Wow, it’s been five years ago since I last posted here. This site became my defacto location for personal opinions and diet documentation. Of all my blogs, this one was mostly for me. I never promoted this blog. I rarely mention this blog to family and friends. I started it ten years ago, when I was getting close to thirty. Appropriate I re-visit here considering I am coming up on forty.

What does that even mean; forty? To me, at this point, it means cleansing my system of all the junk and crap I’ve put it through over the years and not “looking” as if I am forty when I turn forty. Years ago I did a weight loss challenge at my old job. I cheated (packed on a few extra for initial weigh-in), but I did drop a shit-ton. My current challenge is a couple new factors I have to consider:

• I was diagnosed with Gout back in May of 2013
• I am currently undergoing physical therapy for both my wrist and shoulder

When the doctor originally told me I had Gout, he told me I needed to follow a very strict diet. I complied, and experienced the worst attack thus far. Why? In his own words “I didn’t think you’d follow ALL my instructions!” So, unlike my previous weight loss tactics, I can’t just stop eating everything because it’ll be a shock to my system. And with the bum-shoulder, I can’t go crazy in the gym and do 100’s of pushups and dumbbell fly’s. Always an adventure.

Easiest way to adjust will be to stop the major offenders:

• No more fast food
• No more soda
• No more Limeaid
• No more Gin
• No more chips
• No more white pasta
• No more white bread

Basically, my entire diet. More fruits, raw veggies, lean meats, water, Bai5, nuts, seafood, etc. And portion control.

I’ve got a week and a half of gluttony ahead of me, but unlike last time I do not plan on going out of my way to pack on the pounds. I start clean Jan 1 (cliche, I know).