Dan Nied's 100 Days is the chronicle of one man's quest to improve his health in 100 days. Feel free to email him at nieddan@yahoo.com with any questions or comments you might have.

What I ate today

Breakfast (9 a.m.)
2 slices of multi-grain bread
2 ounces of turkey
2 ounces of roast beef
1 serving of fat-free mayo
Calories: 255
Fat: 3.5 grams

Lunch (12:30 p.m.)
2 servings of Special K
2 servings of skim milk
Calories: 380
Fat: 0 grams

Snack (3 p.m.)
1 Special K snack bar
Calories: 90
Fat: 1.5 grams

Snack (5 p.m.)
1 apple
Calories: 80
Fat: 0 grams

Dinner (7:30 p.m.)
1 Foot-long Subway club
Calories: 640
Fat: 12 grams

Total Calories: 1,445
Total Fat: 17 grams

Exercise: Have you ever been in a snowstorm on the first day of spring, and realized that you were really tired and lazy and kind of wanted to go take a nap, so you go home and, instead of taking a nap you look at dirty pictures on the internet and, through IM, plan a road trip to see a concert, but in your mind you know that there is no way this road trip will ever happen? Well if so, did you work out on that day? Me neither.

Alright, 25 days to go. 19 pounds to go to reach the new official goal of 30 pounds in 50 days. 49 pounds to go to reach the old official goal of 100 pounds lost. Think I can do it by May? I don't. But I do think that the first day of summer, June 21 (or is it the 20th this year?), is a reasonable expectation. I'm not making that the new target date, I just think that I can lose the weight by that point. I guess we'll see.

CAUTION: I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT POOPING. SKIP THIS IF YOU CAN'T ACCEPT THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY POOPS.

I had a "growing up" moment today. If you remember yesterday's reference to possible constipation, you won't be surprised to know that I went to the grocery store and, along with nudie magazines, condoms and tampons, bought a laxative.