SNAP Challenge: Day Seven (THE LAST DAY)

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Welcome back to the seventh, and last day of the SNAP Challenge!

What I ate:

Breakfast

       Cereal no milk

Lunch

        Chicken slices

Dinner

         Beans, chickpeas and instant rice (DELICIOUS)
         Strawberries (finished these)  

Snacks

         Last pop-tart and last brownie with dinner

Drinks

       Water

           

How I felt:

            To say I felt relieved that this challenge was over would be an understatement. I was running out of food and I was really beginning to crave my iced-tea, which wasn’t included in my budget. Since Sunday is another lazy day, I once again didn’t really get up until mid-afternoon. This made finding meals much easier.

           In a twist of irony, my favorite meal of the entire week was Sunday dinner. Here, I mixed my newly bought beans and chickpeas with instant rice to create a very healthy and delicious combo. It filled me up without leaving me feeling sluggish or greasy. It was a guilt free meal. I even have leftovers that I can now save for a later date. I really wish that I had bought those items at the beginning of the week instead of stocking up on so many carbohydrates. My diet was composed of a lot of artificial and processed products that provided little proper nutrition for me. 

          If I was to do this challenge over, I would definitely buy more frozen vegetables, fruits and beans (along with the pop-tarts because I am a soul believer in eating something sweet every day). Though the pasta was delicious, it lacked many of the essential nutrients to supply me throughout the day. Someone once told me that every meal should be filled with natural colors; not the artificial ones. My only issue with keeping to a healthy diet with such a limited budget is that a lot of the healthier options are more expensive and don’t come in as large of quantities as less healthy items. I think that I should have done more thorough consideration before I went grocery shopping.

Daily Question: How would this week have been different for you if you had less money to spend on food? 

Thank you all for reading and I will see you soon!!!!!

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