Soup Diets and Such

Over the weekend, my fiancee, Rachel, and I went to Wal-mart to get supplies for a soup diet. She had the nutritionist at her work check it out, so I knew we wouldn't die from it.

We made two versions, mine omitting the nearly two pounds of carrots for which the recipe called (so it would be kosher for my low-carb/low sugar diet).

Even without the carrots, it made a lot of soup: an entire bunch of celery, two green peppers, probably 8 green onions, a bag of frozen green beans, a large box/can of low sodium beef broth, 2 cans of stewed tomatoes, and a pack of Lipton's onion soup mix. We added a bit of garlic and pepper. Done.

There's a whole list of foods you're supposed to eat on certain days, and Rachel's going to stick to it. I'm going to use it as a good snack, and maybe for lunch. I usually have luck if I stick to an Atkins-type diet, but that's the hard part-sticking to it. I grew up in a house that relied on the cheap, filling nature of breads, pastas, and other carb-heavy foods to satisfy our cravings. Ice cream is how we celebrate victories and drown sorrows in the Lankford family.

I'm not going to lie. Although I prepared for a diet, I did not stick to a diet over the weekend. Part of me is holding back on committing to any one regimen, as I'm hoping to get some direction from Kaleb and Sparks at Inferno. I have no idea what I should or shouldn't eat to both lose weight and have the needed fuel to function at class.

For now, I'm going to just cut out breads, sweets, starchy vegetables, and such. As my doctor told me when I first got diagnosed with diabetes, I won't eat anything white, or foods that start with the letter "P". Popcorn, pasta, pizza, pancakes, potatoes...That's all I can think of right now, but that's enough to make me cringe.

Starting Weight: 395 lbs.
Current Weight: 392 lbs.