Yup. Kool-Aid drunk. Except that Kool-Aid is against the rules.

So, I decided to do the food challenge at my box.  Here are the basic rules:

Avoid the following: Everything you ever liked.  Ever.

OK... exaggerating, of course.  But seriously.  This is going to be painful. No Dairy.  No Booze.  No Grains.  No Soda.  No Sugars. No Processed foods.  The basic setup of the challenge is that everyone starts each day with 10 points, and there are certain things that you lose points for.  They are varying levels of points lost, but the basic gist is, these are "no no foods."

Grains
Dairy
Legumes
Sweeteners (natural or artificial)
Fast Food
Packaged or Processed foods (yes - bacon and sausage count as processed.  lame.)
Soda/Juice
Alcohol
Potatoes
Dried fruits (while Paleo, they tend to be high in sugars.)
Larabars (while Paleo, they have lots of dried fruit/sugar)
Gum
Canola/Vegetable Oil

*Processed meat IS allowed 1x/day
*Protein supplement IS allowed if it is within 30 min post-workout and is not soy based.
*green beans, snow peas, and sugar snap peas do not count against your score, even though I believe they are technically legumes
*Sweet Potatoes are allowed
*Clarified butter (Ghee) is allowed, even though it is Dairy.

Honestly, I can't imagine I will stick with this past the 26 days.  There are things I don't agree with it.  But, I am willing to give it a go.  I mostly expect it to enhance my hatred for paleo.