Day 1

Today is the first day of a program I'm trying. I paid too much for it on the Internet, but it's really very simple. My hope is to (1) feel better, (2) lose some belly fat and (3) get rid of this back pain.

The short version is this: no whole grain products (bread, pasta, rice, processed foods), no dairy (milk, yogurt, cheese - oh yea - eggs are NOT dairy!), no sugar (relatively easy for me), and no alcohol (what? no beer for 31 days? that's gonna be tough!)

I can eat meat, vegetables, nuts and fruit. I can drink water, black coffee or unsweet tea. I also have to do some pretty intense exercises, but no direct abdominal crunches or anything like that.

I weighed 188.5 on the scale this morning (I hit 193 about a week ago, but have since cut out most whole grain products). I had breakfast a little late because I had to leave the house to deal with a client's remote server that was not cooperating.

I had about 2 1/2 cups of black coffee and a fruit smoothie for breakfast (fresh banana and peach, frozen strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, mango, raspberries, pears (from the back yard), powdered vitamin C, Spirulina, Chlorella, liquid vitamin D, fish oil and orange juice (possibly against the rules), a little honey too because the program doesn't mention honey - I probably should hold off on that until the 31 days are up). I also took my daily multivitamin. Lunch was some leftover chicken and a very small piece of leftover steak. Snacks included a few different kinds of nuts. Dinner was a stir-fry with chicken, squash, broccoli, celery, carrots and a bunch of other yummy stuff. I really wasn't hungry all day except right before dinner, which is good. Oh yea, I also drank a LOT of water, but that's pretty normal.

I'm about to go do the exercises - I hope to do them in the mornings, but my schedule got whacked today.

Will I update this every day? I intend to! We'll see. I'm hoping that by documenting this, it will force me to be more aware of what's going on.