£1.00 a Day Eating Challenge: Round Two, Day Six, Seven, Eight, and On

Round Two is over.  I made it eight days this time; one more day than in Round One.  It's been an interesting experience, as well as a boring one.  I've learned some things:

1.  Eating on a tiny budget is a popular pursuit; a necessity for some, a game for others, both for many.  (There's nothing wrong with that; there's no need to get hung up on concerns about "poverty porn" or ruthlessly instagrammed false humility).  The Facebook group, Feed Yourself for £1 a day has over 10,000 members.  Food-Surviving on 50p a day has nearly 7,500.

2.  It's neither healthy nor unhealthy to limit yourself like this.  Cheap, healthy meals aren't necessarily more expensive than cheap, unhealthy ones, but generally take more planning and preparation.  For instance, on day six this time around, worried about how healthy and shiny I was starting to feel after all that broccoli, I splashed out in Heron Foods on six packets of "curry" noodles for £1.00 precisely.  They sustained me for that afternoon and evening: my stomach appeared to recognise them as food, even if my eyes didn't.

What?

3.  Longer term, I've resolved to limit myself to a weekly budget, probably of £10, for food.  This allows for adequate fresh ingredients, and will be supplemented by a stockpile of staples.  This seems to be the best way to stay healthy, happy and un-distracted by food.  That's all I have to say about that for now.  No point making a big deal out of it.  There's other things I want to concentrate on.

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