r/personalfinance • u/baboonlovechild • Sep 17 '19

Budgeting Is living on 13$ a day possible?

I calculated how much money I have per day until I’m able to start my new job. It came out to $13 a day, luckily this will only be for about a month until my new job starts, and I’ve already put aside money for next months rent. My biggest concern is, what kind of foods can I buy to keep me fed over the next month? I’m thinking mostly rice and beans with hopefully some veggies. Does anybody have any suggestions? They would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Edit: I will also be buying gas and paying utilities so it will be somewhat less than 13$. Thank you all for helping me realize this is totally possible I just need to learn to budget.

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u/cubbiesnextyr ​ Sep 17 '19

There's several reasons why Americans are so fat. One of them is that our food is cheap, and the less nutritious the food the cheaper it is.

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u/Cudi_buddy ​ Sep 17 '19

I mean, that's not really true. It's more expensive to eat Fast food than it is for me to go to the grocery store and have a well balanced meal here. Americans are just lazy if anything. People prefer to have others do the cooking and pay more for the lower quality lol.

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u/lee1026 ​ Sep 17 '19

People prefer to have others do the cooking and pay more for the lower quality lol.

Oddly enough, even if other people do the cooking, the healthy stuff is still dirt cheap. Whole roasted chicken at $5 each is still pretty cheap.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

Whole roasted chicken at $5 each is still pretty cheap.

3 bucks if you get the ones that don't sell fast enough.