My lunch today is a sandwich I made for yesterday and didn’t eat, and a cup of apple sauce. I need better lunches.

Among her many wonderful qualities, I must say that my loving wife is a fan of breakfast. In fact, she’s a fan of the entire “three meals a day” eating philosophy, while I’ve been content to eat only once a day for several years now.

Well, that has changed since our wedding last week. At least for now, anyway. For the past week, I’ve been eating a healthier diet of more than one meal a day, including breakfast. And today is the first day that I’ve eaten breakfast and then come to work with a lunch packed. It’s a new and eye-opening experience, that’s for sure.

One night into my 40-day diet of delicious recipes, I couldn’t be happier with the way things are working so far.

Well, today is the first official day of my 40-day Stevens diet, during which I plan to eat 40 recipes by columnist Stephanie Stevens that have run in the pages of the Jordan Independent.