Tomorrow morning Kyle and I will be starting our 10 day juice fast. After watching the film "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" the juice fasting strategy really seemed like a feasible way for us to change the way we treat food. The goal of this 10 day fast is to ease into a 60 day fast which we plan to embark on in September. After this first fast we plan on taking August to rearrange our eating habits and incorporate more fruits and veggies and eat less meat. The month of August also includes both of our birthdays and a 3 day Disneyland trip with our friends so we wanted to postpone our major fast until after that and before the holidays! (nice planning, huh?) The great thing about juicing is that it retrains your taste buds to WANT more of the good foods our bodies need to stay healthy and fight disease. On top of that, it also squelches the cravings for all the crap that we LOVE to eat. It gives our digestive system a break and allows it to fully digest everything since it doesn't have food being shoveled in to it every few hours. I actually really recommend the video to everyone, it explains things better than I can and with adorable cartoons to boot.
I'm nervous but super excited. Kyle and I have both been struggling with our weight since we met and even more since we've been married. We have tried different diets and failed at them all (even the ones that claim not to fail, that means you Weight Watchers!) We know that both fasts are going to be tough but we are hoping that the result will motivate us to keep going.
Some things we are hoping to see change in the long term: Both of us react badly to carbohydrates. We get sluggish, bloat and it generally fogs our thinking all day so the energy boost will be fantastic as well as the mental clarity. I have actually been told by a Dr. that I have a glucose intolerance and am pre-diabetic so I'm hoping to stop that in it's tracks as well. We both suffer from neck and back pain, we feel like, due to stress and toxins. I suffer from terrible headaches (mostly from the neck pain) that I am constantly taking ibuprofen for, I'm hoping the fast will make my headaches subside. Last but not least I have been diagnosed with PCOS which means I will have a very hard time conceiving a child (practically impossible.) I have had one Dr. tell me to diet and lose weight but he told me to do this by being vegan which, sorry, I won't do. The other Dr. just put me on Clomid which should in a way "override" my symptoms but I decided before I screw up my body with more medication I'll try to get the weight off and get my blood sugar in check and see if that helps. So there is the major goal of this fast: a baby! More over, a healthy body to conceive and carry a baby and for Kyle a healthy body to keep up with and um... MAKE that baby! That's right, I said it. What up!/hi5
Some feelings before we start: I'm hopeful. I am not looking forward to giving up coffee, I freaking love coffee, it is my favorite and I will miss it so. I am excited about not scrubbing pots or pans for 10 whole days... and forks... we go through so many dang forks! I am encouraged, My husband and I are taking this on together and we will get through it together, with God's guidance every step of the way.
So tonight we weighed in
Kyle 253.5
Theresa 249.5
That's right, internet, I just posted my weight for all the world to see. Girls, you know how hard that was for me to do.
Yeah we have both gained a few lbs even since the last time we dieted, but here's where that stops. I'm thanking Jesus that I never had to see that number pop over 250 because I plan on it only going lower from this point on! As we take on this new journey we also have many life journeys ahead so we are in prayer, in our word, and asking for God's help as we "reboot" our temples. Tonight's request from Kyle for our first morning juice: apple, carrot and pineapple. Let the losing begin!
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