My personal trainer put me on this two-week "jump start" diet that eliminates salt & sugar in all forms. No fruit. No diet pop. No dairy. No coffee. No alcohol.

No shit.

I've been on this diet less than two days and chances are good that I won't make it to day #3.

I can live without sugar and caffeine -- been there, done that. I can even live without chocolate -- went for years without it. But, salt? I had no idea how much flavor it added to my life.

I have always justified my sodium intake by the fact that I run and, therefore, sweat a lot of sodium every day. My body must need it, I figure. My blood pressure is normal (low even), so it doesn't appear my salt intake is affecting my health, so...I have never attempted to watch my salt.

Now that it's been banished from my diet, I have a whole new respect for people on low-salt or no-salt diets. I don't know how you do it.

Life without salt is just tasteless and boring.

My only consolation is that, for me, it's temporary.

Could be two weeks, could be two hours...depends on how good I am at talking my way out of this diet.