Days 3 and 4 (the weekend)

Unsurprisingly, the weekend was a challenge. Firstly because it is still the early beginning of our health plan change, secondly because it was a family gathering, thirdly because it was a holiday weekend, and fourthly because I like to list more than three reasons.

Anyway, there was a plethora of delicious, delicious things that Lisa and I could not eat. We received many questions about why we're doing this and what the point is, and whether or not some things are healthy enough anyway so why not eat them? So naturally I've over-thought this stuff and have some things to say about this hubbub. The first thing is that I don't much like calling this a "diet." Calling it that, I think, implies that we are attempting to restrict the amount of food we're eating. And that's not true at all. If anything we're eating a lot more food. It's just...different food. So I like to think of this as a health plan of sorts. Not a diet. And we're doing it for 30 days just to see if we can succeed. Lisa and I have been talking about changing our habits of what we eat for a very long time now...and now it's time to start doing. Walking the talk, if you will.
So in addition to that idea, we won't just stop after 30 days and go back to what we were doing. That would be pretty silly and pointless, and begs the reasonable question of "why bother doing this at all?" We hope to actually progress to the point where we can maintain this style of living, but still have some delicious, delicious foods (like anniversary cake, Culver's custard, cheese, etc.) again...but not nearly to the extent that we have been. It might be difficult for some of you to believe, what with our exceptionally amazing bodies and all, but we definitely eat a lot of garbage food. And it's bad for us. And we want to stop. So this is kind of the first step towards that healthier lifestyle, the splash of cold water in the face.

So I hope that helps to explain a little bit more of why we're undergoing this behavior modification. We just want to be healthier by eating healthier, fresher foods. And we do intend to continue this past 30 days, with some modifications. But for the first 30, we're trying to stick as closely to the plan as possible. So thanks for coming along with us for the ride and following along.