It's still Friday morning, but I have a few thoughts about why this was easier for me this year. And also why it is SO much easier for a healthy person to do this for 5 days without the incremental health degradation that a poor person who always eats this way faces.
First, I over-budgeted for the fillers - rice, beans and lentils. So I was more full than last year, but traded off the little variety I had - broccoli and a kiwi a day - for carrots, which were cheap and I figured wouldn't spoil, like my broccoli did.
So interesting to me that I did this without thinking, because when I'm working in Kenya I preach the gospel of more variety and less ugali (boiled corn meal). In my defense my beans and lentils balanced with rice give me a complete protein, and corn has scant protein or nutrients, but that urge to go to bed full overcame even my knowledge of nutrients.
Second, I continued to take my vitamins and supplements (and thyroid meds), which probably took care of any nutritional deficiencies, which obviously poor people can't do.
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my daily supplements
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So, off to Rockford to pick up my speaking partner, then on to Quincy, where we'll spend the night. Giving a presentation tomorrow morning on the importance of switching to a graduated rate income tax. So, I'm going to pack up lunch and dinner, and hope for a microwave for my dinner. My plan is to eat in the hotel room and then go out to dinner with my friend, but only have tap water. Going a day away from home without being able to have a handful of nuts or a piece of fruit to get me from one meal to the net will be a challenge.
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