go to dollar stores.savalot stores,stay in cheap or free hostels,make do with gear ya already have,i only stayed in a hotel once every few weeks,you can still eat in town
if ya go to cheap all ya can eat places,if you spend 6 monthths on the trail thats 100.00
bucks a week,eat lots of mac and cheese,lots of raman noodles,hope ya have a great hike,neo