Week 15 Hunger

Hunger. I remember it when I was a kid a little. My family didn't have a lot of money so food was often tight, and while we always had food, it wasn't a lot. I find myself now in that same situation as we move into week 15 of this experiment. While I'm not starving by any means, hunger pain is becoming a norm. Since the loss of my last meat supplies and dwindling supplies in terms of rice and beans, I have had to cut out lunch from most days. And while this may not seem like a huge step it is one with a certain impact.
Last week was the first full week that I have had to go without it and to be honest it has put into perspective for me how many people in the world feel everyday. Millions of people are truly starving, and lack the ability like I have to get out of it at any moment I want too. I could simply say that this was a failed experiment and go to the grocery store and buy food like I have done for years before. But for those millions out there that can't I'm truly getting an understanding of what it is like to go hungry.
Unbeknownst to many I spent a year homeless in Providence, Rhode Island. Living out of my car I scrounged for food when I could and even took to asking for money on the street. Again this was a small price compared to many who slept completely outdoors and had to deal with freezing temps every night. I at least had a car I could turn on and run the heat every now and then. But it did make me appreciate the things that I have gained in my life since then. Much like now I could have gotten out of that situation at any time and swallowed my pride and come home to relatives and been taken care of. However I would have been deprived of something I think that has helped me in my life now. The lessons learned at the bottom of the barrel have certainly propelled me to where I am now.
Things like hard work, less pride, meaning that I'll work any job to keep myself from falling into that again, and gratitude for everything that I have earned. I don't simply take for granted the things I have bought and go willy nilly buying new things when old ones work perfectly fine. Now do I enjoy my tech toys and other fun items, sure I do. But could I live without them, most certainly and I have.
I would challenge anyone reading to take just a week and not eat lunch. Just that one meal. Seems like a simple thing right, I mean it is just one meal. See how it feels to not have that one meal and perhaps you too will have a small understanding of hunger. I would challenge you to go even further and take a week off from work and live out of your car for that week, but not even I would do that now. If you decide to take my challenge on removing lunch for just one week, please post how it went and how it made you feel, as well as any thoughts that came to mind when that time of day came around and you knew you weren't going to eat. I would look forward to hearing from anyone on this.
As always thank you for reading and stay tuned for more as the weeks keep unfolding. I know I promised pictures of all my other projects but bare with me, and I'll have them up as soon as I can.