A bodybuilding couple have revealed how they cooked up nutritional meals for as little as 58p a portion to hit fitness goals and cut their weekly food spend. Gemma Parry, 36, and their partner Mel, meal prep and monitors portion sizes to cut the costs of the family food shop and keep a healthy diet to help maintain their passion for bodybuilding.
After moving cities a few years ago and stopping training altogether, Gemma returned home to Wrexham and went back to the gym, where they met partner Mel and have since maintained their healthy lifestyle. Gemma quit drinking to make the most out of their training sessions, began working out regularly and now they’ve found easy ways to cut the weekly budget down to save money.
Gemma and Mel use a £55 MuscleFood hamper to cut back on costs, cooking up tasty family favourites for as little as 58p a portion. Among the healthy, nutritionally balanced meals the couple are able to dish up from the hamper are Sausage Pasta for just 58p per person, family favourite Lasagna at 97p each, a tasty Chicken Curry for 99p per portion and a Roast Chicken Dinner for £1.28 each.
Gemma, who lives with partner Mel and their two children, said: “We’ve noticed our food shop budget has increased regularly over recent months, especially when you look to buy small items such as yoghurts which were 95p and now have gone up to £1.20. It’s difficult to stick to a sensible budget not only as a family but especially for someone on a bodybuilding diet which is why we began buying our meat in bulk from MuscleFood.
“Our monthly food shops have gone down a lot since using the hamper, you can plan your meals around the contents and with some careful planning and keeping portion sizes under control, you can make a lot of meals”. One of the meals Gemma and Mel made out of the hamper ingredients was a sausage pasta dish for four, costing only 58p per person.
