Students- How much do you live on a week?

Maintenance loans are crap! A lot of my friends loans don't even cover their accommodation let alone have some left over Why doesn't everyone get the same since we just have to pay it back anyways!

I have just learnt I am going to have just £55 per week to live on per week! I literally don't know how I am going to do it.

How much do you guys live on every week?

12 quid a week...oh dear. Some of you better start looking for jobs.

Girls - strip clubs hire students...obv not to everyone's taste, but you'll earn more in a night then others will in a week. So if you can stomach the idea its worth a shot.

Dont hate on me :-P

Haha, you are totally the male version of me!!!

A couple days ago, I posted a few things in a similar thread relating to food and expenses at uni etc (Note, I am not a student, yet haha)

Weekly cost:
• Small loaf wholemeal bread= £0.70
• Garlic=£0.50
• 3X small tin tuna=£2.20
• Pack of onions=£1.00
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes=£0.35
• Bag of mozzarella cheese=£0.85
• Large pack of eggs=£1.50
• Small pack baking potatoes=£0.70
• Warburtons square wraps=£1.50
• Salad pack=£2.00
• Stir fry ingredients=£4.00
• Chicken breast (500g)=£3.25
• WW chicken tikka jar=£1.00
• Milk=£2.00
• Pack of mushrooms=£1.00
• 7 bananas=£1
• Couple poundland extras, i.e. crisps, sweets,=£2

==£26.75

Then there's the monthly cost:
• Shampoo & conditioner=£2.00
• 3X9 pack of loo rolls=£6.00
• 1X toothepaste=£1
• 4X pack of rice=£0.89
• 1kg pasta=£1.79
• Mayonnaise=£1.89
• Frozen peas=£1.90
• Sugar=£1.00
• 750g shreddies, 24 weetabix Cereal=£2.00
• 200g tomato pure= £0.49
• 12 bacon rashers=£3
• Pack of ham (and freeze portions)= £1
• 500g lean mince= £4
• Tomato sauce=£1
• Tea bags=£1
==£29

Which equals £34ish per week when averaged out. This list of stuff feeds me extremely liberal and generous portions, snacks, and leftovers as well as providing a healthy diet considering I normally eat chips with every meal right now Oh, if you're looking for ideas btw, this "shopping list" provides breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for a week with a bit left on the side if you were to make the below items:

1. 2X wholemeal slices of bread,2 tbspn low fat mayo, small can tuna, bit of salad =Tuna sandwich
2. 100g wholemeal pasta, 2 tbspn low fat mayo, small can tuna, 2 tbspn frozen peas, garlic, dried herbs=Tuna pasta
3. 125g lean mince, ½ diced onion, garlic, 1 cal spray, ½ tin chopped tomatoes, 22.5g tomato puree, dried herbs, water, served with with 100g whole meal pasta=Healthy spag bol
4. Bolognaise(half of spagbol), cheese (40g), 1 jacket potato, and handful of salad=Filled Jacket (with bolognaise and cheese)
5. 1 Warburtons wrap, 40g cheese, 50g chicken, few mushrooms, 22.5g tomato puree=Warburtons wrap pizza
6. 1 Warburtons wrap, small 50g can of tuna, 2tbspn low fat mayo, handful of salad=Warburtons tuna salad wrap
7. 100g chicken breast, ½ pack stir fry sauce, ½ pack egg noodles, ½ pack stir fry veg =Stir fry
8. 100g chicken breast, ½ pack stir fry sauce, ½ pack egg noodles, ½ pack stir fry veg =Stir fry
9. 100g chicken breast, ½ jar chicken tikka (WW), ½ bag boil in bag rice=Chicken tikka with rice
10. 2 rashers of bacon, 1 egg (fried), 1 egg (scrambled), 1 slice of toast, handful of mushrooms=English brekkie
11. ½ bag boil in bag rice, rasher of bacon, ½ onion, 40g peas, 50g chicken, soy sauce, ½ tin tomatoes =Whip round the fridge rice,
12. 2 eggs, 3 slices of bread=Dippy soldiers
13. 100g chicken breast, ½ jar chicken tikka (ww), large handful of salad, warburtons wrap=Chicken tikka salad sandwich
14. 2 slices of bread, 8 slices of ham, and 45g of cheese=Cheese & ham toastie

Obviously, the mince lasts me a while in this respect... When I make spag bol one day, I make like 2 portions and use the next portion on a spud over the next few days with a bit of cheese and salad maybe.

