Day-5: Passed with Flying Colors - Still, I want a freaking Cheeseburger

Okay, so the day isn't officially over - still, I'm not going to eat any solids before I go to sleep. Though I can tell you that 5-Days with no solid foods is not nearly as much fun as you might think it is. You might say "Slimfast never gets old" or "Who wouldn't love going pee 74 times a day?" or even "Jesus did it for 40 without a blog to whine on" but you'd be wrong.

Truly, five days is not as bad as you'd think. So far, Day-1 has been the most challenging, but I'm expecting days 10-13 to be the worst. I've kicked the habit of grabbing a handful of whatever is on the counter as I walk by and I have no issues making for for Beth or the boys, but for no obvious reason I think next Friday through Monday will be rough.

Still no spiritual, self fulfilling, theological or inspirational revelations - just "Jesus didn't have Slimfast."

I have started to wonder the actual date I'm going to start food again and I'm a little torn on the issue. At the start of this endeavor I decided that I was going to go 40 straight days, no breaks. The problem is that I started on Ash Wednesday, which would make April 17th my 40th Day and Monday, April 18th, my first day of food. Easter Sunday is April 24th, Good Friday is April 22nd. Seeing as this isn't a typical Protestant Reformed tradition and I wasn't handed a manual, not counting the Bible, I'm doing this on my own.  Wiki tells me that most Catholics have "mini Easters" on the six Sundays leading up to Easter, ending Lent with Easter, so they get 40 Days that are just not consecutive. Some other religions go from the Monday following Ash Wednesday to Good Friday (40 Days), without breaks. Had I more forethought beyond buying a case of Slimfast and V8 last Tuesday, I probably would have waited till tomorrow to start, but since I'm already 5-Days in, I'm not going to go get a Double Whopper right now and restart the clock tomorrow (though the idea makes my mouth water).

At this point at time I'm not sure when I'm going to eat next and not really concerned, I'm sure by day 37 or so, I'll have it figured out.  I know that some people would break out in hives not having an exit plan in place but for now I'm focusing on other things. 

Random Notes: Started at 204 lbs, 36" waist, will finish with about 1800 calories.  I knew first 5-7 lbs were food / water weight, I don't expect it to fall off quite so quickly from here on out.