Day 4 of Nutritional Program
Aug 10th, 2007 by Mike
Well, here I am on Friday morning, August 10th, 2007. It’s the beginning of my 4th day since starting the “13 day whole food nutritional event” on Tuesday.
I lost my first pound yesterday morning ( I weigh my self each morning after I get up) and another this morning. So I am down from my starting weight of 202 to 200. That’s 2 pounds in 3 days (technically the 3rd day was this morning and I am now in my 4th day).
My personal goal for the 13 days is 10 - 20 pounds. 10 would be nice - 20 would be great!
Plus I’ll keep on a modified whole food plan and hopefully continue to lose a few pounds after the 13 days!
I have been strictly following the program and have not had any cooked, processed food since Monday the day before I began.
The only exception is coffee which I have reduced drastically. So much in fact that yesterday afternoon I developed a slight headache that came and went sporadically. By night time it was pretty intense. I was very tempted to take an asiprin but resisted.
The good news I woke up refreshed and without any headache.
I believe it was from coffee withdrawls as I usually have 2 strong cups of coffee each day and this week I have had coffee as follows:
Day 1 Tuesday - 1/2 cup regular strength ( 2 Tablespoons coffee used)
Wednesday - 1/2 cup very weak (1 teaspoon)
Thursday - 1/4 cup very weak (1 teaspoon)
So, I suspect that the headache was from coffee withdrawls. Today I made it a slight bit stronger and so far no headache.
Other than that no problems with the giant diet change. It has been very easy to stay on. Yesterday I had to drop off my car at Lexus Westminster and I must admit it was tough to not be able to stop and have dinner at one of the many great Asian restaurants.
Now that I have not eaten out for 3 days this week it makes me realize how much time I spend on going out to eat. I pretty much eat out one main meal 6 or 7 days a week. Since I work at home it’s always been a nice break for me and something to look forward to.
I think that today wil be one of the turning point days as the program materials suggest the possibility of feeling sluggish as the toxins start working their way out of the body.
I’ve taken the detox green farina each night before bed. It’s tough because you must drink it with 10-12 oz of water and that means I get up a couple of times to go pee which interrupts sleep.
I wake up pretty eager to go take a dump but other than that I have not really noticed anything else from the detox. But today may be the day… I’ll keep ya posted!
So far it has been an enjoyable experience with no drawbacks to speak of! If it continues like this I will be thrilled!
More info on the 13 day plan is at
Kudos to you Mike! I have been voraciously reading about whole foods, preventative health and vitamin supplementation. Eating “man-made”, processed food causes many harmful and deadly diseases. We need to make a better effort to eat fresher, healthier foods that treat our bodies good, not harm them. Keep up the great work!