Day-43: As with Beer, A Deep Fryer is Proof that God Loves Us and Wants Us To Be Happy

43-Days into not eating solids and I'm getting anxious. I'm eating dinner on Day-44 and it cannot come soon enough. For the meantime below are some lists that you mind find interesting.

Things that I plan on consuming in the first 48-Hours of eating solids:
- A Medium Rare Steak
- Fresh Baked Bread
- Hard Cheese
- Crunchy Veggies
- Baked, Mashed or French Fry Potatoes
- An Apple
- A Pickle
- Salt and Pepper Chips
- A Cesar Salad
- Pizza
- Olives
- An Ultimate Porker from Jimmy Johns
- Biscuits and Gravy
- Popcorn
- Goldfish Crackers
- Sky Martini, Up, Extra Stuffed Olives
- Absolute Bloody Mary, Extra Garnish
- Beer

Things I will not consume before Monday, April 25th:
- Slimfast
- V8 of any variety
- Protein Shakes
- Campbell's Soup At A Hand

Things I've missed that are not specifically food:
- Prayer at meal times, I just grab a can of something and drink it and don't think of giving thanks
- Snacking with Beth while sitting together on the couch
- Letting my boys shove food in my mouth (they find it funny, I find it cute)
- Tasting what I make (some things have been missing quality control)

Things I should apologize for all at once:
- Lack of thanks for what I have been consuming
- Missed family meal times
- Overly moody or temperamental when hungry
- Spending so much time, over the past 43-Days, focusing on me
- The callus things I've said when my mouth moves before my heart does
- Future letdowns

Things I've learned over the past 43-Days:
- I've taken prayer time for granted
- Food aids in bonding
- I was not as spiritually centered as I thought
- I will never be as spiritually centered as I want
- Sometimes I try and make Jesus represent my beliefs / actions rather than myself glorifying his
- It's great that friends accept me for my faults, but in addition to returning the favor, I need to work to give them less that they have to accept
- Muscle mass leaves with fat
- On an empty stomach, a little Franks Hot Sauce for seasoning cause a lot of heart burn
- I'm a 36 waist anywhere from 187 LBS - 220 LBS... how does that work?
- Milkshakes and Beer are not as fun as they sound
- If you start a conversation with somebody, they go with it, at least for a while

Things I've known but reaffirmed over the past 43-Days
- If you look for God you can find him
- If you ask God for spiritual guidence, you'll get it
- I'm not always in control
- If I set my mind to a realistic goal I can achieve it
- Eating is awesome
- As with Beer, a deep fryer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy
- It's fun to be skinny
- I don't have all the answers
- Goals can become obsessive and require balance
- I have a great support team of family and friends
- I have a great wife

Some Interesting Statistics of the Past 43-Days:
- Total weight loss: 24-30 Lbs
- Total cans / servings of SlimFast: 172+
- Total ounces of V8: 2,064 oz (That's 129 LBS)
- Total number of protein shakes: 31

A List of Questionable Consumptions:
- Nearly anything from a "Straw Test" -  you get some serious chunks
- Peanut butter / Nutella off a butter knife
- Things off a spatula / cooking utensil: brownie batter, spaghetti sauce, taco sauce, cheese sauce, gravy

Things I Secretly Ate When Nobody Was Looking:
- NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING!
- I DID IT!!!!! 43-Days - No solids - it feels good.

Random Notes: Started the day at 187 Lbs, finished at 1,600 calories.