About the milk thing, I normally have about 1.3l of milk during the week on breakfasts alone (cereal and scrambled egg). I also have milk in cups of tea by the bucket load, as well as a glass of milk with biscuits every few days at night depending on how peckish I am so a big 2L bottle of skimmed milk would do me for a week. But, as you say, milk can start to turn after about 5 so I think buying two smaller bottles every 3 days or so would be the best option for me.

Good luck with uni, and good luck with finishing this post

Maintenance loans are crap! A lot of my friends loans don't even cover their accommodation let alone have some left over Why doesn't everyone get the same since we just have to pay it back anyways!

Yeah same with me we will survive!

I would start saving now if I were you! And contact student finance to see if you could be entitled to a bit more, or a partial grant etc. However, I know my cousin had £25 per week and she managed, but she had a part time job too. Wish everyone could be rich, be so much easier!

My loan is the minimum (£3,560 or whatever it is) yet my accommodation is £4,300! I come from a large family and my parents are well off, but because there are more of us they can't afford to give me lots of money to help, it's not fair!

I'm just wondering, with a £30 - £40 budget on food, what type of meals should I be looking at? I will buy value products most of the time, but things like cereal and a few things I just have to have the branded option.

Meals wise I'm a bit short.. things like mince I will be buying the big value packets and freezing it so that it lasts about 4 meals, but I can't think of many cheap meals? I don't like fish..

So far:
800g value mince - £2.40
500g value penne - £0.30
500g value spaghetti - £0.24
2x 500g mature cheddar - 2 for £5.50 (will probably get through at least 250g per week)
500g tesco bolognaise pasta sauce jar -£0.95
2x frozen pepperoni pizza - £4.00
large pack value chicken breast fillets - £6.00
value bread - £0.47
value butter - £1.19 (will last 2 weeks)
2x garlic cloves - £0.60
2x chicken kiev - £2.00
2x value chopped tomatoes - £0.60
tesco malt wheats - £1.08
4 pints semi skimmed milk - £1.18
1x chips - £1.35
3x onions - £0.51
1x tesco mixed pepper stir fry - £1.00
1x pepper - £0.78
1x tesco fajita meal kit - £2.00 (will last at least 2 meals)
1x value lasagne ready made meal - £0.88
value smoked bacon - £1.50
2x tesco tomato soup - £1.18
1x heinz beans - £0.70

= £36.41 (oh, and i'll probably spend about another £3 to £5 on cakes, buscuits, crisps, sweets etc)

Some of the stuff like cheese and chicken will last me 2 weeks most likely, so accounting for that, my shopping would cost £5.75 less per week , which brings it to about £31. How do people survive on £20? I know that the chicken, cheese and pizza are alone worth about £15, but I cannot survive without these three things. I think from that list I can make a lot of meals for dinner and lunch, with leftovers as well, although it does look quite unhealthy.

Also, how much milk do you guys use a week? do you buy one bottle and use it for the whole week or two smaller ones? because I think it usually goes off within about 5 days

Still manage to go out 3 times a week though and have at least 3 healthy, filling meals a day. Skill.

Food for a week about £25, two bottles of small vodka £7, club entry for week £6 so £38 in a normal week sorted

I have just learnt I am going to have just £55 per week to live on per week! I literally don't know how I am going to do it.

How much do you guys live on every week?

I have £30 to live on a week. (Sometimes £40 if I take £10 out of my savings.) How do you guys get so much?! Ugh.

Still manage to go out 3 times a week though and have at least 3 healthy, filling meals a day. Skill.