head of lettuce should be around $1.50.  The thing to do is make a ton of beef, put some spices in it (basil, oregano, thyme, and there was another one we put in last night), put some cream of mushroom soup in it (only has 2.5g of Fat for the whole can), make some noodles (i'd go with egg noodles), dinner's served.  Really cheap, really healthy. Just make sure you buy the really low-fat beef. $3 or less a pound, so it's similar to chicken up here.  I made 2.67 lbs of it last night, probably already down to 0.75 lbs or so.  I only gained 1 lb overnight.  

My muscles in my shoulders/arms/chest are always.. i hesitate to say sore, but I feel them.  Doens't hurt so it doens't bother me.  Maybe 'cause I don't stretch them enough? who knows.  

I gotta find new ab exercises that don't hurt my back.  I might go back to some of the p90x exercises, though they strain my back somewhat.  The perfect situps make my IT bands tighter so I can't do those for a while.  Ab machine hurts my lower back.  The pikes that I tried on Wednesday were killing my lower back.