will buy some and try to add an ounce of liver to my daily diet. However, I have never eaten liver before whether raw or cooked, so I have no idea if I will even like it or not. Hopefully I do like liver, but we shall see.
If Trader Joe's does not have liver, I am going to inquire once again to Goodwin's Organics about the frozen organic grass-fed liver, since they never got back to me about it. Those came in packages of 8 ounces for about $5 each I was told, if I can order them, so I could easily buy that once a week and eat a little over an ounce a day. (about 1.14 ounces, if I cut up an 8oz liver into 7 pieces.)
That would add only about 75 cents per day, to put me at spending $3.25 - $3.75 a day.
If neither place has liver available to me, then I will as last resort buy the commercial grain-fed liver to try.
But, if this works out ideally, I'm looking at eating about 8oz of ground beef(85/15 organic grass-fed), ??oz of fat trimmings(commercial grain-fed), 2 chicken eggs yolks(organic free-range), and 1-1.14oz of liver(organic grass-fed) per day, minus the ground beef one day a week.. and being pretty stable with it, other than perhaps with the amount of fat trimmings I eat. The fat trimmings will be the only thing I eat based only on how hungry I am, everything else will be portioned and eaten only that portion per day. Fruit may be added occasionally when my dad buys it.
I think I shall have two meals a day, with the egg yolks eaten for "breakfast," or basically as the first meal I eat whenever I become hungry after waking up, sometime before work/school. Then later in the afternoon/evening either during or after work/school, I will eat a meal of beef/liver/fat, which seems like it would be fine to eat all together/immediately after each other, since it would normally be eaten together. But liver shall be eaten first. (If I can stand eating it and including it in my diet everyday.) Then probably either beef, or beef and fat together. Fat will be eaten in portions according to how hungry I am, as well as.. as "snacks" throughout the day if I become hungry otherwise, outside of my two set meals.
So yeah, I think it's a good plan. And I should actually leave now so I have plenty of time to stop by the stores and buy my food and inquire about stuff. Can't be late to class or I will be kicked.
