Day Zero - $$

I think Jillian Michaels is trying to kill me.

While browsing through my local Borders store waiting for the rain to stop after seeing "Night at the Museum 2," some sadist bookseller expertly placed the aforementioned bully-trainer's intense "it's only 30 days -- suck it up" book right at eye level for me to find and grudgingly purchase. Yes, they're good.

And so, in an effort to look "my best ever" in time for my 24th birthday and lifelong dream trip to Italy, tomorrow begins my Jillian Michaels "Making the Cut" fitness & diet plan...aka the hardest, most culinarily unsatisfying 30 days of my life.

Grueling workouts, obnoxiously strict diet plan based on metabolic body type, and "thinking yourself thin." Wait...why did I agree to this?

The menu for the next two weeks is intense, to say the least.
Even the bakery guy at Whole Foods gave me a curious look when I asked for "Sprouted grain low-sodium bread." I finally found in the refrigerated breads section (?) and after $170 in cardboard food, I am ready to begin.

Starting weight: 155.2 lbs

Best-case scenario: 135 lbs.
Worst-case scenario: 145 lbs.

Notice, worst-case scenario does not include quitting. Not an option.

Two work-outs per day. Little to no food enjoyment. Alright then. I'm ready.