Lose 30 pounds

so I officially started on Monday. I’m doing the soup diet, running 3-4 days/week, and crunches nightly (or trying to!). I’ve lost 5 pounds in 4 days. Now I’m bumping the goal to 40 by Thanksgiving.

You can see it here:
http://www.dailymile.com/people/parson#ref=tophd

It’s a gutbuster. Started it last night.

3 sets:
Crunches
Burpees
Oblique Leg Lifts
Pushups
Mountaineers

The plan is simple. I’ve done it before. People think I’m insane, but it works.
- Soup 2x / day
- 3 servings of pretzels / day
- 2L+ water / day
- Hot tea (black or green) with lemon (no sugar)
- Wine on Fri/Sat night if on schedule
- BPs, crunches, pushups, mountaineers each night
- Run 21 mi / week
- Daily vitamin

Like I said, sounds insane. You completely avoid:
- caffeine (except the black tea)
- fried food
- processed food (except the pretzels)
- sugars (again, except the pretzels)
- fats (except the small amount in soup)

The first few days are the worst, like with any hard-core approach. Once you hit target, you can stabilize.