Day 5

Morning weigh-in: 213.2  lbs.  I don't expect this to hold exactly, but it was good to see some progress.

Breakfast:  Banana  *I haven't mentioned this yet, but I am also taking a mult-vitamin every morning with my breakfast.  It doesn't hurt to do anyways, but it is especially important with this diet, I think.*

Lunch:  Bowl of vegetarian chili and an orange.  I know it seems like this chili is getting repetitive (and it is), but it is probably the best tasting and most filling dish of anything over these 5 days.  I'm honestly not tired of it at all.

Dinner:  Yet another bowl of chili, though this was a new batch from what was for lunch.  I also had a tossed salad.  I haven't mentioned it yet, but the salad dressing of choice has been olive oil and red vinegar.  That will probably make it in to my post diet menu.

Snacks:  Garlic stuffed olives (love 'em) and a few olives stuffed with habanero peppers (love 'em).  I also picked at some random fruit (blackberries, strawberries, grapes).

Exercise:  This was fairly exciting.  I ran 3.2 miles and did it in just over 33 minutes.  I ran it nonstop and in a little better than 3 minutes faster than both the 5k that we ran a month ago (race) and the 3.2 mile run I did a couple of weeks ago (exercising).  It felt really good to show some progress in my training, as well as my diet.