Day 25 {Thursday}

Breakfast – Strawberry Malt-o-Meal 220 calories

Snack – Rice and Beans 320 calories

Lunch and Dinner – Cheesy Mac 560 {280 calories per serving}

Total Calories Consumed on Day 25  – 1,100

Total Beverages Consumed on Day 25  –  9 bottles of water {I’m using this to drink out of}

The hardest part about day 25 ?

I’d love to tell you I’m going to miss my daily consumption of beans and rice. But, I’d be telling a fib. I am so ready to STOP EATING STUPID BEANS AND RICE. Choking them down every afternoon is getting harder and harder. I can feel my throat tightening up when it’s time to eat them.

But everything else? Butterflies and rainbows.

Day 26 {Friday}

Breakfast – Strawberry Malt-o-Meal 220 calories

Snack – Stupid Rice and Beans 320 calories

Lunch – Cheesy Mac 280 calories per serving {I love this stuff!}

Dinner –  Strawberry Malt-o-Meal 220 calories

Total Calories Consumed on Day 26 – 1040

Total Beverages Consumed on Day  26 – 10 bottles of water

The hardest part about day 26?

Honestly, I spent most of the day outside gardening or inside doing housework so the day just whizzed by. Friday was another easy day in packaged food paradise.

Day 27 {Saturday}

Breakfast – Multi Grain Cereal/Strawberry Oatmeal Combo 250 calories?

Snack – Stupid Rice and Beans 320 calories

Lunch and Dinner Multi Grain Cereal/Strawberry Oatmeal Combo 500 calories {250 calories per serving}

Total Calories Consumed on Day  27– 1070

Total Beverages Consumed on Day 27 – 12 bottles of water {It was 90 degrees out!!!}

The hardest part about day 27?

It was hot out! 😉 So you may be wondering why the heck I ate oatmeal three times in one day. Well, the answer is pretty simple. I wanted to use up ALL the food I had on hand BEFORE I broke into my emergency stash of pancake/waffle mix James from Valley Food Storage sent me.

I.LOVE.OATMEAL.  So eating it three times in one day was no big deal. When I’m old and have no teeth, I know I’ll be able to eat mush everyday. No problem.

Day 28 {Sunday}

Breakfast Strawberry Strawberry Malt-o-Meal 220 calories

Snack – Stupid Rice and Beans 320 calories

The all the freeze dried food is GONE. 

Lunch and Dinner – Honey Whole Wheat Waffles 380 calories {190 calories per serving}

Total Calories Consumed on Day 28 –  920

Total Beverages Consumed on Day 28 – 11  bottles of water

The hardest part about day 28?

I’m sorry what? I got to eat waffles two times in one day!!!! True, there was no butter or syrup to go with them, but what’s so hard about eating waffles? Umm nothing. Nothing at all. Each serving of waffles {1/2 cup mix +1/2 cup water} makes 2 waffles. Which was PLENTY. Even though the calorie count was lower than most of the other days… I felt full.

All the freezed dried food is GONE. Can you believe it? For the last 28 days I’ve been eating nothing but freeze dried food plus beans and rice. I made it through the entire kit and didn’t even budge for sweets or treats once. Do you know how good it feels to be able to say that?

Since all I have left to eat is pancake/waffle mix… that is what I will be eating for the next 2 days for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Go.Fight.Win.

2 More Days to Go Baby!!!

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Living off a 30 Day Emergency Supply of Food Days 5, 6 and 7

Living off a 30 Day Emergency Supply of Food Days 8 and 9

Living off a 30 Day Emergency Supply of Food – Days 10 and 11

Living off a 30 Day Emergency Supply of Food – Days 12, 13 and 14

Living off a 30 Day Emergency Supply of Food – Days 15, 16, and 17

Living off a 30 Day Emergency Supply of Food – Days 18, 19, 20, and 21

Living off a 30 Day Emergency Supply of Food – Days 22, 23 and 24

Day 22 {Monday}

Breakfast- Strawberry Malt -o-Meal 220 calories

Snack – Rice and Beans 320 calories

Lunch and Dinner Mango Habanero Chili  460 calories {230 calories per serving}

Total Calories Consumed on Day  22 –  1000

Total Beverages Consumed on Day  22 – 9 bottles of water {I’m using this to drink out of}

The hardest part about day 22 ?

Nothing. The sprinkler guy was here, tree guys were next door all day, some guy came by to pick up my daughter for an informal date, and Lucy the puggle dog was so exhausted from the day before she barely moved a muscle. There was so much going on it was nuts.

Note: I doesn’t matter how old your daughter is, you are allowed to embarrass/scare the guy who is picking her up for the first time. When I was a teenager my Dad would take a picture of the guys car, write down his licence plate, get his SS number and photocopy his driver’s license. I was totally humiliated. But now, as a parent… I think he was a genius.

