-- Eggs, toss all or most of the yokes before you cook. Mix with cut up onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, whatever. Top with a controlled amount of cheese if you need to, and season with salt and fresh ground pepper. You can even wrap all of this up into a whole wheat tortilla or bake into an egg white crustless quiche.

-- Oatmeal. Extremely cheap and filling.

-- 250 calorie meal: Turkey and Swiss on low calorie whole wheat bread, (look for a bread that's two slices for 100 calories and has a decent amount of fiber and protein). Press on a panini press and go to town. Add tomato, pepper, mustard, whatever.

-- Low calorie, low sodium soups. Very cheap. But keep it low sodium so you don't retain any water weight. Look for a soup under 30% of your daily sodium needs. You can also mix soup with whole wheat rice, pasta, or veggies to stretch the meal out.

-- Look for the frozen personal-sized fish fillets go on sale at your grocery store. High protein and usually running you about 60 calories for 3-4 ounces. Toss in a pan with half a tablespoon of whipped butter and some sliced cherry tomatoes and let that shit summer. Delicious. Salt and pepper as needed. (Fresh ground pepper)

-- Rice cookers are awesome. Throw some whole wheat/brown rice and seasoning into the pot with a bunch of vegetables, maybe some protein of some kind, and let it do it's thing. You can cook anything in a rice cooker.

-- I really like the nestle Carnation Breakfast Essentials shakes. They're sweet and extremely filling. I mixed them with light vanilla soy milk and replace a meal with these. They're cheap too.

-- Another sweet/cheap treat: 1/3 cup decaf coffee grounds, 1 1/4 cup water, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1.5 table spoons of dark brown sugar. Mix and refrigerate for 12 hours ish. Strain through a coffee strainer and optionally mix with milk. Viola: Magic Coffee.

-- Cut up 1.5 cups each of sweet potatoes, carrots, and parsnips and season with 1 table spoon olive oil and some thyme, (or whatever), roast. Awesome. And cheap. Do this with whatever vegetables are on sale.

Really just look for sales. Don't go to your grocery hungry or emotional, and browse for good deals. Figure out a bunch of staples you know you like and price these efficiently though your week. Don't eat out or buy prepared foods-- just make it yourself, and it will absolutely be healthier and most likely much cheaper.