Gwyneth Paltrow failed to last a week on food stamps

Gwyneth Paltrow challenged herself but failed at living like 47 million Americans.

Inspired by her celebrity chef bestie Mario Batali to take on the#FoodBankNYCChallenge, the actress vowed to live off the weekly food stamp budget of $29 -- the amount 1.7 million people rely on from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistant Program. That's just $1.38 per meal for a week.

However, Paltrow only made it just four days.

The 42-year-old "Iron Man" actress blogged about the short-lived experience onGOOP.

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"As I suspected, we only made it through about four days, when I personally broke and had some chicken and fresh vegetables (and in full transparency, half a bag of black licorice)," she wrote.

Initially, she started the challenge on April 9, showing off the minimal groceries she was able to purchase for $29. In the end, she graded herself a less than stellar C-, but she did gain a whole new perspective.

"My perspective has been forever altered by how difficult it was to eat wholesome, nutritious food on that budget, even for just a few days -- a challenge that 47 million Americans face every day, week, and year," she blogged. "A few takeaways from the week were that vegetarian staples liked dried beans and rice go a long way -- and we were able to come up with a few recipes on a super tight budget."

For the challenge, she managed to make a few dishes that looked delicious on any budget -- black bean taquitos, black bean cakes with grilled corn salsa and brown rice, kale and roasted sweet potato saute with poached eggs.

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The whole experience also caused Paltrow to get "outraged that there is still not equal pay in the workplace."

She continued, "Sorry to go on a tangent, but many hardworking mothers are being asked to do the impossible: Feed their families on a budget which can only support food businesses that provide low-quality food. The food system in our beautiful country needs to be subjected to a heavy revision -- it is a cyclical problem, with repercussions that we all feel."

It also made her see how "hunger indirectly touches us all." She ended her blog saying, "After this week, I am even more grateful that I am able to provide high-quality food for my kids. Let's all do what we can to make this a basic human right and not a privilege."

Paltrow donated to the NYC Food Bank at the week's end.

Check out the video here to see how Paltrow is "incredibly close" to the modern woman.

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