Abdomen: 56.5"
Weight >320 lbs (my bathroom scales top out at 308.5, but was able to use a friend's scale last week and I was 321 pounds then and around 56")
Activity level: 14,200 steps today
I used to think that overeating differed from alcoholism and smoking addiction in that people with those habits could theoretically stop doing those things altogether and not die. Whereas one simply can not just stop eating. When it comes to my addictions, I only seem to only have an on/off switch, I don't seem to be able to just dial it down a bit. Recently, I saw a documentary about juice fasting, which seems like the closest I can come to stop eating without completely ruining my health or productivity.
So I did some research before deciding to make this a part of my life. There is a wealth of information available. Many others have put forth their lessons learned, cautions, and recipes.
Thursday, I picked up a juicer at Macy's, made by Breville, model JE98XL. It was the last one and since some of the components came from the display unit, I requested and received a 10% discount.
Friday, I purchased the items I needed to do a 3 day juice fast. It only cost $60, which is better than I expected. $20/day isn't too bad since in the past I've spent as much $750/month. Some of the recipes I found produced way too much juice while others produced very little so I made note of how many ounces I ended up with and adjusted the amount of ingredients since my machine may be more or less effective that then machine used by others.
While in the grocery store acquiring my items, I started to feel a little emotional about doing this juice fast. I thought the random emotions and depression happened on the 2nd or 3rd day into it. Apparently, I'm feeling something already. These feelings remind me of the range of emotions Beatrix Kiddo was having at the end of Kill Bill II. Are those laugh/cries of joy & sadness mixed together? I guess what I'm feeling is that this fast represents my failure to control what I eat and keep from becoming obese. Also, I feel some sense of elation over what I hope, I will accomplish through this diet reboot.
We shall see.
Weight >320 lbs (my bathroom scales top out at 308.5, but was able to use a friend's scale last week and I was 321 pounds then and around 56")
Activity level: 14,200 steps today
I used to think that overeating differed from alcoholism and smoking addiction in that people with those habits could theoretically stop doing those things altogether and not die. Whereas one simply can not just stop eating. When it comes to my addictions, I only seem to only have an on/off switch, I don't seem to be able to just dial it down a bit. Recently, I saw a documentary about juice fasting, which seems like the closest I can come to stop eating without completely ruining my health or productivity.
So I did some research before deciding to make this a part of my life. There is a wealth of information available. Many others have put forth their lessons learned, cautions, and recipes.
Thursday, I picked up a juicer at Macy's, made by Breville, model JE98XL. It was the last one and since some of the components came from the display unit, I requested and received a 10% discount.
Friday, I purchased the items I needed to do a 3 day juice fast. It only cost $60, which is better than I expected. $20/day isn't too bad since in the past I've spent as much $750/month. Some of the recipes I found produced way too much juice while others produced very little so I made note of how many ounces I ended up with and adjusted the amount of ingredients since my machine may be more or less effective that then machine used by others.
While in the grocery store acquiring my items, I started to feel a little emotional about doing this juice fast. I thought the random emotions and depression happened on the 2nd or 3rd day into it. Apparently, I'm feeling something already. These feelings remind me of the range of emotions Beatrix Kiddo was having at the end of Kill Bill II. Are those laugh/cries of joy & sadness mixed together? I guess what I'm feeling is that this fast represents my failure to control what I eat and keep from becoming obese. Also, I feel some sense of elation over what I hope, I will accomplish through this diet reboot.
We shall see.
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