Juice Fast Day 1

On Thanksgiving my brother Justin told me he had just watched a really inspirational movie Fat Sick and Nearly Dead, a documentary about Joe Cross. He had watched it on Netflix, I went home that night and watched it here. It was very good, very inspirational, about doing a 60 juice fast to regain health. I thought it over and decided I would do it, starting December 17th, right after our families big get together. Then I thought why not start December 1st and I will be feeling good by the 17th. I have been feeling really bad since the day before Thanksgiving, I don't know if it is the weather or what, but my pain levels have been high and my mobility low. So, yesterday I thought, why put it off? Why wait any longer, I could be pain free 30 days from now. Why would I want to wait a few more days to get to that point? The only reason I could come up with was food. I had some really good cookies in the house, some carmels I had just bought and leftovers from Thanksgiving, plus I was planning on making Chicken and Dumplings, a "last meal" of sorts. I realized this was not healthy thinking and decided I would begin today.

I was so thrilled when my sister-in-law decided she wanted to do this with me.
Our fast will be a little longer than 60 days, we will do only juice until February 1st.
We went to the grocery store last night and came home and juiced. We both decided juicing each night for the next day is what would work best for us. So we washed, cut and juiced!

So far the day is going well, I am hungry off and on. I shouldn't be though, we are getting about 1300 calories. I knew that the big challenge would be mentally wanting the food I can't have, I just didn't think it would hit on the first day. It is what it is, I am committed to this for the next two months. I want my health back, I want my life back.

Juice on!