Flaming Jablonskis

If you are wondering, the Auschwitz Diet is approximately in its 8th week. I say approximately, because I made a conscious effort to eat more than 500 calories/day, once I reached 165 lbs, which was 2 weeks ago. However, as you can see in the table below, it hasn't worked out that way, so I'm 3 lbs under the target weight.

	Initial Weight	Final Weight	Net
Week 1-8	185 lbs	162 lbs	-23 lbs

One factor in my continued weight loss is the fact that I have been doing semi-physical labor at work, for the last month. I am managing a project that involves rewiring several rooms to create a laboratory and, to speed the process, I have been doing some of the wiring myself, instead of sitting at a desk all day.

In fact, since May 1st, I've had exactly one day off. My typical daily schedule looks something like this:

4:30-5:00 AM - Wake up.
5:30-6:00 AM - Arrive at work.
5:30-7:00 PM - Leave work
8:00-9:00 PM - Go to bed

In order to prevent burnout, I've been scheduling some diversionary activities. So far, these activities have consisted of going to the dentist and having some kind of fuckawful procedure performed. Two weeks ago I had a deep cleaning , which involved vigorous scraping. Last week I had a molar extracted because it was impacted by a wisdom tooth. Of course, when this tooth was removed it allowed the molar on the other side of my jaw to shift enough to start causing painful problems. So, I had that molar and the underlying wisdom tooth extracted yesterday. Unfortunately, my ability to eat solid food has been impaired considerably, which has lead to more Ensure consumption. Regardless, once I regain the ability to eat solid food, the Auschwitz Diet experiment will be concluded.

By the way, as I'm not a dentist, I'm not terribly familiar with common dental practices, particularly those in Baltimore. Is it normal to have to get naked everytime you see the dentist?