Preparation for a Juicy Adventure!

I have been struggling with my weight for a few years now.  I have been doing Weight Watchers off and on for few years now.  At my best I lost 1 stone 1/2, but have since put it all back on and more and cannot seem to get my mojo back.

I recently watched a TV program called "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" about an Aussie guy called Joe, who was

very over weight and had a serious autoimmune condition that was really effecting his life.  After trying lots of things he finally turned to juicing to help him retrain his taste buds, shrink his stomach, lose weight and get his body back into a healthy condition.  To do this he did a juicing fast for 60 days! That meant doing nothing but drinking juices, water, hot fruit teas for 60 days! He lost so much weight and became so healthy that he n o longer has to take all of the tablets prescribed for his condition and doesn't suffer from the old symptoms at all.  He has also since taken up a health exercise routine as well. Along the way he also inspired another man with the exact same issues to do the juice fast and he is also well on his way to healthy weight and living.

The whole thing was very inspirational and informative.  I have heard about the benefits of juicing before and always wondered whether it would be worth looking into, but h ave never quite taken that step until now...

I am NOT going to be doing a 30 or 60 day juice fast, but I am doing a 3 days juice fast to help kick start my metabolism, shrink my stomach and to get some very healthy nutrients into my body to help it begin to repair. I have recently looked into a very expensive milkshake based diet where you have a shake for breakfast and dinner, but I cannot justify the spend.So I thought "Why not have a juice or smoothy for breakfast and then a normal healthy meal in the evening?".

It will save me money, is healthy and also ensures that I get my 5 a day of fruit and veg which I often struggle to get into my diet, I like veg and salad and I do like fruit but fruit is always the last think I reach for.

So this weekend I did some reading up on Joe's website Reboot with Joe about juicing, researched juicers and went out and got one, a Philips model, (it wasn't cheap, but came highly recommended and will pay for it's self in the log run). Then I went armed with my shopping list and got all my fruit and veg.  I have never seen so much veg in one trolly! It will be quite a lot this week due to the 3 day fast, but after that I will use less, so not too bad.

I have also had a practice with both the juicer and blender and made some of the recipes.  I was pleasantly surprised with the carrot, apple and lemon recipe I tried first, it was really lovely and refreshing, even my other half liked it! I haven't tried a veggie one yet but I am optimistic that they won't be too bad either.

As a little record I am goig to track my progress as I go.

Starting Weight: 16 stone 7lb
UK Dress Size: 16/18