Capital Living

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has lost six pounds, but in an unconventional way.

The freshmen senator has been on the food stamp challenge, where he lives on $4.80 a day.

The lawmaker has been tweeting about it, writing about his weight loss on Friday morning.

Living this wk on $4.80/day food budget. Got on scale this morning - lost 6 lbs in 4 days. #foodstampchallenge

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) May 24, 2013

Murphy is taking part of the weeklong SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Challenge, which encourages participants to live like millions of low-income Americans live, on an average of $4 a day.

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