Day 4

I woke up very very distressed and depressed. It took a while to get emotionally stable, I couldn't stop crying. Probably residual from the weekend. In a miserable mood most of the day. Not sure if it was part of the detox or just what happened the prior day. At any rate, feeling physically clean and healthy.



I weighed myself and was shocked to see that I dropped down to 219, from 226 on Friday morning. My guess is that my body went through a major fluid and toxin flush because I suddenly stopped eating and drinking so many chemicals and processed garbage.

All things considered, I am very satiated by what I'm eating. My mood improved slowly as the day wore on. A lot of caffeine assisstance. The day ended great after dinner with my good friend Allen tossing around the football and talking business.

Meal 1: 4 Kiwi
Meal 2: Can't remember
Meal 3: 4 Banana, 5 Figs
Meal 4: Can't remeber
Meal 5: Sashimi and non-salted edamame (steamed) Tuna, Salmon, Yellow Tail, Fluke

Day 5

Not in the greatest of moods this day. Not sure if I am still realing from AMP weekend and my distaste for my situation over all. Was experiencing some light headedness. My bowels made it clear in the morning that they were working to purge my body of toxins. I kept drinking lots of water but I also drink LOTS of coffee. Not sure if that is hindering my ability to clear out.

I was up one pound to 22o.

I was much stronger during my work out with my trainer today. I worked out between meals 4 and 5. He started out going a little easy on me because of my recent blood pressure issues. But he quickly realized that I was feeling much better. I was stonger and had more endurance. He really started to work me. I'm nowhere near the level of conditioning that I want to be at, but I am improving.

All in all, I am VERY happy with this diet so far. I feel cleaner, lighter, and healthier.

Meal 1: 4 Kiwi (during the car ride into work)
Meal 2: 4 Peaches
Meal 3: (too long after meal 2) I was starving: 7 Bananas, 4 figs, and two HEAPING spoonfulls of all natural Whole Foods Peanut Butter
Meal 4: 3 Golden Delicious Apples
Meal 5: Approx. 1/2 lb of grass fed beef, ground and cooked in patties, very rare, and DELICIOUS Also had a head of brocolli (not so delicious)

Day 6

Waking up was a little easier today. I noticed that I have been going to be earlier, between 10 and 11. I woke up at 8am this morning. I probably needed extra rest from the work out with my trainer yesterday.

It's getting a little more difficult to record everything I eat as I am doing a bit more grazing. Especially later in the day today.

I am actually in the mood for some exercise at this point. I'm not sure how good of an idea that is, given the fact that I'm hungry, but I just feel compelled to go do some hill sprints. Currently it's about 8 PM and my last meal was Meal 5. I'll be back in a few to let you know how the hill sprints were......

.....Whew! OK....that was awesome!

For whatever reason, the fact that I was hungry didn't really matter. Not that I want to start making a habit of working out when hungry, but I felt fine. Actually, I was better than fine!

Today's hill sprints, were incredible! I was up today from Monday, doing a total of 8 today as oppossed to a total of 6 on Monday. What a jump! First of all, I usually only do one lap around the track for a warm up and I feel kind of heavy at the end of that. Well today I kept running at a decent clip past where I usually stop and it didn't even occur to me to stop and stretch out, so right off the bat, I was in a different zone where I was feeling pretty full of energy. So I did a two lap warm up today.

When I started the sprints, the first one didn't really leave me winded. The second and third were pretty easy as well. I noticed that I wasn't really starting to slow down until about the 5th sprint. Also, I am realizing that the sensation of being winded is much different than before. I feel it much more in my chest and throat like I did when I was younger and I'm still able to push my limbs hard in the midst of that. Last week, I had more of a nautious, almost panicy feeling in addition to the heart pounding, and my legs felt more like lead. As I sit here typing post workout, I feel much lighter, and cleaner burning than I have felt in years.

I believe the difference is likely attributable to a few different things:

1. I'm not using ephedra any more. Ephedra is known to cause high blood pressure. When my trainer took my blood pressure about three weeks ago, it was 145/88. He was trying not to look concerned. It was the next morning that I realized I needed to drop the ephedra. My nauseated fatigue was clearly related to my high blood pressure. Since I've been off that stuff, my BP has dropped considerably to 135/80. I still have a ways to go. My guess is that it has dropped even more since I started this new diet last Friday. Especially considering my physical progress.

2. All the natural food I'm eating is leaving my body with the time and energy to detox. This new way of eating is definitely clearing my system of toxins and allowing my body to function much better. Energy production and oxygen distribution and absorption isn't as hindered as it was before. I choose my words carefully so as not to give the impression that it isn't hindered at all. My body most likely has just begun the cleaning out process, and I am hopefull that my results will continue to improve drastically over the foreseeable future.

Meal 1: 1 Cantaloupe
Meal 2: 4 Bananas
Meal 3: 5 Kiwi
Meal 4: Grapes (grazing)
Meal 5: Grapes (another grazing period)
Meal 6: 1 Broccolli Crown and approx 1/2lb of grass fed beef