I HAVE NO FOOD

Day 007

2009-05-09T13:16:00.002+01:00

I ate a twix (Fail #5), beans on toast and Dominoes Cookies (Fail #6!) yesterday, but failed to take photographic evidence of any of them as we'd started on the cocktails by then!

Day 006

2009-05-07T22:13:00.002+01:00

Thursday 7th May

19:00. Nan bread, cheese and mulligatawny soup. Woohoo, I am back on track!

Day 005

2009-05-06T22:19:00.006+01:00

Wednesday 6th May 2009

19:00. I was getting the shakes so I ate a yoghurt kindly bought for me by Helen. It's not cheating if I hand over the money after it's been purchased.. right? Fail #3

20:00. Fuck this, man. I've finished my degree, I deserve a burger. Ollie, Chris and I went to a cheap restaurant and bought cheese and bacon burgers. At the rate I'm going, muselli and fish fingers are going to last me for years.
Fail #4

Day 004

2009-05-05T17:48:00.008+01:00

Tuesday 5th May 2009

00.00. Roxanne had a ripe mango in her possession and I was feeling miserable, so she shared it with me. How have I managed to go twenty-one years thinking I hated mango? It was lovely!

16.00. Steven has completed his degree and Helen and I have one more exam to go. Therefore, Helen's penultimate Toblerone (of eight since two weeks ago) was devoured in a flash this afternoon in celebration. Now I have a massive urge to eat a lot of chocolate.

17.15. Steven's boyfriend came back to Keele today bringing homemade bread with him. Yummy! I should probably eat some of my own food soon...

Day 003

2009-05-04T23:04:00.004+01:00

Monday 4th May 2009

2PM. Jim invited Ollie and I to lunch with his family so we ate yummy mince, potatoes and vegetables followed by lemon merengue pie. Post-meal I remembered this blog... It was interesting trying to explain why I was taking a photo of the teapot.

6PM. Chris, Ollie and I were studying in the KPA until we caved and ordered KPA Doorstop Sandwiches. Ham, Cheese and Pickle... My major food weakness! FAIL #2

Day 002

2009-05-03T12:51:00.003+01:00

Sunday 3rd May 2009

3.30AM. Hungriness was preventing me from sleeping, so I made myself a bowl of Tesco Value 55p Muselli. Nothing can make that stuff taste good, not even the massive spoonfuls of sugar I heaped onto it. It tasted like wood shavings!

8.30PM. Ollie and I were sitting in the KPA moaning about feeling hungry, so we organised a trip to an all-you-can-eat restaurant, Taybarns! Yorkshire puddings, turkey, stuffing, pizza, cauliflower cheese, sweet and sour chicken, salad, banoffee pie and chocolate fudge sauce... £10.48 well spent. FAIL.

Day 001

2009-05-02T16:48:00.004+01:00

Saturday 2nd May 2009

Breakfast/Lunch.
16:30. Yorkshire Puddings and a Turkey Burger. This is not too different from how I eat normally, so I feel ok about it, although I worry that the turkey burger wasn't cooked that well. I've eaten half of it and given up. I think there's going to be a lot of wastage during this project.

22:18. Cous-cous with sundried tomatoes and peppachu peppers, seasoned with BBQ-flavoured spice. My mouth is burning nicely but behold, I have constructed a proper meal! I even found half a glass worth's of Ginger Ale in the fridge too. This experiment thing is looking up!

The Rules

2009-05-02T16:44:00.005+01:00

Because I am approaching the end of my University "Career", I need to save. I waste too much money and eat out a lot when I have a lot of food sitting in my freezer draw, so I have made a pact:

I am not going to buy any new food* until I have exhausted my current food supply.

This includes popping to the shops, raiding the vending machines, getting takeaway and eating out. The only exceptions are proper, organised events such as a birthday meal out or being invited to someone else's home for eats. I am not allowed to organise such events.

I am allowed to accept food donations and slices of pizza etc, but not to ask or buy them for myself. Essentially I am not allowed to spend money on food.

* The only food I am allowed to buy is bread, cheese and milk. Milk is communal in my flat and I will need to make sandwiches, probably. There is no way I am willing to go a month without bread or cheese. So I am allowing myself these typical "Victorian Pauper Diet" ingredients. I am not allowed to survive merely off bread and cheese though. No toast for dinner.

Food swaps are allowed. I can barter and bargain (but not threaten, even if I am very hungry).

Ultimate Goals: Use up all existing food, possibly lose weight and Not Die of gross combinations of food or lack of protein.

This challenge will be interesting because I have a lot of muselli.

Let the Worst Diet Ever Challenge begin.