I will have to try my hand in the kitchen again since oatmeal for dinner isn’t quite cutting it. Though filling…I had two bowls since I was invited to a birthday party.., how many times a day can you eat it—it's been my staple breakfast since Day 2. I knew that the buffet table at the party would be brimming with delectable goodies, but I didn’t want to eat any of it. To walk in our clients’ shoes…I figured that they normally wouldn’t be invited to such a fete.
When I first started the challenge I thought I knew exactly what I would eat each day, but monotony has set in, and I am trying to be creative with the food that I have left. Ever tried oatmeal and tomato sauce? Not bad actually, but don’t think that Betty Crocker will be calling any time soon.
These last two days, I have not had the energy to do much of anything. Though clearly less calories are going in, there hasn’t been much physical activity to maintain any muscle health or tone.
I describe these last few days as being on 33 and a 1/3 in a 45-speed world. OK, so I am dating myself having played ‘vinyl records’ when a teen. Just a bit off with my thinking and speech patterns.
It’s getting harder and harder to have a balanced diet. I would imagine that someone with limited and no income doesn’t do meal plans. They would eat anything that is available—more of a fill the belly kind of thing. They don’t have a choice. With choice comes dignity. Some people think of Food Outreach as a Meal on Wheels type of program. It is, but it is more than that. Yes, we do have homebound clients, but they get to choose what they want to eat like all of our clients. Something that may have sounded or tasted good before, now they may not be able to stomach. Having the choice not only gives them the dignity, but also gives them power.. We never want to ‘force feed’ our clients for lack of better terms which further ensures that no food goes to waste.
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