Buy your veggies at a vegetable stand. You can save over 60% on your fruit and veggie bill in a month. I also buy my meats at a meat market- I get a higher grade meat for an equal or lower price than the supermarket.

Nope, it's there. Maybe in icecream toppings, but still there tasting like a little slice of hell. :) (can you tell I'm not a fan). As for salt packets instead of electrolyte tabs, watch out. your McD's salt packs are just NaCl and your needs for electrolytes is more than just Na+ and Cl- so you might try to find something that will give you a little more K, P, and other goodies. Other than that I say go for it. I did however give up simple sugars during training and found a noticeable improvement (aka dropped peanut m&m's for Hammer Gel etc). The fruit juice and chocolate milk I've got your back on. good luck.

Now that's an awesome set of recipes! It's "Real Food" with "Real Nutrition"

I'm going to start making my own energy bars too. I printed several good (some raw) recipes that I am going to try....they look super easy to make too. The organic bars like Luna, Lara and Hammer are yummy, but expensive. I think I can make them for a lot less and add what I want and need in them.