Awakened Preppers

With all the speculations and predictions of 2012 there is one truth. The end of the Mayan Calendar December 21, 2012 is only 2 years and 3 months away. Through all the speculation of what our unpredictable future holds, the rumors of hyper-inflation makes me stand up and take notice.

In economics, hyperinflation is inflation that is very high or "out of control", a condition in which prices increase rapidly as a currency loses its value. With this type of super inflation everything is so expensive that the bare necessities are all that most of us can afford. Sounds a lot like what is happening currently all around us.

Now, with the economic situation of the world and the rise in prices of everything and through all these doomsday predictions emerges a new type of person.

They call themselves Preppers; because they are prepping their lifestyle for world changes. Preppers are physically changing everything they do from the way they do business to the food they eat. A deep branch inside this network of Preppers are those that are consciously aware; they are making an effort to change all aspects of their life, physical, emotional and spiritual, this group of Awakened Preppers are embracing the changes needed for a better future. It's all about taking control and taking action of your own life.

So let's start to do just that. First we must determine what is needed for us to survive.

In a crisis situation.

Here are the big four:

We can live three minutes without air

8 -14 days without water though after 3 days the body begins to shut down

6 weeks without food if your extremely healthy maybe a little longer

Living without shelter can be an soon a one hour depending on the weather but three weeks exposed to the normal elements. Now that is without ANY shelter.

But what if you refuse to buy into the fear factor and have made a choice to be an Awakened Prepper, one that is determined to change your lifestyle to one of freedom and effortlessness. Where do you start? Let me tell you where I started. With the easiest one for me and that was food.

The experts at the FDA have said that the average adult will consume the following amounts of fresh food per year.

Meat - 150 to 200 pounds per year

Flour - 200 to 300 pounds

Sugar or honey - 60 pounds

Fats or Oils - 60 pounds

Salt - 5 pounds

Milk - 75 pounds.

Vegetables and Fruits - 600 to 700 pounds

Water - 375 gallons

That's just for one person, to prepare for your family you have to multiply the figures by the number in your household. Since at my house there are only two of us, that means we consume 400-600 pounds of wheat products a year. WOW that sounds like a lot… but is it? That is only 60, 10 lb bags of flour. What? So, let me see if I get this right. If anything happened and we couldn't buy food I would have to make all my bread, pasta, and cereal from those 60 bags of four. Oh come on - I don't have a clue, the time or the money to put back 600 lbs of flour. Let's not even talk about the amount of meat I have to put away.

I am not a great cook, have never made much from scratch and don't have deep pockets. How can I be an Awakened Prepper prepare for lifestyle changes and do so economically too.

I came up with a plan.

Next time we will discuss an Awakened Preppers Food Plan.