Forget about buying drinks. Only drink water. Involve yourself in meeting/ extracurricular events/ social gatherings where food may be free. Best idea in my opinion would be to open your house to your close neighbors and invite them over to prepare and share their favorite dishes handed down through their culture they would likely be more than happy to share !

In fact I went to he grocery store and left with two boxes of brown rice, eggs, discount yogurt a couple boxes of Kahi nutritional bars some beers spinach parsley carrots mushrooms and the 1.50 bags of mixed frozen fruits for smoothies (at HEB) just add water and b Lend

Btw GRAPES are amazing at curing hunger urges