I am so tired. Not sleepy tired. More like my body has no fuel, tired.

It has to be the Atkins, if it were depression I'd be sleepy not fatigued.

Let me officially declare that Day Two of induction sucks. I have no supply of carbs in my body. I think I'll be okay once the body switches over to fat burning. I'm hoping that will happen any minute now. I'd like to go back to my normal state of being depressed and sleepy. Being hungry and worn out isn't as fulfilling.

Speaking of being worn-out, I need to go in to karate tonight. Lefty said something about belt promotions being this evening. I'll be okay if all I have to do is sit cross-legged on the floor for an hour. I think even the pre-class warm-up would cause me to pass-out, that is how little energy I have.

Of course, I'm making the assumption that I passed testing. I haven't seen Sa Bum Nim since testing, so if I didn't pass, he hasn't had an opportunity to tell me that I did not. Which means I could potentially sit in class, anxiously awaiting my turn to receive my next blue stripe, only to have Sa Bum Nim call Lefty and then call RBJ.

I know I've said after previous tests that my performance sucked and I don't feel like I passed. I REALLY mean it this time. I don't know how I possibly accumulated enough points to pass. Unfortunately I find myself in the position of wishing for pitty points. I believe this puts me in the company of RBB and RBC. I should be ashamed of myself.

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.