Thursday, April 26, 2012

Day 3: April 25, 2012


Meals=
            Breakfast: Bowl of Honey & Oat Tasteeos and milk
            Lunch: 1 PB&J sandwich, 1 orange, and 3 cookies
            Dinner: 2 hot dogs with cheese on bread, Caesar salad, cookies

Still, as you can see, the only meal that is really varying is my dinner, and my dessert is still a constant. 

I haven’t mentioned what I have been drinking. It is not that exciting: water and an occasional glass of milk. I have only been drinking tap water (not my usual Brita filtered water) and as I am already down to about a ½ a gallon of milk, I really need to start rationing that better. For my dinner today I did something that I rarely do: I ate my hot dogs WITHOUT ketchup. The rules for this challenge did stipulate that I am allowed to use condiments and spices that I already have in the house, but since my brother-in-law thought that might be cheating, I did without.

 What has definitely begun to make this week more difficult is being surrounded by food that is better tasting and healthier. Tonight, my sister and brother-in-law had a homemade Stromboli, and man did it look delicious! I wonder how often I have consumed food without taking a minute to realize how fortunate I am that I have this food, or even just to appreciate the quality of ingredients that were used. The cheese that I bought for this week is by no means of the highest quality (I did get it for only $.99). Someone mentioned that they look a little bit like military rations…

Day 3 has come to a close and I am thinking that I may need to use my remaining $8.51 to spice up the variety of food I have left…this must be when you really start to remember that you are living on food stamps.

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