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1 Name: Erin Deviney Nationality: Canadian Current Job: Campaign Manager for Live Below the Line the line? once LBL? No convenience or Coffee LBL? Talking about it. 1. Plan, Plan and then Plan again. Don t forget protein in your shopping list it will make you feel full. 2. Buy all of your food at once. Shop where your dollar can stretch the furthest bulk stores & markets. Make your meals in bulk 3. Talk about the challenge when you turn down offers for coffee, free meals and cheats! This is a great way to engage people. 4. Keep busy! You will think about your hunger (whether it is real or psychological) if you isolate yourself. Or better yet get friends to do the challenge with you. 5. Sit down at the end of your 5 days and write down what you learned from the challenge. Rice Red Lentils 5 bananas Spices (curry, chile flakes, garlic salt) Cauliflower Breakfast: Banana smoothie with Soy milk powder (blended with ice and water) (5 breakfasts) Curry #1 with rice: Spicy red lentil curry with cauliflower over rice (3 lunches, 2 dinners) Curry #2 with rice: Spicy Red lentil curry with cauliflower and eggplant over rice (2 lunches, 3 dinners) Eggplants

2 Name: Wei Soo Nationality: Australian Current Job: Canada Country Director for the Global Poverty Project (interim) the line? This will be my fourth year undertaking the challenge (but first year doing it in Canada). LBL? Lack of variety in meals. LBL? Physiological versus psychological hunger difference? 1. Stay hydrated drink plenty of tap water. 2. Living below the line doesn't mean you have to eat unhealthy quite the contrary! As you can see from my proposed shopping list and meal plan, you can have very healthy meals. 3. During the week, consider the difference between physiological hunger and psychological hunger. 4. Engage in conversation with your family, friends and colleagues as you undertake the challenge. It's a great conversation starter! 5. Consider the courage, strength and resilience of the 1.4 billion people, who live below the line every day, for everything in life. loaf of raisin toast Pasta stir-fry with broccoli, tinned tomatoes, eggs. dozen eggs Toasted raisin toast topped with banana slices pasta tinned tomatoes broccoli Toasted raisin toast topped with slices of hard boiled egg Baked eggs bananas

3 Name: Simon Moss Nationality: British Current Job: COO at the Global Poverty Project the line? 4 times LBL? Sugar withdrawals LBL? Reflecting on lack of choice. 1. Go veg. Cheap meat isn t worth it. 2. Go fresh. It might seem like an extravagance, but it s worth buying a few items of bulk fresh food like carrots 3. Hot water. It keeps you full and hydrated, and is actually quite tasty. 4. Socialise and go out as normal your different habits for a week are a great way to start a conversation with friends and family. 5. Blog, Tweet & Facebook. Broadcast how you find the challenge to your networks. Not only will many of them donate, it s a wonderful way of holding yourself to account, and keeping a record of how you found it. Stock cubes Spinach Carrots Pasta Porridge (in hot water) with half a banana Pasta or rice with stock cubes and veggies Pita pockets/bread with spinach Carrots as my go to snack food Pita pockets Bananas

4 Name: Chris Miele Nationality: Canadian Current Career: Student How many times have you lived below the line? 1 is the most difficult about LBL? Limited coffee intake is the most enlightening about LBL? Testing your own willpower 1. Do the challenge with a partner or on a team. 2. Buy some green tea to distract you from the gnawing hunger. 3. Potatoes! So cheap. 4. Instagram your meals (note: this is the only time this will ever be acceptable). 5. When it s all over, don t let your first meal be too big. You won t finish it. What did your LBL Shopping bag look Potatoes! Rice Bread Soy sauce Onions 2-minute noodles Ice cream (No regrets!) What meals did you make? Mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes with onions, mashed potatoes with onions, rice with onions, rice with potatoes, baked potatoes with soy sauce, rice with soy sauce you get the picture.

5 Name: d Arcy Lunn Nationality: Australian (sometimes) Current Job: educator, advocate and campaigner for polio eradication the line? Five - as I double up doing the New Zealand LBL in Septembers LBL? Running - no energy to waste LBL? Conversations, perspectives, inspiration and resolve! 1. Share - talk to people, have conversations, tell stories, express your feelings and most of all your epiphanies! 2. Walk - it is such a great way to great way to let the experience and perspectives settle in - you ll appreciate the simplicity 3. Make it fun - this is not a sad / sorry / feel bad experience its enriching, enlightening and enjoyable 4. Don t stop doing the things you usually do eg. take your tub of lentils out to dinner with friends and appreciate the things you can t do that week 5. Resolves - note your thoughts, perspectives, insights and convictions and resolve to take action on them - like doing LBL again the following year or live more with less! Its very seasonal - I ve done this in 4 different countries and seasons but the best basics are always: Oats (lots) Potatoes Lentils 1 orange and more veg/fruit Oats with 1/5 orange flesh and dried orange peel Cold boiled potatoes - great slow release of carbs Vege soups with lentils Roasted veges Hot water - great hunger suppressive Late breakfast, late lunch and early dinner times help and walking!