Day 1

Day 1

The Challenge:  10 days of drinking nothing but juiced fruits and vegetables and water.   
starting weight- 220.5
waist is probably still at 40 in.

 
     Today is the official start of my 10 day journey. After watching Sick, Fat, and almost Dead I realized that I needed to change what I am doing to myself. It is hard to be in the military and keep weight off. Depression and stress are the main factors in not being able to lose weight. Depressed because I am tired of my job and stressed because you have way too many people sitting behind desk who dictate how you will do your job. That being said I NEED a change. I want to spend my time with my family, not losing weight. I Have been exercising regularly but I am not having the results I want. Joe asks random people how old do they think they will live to, but the sad thing is that only 1 person said anything past 70 well i want to live till I am 90.
Day 1 is where I am at and am more excited about this that majority of things in my life. Defiantly in the top 10, 1-7 being taken up with meeting/ marring  my beautiful soul mate and then my 5 kiddos, ( birth till now). Joining the military is number 10. I don't really have a lot of "Journey's" in my life so this is huge for me.

DAY 1!! Let the Cleansing Begin.
  The Juice/Veggies that are going to make me healthy.  Breakfast is a nice mixture call the Mean Green. It consist of  Spinach, yes I said Spinach, Cabbage (normally it is Kale but it isn't in season),Ginger Root, Celery, Green Apples,  and Cucumber. It only took me 2.5 hrs to finish 20 oz of that. If you choose to drink this only use 3-4 celery sticks since it will dominate all the other flavors. For lunch I have enjoyed a wonderful fruit mixture of Raspberries, Blackberries, Kiwi, Blueberries, Red Grapes  and a nice fruit called Mirabelle which is a type of plum.  I had extra of the fruit so it is going to be a snack too. I drink water the rest of the time. I have a 1000 ml Camelbak cup for my water, which I like to call an adult sippy cup.  For dinner I plan on having a mixture of fruit and veggies which will be very interesting.
  
   Why!! is the big question I know will be getting throughout this journey. The answer is I NEED to because if I don't change myself now I will probably not change at all. I lost 31lbs in 4 months when I was deployed Sep 09- Feb 10 and by Dec 10 I had already gained about 18 of it back. Currently I have put 26 of the 31 back on and it needs to stop. This is a very simple thing to do that will change my life forever. When I reach day 10 I will know that I have the strength and determination I need to change my life. The hunger pains are nothing since I have had to work numerous 12 hr days with little to no food or breaks. It still sucks but nothing I can't handle. Where I know I will succeed is knowing that I have support. My kids don't fully understand but all they need to know is that daddy is trying to be more healthy. They support me with remembering that I don't eat my food but drink it. At the market today they only asked me once to try the free fruit that they were given and after a brief remember that I don't eat they didn't ask again. I also have a wonderful wife who is starting a portion of the journey. I commend her for not doing what I am doing till she knows that her milk will not dry up. The baby comes first even if that means waiting a little for a definite answer and trying to change your life.  With this great support I know I will make it and maybe even more.