[Manomanman]

I moved out of my house into an apartment 2 weeks ago today, and due to the catastrohpic nature of my kitchen, I haven't been able to cook until today. For the past 2 weeks, I've been eating mostly fast food, frozen food, and food available at supermarkets. I have eaten mostly non-organic foods.

I figure that since I'm going on a "real diet" soon, it's been okay to go back to my old ways and see what it feels like to eat the food I used to eat about 2 years ago.

The main thing I've noticed is that I just don't have the energy and drive I used to have, which has been consistent over the past 2 weeks. I've been eating frozen pizzas, restaurant pizzas, fried chicken with the skin removed, frozen dinners (Claim Jumper), Vietnamese, etc. etc. Just a mix of different types of semi-healthy and unhealthy Standard American Diet food.

The main thing that jumps out at me is the lack of vegetables. It's really hard to get vegetables in the American diet - and I have no clue how most people go throughout their day without some kind of vitamins in their diet.

My digestion has been okay - nothing major to complain about. But I have been feeling sluggish and my motivation to just "get up and go" has dropped off a lot. I'm looking forward to getting back onto a solid/healthy diet.

I had forgotten what it was like to lack energy. It just feels terrible and life kind of sucks on this kind of diet.