Well, I did end up having two slices of the flea market bread (toasted!) with a little olive oil last night. It actually felt like a treat. And I finished the day yesterday at just $2.06! Cooking ahead of time and eating leftovers really paid off, I think. If I can continue to keep my costs low, maybe I can splurge on a milkshake at the end of the week. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
My husband came home from a meeting last night with a big piece of chocolate cake, and said, “Hey there, I thought we could split this,” as he put it right next to me at the computer. I just stared at him. “I can’t,” I finally said. “Oh, sorry, I forgot,” he said as he went to get a nice tall glass of milk to go with it. Big sigh from me. A part of me was thinking, “Wahhh! Poor me, I want that cake! And I haven’t had a glass of milk all week!” And at the same time, another part was chiding that whiny part, thinking, “You are so damn entitled, aren’t you? It’s one week!”
I realize this is such a good exercise for me. When it comes to food, I have almost always had what I wanted. Even when we had WIC benefits in Texas, we used it as it is envisioned to work – as a supplement to our weekly food. It helped enormously, don’t get me wrong, but that food was not the total of what we had to eat in a week. I have never had to really sweat it and fear not having enough. That has been part of the value in the Challenge for me so far this week.
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