Day-3: V8 + Muscle Milk is Not a Celebratory Meal

When picking up a new client I like to reward myself. Even on Friday, 11:15 AM is too early to have a beer, so I indulged in a can of V8 and Muscle Milk. Not a celebration that would draw envy from the masses.

I passed my first Friday test! Though there were some moments where I really wanted to eat, I was never actually close to eating. Particularly last night, at my sister's house where a giant bowl of fresh corn salsa hovered on the kitchen counter begging to be sampled. After all, a solid shouldn't count if it is as healthy as fresh corn salsa, right? No, especially on Day 3, I'm still strong enough to say that even fresh corn salsa is on the banned list.  I did reward my self control with a milkshake on the way home from Kalamazoo.

For the record, St. Paulie's Girl Non Alcoholic (NA) Beer tastes like skunked Heineken w/ sugar.  I would have preferred to enjoy more of the nice Sam Adam's Nobel Pilsner that my brother brought, but having to dive w/ no solids in my stomach, after one beer, the N.A. seemed the more responsible choice. Just in case you were wondering, "Mansers" on spike showed that the average adult male needs to drink 28 NA's to blow above a .08. - or 1 Sam Adam's Nobel Pilsner and about 16 NA's.

A couple of my sister's friends asked me why I was doing this and I failed in my response. Rather than tell them the truth "So I think of Jesus more often (and lose some weight)" I grinned and said "why not?" It's not often that I turn down an opportunity to express myself and looking back, I feel sad about what was probably a missed opportunity to witness. On a plus side, I am now very much aware of the guilt that is attached to not sharing the actual motives behind my actions, even if those motives are slowly becoming more clear.

I woke up on Day 3 not hungry, weighting 204 and still a 36" waist. Probably finished the day around 1700 calories - though 400 of them were a disgusting NA Beer. 

Today is Saturday, the first weekend day of this Lenten season. I'm not worried about caving today, but am curious how challenging it will be.