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For your assignment, you will take a modified SNAP Challenge for two days. During the
SNAP Challenge, the following guidelines are required:
All food and beverages purchased (grocery store, fast-food, restaurant, vending, etc.)
during the 2-day SNAP Challenge should total $1 less than your normal food expenditures
per person in your household per day.
Do not eat any other foods purchased prior to the challenge (this does not include spices
and condiments).
Avoid accepting free food from friends, family, or at work, including at receptions,
briefings, or other events where food is served.
For ideas on cooking healthy, budget-friendly meals, try the What's Cooking USDA Mixing
Bowl: http://www.whatscooking.fns.usda.gov/ Each recipe estimates the preparation time and
provides the cost to make it. They also have free downloadable cookbooks and you can build your
own cookbook by adding recipes from the site to it.
(Note: If you cannot or should not attempt this assignment for health reasons or other limiting,
financial circumstances, please talk to Dr. Richards for a slight alteration to this assignment.)
I.A. Purchasing
I used the online shopping option at Smiths so that I could more easily compare prices and
keep track of what I was buying. It also made it easy to modify my cart as I found items that
were cheaper, or fit the plan better. There was no service charge for the pick-up, so it actually
worked out really well (I might start shopping that way normally!). I also planned for the
meals to last for two days with the left overs so that instead of trying to buy ingredients for 4
meals, I only had to buy for two which meant that I could buy larger portions, or use more of
the portions I had to buy.
Target
Average
Status
Sheris Food GroupsFood
and Calories
Report
Groups
Eaten
11/20/16 - 11/21/16
Grains
7 ounce(s)
7 ounce(s)
OK
Your plan is based on a 2200 Calorie allowance while breastfeeding.
Whole Grains
3 ounce(s)
6 ounce(s)
OK
Refined Grains
3 ounce(s)
1 ounce(s)
OK
3 cup(s)
3 cup(s)
OK
Dark Green
2 cup(s)/week
2 cup(s)
Over
6 cup(s)/week
2 cup(s)
Under
2 cup(s)/week
0 cup(s)
Under
Starchy
6 cup(s)/week
0 cup(s)
Under
Other
5 cup(s)/week
cup(s)
Under
2 cup(s)
2 cup(s)
Over
Whole Fruit
No Specific Target
2 cup(s)
No Specific
Target
Fruit Juice
No Specific Target
0 cup(s)
No Specific
Target
3 cup(s)
3 cup(s)
OK
No Specific Target
3 cup(s)
No Specific
Target
Cheese
No Specific Target
0 cup(s)
No Specific
Target
6 ounce(s)
2 ounce(s)
Under
Seafood
9 ounce(s)/week
0 ounce(s)
Under
No Specific Target
2 ounce(s)
No Specific
Target
No Specific Target
0 ounce(s)
No Specific
Target
Oils
6 teaspoon
3 teaspoon
Under
Limits
Limit
Average Eaten
Status
Total Calories
2200 Calories
1905 Calories
OK
Added Sugars
90 Calories
OK
Saturated Fat
167 Calories
OK
Vegetables
Fruits
Dairy
Protein Foods
I.B.
The
Experience
1. For the two days of the SNAP Challenge, enter what you ate and drank into USDAs
Super Tracker. Attach the Food Groups & Calories Report that includes information
about how many equivalents you consumed in each food group, compared to your
recommended levels. You can download this report to Microsoft Word and insert at the
end of your assignment.
2. Based on your Food Groups & Calories Report:
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c. Did you have any difficulty in complying with the conditions of the assignment? Why
or why not?
I complied with the conditions of the challenge, but it was definitely challenging! Just knowing
that there was only a certain amount of food I could eat, and only a few very specific items at that,
was really hard mentally. It almost made me wonder if it made me hungrier than I would have
been normally just because I knew I was limited. It was also difficult because we still had a lot of
other delicious food at home so it took a lot of self-control to ignore what we already had and just
eat what we bought for the challenge. The hardest part though was definitely just feeling hungry
all the time and trying to think of something besides when the next meal would be.
Part II. Volunteer at the Community Action Services & Food Bank
You may volunteer on your own or with a group of people. For more details, see
http://communityactionprovo.org/volunteer/ You are only required to volunteer one time for this
assignment.
III.B. How did this experience help prepare you for your future profession?
I think the greatest take away from this project for me was to develop some empathy for people
who dont have enough to eat day to day. It is really hard to think about anything else but food
when you go hungry. You dont have as much energy, it is hard to be excited about doing anything
active, or be in a good mood, because you feel like you need to reserve all your energy until
whenever the next meal comes. When I counsel people with very low food security in the future I
will be able to better comprehend their situation and some of the feelings that are associated with
hunger. I also have a better understanding of how the food bank operates and some of the
resources that are offered there. This will enable me to make better referrals and recommendations
to the food bank as I meet with clients who may need their services.