I think I somehow heard from @dollarvigilante Jeff mentioned about his 1 meal a days "detox" before when I had extra time to chill and just curiously listen what his interviews were about.
But then when you come to a time you truly only challenge yourself to come to only spend about a dollar a day for food, and only one full meal (while you are still blessed with beverages provided in the office) will you able to survive it?
The last 2 days I have decided to restart my intermittent fasting once again after unsuccessfully losen up a few pounds after the Christmas turkey stuffing scrumptious experience through exercising and even planking.
Just so you know I am still doing it and I have survived for 16 days, although I actually take some day rests in between when I am too busy or woke up late; but if I am at the gym I will definitely won't miss it.
And yes I do have all the videos I just decided not to flood dtube with my boring 1 minute (sometimes a little over) recordings.
Is this fasting particularly work for me?
It turned out better than I thought.
Partly because the last 2 days and now day 3 today I have decided not to take a single drop of coffee during this fast and dug out this Korean ginseng specially flown all the way back from Korea as a souvenir to sustain me.
Interestingly when caffein is less in my system I actually manage to be more focused rushing the work I need especially during offline.
But that being said because of caffein depletion I actually became much moodier today, even though I had some matcha latte to help sooth my nerves.
I get extra edgy when someone chooses to snub with an arrogant tone; I can anytime blame the lack of coffee but I do realise that there is an underlying stress going on.
Probably the Food Bank stories are getting under my skin. If you haven't seen it check out their latest post - In Good Times, and Bad, Till Death Do Us Part.
Anyways, enough self pity and let's see what kind of once a day meal I have whipped up.
This tiny bowl of health actually comprises of (even though might not see it)
- rolled oats
- a tsp of organic tri colour quinoa
- 1 egg
- a dash of mixed herbs
- a dash of Himalayan pink salt
- a dash of pepper
- a little bit of left over parmesan cheese flakes
- a dash of red peprika
- a dash of turmeric powder
I have actually come to accustomed to quinoa seeds end of last year when my boss overcooked her batch of quinoa and the "rawness" fragrance has gotten the best of her when she tried to have too much at one time.
And since I know one really got to get used to that green smell I have decided to mix it with the roll oats with a bit of garlic flakes.
The outcome I can say probably about 🌟🌟🌟 out of 5 in terms of taste but it did last a bit with a tiny aid of pineapple roll tarts my boss left for me.
(I seemed to be her "DBKL" these days haha... But hey let's not waste food)
So overall how much did I spend?
The egg was about 10¢
The roll oats probably about maybe 20¢, and the quinoa probably less than a pence since it's only one teaspoon.
I got about 100 gram of the organic quinoa for a little over $1.30 USD.
The rest of the spices and herbs have been there in my fridge; so even I really want to count them in it would be like maybe 10¢?
Overall it didn't cross 50¢ so if I'd make 2 servings it could still round under 1 dollar a day.
So how about you? Have you ever come across to a point that you have no choice but to only able to spend 1 dollar a day, one meal only in food and still able to make it properly as in as healthy as possible?
By the way, after 3 days I have lost about 500-almost 1kg, most likely a lot has to do with water retention too because I drank more water during the fast.
Until Then
Keep Calm and Eat Healthy
