I'm learning to break down the meals I'm allowed into smaller meals. So today, I ate 6 small meals. I had half of my oatmeal for breakfast, half of my PB&J for morning snack, the other half of my PB&J for lunch, the remaining oatmeal for afternoon snack, a handful of candy hearts (that were left over from Valentine's) at 5:30 p.m., and then ramen for dinner. I am full...not that I wouldn't really love to eat a huge salad and minestrone soup...but, I'm really not hungry or feeling deprived. Oh, and one of my coworkers brought in some tangerines from their tree to share, and I snagged a small one that I ate with the candy hearts (healthy, eh?).
Here's what I spent on food for today:
oatmeal- 1 cup- $0.14
pb&j sandwich- $0.32
(with double the peanut butter and jelly)
ramen- $0.20
total- $0.66
I plan on following the same menu tomorrow, and I have some free snacks to look forward to. On Wednesday evenings, I attend a seminar for the university. My professor always brings veggie trays and assorted goodies. I am definitely looking forward to the free food tomorrow. I realize that it may sound like I am cheating, but the goal of my experiment is to stay within a pre-determined budget ($1/day). The food that will be at the seminar is free and provided by my wonderful professor, so I will enjoy the snacks just like the other students.
One last note, if you must eat ramen, then try the chili flavor. It's by far the best!
This is funny Your Dad and I were talking about this way of eating today. I say six small meal is a very good idea!
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