CHALLENGE!

alright. this is how it went down.
sitting at work today i came across a recipe for Avocado Cucumber soup. it sounded like the perfect summer soup; chilled, creamy, vegetable soup; guiltlessly fatty, a comforting texture and a fantastic shade of green!!
so, after work i bought my ingredients. i needed 2 tomatillos (i have never worked with these) a jalapeño, and an avocado. ( i had the rest, which included a cucumber, an onion, spices, etc.) but...rats! the avocado was nowhere close to ripe. i'm not terribly picky, mind you (there are stories floating around involving me putting grape jelly on fried chicken...(i thought it was ketchup! anyway) however, i was willing to wait a few days or so for avocado to ripene. it's also hot as balls and the first stop i made was the wine bottle, so that didn't help.
anywho!
so, i set aside my summer dinner plans for one. i settled for a full wine glass and a bag of popcorn.
which brings me to my challenge!

i, fairly notoriously, have an awful diet. i love veggies and fruits and fresh food alike, but i am also dreadfully lazy and tend to find dinner in a glass.
recently i think my lack of a balanced diet has been affecting my health. i am plagued by endless fatigue, pathetically tearful mood swings, and stomach pains that wake me up in the dark hours of the morning. when i went shopping last week i bought fresh fruits and yogurt and vegetables and whole grain bread. this is how i will justify my experiment.
get to the point! you yell!

i know.
i am.
taking my terrible eating habits to the next level, tomorrow July 10th, 2008, i will eat nothing but sour patch kids and diet coke.

on the hour i will take notes. if i make it til 8pm with only said nourishment, i will reward myself with a gin and tonic, a big salad, and maybe i'll work on that blasted soup.

much luck to ME!