Fat, Sicklyish, and Nearly....

So, at the advice of my big sis I decided to start a blog about my 12 week juice diet. I'm 5 days in now in now so let me start by recapping my first week so far a little at a time. This diet has been something I've been contemplating for a while now but when my work announced we were going to have a "Biggest Loser" competition I thought this would be the perfect chance to take the plunge. I'm going to try and share my experiences, difficulties, and recipes as I go along. This is mostly for myself but if anyone else gets something out of it... bonus.

Day 1: The weigh-in and first juice.

This weekend I took the opportunity to binge as much as possible before my diet started so I'd have a good beginning weight. I normally sit around 250lbs give or take but by the time I had come to the weigh-in at work I tipped the scales at 271.6. Honestly I had been feeling it recently. I always told myself that I didn't diet because despite the fact that I was heavy, it didn't really impact me any. I am still relatively flexible and I don't get worn out when doing physical activities. I do however have NO motivation to do anything at home and I'm tired of my clothes being tight  all the time. So to start this diet I decided I was going to do a juice fast/diet/detox. I am basing my diet on the movie "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead".  I am a 30 year old male and I have no major health conditions or chronic illnesses and I decided to go all the way and do the full 60 day fast like in the movie. There are many juice plans available on the "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" sister site, jointhereboot.com if you don't feel like going full bore. They do recommend that if you're taking any medications or have any chronic conditions, check with a doctor before starting.

I had tried to find a Breville juicer before this diet started but they are apparently in very high demand at the moment, probably due to the movie, but I was fortunate enough to have some friends let me borrow theirs until I got one. They have the JE95XL which is no longer available, but you can find the JE98XL as a replacement. (I'll get into the juicers more in a future post) They were also nice enough to drop of the vegetables they had still that they had yet to juice.

My first juice(s) consisted of what they had brought:

• Kale - 2 bunches
• Spinach - a couple of handfuls
• 2 apples
• Celery - 4 stalks

The juicer worked really well. It has a little bit of trouble with the apple peel but if you cut the apple it does OK. Each item obviously produces a different amount of juice. Apples and celery produce a good bit but kale and spinach only a little. My first cup was pretty good. I couldn't really taste one specific fruit or vegetable but overall it tasted light and fresh. I felt like I would probably need a little more so I made a second cup. For my second cup I added a beet. This was a terrible idea. Beets taste like dirt, FYI. They have a nice color but damn, do they taste like dirt.

Up Next - Day 2: Grocery shopping on an empty stomach and finding a juicer.