http://www.peterchayward.com/2009/02/22/28-days-28-dollars-day-22-daily-post/ A blog by Peter C. Hayward Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:00:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.peterchayward.com/2009/02/22/28-days-28-dollars-day-22-daily-post/#comment-357 Natalie Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:57:20 +0000 http://www.peterchayward.com/?p=1290#comment-357 I can’t quite believe I’m actually going to write a comment here about this project of yours. But anyway: Did you ever consider purchasing cereal with your $28, for use throughout the month? Woolworths (your preferred supermarket I see) sell several jumbo packs of the Uncle Toby’s Plus varieties. I know because I buy them regularly. One is a 1.2kg version, full of wholegrains, museli, and a bit of dried fruit. The boxes are really good value too - about $8. My point is, a 1.2kg box of cereal would provide you with 24 breakfasts, providing you stick to a 50g serve (which is what’s normally recommended anyway). That’s virtually your whole month covered. I know you’re some sort of weird sleeping person, but you don’t have to have cereal for breakfast only. I know there’s milk as well, but you could have bought a packet of dried milk for about $2, and you could have made up your own with water. So for around $10, you could have one guaranteed cereal meal per day (almost). My reasoning is that cereal generally has lower GI levels (wholegrain ones particularly). That means it gives you energy for longer, and in a more even way, so you don’t get the spikes. White rice is all very good, but it does have a higher GI. You could have had cereal for breakfast and rice for dinner and lived (I believe) a slightly more satisfied existence for the past few weeks. And before you say anything, no, I do not wish to conduct my own experiment where I eat nothing but cereal and rice for a month. Cheers, Natalie. I can’t quite believe I’m actually going to write a comment here about this project of yours.
But anyway:
Did you ever consider purchasing cereal with your $28, for use throughout the month?
Woolworths (your preferred supermarket I see) sell several jumbo packs of the Uncle Toby’s Plus varieties. I know because I buy them regularly. One is a 1.2kg version, full of wholegrains, museli, and a bit of dried fruit. The boxes are really good value too – about $8.
My point is, a 1.2kg box of cereal would provide you with 24 breakfasts, providing you stick to a 50g serve (which is what’s normally recommended anyway). That’s virtually your whole month covered.
I know you’re some sort of weird sleeping person, but you don’t have to have cereal for breakfast only.
I know there’s milk as well, but you could have bought a packet of dried milk for about $2, and you could have made up your own with water. So for around $10, you could have one guaranteed cereal meal per day (almost).
My reasoning is that cereal generally has lower GI levels (wholegrain ones particularly). That means it gives you energy for longer, and in a more even way, so you don’t get the spikes. White rice is all very good, but it does have a higher GI. You could have had cereal for breakfast and rice for dinner and lived (I believe) a slightly more satisfied existence for the past few weeks.
And before you say anything, no, I do not wish to conduct my own experiment where I eat nothing but cereal and rice for a month.
Cheers, Natalie.

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