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I thought I'd just give a general update on how it's going. My body has definitely adjusted to the reduced amount of food, and I think I've lost some weight.
Over the weekend, I finished off our potato soup. I was surprised that after eating 2 regular sized bowls of soup (mostly broth) and 2 pieces of bread, I was STUFFED. 10 days ago, that wouldn't have put a dent in my stomach. It's amazing how quickly the human body can change.
Today though, I started craving lots of "normal" food. Up to this point, I hadn't really wanted anything like that. Maybe the monotony of eating pretty much the same things is getting to me. I think it's my sweet tooth kind of kicking in. I hope this goes away, because I've still got a ways to go. :)
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What is Dollar-a-day?
For the month of March, we will each live on $1 of food for each day. We will be posting updates throughout the month of what we spent, what meals we've prepared, and our reflections on the experience. Here are the guidelines we'll be following:
- No stockpiling of food prior to March. We'll only eat what we can buy with our allotted money.
- We will be taking a multi-vitamin so we don't get sick (extreme poverty is considered, by the World Bank, to be $1.25/day, so that $0.25 will cover the vitamin)
- We can't eat free food at work, etc...
- People who know we're doing this can't offer to buy us lunch, dinner, etc...
- The "Rude Rule" is the only caveat. If we find ourselves in a situation where refusing food, from someone that doesn't know about the $1 a day, because of our experiment would be rude, we can accept without a "penalty". Our Mothers didn't raise rude children. :)
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