First, I realized that it was possible to get 4 days worth of food on a limited amount of $18.92 by cooking most of my meals. The variety and quantity of foods I could cook with were limited, but I didn't feel like I was starving during the experiment. Secondly, I realized that it could be very annoying to limit food choices for even 4 days. Third, I felt that the budget might seem even more limiting for a SNAP participant who decided to purchase meat because meat is quite expensive. If I had purchased meat, I would have had to reduce the variety of other foods such as vegetables to accommodate the high cost