So, I'm going to do the Lenten thing again this year, even though I'm not catholic. Or, is it Catholic?

Any way, my penance this year will not be to give up chocolate...actually it will be...but there's even more sacrafice involved. I'm giving up carbs en masse. That's right. I'm going to subject my body to the Atkins diet again.

This time I'm going hard core, not the "Lut-akins" version. I started "induction" this morning. For those of you not familiar with Atkins lingo: induction = hell. I'm limited to 20 carbs a day for two weeks.

I know what your saying, Lent lasts for six weeks. What sort of sacrifice will follow the first two weeks? Well, anything after the first two weeks pretty much doesn't matter. I'll probably be dead and carbs, in fact Lent itself, will be a mute point.

Actually, 5.5 hours into Atkins, things aren't looking that bad. I had three pieces of bacon, one poached egg, and five cubes of colby-jack for breakfast. I've also had two cups of coffee. Technically, I'm not supposed to have caffeine during induction, but I letting myself slide today since I "forgot" to bring de-caf tea with me this morning.

I'm about to go to lunch. I'm not sure what I'm going to eat...meat in some form...cheese in some form...maybe I'll spice it up with a piece of lettuce.