Day 4 - Mmmmm mmmm good?

Turkey vegetable soup from the 17 day diet book
for our lunch tomorrow.  Had some tonight to
sample and it wasn't too bad.  Filling and faintly
reminiscent of something fatty and satisfying.

Current weight: 227ish pounds
Goal: 190 lbs

Our scale has decided to randomly report whatever it feels like today, so today's weigh-in is a scientific conclusion based on trends over the last 4 days and a highly precise average of stepping on the scale multiple times until it reported something near what I expected it to.

Breakfast today:
Kefir smoothie (some sort of fat free yogurt-ish drink, mixed with berries and other assorted things)

Curiously, the smoothie congealed to the consistency of jell-o in under 15 seconds.  I wish this were a joke.  I could in fact turn the glass sideways with no loss of content.  Next time I will post a picture.

Lunch:
Marinated vegetable salad, from the book

My wife liked this one more than me.  Taste was ok, but not something I could eat a pound of at a time, unlike, say, well, anything I ate before this diet.

Dinner:
Roast chicken, minus skin
Boiled carrots

I think I can still hear whimpers from the other room mourning the crispy, delicious skin.

I spent a while today reading some forums, people discussing this diet and the recipes they've found.  I think I have found the source of all self-delusion in the universe.  Here is a sample:

Person 1:
Here's my recipe for a delicious way to break up the breakfast doldrums!
Jenny B's Awesome Super Smoothee!
1 cup no fat, no salt, no sugar Nufeel reconstituted yogurt substitute
1/2 cup mashed peas
2 tsp flaxseed oil, boiled with a beet


Just mix together in a blender and enjoy!  To really spice it up, add some brussel sprout puree, as much as you want!

Person 2:
OMG this is the most awesome smoothie ever!  I am going to drink it every morning now!  I have decided to rename my first child after the 17 day diet because it's just so delicious.

That was an actual quote.  People really do get this excited over diet food.

I suppose we must all do what we must to survive, but claiming to like anything containing no actual food (that does not come in a foil wrapper with a Mars logo©) is a little extreme.  I see you looking lady.  Stay away from me with that fork.