{"id":4720,"date":"2026-06-05T03:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:31:15","slug":"end-of-sardines-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4720","title":{"rendered":"END OF SARDINES DAY 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe I&#8217;m weird, but this week&#8217;s sardine diet hasn&#8217;t been all that tough.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s what it&#8217;s done to my weight so far:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday morning, before my first sardine: 200 lbs<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday morning, after 1 full day: 197<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday morning, after 2 days: 192.4<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday morning, after 3 days: 192<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If this trajectory holds, that&#8217;s a crazy amount of weight loss in a few days, even accounting for the fact that some portion of it is water &#8211; which will return when I go back to a normal diet on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The truly amazing thing is that it&#8217;s rapid weight loss that didn&#8217;t come with the expense of hunger pains. Truly, this little experiment has not been physically uncomfortable in the least.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it&#8217;s been economical! Most days I have consumed 5 cans of sardines &#8211; at a cost of $1.17 a can.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And talk about quick and convenient!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I find I don&#8217;t linger over a can of sardines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No need for a lunch HOUR!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe I&#8217;m weird, but this week&#8217;s sardine diet hasn&#8217;t been all that tough.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what it&#8217;s done to my weight so far: Monday morning, before my first sardine: 200 lbs Tuesday morning, after 1 full day: 197 Wednesday morning, after 2 days: 192.4 Thursday morning, after 3 days: 192 If this trajectory holds, that&#8217;s a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4721,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions\/4721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}