Pounds add up!

After watching Loose Women yesterday afternoon, I learnt that Arlene Phillips {who was a judge on 'strictly come dancing'},is living off one pound a day don't worry this isn't a new celebrity fad diet.She is doing it for a charity called 'Malaria No More UK'. You are probably wondering why she has chose to do this. Well she believes it is because she feels that today's world suffers with extreme poverty, inequality and unfairness.

'Live Below the Line' is an initiative of the Global Poverty Project, an education and campaigning organisation whose mission is to increase the number and effectiveness of people taking action against extreme poverty.

I suppose in a way, it is also like a experiment to see how little food you can have and still survive.
She has decided to have the following foods for this week which include Rice,carrots, cabbage soup, eggs, for one week. Below is her ingredients in more detail. To see her progress check it out here

2 Eggs = 40p
3 Lemons = 45p
3 Carrots = 15p
Cabbage = 58p
Porridge = 70p
Rice Cakes = 50p
Marmite = 24p
Honey = 18p
Pasta Sauce = 35p
Baked Beans = 35p
Rice = 20p
Bunny Lollies = 15p
Apples = 50p
Stock Cubes = 20p
Fresh Mint = Free from garden.
= £4.95 (99p for each of the 5 days)
(Saving 5p for a Friday treat!)

This story appealed to me also because me and Fluxxy Tux are living like this. It's a whole turn around and has made me acknowledge now that half the food, we have bought in the past, was not necessary, they weren't essentials. I can admit I did used to go overboard with treats.
We are sharing £25 which has to last us ten days. We are already into day three. We have £10 left to last us a further 7 days.

I have just come back from our daily shop. This is what I have bought on my behalf to try and last us, for upto a further three days. I am finding our budget hard to stick to! I couldn't believe I said to Fluxxy Tux before while in a low-priced supermarket we went to ' is too expensive to cater for our budget.' That is as a result, to why I have slightly over spent. All I'm saying is I know it's been hard, but surely it just has to get better now.

My Food List	Fluxxy’s Food List
1 bag of potato wedges {we will share}= £1.00 1 Quorn Tikka Masala = £1.00 2 Hovis loaves {which we will share} = £1.50 1 curry sauce and chips meal = 99p 2 tins of baked beans {which we will share} = 56p 1 box of tomato and basil soups containing 3 sachets {we will share} = 59p Mandarin segments {which we will share} = 42p	Deep pan pepperoni pizza = 99p Hot dog sausages = 49p
My Treats:- Milk chocolate digestives = 59p Luxurious Chocolate dessert mousse = 39p 1 38g bag of golden wonder BBQ crisps = 49p	Fluxxy’s Treats:- 2 packets of custard creams = 54p Strawberry wholegrain yoghurt = 89p
Total cost = £7.53	Total cost = £2.91

Altogether our shopping came up to £10.44

That works out to be £1.74 a day!

Below is a picture of the type of meals we have ate from day one. This is beans and buttered mushrooms with a spicy kick to it on toast! I have to say it defiantly got my taste buds wanting more! 

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