#BelowTheLine - Day 4.. I cheated.. sort of

I know. I am a terrible human being but I did.. I cheated. Sort of.

You see it was bloody lovely outside and in the fridge were some cans of Fosters lager. I didn't buy them. They are my mums. But she doesn't want them... so they are sort of a gift.. so that means free right?? Did I cheat???? I don't know!!! But between lunch and tea time when I was absolutely starving and sitting outside enjoying the sunshine I cracked and I had one. It filled me up a little bit which I really needed today, I was so hungry!

My menu today was EXACTLY the same as Tuesday. And it was still really nice but this was the third day of value instant mash - my inside are starting to hurt a little bit and thats honestly, not exaggerating. I feel very heavy in the mid section.

Tomorrow is the last day!!!!!!! And I have pizza and garlic bread for tea!! YIPPPEEEE!!


Breakfast = 16p
25g porridge - 2p
Jam - 2p
Banana - 12p

Lunch = 31p
2 slices bread - 12p
Cream cheese - 10p
Cucumber - 9p

Dinner = 41p
Mash - 13p
Sausages - 14p
50g peas - 5p
Carrot - 9p

Treat = 8p
2 Digestives - 2p
Cup of tea - 1p
Chocolate mousse - 5p

DAYS TOTAL SPEND = 96p

#BelowTheLine Day 2 - Could of done with...

Hia! How are you doing? You can let me know in the comments below or by Twitter if you like. I'm doing alright. I walked 5 miles today in practice for Three Peaks (text BEAR91 £1.00 to 70070 to give a quid!) and I did some yoga on what I feel was a practically empty stomach!! Especially after lunch.

For breakfast today I had the same as yesterday and will be doing for the whole week because it's so cheap and I am getting one of my 5 a day in. It was very lovely once again and I didn't need any more than I had.

Lunch though felt disappointing. I had two slices of Tesco bread, one fifth of a pack of value cream cheese and four relatively thin slices of cucumber. That was it! And after a session of Wii fit and yoga on a half portion of porridge and a banana, I was RAVENOUS. It was nice don't get me wrong!! But I really wanted a big cereal bar or something.

After I did my Three Peaks mini walk which took just over an hour and a half of fast paced walking, I was looking at the twigs in the road wondering if it would be nutritionally worth it. I got home about 3.30pm and didn't stop looking at the clock until it was 5.30pm and acceptable tea time.

Tea was surprisingly large!!! But soooooo dryyyyyyyyyyyyyy. I used just under 200g of carrots and 100g of frozen peas, 2 value sausages and one third of a packet of tesco own instant mash. It so badly desperately needed gravy and salt but unfortunately I had not budgeted for such luxuries.

I cannot complain though. Someone put it into perspective for me today - 22,000 children will die TODAY due to poverty. I'm not dying.. and I'm not really that hungry. I am programmed to just want more. Twenty two thousand kids. 

Breakfast = 16p

25g porridge with 150ml water - 2p

35g of jam - 2p

1 banana - 12p

Lunch = 31p

2 slices bread - 12p

1/5th of a tub of cream cheese - 10p

4 slices of cucumber - 9p

Dinner = 41p

1/3 of a packet of mash - 13p

2 Sausages - 14p

50g peas - 5p

200g Carrot - 9p

Treat = 8p

2 custard creams - 2p

Cup of tea - 1p

Value chocolate mousse - 5p

DAYS TOTAL SPEND 96P

#BelowTheLine Food Shop Done!

Alright!! The shopping has been done. And here is a picture of most of what I got. The other bits like the sausages and the chicken pie I completely forgot to put in the picture and by the time I remembered I had put it all away. So not getting it all back out for a pie lol.

I did a practice shop on Tesco online so I knew I was going to be able to get it all done and on budget.

Below is how I plan to do it and how much the actual shop cost, and how much it will cost per serving.

Shopping List

• 3pk chicken and veg pies - 84p
• Value lettuce - 57p
• 10 slices value ham - 61p
• 4pk chocolate mousse - 20p
• 2 x mini pepperoni pizzas + garlic bread - 50p (it was buy 3 for 2 and I got 46p back)
• 8 x sausages - 56p
• 1L long life skimmed milk - £1.06
• 5 x bananas - 61p
• 200g Cream cheese - 49p
• 1/2 Cucumber portion - 45p
• 500g dry spaghetti - 19p
• Meatballs in tomato sauce - 40p
• 26 x digestive biscuits - 30p
• Chicken soup - 24p
• 454g Mixed fruit jam - 29p
• 1kg Porridge oats - 75p
• 120g Packet mash (serves 3) - 20p
• 80 teabags - 27p
• 1kg frozen peas - 99p
• 800g Wholemeal thick slice bread - 50p
• 500ml Mayonnaise - 40p
• 1.5kg Carrots - 69p

TOTAL SHOP = £11.11 << weird amount!!!! Number fairies.

Now I know the shopping list total is more than £5 and the object of the game is to do 5 days at £5 but once broken down into their serving sizes, I can not only have 3 meals a day with a brew and 2 biscuits for supper, but I can have them all for LESS than £1 a day - except for Friday when I spend £1.01.

For each blog post, I will break down exactly what I had and how much a portion cost me. Exciting.