As I drive by milemarker 46 into 47, I embrace my Wild Bill spirit in my steel stallion of thunder. The 40th Expedition will be dominated by...

...SARDINES! Yep, you read that correctly. Sardines.

I am in the process of applying it, but I am sliding my chips out on the table and going all in:

Mondays - Saturdays

• Breakfast: Sardines (two cans)
• Coffee: Coffee & Butter (2 sticks)
• Lunch: Sardines (two cans)

Fat Focus Sundays

Coffee & Butter (20 tbsp)

Why?

Still reeling from yesterday's weigh-in letdown, I watched another Kelly Hogan video, this time with Annette Bosworth, M.D., Advice Beyond "Go Carnivore" - DETAILS for fat loss. Watch it, you'll be glad you did.

First impression: Dr. Boz was vacationing in Sitka, Alaska, a place where I know a thing or two about its bald eagles! She was wearing thick gloves and a leather jacket, again, a high of 50-60s ℉ feature that I sorely miss in Memphis!

In the video, they made a few arguments toward a 3-day sardine fast. Of course, you know that I possess the capability to go on a 4+26 day water fast, and if it wasn't being greeted by lemongrass tofu on touchdown...

...OK, so I was left out on the curb in a Memphis August afternoon, dreadfully contrasting with a Czech summer. Today's July 8 in Plzeň: 77°/54°; today in Memphis: 92°/ 70°. I probably had no business being tempted by Vietnamese cuisine back then! Oven heat outdoors and fried tofu? C'mon. Even if I hadn't eaten in weeks.

It's funny: I turned 29 in Dublin, Ireland. Then I became 34 in Plzeň.

Ah, I am distracted...my heart is a wellspring of adventure as it was in those older times...

Sardines scare me. I recall watching a 6th-grade classmate eating a can for show-and-tell. Man, that was one weird kid! And my wife can take to 'em like I do toward salted pistachios in the shell!

I am doing it today because it does intimidate me! But, I am doing it more because I no longer view food as a bridge of pleasure, but a bridge to tomorrow.

So, is it all that intimidating? No, I have a pelt on my chest! A solid 2% of my blood is Viking! I am in the 99th percentile for Neanderthal DNA—I got this!

I said to myself:

I can do 3 days. Wait, why just three? I can do more.

If this is the sort of thing that can turn things around, well, I am on Day 1 of the 40th, on the precipice of counting off 46 years on this planet.

Let's take a leap into the dark abyss!

Thus, I made the move. I've got 26 days' worth of sardines packed in water in the cupboards. I REALLY do NOT want olive oil, but ya gotta have fat, so I'm taking the advice of adding fat to it...or at least the same time frame. No reason to prolong the workout!

I made a batch of ghee from my old recipe in Be Beef in a Ghee Gi to Modify Spotify and Cook Facebook, even adding my dance to Get Down Tonight!

Ultimately, I hope this sardine reboot will rid me of all the wonkiness that has plagued me this year. I suspect inflammation is robbing my victories on the scale. I only lost ¼" inch around my waist in The 39th Expedition.

Let's just see what happens come August 18. We're reaching "Simply the Best" territory...