alex hf (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} bees4breakfast) wrote,@ 2008-02-01 19:11:00 |
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february 1st
for PEYEIYBM, i'm going to record everything with caloric value that crosses my lips, but i'm also going to go a step further and list the cost to me of each item. i'm not trying to be more frugal, i'm just very interested. everything that i eat at work is free -- i don't often think about how much of what i eat in a day is free. it's good.
morning:
330 ml homemade iced black tea (in a reused-daily glass bottle), 2 sugars, 1% milk. (cost of tea bag, milk, and sugar almost negligible due to bulk purchasing, let's say $0.05 among all three)
coconut flavoured cadbury brunch bar. (cost: box of 6 bars on sale for $3.25; 1 bar = $0.54)
approx 100 ml whole milk, to swallow some pills with (cost to me: $0)
noon:
kid food*: 2 kidbowls of curried couscous salad with tuna, shredded cucumbers and carrots. (cost to me: $0)
2 small lollycoffees (this is a preparation of coffee that involves copious instant coffee powder, copious sugar, copious milk, and a small amount of boiling water) (cost to me: $0)
1 milk arrowroot biscuit (cost to me: $0)
afternoon:
kid food: 1/2 kidbowl chicken, bacon & mushroom pie (cost to me: $0)
1 chewable Quick-Eze antacid tablet (8 tablets for $2.71; 1 tablet = $0.34)
evening:
peanut butter and jelly sandwich on multigrain bread (cost: let's say $0.40, based on my estimates of each element's total price and the portion of the total used in creating the sandwich)
375 ml can coca cola classic (cost: 30 cans** for $18.99; 1 can = $0.63)
muffin from the grocery store (cost: $1.98)
today's total food expenditure: AUD $3.94
*kid food: at work, all room staff must sit and eat with children at each meal, to role model good eating behaviour as well as to maintain a particular tone in the social environment of the classroom. snacktime participation is optional. the unit of measure is a kidbowl, which is a small, colourful, plastic bowl that is used by the 2-and-unders at work. most days, kid food is all i eat during work hours. it's usually pretty decent, sometimes even quite delicious, but the canola oil the cook uses (olive oil is too costly, i guess?) gives myself and my co-workers ridiculous acid reflux. you'll be seeing a lot of Quick-Eze on this livejournal in the coming weeks.
**we do not usually have cans of soda in the house. it's a rare impulse purchase, but one which we never regret.
for PEYEIYBM, i'm going to record everything with caloric value that crosses my lips, but i'm also going to go a step further and list the cost to me of each item. i'm not trying to be more frugal, i'm just very interested. everything that i eat at work is free -- i don't often think about how much of what i eat in a day is free. it's good.
morning:
330 ml homemade iced black tea (in a reused-daily glass bottle), 2 sugars, 1% milk. (cost of tea bag, milk, and sugar almost negligible due to bulk purchasing, let's say $0.05 among all three)
coconut flavoured cadbury brunch bar. (cost: box of 6 bars on sale for $3.25; 1 bar = $0.54)
approx 100 ml whole milk, to swallow some pills with (cost to me: $0)
noon:
kid food*: 2 kidbowls of curried couscous salad with tuna, shredded cucumbers and carrots. (cost to me: $0)
2 small lollycoffees (this is a preparation of coffee that involves copious instant coffee powder, copious sugar, copious milk, and a small amount of boiling water) (cost to me: $0)
1 milk arrowroot biscuit (cost to me: $0)
afternoon:
kid food: 1/2 kidbowl chicken, bacon & mushroom pie (cost to me: $0)
1 chewable Quick-Eze antacid tablet (8 tablets for $2.71; 1 tablet = $0.34)
evening:
peanut butter and jelly sandwich on multigrain bread (cost: let's say $0.40, based on my estimates of each element's total price and the portion of the total used in creating the sandwich)
375 ml can coca cola classic (cost: 30 cans** for $18.99; 1 can = $0.63)
muffin from the grocery store (cost: $1.98)
today's total food expenditure: AUD $3.94
*kid food: at work, all room staff must sit and eat with children at each meal, to role model good eating behaviour as well as to maintain a particular tone in the social environment of the classroom. snacktime participation is optional. the unit of measure is a kidbowl, which is a small, colourful, plastic bowl that is used by the 2-and-unders at work. most days, kid food is all i eat during work hours. it's usually pretty decent, sometimes even quite delicious, but the canola oil the cook uses (olive oil is too costly, i guess?) gives myself and my co-workers ridiculous acid reflux. you'll be seeing a lot of Quick-Eze on this livejournal in the coming weeks.
**we do not usually have cans of soda in the house. it's a rare impulse purchase, but one which we never regret.
