I'm 5 foot eight and weigh 155

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109. I told my family that the next time they eat any steak, it'll be in a restaurant.

I certainly can't cook it like a chef can, and the darned price was $22 for two small, not so great looking strip steaks at the store last night. We need at least 3 to feed 4 of us (so 2 packs). My just turned 14yo son is starting on another growth spurt, which I certainly don't mind, but I'm having to fill out meals with things we don't usually have for dinner. I've added one or two of the following at dinner: biscuits, muffins, potatoes, dumplings, pasta, yogurt or cottage cheese.

Thankfully, my daughter and I have been switching to a low carb plan, so we've been experimenting with other proteins. That first trip to the grocery to stock up though was crazy (like over $250) and it was mainly fresh produce, meat, cheeses, and beans -- some things I did splurge on like a mid-value olive oil and balsamic vinegar. This week was much better since I just had to restock what we used up AND we ran into a sale for chicken at the Acme -- buy one, get one free for boneless chicken. I refused to spend $15.00 on a package of ground meat to make chili, so this week I'm making white bean chicken chili!