Yikes, would love to see how this goes! I read about all these live on $X for a month and shy away, mainly for nutritional value every very cheap diet I've seen has a fairly bad mix of calorie distribution. Is this always the case?

That being said, food is the one place I'm not stingy. Apartment? Sure. I downsized from a highrise condo to a small loft apartment. Got rid of satellite/cable TV, and did small things like removing unlimited texting from my phone, etc, I just can't find/get myself to eat cheaply. I try to get groceries on the cheap... then I just end up going out to eat 3x a week with my friends that have regular jobs and have lots of disposable income.