the world is my oyster, therefore i will shuck and eat it

My first meal was beautifully atrocious. It consisted of the following Nachos BellGrande from Taco Bell, a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger from Wendy's, and 2 chicken strips from the Safeway deli. Although I couldn't find any nutritional info for the chicken strips it appears as though the other 2 menu items careened into a calorie count just breeching the 1000 marker. Yes, that's half of your reccomended daily allowance right there. And if I'm honest, I could only really stomach about two bites of chicken strips before I felt like my stomach was disdending.

Me (post-meal).

I could actually feel my body rejecting the food within minutes and it was mere moments later before I had to find a bathroom.

Faint of heart skip to the next paragraph. My pee has also already changed from a slightly tinged yellow back to it's ever-lovely dark yellow threatening orange.

That said, the world has suddenly new life breathed into each step. I smell things I don't remember ever having smelled. Tastes light up my mouth like a fireworks display of flavor. I feel renewed vigor and a skip in my step I haven't felt for awhile.

Other meals of note: lunch yesterday was crappy chain Thai food (I mean all of it Phud Thai, Red Curry and Fried Rice (plus Egg Roll)) followed (a few hours later) by Chocolate Oreo ice cream in a waffle cone from Baskin-Robbins. After a rousing evening a pub trivia the lady and I also treated our selves to a burger and fries from Dick's.

I have 5 beautiful weeks of freedom before I'm back for a second round on a new diet. God save me. It will be the end of the study though so that's good. I'll tell you what the beer I'm having right now has never tasted better.