Hey,
Me again... Before I get all defensive let me say in good grace I'm struggling, and in the time I would have been making videos or blogging I've been pushing myself to the absolute limit.
I haven't wavered from my diet, I'm still on track, and if NY calculations are right - probably not right.. - then when I finish tomorrow evening I will have actually eaten about 60p less than my £5 budget because of excess rice and vegetables.
So give me some credit!
So I last posted anything g worthwhile on Tuesday - I get that's a long time in the course of a 5 day challenge, but I'm here now to fill I'm on all the excitement
Tuesday
Went down to a local cafe and spent the day there, being around delicious food and the smell of coffee (even though I don't like it) was an absolute killer, but I wasn't too hungry then.
As a result of an afternoon there I was absolutely wiped out by the time I got home, i managed to eat and sleep.
Wednesday
So yesterday, the day was reasonably relaxed, but then it needed to be, by now I was getting really really famished. To the point of physical pain in my stomach almost constantly. Despite this I decided to cycle 2 miles to go and play football with some church lads for 2 hours then cycle home, all before dinner. Now this conflicted with my original editing and uploading slot and again by the time I was home (10-ish) I needed to eat and sleep.
Thursday
Today has been very busy, reasonably active and I've pushed myself as much as possible just to see where my physical limits lie. I volunteered down at House Café - same cafe as Tuesday - for about 4 hours in total and cycled the 4 mile round trip. Getting home at around 3.30 - without having had lunch - a friend got in touch asking if I fancied going for a wander in the park. So I warmed up my remaining meatballs from yesterday and had to leave immediately.
Now this really has pushed me, because I'm used to sitting around on my computer and whilst I'm fit enough to deal with a full day, I'd much prefer to do so with a full stomach
Please forgive how brief this post is given how much I should theoretically have to say. But the truth of the matter is, I'm not great with words, and whatever I say, if the idea of surviving on essentially just rice, porridge, and water doesn't sound horrific then I will not be able to convince you otherwise.
I would still encourage people to go to the Live Below the Line UK webpage and donate to the cause. I personally am supporting tearfund, but if you have a preference please donate to whichever charity you'd prefer.
For now folks, I need to sleep.
P.S. I will try to do another video, but talking to a camera is really weird... :/