My bones are starting to hurt a bit. Specially in the morning, my back is fairly stiff and my shoulders ache. I'm guessing its due to the lack of calcium. Ive been advised by some to take multi-vitamins to supplement my food. But that would be cheating wouldn't it?
I don't need no stinkin vitamins anyways. I've also been advised by some to see a doctor. Well, doctors are for unhealthy suckers. Its all a big pharmaceutical conspiracy anyways. They'll be telling me I need to take certain medication, which I wont, just so they can line their grubby pockets. All jokes aside, I feel well enough not to seek medical attention.
I had a bit of a scare recently when the news broke that Conagra was recalling their peanut butter because of reports of salmonella. Luckily my brand was not one of the ones being recalled.
I've also had a co-worker suggest that I monitor my stool to determine if it looks healthy. Even though I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference between healthy and unhealthy stool, (unless it was green) next time I'll provide an in depth analysis of my fecal matter to see how I am faring.
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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