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Javacia N. Harris

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I'm a journalist living in Louisville, Kentucky, but I moved here from California and I was born and bred in Birmingham, Alabama. This means I often use the words "dude" and "y'all" in the same sentence. You've been warned. If you want to read the stuff I write to pay the rent, visit www.courier...

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No thanks, I'm on a diet

"My body stay vicious/ I be up in the gym just working on my fitness" - Fergie

Yesterday morning the alarm on my cell phone began to blare at 6 a.m. letting me know it was time for me to roll out of bed and head to the gym. And like I do nearly every morning, I reached over and squeezed my phone to put it into snooze mode. But then I realized I wasn't tired. I was ready to jump out of bed and into my gym gear. So I did just that.

I don't know where this burst of energy came from, but I have my suspicions. On Sunday I started a high-protein diet in hopes of losing some fat and gaining more muscle. So there's a chance my body was well-rested because it didn't spend the night digesting candy corn, nacho cheese and garlic toast.

I'm not sure if it's Olympic fever or the horrible full-body shots of myself from my beach vacation, but something has me wanting to transform my body into one that looks as if it belongs to an athlete. And this meal plan, which is from a pal of mine who does body building figure competitions, is my jump start, along with a lot of extra gym time. In case you're interested, here's what I get to eat each day:

Breakfast
3 egg whites, one whole egg and 3/4 cups of oatmeal

Morning snack
Protein bar or shake

Lunch
5 oz. of lean meat, 2 cups of veggies, 1/2 cup of brown rice or sweet potato

Afternoon snack
Protein bar or shake

Dinner
6 oz. of lean meat and 2 cups of veggies

Dessert
sugar-free Jell-O

As you can see this is definitely not a starvation diet. I feel quite full actually, but thats not to say this isn't torture. If it's not listed above then I can't eat it. This means no fruit smoothies, no cheese, no bread and no candy corn. Sigh.

I'm only doing this for two weeks because I'm sure that's all I can stand. But if I look like Serena Williams at the end of the month, I might change my mind.