The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP, or simply food stamps, is a government program that assists millions of low income individuals with buying food. Recently, the daily allowance provided by the program was increased from only $3 to $5.22. In an attempt to understand what it is like to survive on this budget, I kept track of my eating and kept the my daily food costs under $5.22 for three straight days. Going into the challenge, I was fairly confident that I would be able to go about my life without the small budget causing too big of a problem. As it is, I don't eat a lot and I felt like cutting a meal for three days and eating a lot less wouldn't be difficult at all. However, I soon realized that it would