Nuff said.

Day 23 {Tuesday}

Breakfast – Strawberry Malt -o-Meal 220 calories

Snack – Rice and Beans 320 calories

Lunch and Dinner  Strawberry Malt -o-Meal 440 calories {220 calories each}

Total Calories Consumed on Day  23 –  980

Total Beverages Consumed on Day  23 –  9 bottles of water

The hardest part about day 23?

Again, it was another easy peasy day. A little gardening, a little napping and a little blogging. I find it amazing how your body can adjust after you get past the first week or two.

Day 24 {Wednesday}

Breakfast – Multi Grain Cereal/Strawberry Oatmeal Combo 250 calories?

Snack – Rice and Beans 320 calories

Lunch and Dinner – Cheesy Mac 560 {280 calories per serving}

Total Calories Consumed on Day  24 –  1130

Total Beverages Consumed on Day 24 –  11 bottles of water.

The hardest part about day 24?

Are you kidding me? I have less than a week to go. The days are flying by and I am looking forward to eating pancakes in a few days. Life is good!

I stopped by Wilco to check out the plant sale, went on a long walk with The Girl and stayed up a little too late reading a new book I picked up at the library {I will tell you about it tomorrow}. Life is good.

In it to WIN IT baby!

~Mavis

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Living off a 30 Day Emergency Supply of Food – Days 18, 19, 20, and 21

Have you ever seen the show Wife Swap? I remember catching an episode about 10 years ago where one of the wives sat in the sun like 6- 8 hours a day. She ate hardly anything and believed that she could get all her nourishment from the sun.

Ya, well, I tried it and it doesn’t work.

Moving on…

Day 18 {Thursday}

Breakfast Strawberry Malt -o-Meal 440 calories {220 per serving}

I woke up pretty early so I decided to cook a double serving of Strawberry Malt-o-Meal for breakfast. I was happy… even though I knew it would probably mean I’d have to open one of those bags of pancake mix to make it through the full 30 days.

Snack – Beans and Rice 320 calories

Lunch and Dinner – Chicken à la King 530 calories {265 calories per serving}

Total Calories Consumed on Day 18   1290

Total Beverages Consumed on Day 18  9 bottles of water {I’m using this to drink out of}

The hardest part about day 18?

I stopped by Costco to buy food for our Father’s Day party. The parking lot smelled like muffins. I swear the bakery vent is somewhere near the entrance of the building.

As soon as I walked in I spotted a couple with big Starbucks beverages and then starting craving a venti earl grey tea with two sugars and an inch of milk. It was torture and it took every fiber in my being not to grab the free samples.

I watched as people filled their carts with delicious convenience food {half of which they will all probably throw away} and almost had a melt down. But I made it.

Day 19 {Friday}

Breakfast – Strawberry Malt-o-Meal 220 calories

Snack – Beans and Rice 320 calories

Lunch and Dinner – Chicken à la King 530 calories {265 calories per serving}

Total Calories Consumed on Day  19 –  1070

Total Beverages Consumed on Day 19  – 10 bottles of water

The hardest part about day 19 ?

Nothing. Friday rocked! I spent half the day outside gardening with Lucy and the other half cleaning out the storage room.

I am amazed at my willpower to continue to be able to eat the suggested servings out of pouches on a daily basis. I am not a camper, or someone who eats freeze dried food normally {I think I’ve had astronaut ice cream twice in my lifetime} so this whole crazy experiment of mine has been a wild ride.

I have been off caffeine since day 4 and I’ve been sleeping better than I ever have before. That in itself is a BIG deal to me. My skin looks better than it has in a long time. My guess is it’s because of all the water I’ve been drinking on this challenge.

I truly believe it’s good to get our of your comfort zone every once in a while. I know most of you think I’m nuts… and I’m okay with that. 😉

Day 20 {Saturday}

Breakfast Multi Grain Cereal/Strawberry Oatmeal Combo 250 calories?

Snack – Beans and Rice 320 calories { I poured some of the habanero chili sauce over my beans and rice and it was DELICIOUS!!!

Lunch – Chicken à la King 265 calories

Dinner Mango Habanero Chili 230 calories

Total Calories Consumed on Day  20 –  1065

Total Beverages Consumed on Day  20 – 9 bottles of water

The hardest part about day 20?

Nothing really. I slept in, ran some errands with the HH and did a little house cleaning.

Day 21 {Sunday – Father’s Day}

Yes, the rest of the Godiva cheesecake is all MINE. The cake is safely and hidden at the bottom of my garage freezer. Bottom line: If you touch my cake, I will cut you.

Breakfast Multi Grain Cereal/Strawberry Oatmeal Combo 250 calories? {I poured the rest of the multi grain cereal into the strawberry oatmeal pouch to make my life more exciting. What can I say? It’s a thrill a minute around here. 

