Hello all! Here is what I have to say to begin week two: I miss bubble water. I love carbonated water. Doesn’t even need a flavor. It makes up the majority of my liquid consumption and BOY do I miss it! Tap water. Ick. Meh, getting used to it.
Freebies this week:
Chick Fil A gave me a breakfast sammie for free. Vast improvement over their last gift. Panera gifted me with 33 days of free bagels. I am not near Panera often, but did manage to snag one this week (and a 1/2 a cream cheese!)
Starbucks gave me a reward and I used it on egg bites. I also finished off my gift card, so no more coffee until this is over. A client brought me a Starbuck’s draft coffee (SO GOOD) and a cookie from Metropolitan market. What. A. Cookie.
A different client gave me a bag of microwave ready red potatoes and some frozen thin sliced beef roast. I ate dinner at my parent’s place one night.
Chick Fil A Bacon egg and cheese biscuit 
Free Panera Bagel 
Free bagel made into a breakfast sammie! 
My friend only used 1/2 the cream cheese so I took it home. I defrosted lunch meat purchased at 50% off (Past me saving current me money!) and smeared some cream cheese on the ham and wrapped some pickled asparagus.
Nachos. Home made chips with cauli rice/kale, hummus, hot sauce, and a packet of ranch I found in the fridge. 
Chicken thighs cooked in salsa verde 
Caulirice/kale with guac, chicken thighs, pepperdews. 
Trader Joe’s cuban black beans with Guac, cauli rice/kale, chicken thighs, Last of the hummus. SAD PANDA. 
Cuban black beans, chicken thighs. 
I made seasoned almonds and pecans. Trader Joe’s chili lime seasoning on one, Trader Joe’s everything but the bagel season on the other almonds. Pecans had orange peel and cocoa nibs with a little honey. 
Sweet potato with onion/garlic and chicken thighs. 
Bacon!! Sweet potatoes, egg. Leftover from Yesterday coffee. 
Sweet potatoes and chicken thighs. 
All I have left of vegetables. Cauli rice WAS GROSS. How did they screw it up?!?! 
NO WAIT! I FOUND 1/2 a bag of frozen kale! 
Do pickled veggies count as veggies? 
Baked potato, pickle, OlyKraut, and pepperdews.
All was well until Wednesday when I went BONKERS. It took me a while to figure out what happened. I was stressed out, anxious, and I just wanted coffee and food and this challenge is stupid and WAHHHHH!! So I ended up with coffee, and several food items from Starbucks. Then the day goes on and I eat Taco Bell for lunch! Ack! I realized today that the increased dose of steroids I am on right now likely had a lot to do with it.Â
However, I also think perhaps only having two very gross meals to come home to had taken its toll on me, LOL. I tossed one out, cause it was just that BAD. I’m still working on the last one. It will be my dinner.Â
WORST FOOD EVER. 
I ate all 8 of these ham and swiss rolls in 24 hrs. 
Salsa mixture with ham, eggs, and bacon. 
Last of the GROSS FOOD, with oatmeal. 
Free sliced beef with onions, leeks, and fried potatoes.
Conclusion: I am out of vegetables. I don’t feel it healthful to continue without them. I’ve set a budget of $10-$15 for vegetables ONLY. I’ll continue to work my way through what else in in my pantry and freezer without purchasing additional food. Let’s pretend a truck made it’s way through the storm and delivered some veggies to my door. I also made the realization about the steroids AFTER I recorded the video above so some of the views have changed a bit for me.Â
Big news post coming next week on Tuesday! Big. BIG. It would be a BIG MISTAKE to miss it. Big. Got it?Â
Disabled Girl On Fire 
Good thinking adding a veggie budget! They’re so important (even though I don’t eat enough of them.) Sorry about your gross meals… that does NOT sound fun.
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