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Really respect him for what he tried to do, but there may be a flaw in the logic behind competitions like this. He said with the 30 something dollars budget he
by Cookingboy 13y ago
Really respect him for what he tried to do, but there may be a flaw in the logic behind competitions like this. He said with the 30 something dollars budget he was forced to drop items like milk and coffee, but for many items like that, they will last for more than a week (I certainly don't drink a gallon of milk a week). So their cost is distributed over more than just one week.
A more realistic challenge would be given a weekly budget but make the challenge to last say.. a month or so. But for obvious reasons it won't be as easy to pull off :)
- gscott 13y agoAlso when your poor you need to buy milk because cereal is cheap and filling. I spent $91 this week for groceries for 3 people this week and it will last. Cereal, 50% off meat, half off soups, and so on.
- jlgreco 13y agoEh, I prefer cereal dry, particularly grapenuts. All cereal with milk tastes the same to me. A glass of water on the side takes care of dryness.
- jared314 13y agoA month would be more realistic, but i'm not sure you can replicate the real situation in a time-box. A single week, like any change in diet, would just show how difficult it is to change habits, and how well you can forestall your desires. A month would allow time to form new habits, but you can still wait out the time limit to indulge your cravings.