Okay. So today started out good. I got there later than everybody else and once again I was afraid I was too late to get breakfast. But I wasn't. Since there were no people in front of me I decided to go with cereal, of the chocolate puff type. I'm a huge lover of cereal. I could eat it all day. And I have. Sometimes it's all I eat in a day. Usually though when I eat cereal I eat a lot. However, the cafeteria serves those cereals that are already packaged and normally I could eat two or three of those but I could only get one. I was hungry again by third hour and it was pretty severe. Hopefully I get used to this.
I got down to lunch later than I would have hoped in order to get in line early but I wasn't too late to get food. There was pizza this time and I literally stood in line and prayed that the person in front of me would get that. Of course not. Instead they got egg rolls which came with vegetables, rice, a fruit cup and milk. I'm fairly sure the egg rolls were filled with chicken product but I can't be sure. The rice was not too bad. Neither was the milk. Anyway I ate all of it and I wasn't hungry for the rest of the day so that's a bonus.
So I need to clarify a few things that I didn't talk about in my post yesterday. I'm doing this because I feel like public schools feed kids crap *cough* I mean the food could be better, if you want a diplomatic explanation. A great deal of kids, especially at my school and other inner city schools, are on free or reduced priced lunch and they don't get other meals at home so they're stuck either not eating or eating breakfast and lunch at school. If these two things are going to be their only meal, why can't it be somewhat healthy? Why can't it taste good? Why are the portion sizes so small? Okay. I understand that it can be expensive to feed all these kids. But how is it better to feed them food that's bad for them? So the point of this experiment is to find out how this food effects students. I feel like the results will be more extreme for me because I usually eat so healthy. My mom said she's be praying for my health but I asked her to please refrain. I want whatever happens to happen.
My weight before I started was 112 pounds. I usually get about six hours of sleep a night and I wake up feeling tired no matter what but I'm functional throughout the day. I don't have a big problem with acne, except every few weeks and it's never that bad. When I take my vitamins (which I've become religious about) I feel great. I take 4 C vitamins a day, two in the morning, two at night; two B vitamins, one A vitamin in the morning; one in the morning one at night; one D vitamin in the morning; Two calcium, one in the morning one at night; one Zinc in the morning, and two multivitamin gummies, one in the morning one at night. Since the experiment started I've been taking only two vitamin C's and only one vitamin B, all at night. I can feel the difference after only two days. My allergies are starting to act up and I'm sniffling and sneezing a lot more than usual.
All I can say is it's going to be a long thirty days.
I am so proud of you for taking a stand and showing just how inadequate school breakfasts and lunches are. I think you should email your contact at the USDA and see what he thinks!
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