Day 2: Acclimatisation

Today's first discovery - basics bread is sliced so thinly that you can get TWO pieces in just ONE toaster slot. The end result is a warm moist side (think just-baked-esc) and one toasted side. The moist side soaks up soup so good but the toast side gives you that all important crunch.

Unfortunately this was the high point of the day. Lemon curd mixed with boiling water is not an adequate substitute for tea. It tastes way more of curd than it does of lemon. I appolize if 'curd' is just one of those words like 'jam' but you get the point. It did grow on me though which made me a little scared about what else might start tasting good by the end of the week.

For instance, last night I spent a ludicrous amount of time brushing my teeth. The flavour just seemed so intense compared to dinner. Anticipate some bloody gums come Sunday. I'm actually getting pretty excited about brushing my teeth as I type these words. How odd.

I also just found out that my Mum has already taken medical provisions in case this challenge causes extreme constipation. Happy days. She told me this while her and dad were chomping down on:

Meanwhile I was loving this:

Anyway, I’m not just doing this for a laugh so I should point out that you can now donate as little as £1 by texting BJBJ78 to 70070 followed by either £1/£2/£3/£4/£5/£10

Eg. ‘BJBJ78 £5’

It will show up on my just giving page and 100% of it goes to the charity! 

Thank you!! 

Day One

Eating plain rice whilst everyone else eats gourmet ala Dave/Thomas ‘Chris Hoy’ Jackson at the dinner table all week became tangible for the first time this afternoon. Having starved myself all day with little to be found to eat for 33p in London I finally came across some basics digestives. Then I sat down for two hours between Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour watching a heavily perspiring man eating a double cheeseburger. To envy a sweaty stranger is sad. Unless it’s Chris ‘Dave Jackson’ Hoy or someone of similar athletic ability. It was not. 

Anywho, based on what I watched him eat and my exemplary knowledge of the Burger King menu I’d say his meal probably cost him a total of just under £7. I was tempted to copy him but I can proudly say that I made it through day 1 unscathed by my desires for tasty tasty treats. 

The self-imposed ground rules are:

No hand outs
No staff food
No giving in to my Mum’s pestering to eat something fresh or borrow some salt ect ect ect. Having said that she has just this instant brought me some tap water “because you can’t have anything else” so at least for now she is getting into the spirit of things. 

In the end it turns out you can actually get quite a lot (when you sacrifice all quality in favour of quantity) for £7. Here’s the proof:

The extravagant 55p binge on hot dogs had to be done. Am not going to check the ‘pork percentage’ until after they (and let’s face it probably all the brine) are gone.

Unfortunately, this is what it looks like in real terms. Tomorrow’s dinner plans for Myself Vs Mum and Dad’s:

 That's 74p vs £11 right there. Come on the boys in red and white.

That's all for day one so in closing I will just say please click on this link:

www.justgiving.com/benjackson14

and take a look. Any donation no matter how small will be greatly appreciated by me, VSO and the communities we will be helping in Nigeria. 

Cheers and enjoy your dinners!