By Susan Pagani There must be a million love songs about the fact that you never really know what you’ve got until it’s gone. It seems the same is true

By Michelle Los Of course, a week ago I had the best of intentions and planned to check in here on this blog far more often than I have, but

By David Plante Today is the last full day of our SNAP challenge and I cannot wait for it to be over. In fact, this morning I cheated. I made

By Mark Sauerbrey and Dennis Taylor So we are one day away from finishing the SNAP challenge and we have to say it went quite well. Aside from spending more

By Gwenda Hill I hate ramen noodles. They are squishy and salty and I don’t like them. I ate ramen noodles on Monday and Tuesday for lunch. I saved more

By Ellen Klahn … I failed this challenge because I essentially have no self-control when it comes to food. Add in two days of being sick, a really stressful work

By Kay Mitchell Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and the end of the SNAP challenge for me and for my Open Arms friends. There is irony in ending a week of conscious

By Elizabeth Polter The SNAP challenge has made me think a lot about the tradeoff between time and money. This semester is my first as a full-time student and full-time

About this time last year in my SNAP Challenge, around Day 6, I opted to eat less, rather than trying to swallow some truly unappetizing food. Last year, I struggled