[SpinnerWebb]

Not go hungry, but not eating healthy, which is the point of the article.

Ramen and Coke does not make for a healthy, nutritionally balanced meal.

[tomkat]

0.03 _ 1 multivitamin
0.20 _ 2 eggs
0.08 _ 2 whole wheat toast
0.50 _ 3 sausage links
0.05 _ butter
0.50 _ milk

0.08 _ 2 whole wheat bread
0.75 _ pbj or salami/cheese
0.00 _ water, tap from well

1.50 _ Chunky soup, or similar
0.15 _ saltines, 1/3 stack
0.25 _ sherbet, 1 cup
0.00 _ water, tap from well

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4.06

*rarely* eat that much . . 5’11,185

[ottbmare]

Not go hungry, but not eating healthy, which is the point of the article. Ramen and Coke does not make for a healthy, nutritionally balanced meal.

I agree that ramen noodles and Coke isn't healthy--that's college-kid eating. I am trying hard to avoid diabetes, so I can't eat white stuff like bread, sugar, potatoes, flour, pasta, or most grains. But I eat on less than $5. Example:

Breakfast: 3 or 4 scrambled eggs with cheese

Lunch: tuna salad made with a touch of Duke's and some sour cream, on greens

Snack: nuts, and home-made yogurt sweetened with Stevia

dinner: Hillshire Farms turkey kielbasa, $1.25 (Bought on sale, two for $5. Half of this is a little too much for me so each of the dogs gets a piece)
Salad greens with tomatoes, oil-and-apple cider vinegar dressing: large pile of greens that will last through four meals, $3.69, 1 tomato about a dollar

evening snack: cheddar and apple

Some days the menu costs a little more than $5, some days it's less. But $5 goes a lot farther if you don't stock up on crap food, cereal, soft drinks, sweet things, or anything that comes out of a box.

Yes, I am slender and fit.