Let the games begin

It's on. The Game On! Diet Challenge that is.

In case you weren't following when I did it in the summer, it can be summed up as follows:

5 meals a day (there are rules about portions of fat/carb/protein, etc.)
No sugar or white flour, no pop whatsoever, no alcohol (except you get a day off from every rule in the diet, and one other meal off per week, along with 100 calories of anything you want every day, except alcohol and pop)

at least 7 hours of sleep a night
20 minutes of exercise (vigorous) 6 days a week
give up one bad habit: mine is cursing.
take on one good habit: I am resuming blogging daily since it's great for me and my progress.
you also have to stay in touch with your opponents/teammates on a daily basis and can only weigh yourself 1 a day.

By doing this, you will lose at least 1% of your body weight per week, which is what will earn you bonus points. You do not lose points for NOT losing weight, since you can play this game to become more fit as opposed to losing pounds too.

So day one, I weigh in at 141.4. Last night I went to this shi-shi-ooh-la-la sushi place that turned out to be a total bust. After getting horrible service in an empty restaurant, where the food was great but sized for ants and priced for Trump, we actually did a 'crawl' of sorts to an all-you-can eat sushi place for a top-up. Now THAT is a first.

Speaking of firsts, here are two other remarkable ones. Their appearance at the end of my post is no indication of how ecstatic I am about them both.

1. My man friend professed his love to me yesterday and I melted inside. I am madly in love.

2. I HAVE to exercise for this challenge, and I don't have a gym. I decided (long story short) to do interval jogging. So not only did I manage to do 20 minutes of 2:1 jogging/walking, but I finished it off by running another full 20 minutes straight from my volleyball place to home. This is a first in my entire life. NEVER have I managed to run more than 7 minutes outdoors without stopping in agonizing pain (from cold air, injury, boobs, etc.).