Day 1

Ok, you heard it here first. Rich and I are starting the 17 Day Diet. Now, I am usually the last person to announce to anyone that I am on a diet, but I need an extra boost of will-power so I thought telling it on my blog ( to the two people who read it), would help me stick with it. The menu isn't actually that far off from what we usually eat pretty often, but minus the delicious dark chocolate, rosemary bread, baked potatoes, rice, pasta. (Deep sigh) Ok, but anyone can do anything for 17 days, right? The second 17 days you start introducing some of those good whole grains and pastas. It involves alot of drinking water and green tea. It also involves a fruit snack that you eat before 2 p.m. That is alot of pressure. What if I don't get to it before then? Should I not eat one of my two snacks? Should I chance it and eat it anyway after 2 p.m.? I'm making it more difficult, aren't I? Like I said to Rich, we got ourselves into this mess, now me have to lose the weight and fix it. So Day 1 is potentially a success since so far I haven't eaten any chocolate, I have had about 5 of the eight cups of water, and followed all the food options.

So here is to ridding my body of toxins, staying well- hydrated, and saying goodbye to dark chocolate and white wine for awhile. I can do anything for 17 days, right?