Project 23 a Journey Back to Myself

Over the course of preparing for this I have lost 9 lbs. From 217 to 208. Most of it I think is water. Today I have had four servings of juice, two servings of meat protein. For dinner I added fresh veggies to my already cold pressed juice in a blender, added some spices (no salt). I have to keep telling myself this over and over again today. For those of you who are wondering, I am doing a 3 day juice fast.... maybe longer. This is based on what Joe Cross did in Fat Sick and Nearly Dead (if you have Netflix streaming I suggest you watch this, along with Hungry for Change). Joe Cross did this for 60 days, living off of micronutrient juices for 60 days. I'm ending my first day and I'm starving and going nuts because every commercial that comes on is either pizza or Taco Bell or all the other numerous crap that I've been poisoning my body with. I know I sound a bit harsh, but when you're 42 and on 14 different medications and 75lbs overweight it really puts things ...

David's retreat was cancelled at the last minute, and being the wonderful supportive husband that he is, David is doing the 'Reboot' with me as well. Day one of the juice reboot going as planned. Fruit and veggies consumed; kale, spinach, pomegranate, cherry, acai berry, apple, celery, cucumber....and of course I'm watching TV and there's all these ads for pizza, Taco Bell... all the crap I used to put in my body. No more. Clean eating from now on. No soda, no 'boxed' or frozen processed foods. I'm also not using Splenda/Sucralose anymore. My urologist said that sucralose is a huge factor in kidney stone production. Not going to go through that again.

I'm all set and ready for tomorrow, I've got a refrigerator full of cold pressed juices and I'm going to start my 3 day reboot tomorrow morning. I'm a little anxious, but I've got my Dr.'s approval, a plan to manage my blood sugar for this process. I have a positive outlook and a plan.

Shame... there is a lot of it going around. It's a subtle beast that infects the inner workings of the soul, and eats it from the inside out. It comes in many forms....'You used to be so thin and beautiful', 'Maybe you shouldn't eat that.', 'I thought you were trying to lose weight?'....  I'll admit I have been neglectful of this blog, mainly out of self-shame. I fell off the food wagon when David and I went on vacation in late July, then I got sick, and it was one thing after another and then boom... I'm right back where I started. My goal this week. To once again wean David and I off of processed foods. It's a partnership here when it comes to dinners, I'm not going to cook one way for me and another for David, we're both going to eat healthy. As for exercise, I am still on Dr.'s orders to take it easy until Thursday when I get my stent removed, then I'll be back in action. Slowly. I don't want to go all gung ho and wear...