Carb-Free?

While munching on a burger and fries at McDonald’s today at lunch, Krista was saying if a person cut out all carbohydrates from their life, then they could probably lose 5-10 in 2 weeks.

Wha??? I sat dumbfounded while munching on my ironically tinged burger while sitting speaking about health matters. Could this be true? How could that even be true? Just by switching some food up in your life, it can make you lose weight?

I decided to stand up to the challenge and proclaimed that I would put my body on the line to test this theory!

This isn’t about a diet or anything…I don’t really care if I put the weight back on. I’m just intrigued that the changing of what you eat could allow you to lose some weight.

Therefore, starting at 6:18 on Wednesday night (I started after McDonald’s at lunch, but then I had leftover rice in the fridge that I figured I should finish off.), I am entering the carb-free zone and see if this actually works. I am marking my weight right now as 204 lbs with the caveat that just ate supper, so let’s bring it down to an even 200lbs.

Let’s see what this no-carb theory has to offer! I really doubt this will work, but heck, stranger things have happened.

My only dilemma is how to switch up my sacred breakfast and lunch items. I figured I will replace the morning granola bar with a yogurt and hopefully that will keep me going until the morning snack.

Lunch is a different beast altogether. There goes my legendary sandwich (eaten in my lunch since Kindergarten) and my granola bar. Krista told me her Mom used to make lettuce sandwiches which intrigued me. I think I will give it a try.

I will give you updates as to how this crazy adventure is going. Before anyone says it, yes, I know. Beer has carbohydrates also. I am switching back to the rye as of this moment. This brings back memories of college where one winter someone told me that beer really packs on the pounds and so I switched to rye and ginger but they said that the soft drinks don’t help out too much. So then I started drinking rye and water. That’s right – I went all out for the cause. It wasn’t too bad to be honest.

For all those who are going to cry out “Stop! You can’t do this to your body!!!”, there are no worries. I don’t have any plans to keep up with this no-carb test. Heck, Palmer cannot live without his sandwich!

Hey, while I’m at it, here’s an update on the shoe front – I picked up two new pairs of shoes today on a whim. Since I’m jogging, I don’t need shoes that fall apart (read below) and I didn’t think the other shoes would be the best to run in.