Day-2: Just To Clarify The "Straw Test"

Because I said I'd count - I've went #1 11x times since waking up this morning, don't worry I'm done talking about my #1's

Side Note - "Groupie" did not like being referred to as that. Here is a list of his suggestions:
- Brother in Christ
- Fellow Traveler
- Some Guy
- Fatty

I'll may use them all at some point, but for now my "Fellow Traveler" had wicked headaches all day from this. I think he needs to add calories and a multivitamin, which he is going to do for tomorrow, so let's up the headaches get better.

To be clear - this entire process is self-imposed, if you go to Barnes & Nobel there is no "Idiot's Guide to Liquid Diets." I am my own Liquid Diet Dictator so the "Straw Test" and other rules only have to make sense to myself - my "Fellow Traveler" may make up his own rules as he likes.


In 2011 it took 17-days to come up with the "Straw Test", I'm just throwing it out there on Day-2 to get it out in the open.  The concept is simple enough - if I can suck it though a straw I'll drink it. The exceptions are as follows:





- Baby Food
- Apple Sauce
- Pudding / Custard
- Mashed Potatoes
- Gravy
- Hummus
- Cottage Cheese
- Liquid Cheese
- Hot Fudge
- Oatmeal or Malt-o-Meal

... getting the idea.

Also, my coworkers friend - I know, I know, stories like that are almost never true, they always remind me of Ferris Bueller's Day Off  attendance quote, "Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious."

Anyway, my coworkers friend owns Vitamix and has recipes to make things like a blended cheeseburger soup in it
. I will not be blending nontraditional items to make liquid versions of things I love. No Taco Bell in a cup, nor pureed ribeye. I won't have liquified nachos, or french fry soup. And when I do have a soup, I either use a straw or just tilt the bowl - and if I have to chew it, or drinking it whole is a challenge, I don't consume it.  For the next 42 days, I'll be chewing ice, gum and not much else. Back in 2011 I had bad heartburn one day and refused tums. I went to a Walgreen and bought a pill form of an antacid.

This is my thing, my sacrifice, my choice and I need to do it my way. I need to not think about what I can next blend to skate around what I'm trying to accomplish, just so that I do not have to skip a flavor profile that I love. The time I could spend creating, blending and craving needs to be spent reflecting and focusing.

I have a great support network, my kids still think I'm amazing, my wife loves me, I have friends who care, I enjoy my job - it's a good life to live, God blesses me and I owe him something more - how to repay it and what "it" even is, is murky.

Maybe being hungry will help me figure that out.

Started the day at 206 lbs. Will finish around 2100 calories - thank you McDonald's Chocolate Milkshake