$10 a day challenge: 5 of 31

06

January

1/6/2008:

Still eating on the cheap!

I’ve received several emails from people telling me I’m going about this all wrong. I just wanted to remind everyone that there are many ways to eat economically depending on your situation, and how much free time you have. Hopefully one day my organizational and time-management skills will improve, but until then…

A piece of fruit, a 500 calorie high-fiber lunch, and a charity hamburger allowed me to eat like a King yesterday.

What is the tab up to now? Find out after the jump.

(continued…)

I won’t bore you with too many details today.

At Home:
Had a banana late yesterday morning.. I love bananas! Cost: $0.19

NINE 18oz. cups of my Toddy Coffee (bad!) Cost: $2.07

Made a pretty healthy under 500 calorie lunch that filled me up. Two chicken strips on two high-fiber english muffins (dry), and the rest of my Tabbouli salad. Nutrition Facts: Cal-490; Fat-13.5g; Sod.-810mg; Carbs-77g; Fiber-18g; Protein 27g. Total cost: $2.87

10 more grape tomatoes: Cost $0.23

Bonus Dinner:
A friend invited me out for a burger at Hudson Tavern. I politely declined, citing my $10/day challenge. Guess what? They said they’d pay! Well, of course I’ll pay you February for a hamburger today!

Delicious burger, A+ chicken wings, and a lavish banana-bread pudding. Good job, Hudson Tavern (see review next week!)

Day #5 Total:
Food: $3.29
Beverage: $2.07
Total Spent: $5.36

January:
Monthly Total: $22.66
Budget Left: $287.34

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16 Responses to ** $10 a day challenge: 5 of 31 **

cheater!! you cant have your friends buy you things

Resourcefulness and charity are not dis-allowed!

I’ve deemed the following OK: If I go to a party, and they serve food, or friends supply food for football day, or free samples at Trader Joe’s and more.

However, shoplifting and skipping the tab are not ok!

Boooo I think this is cheating as well, as the challenge was the reason your mates picked up the tab. After a three-course meal of wings, a burger and dessert you’re fat and happy so it’s not much of an accomplishment to eat light the next day.

You might have a point. Conversely, this could serve as a pointer for those looking to save as well.. tell your friends you’re on a “$10/day challenge”?

Food for thought.

hoboken411 wrote:

You might have a point. Conversely, this could serve as a pointer for those looking to save as well.. tell your friends you’re on a “$10/day challenge”?

I’m pretty sure if I told my friends that and expected a free meal, they’d call me a mooch!!:lol:

This reminds me of people who quit smoking only to bum off their friends. Hey honey, you didn’t quit smoking, you quit buying!!

Haha, but I guess my witty conversational skills and brilliant perspectives on life are all worth it to them!

What kind of friends do you have?

I’m not reporting on Day 6 today, but I got a nice whole blimpie sub yesterday during the Giant win, too!

I may do the $10/day challenge all year!

hoboken411 wrote:

Haha, but I guess my witty conversational skills and brilliant perspectives on life are all worth it to them!

What kind of friends do you have?

I’m not reporting on Day 6 today, but I got a nice whole blimpie sub yesterday during the Giant win, too!

I may do the $10/day challenge all year!

Easy there killer, just fooling with you, not trying to start world war 3.

$10 a day challenge? How about the college days $1 a day challenge. Ramen noodles come in many flavors these days. And tuna is like @0.25 a can. Water is free.

Tuna $0.25 a can? Where do you grocery shop, I want to switch to that store!

wait for the sales, 4 cans for $1

I’ve never seen tuna that cheap. If such a price exists, must be imported from China and laden with lead, mercury, and other metals.

Yeah, 4/$1 tuna does not exist. Maybe 4 dented cans of cat food goes for $1, but not tuna. The cheapest store brand tuna I see is like $1.09-$1.19, maybe $0.20 off that if on sale.

franz and hanz have grown tired of your futile resistance. tuna can be bought 4 for $1.

perhaps, girly men do not know how to buy such tuna 4 for $1. but hanz and franz will pump you up – no matter.

if you’re not a girly man, click on this link and see for yourself the discussion of buying tuna on a budget (click on 5th post down):
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2yyeju

Before I started working out and watching what I was eating I saw flavorite chunk light tuna for 25 cents a can, limit 96 cans. I would have went in there 4 times and bought 96 cans each time if I would have known how I was going to eat it.[/QUOTE]

hoboken411 wrote:

You might have a point. Conversely, this could serve as a pointer for those looking to save as well.. tell your friends you’re on a “$10/day challenge”?

Food for thought.

