studentfag here - i don't have money to buy food for next

>>41445198
take a $100 loan or something. if you dont get any protein it's pointless to exercise. 20g isnt even enough to maintain muscle, it'll break down and you'll lose more muscle than fat regardless of your calories or exercise

>>41445207
how much muscle would i lose with 3 weeks of low protein?

>>41446341
literally impossible for me to know over the internet

>>41445198
it's ok lad your body can convert fat and carbs into protein

>>41446362
essential amino acids are only found in consumed protein sources

Forget about cutting for a week and feast on peanuts

Lmao you don't have a single friend that will lend you like $100 for food hahahahaha what the fuck

>>41446456
i could ask family or friends but i don't want to, same for using a credit card. just wondering how big consequences this would have on muscle loss

>>41445198
Sorry for being off topic but where on earth do you live where you can't afford at least decent food? I'm European and for me a situation like this would be alien

>>41446528
not op but I'm european and if my mummy didn't give me money on top of my student bux I could never afford decent food. chicken is over 15€/kg here. studentbux + student loan barely cover the rent

>>41446528
maybe he lives in Eastern Europe

anyway, don't exercise too hard, you'll lose some muscle, but I'm fairly sure you'll be able to recover it in a month of eating and exercising properly

round up every penny you have and buy things like lentils

>>41446544
>what is pasta, bread and canned foods?
Living on a budget in Europe (even wealthy north/west) is easy if you actually put in some effort. Like; instead of wasting your money away on chicken breast, buy thighs/wings or minced chicken meat

>>41446610
those are all just carbs and the other parts of the chicken are nearly as expensive

>>41446617
Mate I don't know with you, but 1.1 kg of chicken breast in Norway cost around 115 nok at the cheapest, meanwhile minced chicken meat goes for 18.90 for 500 grams. Whole roasted chicken is also like 60 nok

Can't you get some money and buy whey? It sucks to get all your protein from shakes but it's better than losing your gains

>>41446640
minced chicken is 8€/kg in finland

also I wouldn't consider it decent food because it's literally the worst parts of a chicken but that's a personal preference

>>41446606
correct

>>41446653
but whey is really expensive to buy locally, and if i order from internet, there will be shipping rates etc to my country

>>41446668
where do you live? maybe I could wire you a few bucks

>>41446664
As you said, a personal preference. However meat is meat, and much depends how you cook it

>>41446680
man i appreciate the offer, but i'm really just curious about the estimated muscle loss on some weeks of protein deficiency

>>41446434
This guy is right. Surely there are some low cost items you can buy? Peanuts oats and canned tuna come to mind. Borrow like 15 bucks and you can get a weeks worth of protein. You might wanna buy a few tubs of whey if you run into situations like this regularly.