Always Snacking

October first came as a bit of a surprise to me. I had been writing up my proposal for my rice eating adventure. However, I still hadn’t put that much thought in to it. At least not as much thought as I would have like walking into a month of only rice. I should have had a plan, with saying that I don’t mean I wasn’t prepared because I was fairly prepared just not in the right way. I was physically prepared, as in my fridge had the right kind of food in it and ready for me to eat, but I wasn’t as mentally ready, as I should have been. I hadn’t thought it through and done enough research to feel prepared and really know what I was getting myself into. But thankfully I can come up with reasons and thoughts about this adventure fairly quick when asked ‘what I was doing and why I was doing it’. Now with only 10 days left, I know exactly what I need to say to people when asked about my rice. But with saying all that, I do feel like I have learned things.
Firstly, I would NEVER give up my food again (now, that I have said that I probably will at some point). Anyways, the amount of food people in third world countries eat is actually a lot of food. It is plenty for me to eat. But we, as in North America, eat so much and are always snacking. Food is a must with everything we do. It’s kind of like we find food we want to eat then plan our events around the food. To me now, that is very sad. Not everything needs food; we don’t need to always be eating.
Secondly, my family and I have actually saved quite a bit of money with only buying the little food I need and the amount of food my parents need to eat. Our fridge is not as full and neither are any of our cupboards. This is a good life style change and it’s actually possible. Before this I would have never thought I can go without eating after school, between classes and whenever I am bored.  But now I know I can. I know I can live off of only three meals a day and they don’t have to be crazy big meals either. They are smaller amounts than I would normally eat but still healthy and satisfying.
I have been eating other peoples meals for 19 days now and can now understand why we shouldn’t waste food. After eating the same food over and over again, it can get fairly boring. When we waste food, it is like telling someone in a different place that we are better than them and have the right because of where we live or who’s family we are in that we don’t have to finish. But honestly, we should always finish our meals because you never know when something might happen where it could be your last real meal.