end of week 3

The photo is up from Day 22. First three weeks down, and now I think PCP starts getting serious. Serious cut in caloric intake, serious increase in exercise, serious change it seriousness.

Whenever I feel the slightest of angst or hunger pangs...I do abs. Situps, crunches, leg-lifts, whatever. This is not the time to get soft (I won't bother asking for a pardon for that pun.)

A PCP sempai now well past the two month mark told me today that these next few weeks are the killer: less food, more work. This is where the results start to show and the changes really stick.

I say: Bring it! Will power is at an all-time high; I can really see myself at the end of this, healthy and happy and loving it. I will not slack. I will not screw this up. I will power through my pull-ups by the sheer might of my stubborn will and will come crawling back for more.

I was actually trying to list up all the foods I miss eating, all the mad cravings I have, all the stuff I want to inhale once this is all over...and I can't, really.

Pizza? Since I don't do dairy, not really a big deal. I mean, sure occasionally a cheese-less thin-crust is nice, but must have? Nope.

Tonkatsu? Nothing finer than some deep fried pork, but really how much did I eat it before anyway? Couple times a year?

Ramen? Would love to have a bowl...once a quarter or so.

Chocolate? Well it would be good to get back into my childhood Swedish tradition of lordags goodis, aka Saturday Candy, but more than a little chocolate gives me a sugar and caffeine headache, so no thanks.

Fast food? Never really ate it.

Yakiniku? Ah, a large pile of grilled meat will do me fine...guess that goes on the list. But still, once every few months is enough eh?

Sushi? Actually can eat that now -- totally PCP-friendly, especially if I cut the rice entirely and just go sashimi.

Alcohol? I don't drink to begin with, so a non-starter.

Seriously, the one thing I absolutely want to gorge myself on: my wife's stupendous flavored tofu. She takes chunks of fried tofu and simmers them in a simple sauce of mirin, soy, and sake until they are saturated. Just so stupendously good, but it's basically chunks of soy, which isn't doing much for me on PCP, so I give myself one or two bites as part of my veggie portion and wait patiently for my stomach to be a washboard of fatless sinew before I dare inhale those holy cubes of goodness.