Just prior to the event for Harlem Hospital on May 19th the NY Food Bank is issuing a challenge. Live on a food stamp budget of 1.48 per meal for 7 days.
I will be taking that challenge and living as a diabetic on a food stamp budget. My original goal was to keep my food at 5.00 per day, now I will have to bring it down to about 4.20. unlike the normal food stamp challenges I won't have rice, pasta, and bread to fall back on. How hard must it be to be poor and diabetic?
I have been very busy lately and I had an early meeting I had to run to so breakfast was the fastest I could manage. I heated a cup of chicken noodle soup, had 8 whole grain crackers and two ounces of cheese.
I did okay with 45 grams of carb.
Of course I was seriously hungry when I got home so lunch was a real breakfast with ham, two eggs, my coffee (finally) and half a banana(Tip of the day: rub cut banana with lemon juice to prevent browning.) I poached the eggs and really wanted toast to sop up that beautiful yolk...however I resisted. I added 20 more carbs to my daily total and my percentages for the day look good.
I went to the grocery store and came home with a headache. I typically buy pasta, rice, etc at the store and everything else from the farmers market. However I needed cat food. I started label reading. 'Net effective carbs' is the new marketing term for products that have fiber added. They tell you that if a product has 10 grams of carbohydrate and 7 grams of fiber then it only counts as 3 grams of carb.
I will be taking that challenge and living as a diabetic on a food stamp budget. My original goal was to keep my food at 5.00 per day, now I will have to bring it down to about 4.20. unlike the normal food stamp challenges I won't have rice, pasta, and bread to fall back on. How hard must it be to be poor and diabetic?
I have been very busy lately and I had an early meeting I had to run to so breakfast was the fastest I could manage. I heated a cup of chicken noodle soup, had 8 whole grain crackers and two ounces of cheese.
I did okay with 45 grams of carb.
Of course I was seriously hungry when I got home so lunch was a real breakfast with ham, two eggs, my coffee (finally) and half a banana(Tip of the day: rub cut banana with lemon juice to prevent browning.) I poached the eggs and really wanted toast to sop up that beautiful yolk...however I resisted. I added 20 more carbs to my daily total and my percentages for the day look good.
I went to the grocery store and came home with a headache. I typically buy pasta, rice, etc at the store and everything else from the farmers market. However I needed cat food. I started label reading. 'Net effective carbs' is the new marketing term for products that have fiber added. They tell you that if a product has 10 grams of carbohydrate and 7 grams of fiber then it only counts as 3 grams of carb.