about 1 year ago - 2 comments
Now that the challenge is finished (and I’ll say over as I won’t eat between now and midnight) I thought I would share some closing remarks. But first I’ll start with a photo of the food left over from my shopping through out the week. Read on for the rest… Understand this: I don’t really
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Day seven has come, and almost gone, and was a full day of running around. I had my last two pears whilst out and about; they’re so portable, edible, and cheap at the moment. Even though today is the last day, I didn’t have anything special, except the jelly. But enough blather… Breakfast Muesli with
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I did some more shopping today, the photo is after the jump, so now I’m down to $0.95 remaining. Someone suggested I have 3 soft serve cones. No thanks. Today was relatively active, relatively, we dug a hole at the beach. Moving around 7 cubic meters of sand. That was fairly exerting. And also rather
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End of the working week has arrived. And everyone goes woohoo. As I predicted last night I was over the “being over it” this morning. Also today I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the monthly work lunch. Which according to the rules is legit. But even if you didn’t have that as part
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Before we start today I’d like to say: I am now passed the half way point! But I am still flying relatively blind as too what people think of meal size and RDI quantities. There is still some time left to adjust the amounts so please let the comments flow. But for now: On with
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Today was all about “the spirit of the challenge”. There were plenty of opportunities to deviate with out really breaking rules: e.g. I was in Wollongong last night and this morning; and in the spirit of the challenge I did not use the “work pays” excuse to get food – but instead took my own
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
As day 2 comes to a close I have another update and some more photos: Breakfast Scrambled eggs on toast. Lunch Left overs from dinner last night. Yes that’s the same photo too… camera was in the car. Dinner More left overs but with an orange. Notes Today was largely based on left overs from
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I’m writing this at the end of a very successful first day to the $30 challenge. As an aside, given the current economy, I’m going to share the recipes each day. But on with the show Breakfast Muesli with milk. Lunch Egg roll, 2 x Jam roll, and a Pear. You might notice that I
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
About 9 months ago Brad, Matthew and I were sitting on a balcony in Alexandria having a fairly long discussion. One of the topics we discussed was trying to live off $30 for a week, the general consensus was it would be possible. Somehow, today, I got challenged to actually try and do it. I