Feed yourself on £1 a day 10 February 2009 at 12:33AM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in How much have you saved? 38 replies 10.7K views

LeeSouthEast

Hi fellow experts!

I'm a long time lurker, but finally signed up today so be gentle

I've set myself a challenge. To live on £1 a day for the next 365 days, beginning on February 20th. My reasoning is numerous, but in short I was appauled to find I was spending around £250 a month on food alone just for me. My new year resolution is to be debt-free by January 2010, and to do this I need to cut back on unnecessary spending like extravagent food, and use it to better goals.

I figured it'd be a fun journey to document online, blog-style. Recipes, ups, downs, challenges and frustrations for others to learn by and try for themselves. While you need not go as far as I have, if you're trying to feed a family for less, perhaps you can grab some ideas and just scale them up? As an added twist, I'm not looking to do just the cheapest. I want the healthiest I can possibly manage. We often hear in the news how "healthy living is expensive", so I want to try and disprove that as well.

For those of you interested in how I get on, I'll be posting at least once per day for the next year at [ redacted ].

.. in a moment of self-inspection .. I must be mad. But it'll be fun... I hope.

Lee

savemoney

Good idea Lee however you cant advertise your web site. So perhaps its best just to edit that link and post updates

LeeSouthEast

Link removed. Can I ask why? It's not commercial.. just my blog.

savemoney

I know and granted it isnt but its the rules no advertising, it will open the flood gate you see.

You could email [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"][email protected][/EMAIL] and ask for approval and they may sanction it, just a thought

I like the idea. Seem to recall someone last year waging a bet to live on a £1 for a year

Here you go http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1052710/How-cash-strapped-teacher-beat-credit-crunch-living-1-day-YEAR-drunken-bet.html

LeeSouthEast

That was in part the inspiration. Although she seemed to just be aiming for 5p packs of donuts lol. I wanted something a little more sustainable than that.

If anyone wants to know the address of my website, it's in my profile page. There's a space for personal websites to be listed there, and I have done so. Just click in my name to the left.

savemoney

I have asked a board guide hopefully it should be okay but needs to be sanctioned

LeeSouthEast

Thanks. Hopefully it'll be ok. It's on-topic and non-commercial and fun.

savemoney

Hope you understand, mse gets a lot of spam and people trying to get round the rules. I realise your not that. Good luck anyhow. It would be interesting reading

This forum may give you some tips on making money go further

MoneySaving Old Style

Crabman

Hi Lee

This is something the forum team will be able to help with (BG's aren't responsible for these issues), so please do email [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"][email protected][/EMAIL] (from the same email address you've registered with the forum) to ask.

Sorry I can't help further

DebbieMids72

Well done Lee, what a great idea. Please keep us informed of your progress

LeeSouthEast

I understand. Thanks for your guidance. I'll drop them an email and see how it goes.