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Day 3 and 4 – FNS (Food Stamp) Challenge

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By the evening of Day 3 and into Day 4 things got really awful. Wednesday evening I was so jittery from being hungry while waiting for my food to cook that I went off the rails. Instead of my planned meal, I went with something that was more filling–baked beans and white rice.

I found it was better to not try to eat all of my allotted food three times a day. Leaves me too jittery. Spreading it out in bits throughout the day like I normally do helped me stay better balanced on Day 4.

DAY 3

I found myself getting more cranky, tired and harder to focus on anything. And constantly thinking about food.

Breakfast

  • 2 cups of coffee $0.26
  • Lemon luna bar – $1.29

Mid-morning snack

  • 1/2 PBJ (leftover from Tuesday)

Lunch

  • 1/4 of ramen noodles $0.20 (leftover from Tuesday lunch)
  • 1/2 tuna sandwich – $0.34

Dinner

  • Baked beans
  • White rice

DAY 4

Full disclosure: Today my job had a health fair. Since I got a flu shot, I also decided to accept a slice of the pizza my company  provided compliments of zpizza.

Breakfast

  • 2 cups of coffee $0.26
  • Lemon luna bar – $1.29

Lunch

  • Combo Thai peanut and pepperoni pizza equivalent to one slice.

Snack

  • PBJ sandwich

Dinner

  • Baked beans
  • White rice

At this point I’m probably over my $4.15. But I at least feel full but too tired to calculate it all.

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