Day 6

Breakfast was more fulfilling than most. A hastily prepared jumbo omelet made from leftover ground beef and salsa. And fruit. Snacking on fruit throughout the day is now standard practice.

Large caesar salad for lunch.

T-bone, whitefish, and cauliflower for dinner.

Hunger is still pretty much the background state, but it's less annoying each day. Not sure if it's going away or if I'm just getting used to it.

Day 5, cont.

Posted a link to Hacker News today and deluged with fantastic advice. Thanks to all the commenters.

My takeaway is that I'm doing a number of things wrong. My biggest mistake is that I'm still hitting the simple sugars (soda, smoothies, ice cream, etc.)  So I'm still getting insulin spikes and this is hurting my body's ability to come to grips with the fact that the grains aren't coming. Hence the constant hunger.

Also, I need to up my consumption of fats. Nuts and eggs are easy sources.

There are other changes I need to make, but those are probably the biggest.

Oh, and tonight's dinner: Baked chicken and a ton of broccoli and cauliflower.

Day 5

Running out of decent breakfast fruits and veggies at home. Time to hit the grocery store. Breakfast was a couple handfuls of grapes and an orange.

Learned something at lunch today courtesy of McDonald's: Apparently when people in the southwest United States make a salad, they like to cover it with tired looking imitation Fritos. So my lunch activity consisted of me meticulously picking corn and corn chips off my lettuce, cheese, and chicken.

But those fries... My goodness those french fries were good. I'll be seeing more of you salty little bastards in the coming weeks. And the berry smoothie was a nice touch.

Day 4

I think I've finally settled into some sort of emotional Lagrange point between hunger, food lust, and disappointment. I'm less frustrated each day that I'm eating mostly fruits, veggies, and meat. I still fantasize about snagging a muffin out of someone's hands and sprinting down the street Seinfeld style. But I think I'll get past that shortly too.

Breakfast: orange, grapes, and a banana

Lunch: leftover meat and cheese "lasagna"

Dinner: an enormous salad (ranch dressing - blech)

Late night snack: Sardines. Which, without crackers, are a pretty disappointing snack.

Day 3

Okay. So I'm done explaining how frustrating it is not being able to eat all the foods you used to love. If somebody is going to tell me you get over it - I don't believe it.

The second worst part of this diet is that I'm *always* hungry. I'm pretty much snacking on fruit and nuts all day. With vegetables, protein, and fat for the meals. I'm probably doing this all wrong, but I am constantly starving.

Oh, and so far, no discernible health benefits...

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Evening: Starving as usual. Dinner was a noodleless lasagna - bless my wife's heart. I'm not eating grains, which is the goal; but I'm not sure what the double doses of meat and fat are going to do. I suspect the dietary priests are going to say I'm screwing it up, but the point of the diet was to find out if grains are harmful. Meat, fat, and sugar are a different matter.

Day 2

Okay, not eating grains is annoying. Really annoying. No bagels or tasty muffins for me. No, I have to eat fruit and drink coffee. A lunch of mashed potatoes and nuts. Blegh. This is going to be a long thirty days.

Dinner was nice enough - some apple glazed pork chops and asparagus. Of course since I'm starving by the time every meal comes I'm doubling up on portions every chance I get. I'm not trying to lose any weight.

Otherwise, all is well. No noticeable change in well being (beyond wanting to accost anyone I see eating a cookie).

Day 1

The first day. I'll admit this wasn't really thought out that well. I basically woke up, decided not to eat cereal and had a banana for breakfast. By the time I got to work it was feeling like a pretty good idea. Of course that was before some insensitive jerk brought in donuts.

Oh I wanted one of those donuts - but I held out. A can of mixed nuts and some mountain dew for lunch.

Dinner was pretty good though. Steaks and broccoli.

Put the kids to bed and then disaster. The horrifying realization that beer is pretty much liquid bread. Ack. What about my evening Sam Adams or Goose Island Ale. Oh, the humanity. Once the cold sweats subside I come to grips with the fact that my wine budget is going to be significantly expanded for the month. I'm nothing if not a problem solver.

Bring on day two...