Sticking to a diet plan like this one requires discipline, but more than that, it illuminates how poorly I eat. For one week I’ve given up meat, dairy, caffeine, sweets, and bread. It’s made me realize how much I indulge and how I rarely think about how it is affecting me. A breakfast burrito in the morning, chicken strips for lunch, Starbucks during a break, and chinese food for dinner is pretty standard for me. On occasion I would have a salad for lunch or a yogurt for breakfast, but now that I’ve been eating so little for a week I can really see how much I’ve been over eating.

My foot is damaged as you may have read in my tweets. Torn ligaments and a dislocated bone and I’m stuck in a walking brace for 3 weeks. Ugh. I’m very distraught because I relieve stress by doing Yoga, playing Ultimate Frisbee, racquetball and lifting weights. Normally I do at least 10 hours of Cardio a week. That’s 1-2 hours of Ultimate, 2-3 Yoga classes and a couple games of racquetball. If my foot wasn’t hurt I had planned to really maximize this detox plan by getting in some serious workouts. Now that isn’t to be. I’m afraid that if I don’t lift and start eating some sort of protein that I’ll do my body a disservice and start to lose muscle. I have lost a totaly of 16.8 pounds in 8 days. My pants fit slightly better, but I’ll need to lose a total of 30 before I will be able to tell any real difference and even then it will only appear to be a marginal weight loss on my large frame.

So… I’m going to try to incorporate baked fish into my diet. It is actually allowed on this detox, I’ve just been trying to be vegetarian for the most part. I want to lose weight and I want to detox, but I’ve been surprised at how I don’t feel “Toxic”. I don’t feel a whole lot different from how I normally feel when I eat junk and workout a lot. I’m a little more tired and I sleep amazingly well, but my skin isn’t breaking out and I’m not having “flu like” symptons as some people have claimed that they have had during the first week.

On the upside, I’ve lost 16.8 pounds and that is really good. I’m going to lift weights this week sans cardio and hope that keeps my muscles stimulated and growing. I think it will also help with the overall weight loss. I just need to find the right and most productive balance.

Current Weight: 335.4 (16.8 total pounds lost)
Breakfast: Watermelon
Lunch: Carrots and 100% Fruit Smoothie
Dinner: Baby Arugula salad from Fireside Pies. I told them no meat, and the menu didn’t say anything about cheese, but it had a little bit of cheese on it. I only ate half of it.

• Why do people keep vodka in the freezer? #
• fin Top. #
• At a gas station. If I were the fashion police I would be handing out tickets left and right. Short shorts, black long socks and Crocs w … #
• Just had my foot x-rayed. Wondering if it is broken and if not why it stll hurts. #
• Foot is dislocated and ligaments are torn, but it’s not broke! #
• 2 more weeks without real food. 3 weeks without Ultimate Frisbee. This is going to be a hellacous 2 weeks. HELL-A-CIOUS! #

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In case you are still wondering, I am still planning on trying out for the Dallas Desperados in September/October. I’ve been working out more, but man, my foot is killing me this morning. It is just not getting better. I have to go to the doctor, now the pain has started to climb up my leg, I think that is because I went for a walk yesterday and not walking properly on your feet causes problems in other parts of your leg. Ugh!!! It is so frustrating. I just don’t like injuries, I can’t tolerate them, especially when I have a goal and when I feel like this injury could have been avoided.

Current Weight: 338 (14.2 total pounds lost in 1 week, feeling like this is a legit 14.2 now since I haven’r really lost any these last 3 days.)
Breakfast: Decaf coffee 
Lunch: Large spinach salad with onions, carrots, hummus, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Dinner: pinto beans and guacamole - not sure if guac is allowed, but I ate it anyway. it and the hummus are tiny splurges that I rarely do.

I plan to buckled down on this week and lose another 15 pounds, and I’m going to do Yoga hurt foot and all - unless the doctor says no.

