This morning, I was driving to work and I had my steaming cup of oatmeal in a mug with me. I had added enough water for me to drink it rather than have to use a spoon. So I as I'm cruising down the freeway at a crisp 70 MPH, I take my first sip of oatmeal. My stomach suddenly started to feel strange, but I took another swig of oatmeal... bad idea. I then started to dry heave, thinking, "oh my god, here it comes". So I desperately look around the car and find my lunch bag. I emptied out the contents of the lunch bag, and then I emptied out the contents of my stomach into the lunch bag... all while trying not to slam into the 18-wheeler barreling down the lane next to mine. I cant even remember the last time I've vomited before today. Must have been a very long time ago. Well now Im officially anorexic AND bolemic
I dont know what the heck THAT was all about... I didn't know malnutrition lead to upchucking food. Seems counter-intuitive, considering that my body would want food when it doesnt have enough food.
I'm now considering discontinuing this experiment. I havent even made it half-way through and already Im staring failure in the eyes. Hopefully this was an isolated incident. Before I started this experiment, a friend had asked me "what if you get sick? You're going to stop right?" I had dimissed his concerns by telling him "I dont get sick," and "I'll deal with it if I do." Easier said than done apparently.
Watch me spend only 50 cents per day for food in the month of February.
One upping random people on the internet.
I'll get right to it. I was greatly inspired by Evan's Hungry For a Month blog. Just to recap his journey, Evan restricted his food budget to $30 for the month of November, averaging out to a dollar a day for food. He did not consume any free food that may have been available to him at his job which made it more of a challenge. He did not include items such as coffee, sugar, salt, pepper (the type of stuff easily jackable from your local fast food joint). I feel it was a great undertaking and it taught him a lesson or two. I'm going to one-up Evan.
My food budget for the month of February will be $15, averaging to out 50 cents a day. Being a caffeine-aholic I'm going to keep coffee in the mix just like Evan did. I'll also keep the salt, pepper and ketchup as items available for free (not that I eat much of those things anyways). Any free food available to me at my job is also off-limits. This may be a problem.
Working at a refinery, there is an exorbitant amount of free food. We have lunch meetings, product vendors bring free food, and there is almost always food left over from other people's lunch meetings. But I also feel that I have an edge in this whole issue. Being a Muslim, I am required to undergo fasting in the month of Ramadaan. lasting for about 30 days, these fasts require that I do not eat or drink anything from dawn to dusk. Ramadaan was in October 2006, and I feel I did pretty good. It was a challenge, but I managed.
I am going to show that a 50 cent a day diet is very much possible, and even comfortable. Evan wrote in his blog that he did not really plan out his meals nor do any prior research. That's where I will also do things differently. I've already started to evaluate what foods are most cost effective.
One-upping Evan is not my only motivation. This experiment will also be conducted to show that using a proper budget and planning, even low income people can live comfortably. I will try my best to provide as much information as I can. Lets see how this goes.
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Are you living comfortably on 50 cents???
Be sure to see a doctor soon even if you haven't decided to scrap it and if possible, a shrink.
I'm serious.
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