Snack – Beans and Rice 320 calories

Lunch and Dinner  Mango Habanero Chili  460 calories {230 calories per serving}

Holy canolies the chili was spicy and GOOD. You can bet your last dollar I am using the extra liquid from the chili to pour over my rice and beans. {Note: I added an additional cup of water to the chili mix just so I could do that.}

Total Calories Consumed on Day 21  –  1030

Total Beverages Consumed on Day 21 – 11 bottles of water

{The food I have left to eat + my stash of beans and rice}

The hardest part about day 21?

What? You mean besides all the bbq, side dishes and dessert everyone was eating? Seriously? Do I even need to answer that?

My Mom, the interventionist, told me that when I run out of the food I’m holding {and my rice and beans} I have to open the pancake mix. Each bag of pancake mix contains 15 servings. My choices are buttermilk pancakes and whole wheat pancakes. Clearly I’ve been doing a little double dipping on my portions and have not rationed properly for the last few days. Eating pancakes is inevitable. It’s a tough gig, but someone has to do it.

Even though the experiment isn’t over yet, I think we can all safely assume 2 things.

1. When a company offers to send you a Premier Kit with 205 servings TAKE IT.  Just because I was an idiot and didn’t realize the original kit I received was meant to be supplemented with beans, rice and other food I already had in my pantry, doesn’t mean you need to make the same mistake too.

2. Have something sweet in your food storage like brownies to feed your sugar cravings.

Keep calm and carry on.

The experiment continues…

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Day 15 {Monday}

I woke up Monday morning and my very first thought was… I’m half way there. And then… man, it would sure be nice to eat a slice of cake right now. 🙂

Breakfast – Multi Grain Cereal 160 calories

Snack – Beans and Rice 320 calories

Lunch and Dinner – Chicken Teriyaki 460 calories {230 calorie per serving}

Total Calories Consumed on Day  15 –  940 calories

Total Beverages Consumed on Day 15 –  7 bottles of water {I’m using this to drink out of}

The hardest part about day 15?

I am so ready for this to be over. I want some TEA and CAKE. But, a deal is a deal and I told myself I’d try to eat a 30 day emergency supply of food and that’s what I am going to try and do. I wouldn’t be surprised if I end up opening one of the pouches of pancake mix James sent me though… We’ll see.

Doing anything for 30 days in a row is hard. And even though this is more of a mental challenge at this point, it’s still tough.

Day 16 {Tuesday}

Breakfast – Strawberry Malt -o-Meal 220 calories

Snack – Stupid rice and beans 320 calories

Lunch, Dinner and Dinner – Irish Pub Cheddar Potato Soup 690 calories {230 calories per serving}

Total Calories Consumed on Day  –  1230 calories

Total Beverages Consumed on Day  –  9 bottles of water

The hardest part about day 16?

I woke up at 4 am and didn’t go to bed until around 10. I worked out in the yard all day and was HUNGRY and came very close to opening a bag of the pancake mix. VERY CLOSE!!! WHY AM I SHOUTING? I don’t know… maybe it’s because I’m going crazy that’s why.

Can someone PLEASE remind me why I decided to do this?

 

I’m at my worst in the afternoon between 2-6pm. Every day I feel like if I can just make it until dinner time, I will be okay. Physically I feel fine. It’s just need to stay focused.

{What is left after 17 days}

Day 17 {Thursday}

Breakfast – Strawberry Malt -o-Meal 220 calories

Snack – Beans and Rice 320 calories

Lunch and Dinner – Irish Pub Cheddar Potato Soup 460 calories {230 calories per serving}

The soup is delicious and it’s totally something I’d buy to have on hand for a quick dinner.

Total Calories Consumed on Day  –  1000

Total Beverages Consumed on Day  –  8 bottles of water

The hardest part about day 17 ?

All I could think about all day WAS EATING FOOD. I smelled cookie bags, I planned our Father’s Day menu, and kept opening the goodie drawer hoping the treats would leap into my mouth. I even thought about making a carrot cake and EATING THE ENTIRE THING.

It’s starting to get to me. I’m wearing down. I need something sweet. A candy bar, a bag of chips, a blueberry muffin, a box of sugar cubes… anything.

Did I mention my mother is bringing a Godiva chocolate cheesecake for our Father’s Day BBQ? Yes, yes she is.

Gaaa. I don’t know how much longer I can hang in there. Eating survival food for 17 days in a row is tough. Yes the food tastes good, but I am so used to eating sweets and drinking tea every single day that it is tough to go without goodies when you know they are within reach.

Willpower is an AMAZING thing. I hope I don’t break… but if I do, I’ll know that I gave it my best shot.

~Mavis

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