Well, today is my second day of "juicing". I bought a Breville juicer and I began juicing yesterday. The first day was not so bad. TODAY though, is freaking terrible! It sucks! It bites! It's just horrible!!!
I'm in a bad mood, my neighbor is barbecuing, and everything on TV is a damn commercial for FOOD. Mmmmm, Fooooood...
I made a promise to myself to detox for at least ten days. TEN long ass days. Ten HUNGRY days. My laptop is looking rather tasty. I have been trying to keep myself occupied by watching movies. Mainly horror movies, but guess what. People in horror movies are chowing down as well.
At times it feels completely hopeless and I am about to crash through my neighbor's fence and the shape of my round body will leave a hole it's shape on the fence. I want to go through it and jump on the grill like a crazed hungry zombie and start tearing away at the fajitas he is grilling. Come to think of it, his dogs are looking tasty right about now.
Alas, I cannot do any of that. I have to have discipline and drink my juice. So far, my routine has been waking up, and making some fresh home made juice.
Last Friday, after work, my wife, son and I went to Caninos Farmer's Market on Airline Drive in Houston, TX. We bought Kale, Collard Greens, Green Beans, Radishes, Bananas, Peaches, Apples, Broccoli, and a plethora of other fruits and veggies.
I've been trying to mix it up so I don't get bored of the taste. So far I've discovered that I hate grapefruit. I really, really, really HATE grapefruit. I knew I hated it before, but I did not know I hated it so much until know. It has got to be the absolute worst fruit on the face of the Earth as far as taste goes. Cat poo juice would probably taste so much better... maybe.
I am moody and sleepy. I tried going for a swim a while ago. Still sitting in my wet shorts by the way. However, there were too many kids in the pool and they were annoying the hell out of me. What is logical you say? To just quit and go get a burger? Yeah, it would be. Very logical indeed. Only if I wanted to go back to my lifestyle and continue to be a lard ass. Mind you, I have already lost 25 pounds or so in the past year. I am still overweight by 23 pounds. Those 23 pounds have got me on the edge of diabetes. They have me in 1st stage hypertension, and with a cholesterol count that looks like a number for the population of a small city.
So far, my doctor has me on two medications. One for blood pressure and one for cholesterol. She wants to put me on meds for diabetes as well. I am freaking 37 years old for crying out loud!!!
Do I expect to be on 9 different meds by the time I am 45? I can only imagine. Here's my bp meds, chol meds, heart meds, diabetes meds, rash meds, bed sore meds, and oh yeah, how about throw some penis meds in there too while I'm at it!!!??? NO THANKS!!!
Seriously though, when I was nearly 50 pounds overweight depression set in, and I felt like a nobody. I didn't know I had high blood pressure until I had a raging headache for an ENTIRE month!!! That's when reality kicked in. I started exercising, and eating better. After about 8 months of that, I slowly started going back to my old habits. I didn't gain anymore weight because I was still conscious of my health issues.
About two weeks ago, I visited my doctor again and that is when she said she was going to stick me on even more meds. Did reality kick in again? Nope. This time it was denial. Complete 100% unrefined DENIAL. This isn't happening to me... I'm too young. She can't be right. What a bitch!!!
Then a friend of mine recommended that I watch this documentary. Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. Look it up in your Netflix if you have it. It's available for instant view right now. That's if Netflix doesn't jack up the prices another 600%... That's a different story though.
Anyway, after watching this documentary and seeing this fat guy lose all this weight, and get off his meds, it gave me hope. Yeah, go figure. I got my inspiration from TV. So here I am at 187 pounds. Only 25 pounds lighter than a year ago, and I need to get this flab off me ASAP before I need meds for my willie. Can you do it? Wanna go at this with me? Let me know. We will give each other support. Post your comments below and let's get healthy!!
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Hey, Rene. Erica, here. I totally feel ya! I need to do something but just really lack motivation. I started weight watchers last week and have done pretty good so far. It's a plan I know I can stick with. I need structure! As far as working out, I'm not there yet. Don't know why. Need to be. Maybe after a few weeks on weight watchers I will be more motivated to start. I can at least say I have lost my pregnancy weight plus half a pound! But in all honestly I have no idea how I lost those 30.5 lb..Well, the stress of Ethan in intensive care when he was born knocked off about 24. I'll be here if ya need some support. I know I can use any extra I can get!
ReplyDeleteThank you Erica! Yes, it's really hard making a lifestyle change. I have to do it sometime though. If I don't, then I can expect an early retirement... From Earth! Let me know if you need anything also:)
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