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Nashville, TN, United States
Hello all and welcome to my first blog ever! My name is Kristy and I am a student at The University of Tennessee in the MSSW program. This blog will detail my experience on "The Food Stamp Challenge". Which means for one week, I will live as if I were on food stamps only $21 for a weeks worth of food.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Day 5

I had my coffee this morning and noticed I'm running a little low but thankfully just two more mornings left so I think I can make it stretch.  I ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich around 9:30.  Then for lunch, you guessed it, Ramen noodles.  I never realized how much I give in to temptation and eat when I'm not even hungry.  Today someone brought little individual size blue bell ice cream in chocolate and vanilla.  Oh my, was it ever hard to resist.  For dinner tonight, I ate cheese raviolis.  Yum yum!!  What I've realized is that I think I'll have some food left over.  I'll have more than half a jar of peanut butter and jelly, saltines, a can of tuna and a pack of ramen noodles.  I probably should have calculated per serving costs, then I would have had more left over for my in case of emergency chocolate fund!!  I'll have to ration the remainder of my diet coke over the weekend, which means drinking more water, which I should be doing anyways.