Only the one blog post today, but its been a busier day for sure!
Meals-
Breakfast
Porridge, 1/3 of a banana and some jam.
Could have been an awful lot worse, I was certainly hungrier this morning, so was more willing to fight through the blandness of the porridge. Banana really did help a lot, especially to divert flavour away from the intense sweetness in the jam.
Lunch
6 meatballs with flatbreads.
Really enjoyed lunch actually, the sauce with the meatballs is actually rather nice when its not being run through a huge amount of rice. And I love the flatbreads anyway.
Snack
I got a bit peckish having been out cycling so had a couple more flatbreads with jam.
Dinner
Rice, Irish Stew, Mixed veg and flatbreads
Surprisingly nice actually. Had the rice on one side of the bowl, which meant all the liquid in the stew didn't get wasted. The stew was surprisingly amazing, with broken pieces of mutton giving me something to look forward to.
So the meals today were an awful lot better than they were yesterday that is an absolute certainty. But also I had more to do today, whilst cycling home from church on Sunday my rear brake fell off. So I cycled to the shop - with extreme caution - got it fixed and then headed down to House Cafe in Camberwell for the afternoon. You would have thought there would be nothing worse than a cafe when your not allowed to eat or drink any of the amazing things they sell, but the company made the day a whole lot easier to deal with.
It is difficult though, I could pretend everything is perfect and I'm getting on fine, but that simply is not the case.
I'm reasonably fit, and today after cycling less that 2 miles (I cycle roughly 5 miles every Sunday) I found myself really really worn out. At the cafe I drunk a 2 litre bottle of water is brought with me and still couldn't shift the headache is picked up during the ride. By the time I'd cycled the same 2 miles back I was absolutely shattered. So much so that I had a snack and went to lie down for a while.So sorry for not putting up a video today, I do have a plan to make up for it tomorrow.
But being at the cafe this afternoon really stuck me. It was difficult to be around such rich food and abundant flavoursome drinks without being tempted. And normally I'd have just whipped out 1.50 for a Hot chocolate and a brownie.
I'm beginning to see what its like to not have the 'disposable' income that I would usually spend on this.
Also, today my sister told me that she is keeping a food diary, so at the end of the week we will compare prices and vague calories to get an idea of the difference between being below the poverty line and being a super diligent student.
