Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Bought the Juicer!

Juicer check!

Whole Foods shopping list ... check!

First juicing,   TONIGHT!


Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Researching

So, I am researching just what it is I am going to do.  Luckily my brother says he will come over and go bike riding with me and I have a very good friend who says we can do swimming, both good low impact excersices but both getcha going.

This whole juicing thing isnt that bad, i reckon, but the whole food plant based diet....I shudder just thinking about it.  How do you do something you know you are not going to enjoy?

God alive I think I am trying to psyche myself out of doing it. 

Gotta refocus.  I know this HAS to be done.  I really would love to see my girls grown.

So I have decided I am going to do a 14 day juicing fast.  I will continue it based on the rate of success.  I will NOT sabotage anything, I am doing this for myself afterall and would only cheat myself out of what I really want....to be healthy.

After the juice fast........I dunno   DAMMIT why do I love animals (for meals) so much?

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Bad News...

Bad News....why is it that bad news seems to always be the catalyst of change?  Why cant I just be smart enough to do something on my own without having to wait for some bad news?

Well the bad news was I was testing positive to being arthritic.  Strangely, this affected me stronger than being told I had a cancerous tumor which could kill me if we didn't act quickly.

For some reason I knew the cancer thing would be OK, but this news just pissed me the hell off.  This was going to be with me for life.  A life of hunched over painful walking, nasty gnarled fingers and I am not even 40 yet! 

There has to be something that can reverse this!  A little while back an old friend of mine began posting on Facebook about going to a plant based diet and juicing.  I thought he was crazy.  Who would consciously decide to give up steak....ssssttttteeeeaaakkkkkkkkk  **mouth watering just typing the word*** the pink centered delicious tummy filling wonderfulness that is beef.  Give that up for what celery, cucumber, broccoli...F that!  oh and by the way, pass me the Worcestershire sauce please  =)

I spoke with him a little while later, about a month or so to see how it was going for him, and he told me he lost over 20 lbs in a couple weeks.  Holy Shit!  That's amazing.  not the 20 lbs but that he stuck with that shit diet for that long.  HAHAH just kidding!  20 F'in lbs in a couple weeks.  That is strong!  I bet I could do that.  wait, no I cant.  I have to give up STEAK, Chicken, Pork goddamn whats a guy to eat?  Tofu?  Bean dip?  Veggie Juice?  yes, yes and yes you fat ass!  You're a fatty for a reason and its time for change. 

So my friend says he wont talk to me about it unless I watch two movies.  Knives over Forks and Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.  all of them btw are on Netflix.

So I watch.

WOW!  what an eye opening life changer.  There is a bunch of scientific talk about enzymes, proteins and what not but dam it, it all made sense!

I learned something very important ... THE WAY I EAT IS KILLING ME!

Well, it is time to stop be a selfish asshole and time to start taking care of myself.

Oh Dear Lord, it aint gonna be easy but its gotta be done.

The Plan

So here is the plan.

I have done alot of research regarding kidney cancer, arthritits, weight loss, health etc... Interestingly almost all content seems to point to going to a plant based diet.  Wait....WHAT!  a plant based diet?  Like in salad, veggies, fruits, nuts etc...????  no no no  salad is what lunch eats!

wow ok, so I am going to have to retrain my limited palate to eat vegetable.  Can someone gag me now, nevermind it happened on its own.

HOLY Crap. 

ok...so not only is a plant based diet suggested but a cleansing fast first?!  a FAST.  are you reading this?  a fast....as in no consumption of solids.  OK I grew up fasting for a day once a year, and I didnt like it then...these people suggest a minimum of a 2 week juicing fast up to 60 days.  SAY WHAT!  Listen I didnt get this body by fasting and juicing.  There is a lot of money invested in this rotundness.  Afterall I am in shape....round is a shape.  I fondly rememeber a shirt a very good friend of mine told me about.  On the front it said "I have the body of a GOD" and on the back it said "Too bad its Budah!"

OK ... so:

  1. research a healthy cleansing. 
  2. stick to the plan.
  3. gradually change to a plant based diet and use animal proteins as a light flavoring agent and not as the main dish.
  4. Gluten Free?  gotta research this a bit more
  5. find a way to get some excersice in, bike, recumbant bike ... something for at least 1/2 hour a day to start
  6. eat smart
  7. eat to live, not live to eat
  8. GET HEALTHY

so there it is the short term goals are in place.

Let the fun begin.

A little about me.

I am 39 years old and in bad shape....literally and figuratively.  Allow me to explain:

  1. I am a 2 year cancer survivor
  2. I am newly diagnosed as being arthritic
  3. EVERY joint in my body HURTS
  4. I am weighing in at a svelte 239 pounds
  5. I take a crap load of pills
  6. I have very dry skin
  7. I have an odd red patch on my wrist ( itchy at times )
  8. I have High Blood Pressure
  9. I have High Cholesterol
  10. I have Sleep Apnea
  11. I have painful flat fleet ( at times )
  12. I have what feels like tight muscles
  13. I have limited movement ( stretching etc... ) due to tightness
  14. I work in a very sedimentary career
  15. I am becoming more irratable
  16. I am depressed ( somewhat )


So there is perhaps an incomplete list of junk that ails me on a daily basis.  It ALL is directly correlated to my weight.  This is part of my plan to rid myself of this gut, high BP, Cholesterol, and my dependancy on pills to regulate my pain, ailments etc...  I have heard that if you make people aware of what you are doing it can add an extra amount of motivation.  We'll see!

First Post

Well, this is going to be my attempt to chronicle my NEEDED path to weight loss and health!

Thanks to any and all who may tune in.