Below the Line: One And A Half Days.

 Day One:

So I started this challenge yesterday; I had planned on blogging each day, today is the first day I have been able to do so. I am not much of a breakfast person, even when I was really little; which may or may not have been a side effect of how I grew up during my first eight years. 

I knew I could not eat as much because if I did then I may not have enough to last me the whole 6 days. So my first meal of the day was a hot dog with bread. And as you can see in my eagerness to eat I was halfway through lunch before I remembered to take a picture. So I snapped a shot and scarfed the rest of my meal down. 

 One thing I remember in those early years to keep the hunger pains at bay we drank a lot of water. We may have been lacking in food but we were never dehydrated. So when I would feel like I was hungry I would just drink water. I like to snack and generally I graze throughout the day, so drinking water sounds easier than it actually was. 

 For dinner I had rice with some fajita seasoning. It may look like I have more rice than I did. It was just a 1/4 cup and my dinner plate is only 8 inches across. To drink I just had water.

   Sleeping was hard because I was very hungry, but eventually the mind takes over and sleep comes.

Day Two:

     Today was the same thing. I think many people take for granted the variety of food available. How many types of chips, fruit, veggies, pizza, meat (the list goes on) are out there. How many restaurants there are: Chili's, McDonald's, Wendy's, Arby's and again the list extends a mile long. 

  Now try explaining that to five hungry little kids. Why they are not allowed to have the same things other kids have. Five rather hungry kids, asking for things any normal kids wants, and being told "No, we can't afford that." 

  I know my Mom was absolutely mortified when we did this: Imagine a troupe of grungy little children walking through Walmart belting out the tune "Walmart! Walmart! That's our store, we shop there because we're poor!" When you're just a little kid, you don't know any better.

  A couple hours later I skimmed off a couple Mandarin oranges, about 1/3 of a cup.