If only I had a popular Hoboken blog

British Hairways wrote:

Tuna $0.25 a can? Where do you grocery shop, I want to switch to that store!

http://www.dollaritem.com/dollar_store/productid.asp?ID=42516

64 cents is the cheapest I could find online

what happened to these stories.. hoboken411 you stopped talking about it.. it was really interesting.. i wanted to see if you made it

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1. Hoboken123
January 6th 2008 - 16:30:25 |

cheater!! you cant have your friends buy you things

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2. hoboken411
January 6th 2008 - 16:52:30 |

Resourcefulness and charity are not dis-allowed!

I’ve deemed the following OK: If I go to a party, and they serve food, or friends supply food for football day, or free samples at Trader Joe’s and more.

However, shoplifting and skipping the tab are not ok!

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3. British Hairways
January 7th 2008 - 12:33:32 |

Boooo I think this is cheating as well, as the challenge was the reason your mates picked up the tab. After a three-course meal of wings, a burger and dessert you’re fat and happy so it’s not much of an accomplishment to eat light the next day.

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4. hoboken411
January 7th 2008 - 12:40:46 |

You might have a point. Conversely, this could serve as a pointer for those looking to save as well.. tell your friends you’re on a “$10/day challenge”?

Food for thought.

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5. Katie_Scarlett
January 7th 2008 - 12:51:16 |

hoboken411 wrote:

You might have a point. Conversely, this could serve as a pointer for those looking to save as well.. tell your friends you’re on a “$10/day challenge”?

I’m pretty sure if I told my friends that and expected a free meal, they’d call me a mooch!!:lol:

This reminds me of people who quit smoking only to bum off their friends. Hey honey, you didn’t quit smoking, you quit buying!!

Login or Register to reply
6. hoboken411
January 7th 2008 - 13:02:50 |

Haha, but I guess my witty conversational skills and brilliant perspectives on life are all worth it to them!

What kind of friends do you have?

I’m not reporting on Day 6 today, but I got a nice whole blimpie sub yesterday during the Giant win, too!

I may do the $10/day challenge all year!

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7. Katie_Scarlett
January 7th 2008 - 13:07:28 |

hoboken411 wrote:

Haha, but I guess my witty conversational skills and brilliant perspectives on life are all worth it to them!

What kind of friends do you have?

I’m not reporting on Day 6 today, but I got a nice whole blimpie sub yesterday during the Giant win, too!

I may do the $10/day challenge all year!

Easy there killer, just fooling with you, not trying to start world war 3.

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8. MidnightRacer
January 7th 2008 - 13:11:58 |

$10 a day challenge? How about the college days $1 a day challenge. Ramen noodles come in many flavors these days. And tuna is like @0.25 a can. Water is free.

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9. British Hairways
January 7th 2008 - 13:27:21 |

Tuna $0.25 a can? Where do you grocery shop, I want to switch to that store!

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10. MidnightRacer
January 7th 2008 - 13:32:12 |

wait for the sales, 4 cans for $1

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11. nojokin
January 7th 2008 - 15:22:19 |

I’ve never seen tuna that cheap. If such a price exists, must be imported from China and laden with lead, mercury, and other metals.

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12. British Hairways
January 7th 2008 - 16:57:40 |

Yeah, 4/$1 tuna does not exist. Maybe 4 dented cans of cat food goes for $1, but not tuna. The cheapest store brand tuna I see is like $1.09-$1.19, maybe $0.20 off that if on sale.

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13. MidnightRacer
January 7th 2008 - 18:29:08 |

franz and hanz have grown tired of your futile resistance. tuna can be bought 4 for $1.

perhaps, girly men do not know how to buy such tuna 4 for $1. but hanz and franz will pump you up – no matter.

if you’re not a girly man, click on this link and see for yourself the discussion of buying tuna on a budget (click on 5th post down):
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2yyeju

Before I started working out and watching what I was eating I saw flavorite chunk light tuna for 25 cents a can, limit 96 cans. I would have went in there 4 times and bought 96 cans each time if I would have known how I was going to eat it.[/QUOTE]

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14. homeworld
January 7th 2008 - 18:35:57 |

hoboken411 wrote:

You might have a point. Conversely, this could serve as a pointer for those looking to save as well.. tell your friends you’re on a “$10/day challenge”?

Food for thought.

If only I had a popular Hoboken blog

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15. homeworld
January 7th 2008 - 18:40:11 |

British Hairways wrote:

Tuna $0.25 a can? Where do you grocery shop, I want to switch to that store!

http://www.dollaritem.com/dollar_store/productid.asp?ID=42516

64 cents is the cheapest I could find online

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16. Hoboken123
February 9th 2008 - 14:24:59 |

what happened to these stories.. hoboken411 you stopped talking about it.. it was really interesting.. i wanted to see if you made it

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