12W12S Update: Week 1, Day 3

I am going to stick to this damn thing if it kills me, I swear to God. And I did not figure weigh-ins as part of the program, because scales frighten me. I've been avoiding them for so long that any numbers they put out are meaningless anyway. Maybe after the first two weeks, I'll try again.

Yes, I know that I am most likely to lose a lot of weight in the first two weeks, if I'm going to lose weight at all. You already know I'm an idiot.

So, status ... at this point, I am fine. No cheats. I have had exactly two 20-oz. bottles of Mountain Dew in the last two days, and when I'm done here I'm going to get my allotment for today. I've been doing the Dew around lunchtime, as a kind of desert. It's been okay. I actually feel less likely to crash out around 3:00.

Hunger Alert Status: Level 3 = Yellow ("Fruit Cocktail"). I am still eating a regular breakfast and lunch, and still drinking plenty of non-Mountain-Dew sodas, so I don't feel like I am depriving myself completely. But in trying to remain aware of what I am doing, it makes me aware of what I am trying not to do, which puts this low-level hunger hum in my brain.

So far so good. Next week, when I start packing breakfast, I hope to have pictures.