I've decided I'm going to blog about my journey.
A couple of months back I was flipping thru my Netflix account and a movie suggestion came up under Documentaries named "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead". Since this pretty much explains me, I decided to click Play. I watched this documentary in it's entirety and said 'Wow'. It's a documentary about a guy named Joe Cross. He's an Austrailian who was Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and decided that he has to take over his own life again. He decided to do a 60 day juice fast. He juiced nothing but fruits and vegatables and lost a bunch of weight and a few health problems too! If you haven't watched the show you can watch it on Netflix OR it is free to watch online at www.jointhereboot.com The only thing you have to do is sign up for their site which btw is FREE too!
After watching Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, I watched Forks Over Knives and Engine 2 Diet. Those three documentaries got me thinking about all the crap I eat. I love sweet and salty. I love crunchy. I love cake. I love ice cream. I love junk!
This is MY backstory:
As a child I was pretty chunky. It runs in the family. Through the 5th grade you can usually call it baby fat and get away with it. Once I entered the 6th grade I really became self conscience about my appearance. I was a bit overweight, I wore glasses and my sense of style left a lot to be desired. I was pretty miserable in Middle School. My 8th grade year I was in a size 14! I knew I was fat and my schoolmates did too...and they reminded me just in case I forgot.
Ahhhh...the end of the 8th grade and I'm out of school. I got my normal job working in the corn fields just like I had every summer before that since I had turned 12. It's just what midwestern kids do in the summer to get a little extra cash. Something happened. I started losing weight. I would carry an igloo cooler with me everyday to work filled with food: chips, sandwiches, pudding cups, candy bars - you get the picture. I would eat the entire thing EVERYDAY. I lost a bunch of weight. I went from a size 14 down to a size 6. I had lost so much weight that my mom was concerned and made a doctor's appointment. She thought I may have an eating disorder even tho I assured her that was not the case. But I can't begrudge her. She's a good mom and as soon as she thought there was a problem she carted my butt off to the doctor's office even against my wishes. The doctor confirmed to my mom that there was absolutely nothing wrong with me only that my metabolism had shifted. Instead of burning calories like a slug, I burned calories like a road runner.
I entered the 9th grade (high school) with my svelte new body and I couldn't have been happier. I could eat anything I wanted and I never gained weight. I went this way the entire length of High School. I graduated High School and decided to take a few years off before I entered college. One to save money because I knew I would have to pay for it all by myself and two to get psyched up for it. I was a little burned out after High School and just wanted to get into the real world.
I got a boyfriend and a job at a factory. I hated the job...loved the boyfriend. I decided after 4 years of working at the factory, it was time to go back to school. The boyfriend was behind me 100%. I wasn't entirely happy with the way things were going with the boyfriend. Some things were happening that I didn't like and I started to eat. I gained weight. The boyfriend dumped me because I wasn't 'as hot as' I used to be.
I continued to gain weight over the years. One thing after another. I turned to food to comfort me. I'm not going to bore you with all the gory details just know that I always found comfort in food when I felt down which was alot!
I have done every diet imaginable. The salad diet, South Beach, Atkins, Cabbage, SlimFast, Weight Watchers. You name it, I've tried it. Some I've had success with others not. Even with weight loss I would go right back to eating the same exact way and I would put on every pound plus some.
My current weight is 280 lbs. I'm 5'6" and 40 years old. It's time to make a lifestyle change.
I have spent the last month weening myself off of dairy products, oils, sugar and soda. I am taking a few days off work in August to do a 5 day juice fast. 5 days isn't very long but I need to have a goal that I KNOW I can achieve. If I set myself up for too many days I will get overwhelmed and quit like I have everything else. I will start my juice fast on 8/12/12. I'm very excited and I wish I had a little more support at home but I will make this work. No excuses. I have to do this and I invite you to join me. If you haven't seen Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, you really should watch it.
Until the beginning
Juicer
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