I wanted to answer a question I know a lot of you are thinking: is it actually possible to lean bulk on a student-style budget now that food prices have gone up so much? So I tested a full 24 hours of eating on roughly £3/day while still doing it properly—meaning a real calorie surplus for me (around 2,600 calories), all meals had to be genuinely “healthy” and sustainable, and I had to hit at least 150g of protein or the whole day was a fail (and so was I, apparently). In the video I take you shopping, show you exactly what I bought (and why), then build a full day of meals around budget-friendly staples like oats, milk, eggs, frozen fruit/veg, rice, and chicken thighs. I track everything in my calorie app, rate each meal on macros/ease/taste/health/cost, and share little tips that make a big difference—like shopping around for cheaper eggs, using chicken thighs because they’re more calorie-dense and often cheaper than breast, and not overthinking daily scale changes. I did “gain” about a pound, but I explain why that’s mostly water/food volume and why you should look at longer-term averages for real progress.