• Still making mental lists of all the food I am going to eat when I get off this detox. Pizza fried rice fried chicken cinnamon rolls coffee. #
• I sure miss Dairy. When I get off this detox I plan to drink a carton of heavy whipping cream. #
• Going on Record - I do not like the skinny tie. The one that Ryan Seacrest wears isn’t working. #
• Wondering if I should do some manscaping and shave my upper body. Who am I kidding, we all know I was just wanted to say manscaping. #
• Talked to mom for 30 minutes followed by 40 minutes of talking with Erin. If there was some sort of amazing man olympics I’d get the gold. #
• Feeling guilty for not calling Nate or Donna back, but not guilty enough to do anything about it. #
• Video games are fantasy outlets - I would like a video game called Grand Buffet and I would enjoy the sequels just as much as the first one #
• The Best Look In The World. You gotta love those SNL digital shorts, they are so educational. #
• "My Morning Jacket" sounds like a cross between Creedence, Aerosmith, Alabama and a balloon when you let the air out slowly. #
• At Starbucks, guy next to me is wearing these long navy socks folded down. Reminds me of Flashdance, just pull sweatshirt off shoulder. #
• Miley cyrus’ birthname is Destiny Hope. The things you learn while waiting for your massage therapist. #
• Listening to Hometown by Adele. She is so good. Sounds like Amy Winehouse but better. Also enjoying Viva la Vida by Coldplay. #

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More of Aiden. He’s really cute.

Here is a short video of my mom working with my nephew Aiden at Karate class.

I don’t know if it is possible to have a better Mother/Son relationship than what I have with my mom. We are best friends without being clingy or needy. My mom doesn’t try to control my life and is always supportive of whatever I do. She is my favorite audience and whenever something great happens in my life, she is the first one that I call. I love you mom.

For Mother’s Day, my sisters and I, took off work on Friday and we went to a place called Kil’n Time where you paint pottery. My 2 year old nephew Aiden came with us and he was so hilarious. My mom, being the crazy grandma that she is, wanted Aiden to call her Babooska, which is Russian for Grandma. He couldn’t say Babooska and so that got shortened to just Booska which has now transformed to Booga. Mom says that sound like booger and she wants to teach him to say the Ba-Boo-Ska correctly.

Everytime I call my mom she is talking about Aiden. He stays with her a lot and she spends so much time playing with him and giving him undivided attention. Tireless she serves everyone around her and it not only impresses me, it fascinates me. It is almost as if she is a super hero with special abilities - those abilities being Super Love, Unselfishness, Kindness, Wisdom, and an abundance of Joy.

After we painted pottery we went to have a small lunch at the Greenhouse Cafe in Denton. It was so much fun just spending time with her and my sisters. I love them so much.

People often tell me that I’m fun to be around. I’m constantly humbled by the number of compliments people throw in my direction, but when I think of all the good things that make up who I am, well, I get them from my mama.

Thanks Mom for always being so cool and fun and funny. You are the best mom and grandma on the planet. I love you.

I know what you are thinking… “Why would he say for mud volleyball?” Well, it’s actually for any sport where I want to take my shirt off. Last July when I went to see my cousin Chanc in Oklahoma we played Mud Volleyball and while there were  a lot of people out of shape, there were also a lot of people in shape. I want to be one of those people and this year the tournament falls on July 26th. I’ve gone my whole life being ashamed to take my shirt off in public. I’ve done it, but it wasn’t pretty. I don’t mind being a little chubby, I make a little chubby look hot, but I there is a line between “husky” and just plain fat. I know that I am breaking one of my rules here by pointing out my fatness, this is something you shouldn’t do… unless you are on a 21 day detox that is supposed to make you leaner and healthier.

Yesterday I did nothing but hang out at the house. I had a meeting with a client that morning and I had an orange juice and a banana at a coffee shop. Later that day I had beans, squash, watermelon, and pineapple and a small spinach salad with chickpeas, red peppers and balsamic vinegar and onions. I should have eaten more veggies as I am supposed to be eating them at a 2:1 ration. 2 veggies for every one fruit, but I have been sort of backward on that because fruit is so much more convenient to eat.

Current Weight: 338.4 (Surprised that I haven’t lost more, still not “going” like I should)
Breakfast: Banana and Orange Juice - not the best options for the glycemic index
Lunch: zucchini and pinto beans
Dinner: Pineapple - small spinach salad