Man, I must sound like a real mess if just four days in, I’m already talking about the things that I miss already, as if I’ve gone to like the Vietnam War and am missing my wife and kid here.  But of all the things that I miss consuming after four straight days where I’m cumulatively still under 10,000 calories consumed, I would have to say that it would be sweet things.  The flavor of sweetness, in general.

Although finding Dr. Nowzaradan’s official diet isn’t really possible, there’s plenty of claims and speculative diet plans out there to realize that among them all, there’s one consistent claim throughout them: no sweets.  No sugar, most fruits aren’t allowed because they have natural sugar, and the general idea is that sweet things trigger things in the brain that create cravings for unhealthy sweets, which gateways into ballooning up to 600 lbs.

The funny thing is that I don’t particularly feel that I have much of a sweet tooth, but far be it for me to not enjoy something sweet, multiple times a day prior to starting this stupid exercise.  Be it the creamer for my coffee, the occasional Oreo(s), girl scout cookies, of just plain fruit like bananas, strawberries or peaches; apparently, I consumed more sweet-flavored things than I might have realized until I was in a position to where I couldn’t.

Like a true glutton, I’ve already given thought to what I’d like to eat once I give up this farce of a challenge, and stuff like Willy’s burrito or Five Guys burger definitely are up there.  But I’ll be damned if I won’t be craving some cookies or like a smoothie or just something with a sweet flavor, in addition to it.

However, day 4 didn’t really go that difficult.  I definitely feel it when my body begins to get really low on gas, but honestly once I eat my sparing meals, I’m finding that I’m feeling somewhat full from them, even if they do seem to burn quickly, seeing as it’s fairly clean food.  But the spacing between lunch-to-snack-to-dinner seemed somewhat organic, and I wasn’t ready to run a train on something outside of the meal plan.

The only challenges really were when I was preparing smoothies for my daughter, and then dinner for my wife.  The temptation to take a sip of a smoothie, or take just a single piece of chicken out of the oven was there, but my willpower is still stronger.  The more I keep myself occupied, the less I tend to think about it.

Breakfast – Same as Day 3
Snack – Same as Day 1
Lunch – Same as Day 1
Snack – Same as Day 1
Dinner – Same as Day 1

Total
1,195 calories, 124.5 grams of protein.
Total cost: $9.29

Exercise

• 80 sit-ups (40, 40)
• 120 push-ups (20, 20, 50, 30)