J Day 24: You Tube bound...

J Day 24

Weight: 298

Juice: (Video) Yellow tomato, cucumber, romaine, kale, carrot, apple, red cabbage and green pepper
          Breakfast: Beet, cucumber, pepper, romaine, hot sauce

The fast has gone viral! I have posted my first ever You Tube video today, Beth are you finally proud of me?

Well...three days ago reminded me that the eating healthy part of my life is what i struggle with the most.  It is confession time: Wednesday after the celebration meal i went out for a couple of hours on an errand then went to the store and bought a can of salt and pepper cashews... I ate the WHOLE D@RN CAN.  The caloric content was a whopping 1200 calories!  I went to them like a junkie looking for a fix.  I apologize to all of the people that have been supporting me, i did not fail but rather learned a valued lesson, be accountable during and after the fast to someone.  This person must help you be honest when you do something like this.  I was ready to say forget it to the whole thing but was reminded that all good things take time.  The sodium has messed with my system, as i would gander it would do to most people ingesting that much sodium on an clean and empty digestive system.  I have been reminded that it is a journey and there will be hurdles, thank Cin, but won't give up.  Enjoy the video. 

J Day 21 (Part 2): Celebration!!!

J Day 21

In honor of the milestone day my family and I celebrated with...food. I know how can this be a fast from food if your gonna eat.  Well, that's what having an exit strategy and moderation after the fast is all about.  Tonight we tried the salad dressing and taco recipe that i have had in my head for over a month now.  I am full. And i am apatitically (there's one for ol' Hubbard) satisfied.  Here is what we had...

Salad: Spinach, romaine, tomato, fresh shredded carrot (do it yourself don buy already shredded) and cucumber
Dressing: 2 cloves of garlic (crushed), 4 oz red wine vinegar, 2 teaspoons good quality extra virgin olive oil, 2 teaspoons mustard (Dijon tonight), salt and pepper to taste and hot sauce to taste

The dressing will be slightly broken and runny. Dress your salad in a large bowl before getting individual servings, this will just coat the leaves and lower the caloric value.  The garlic, mustard and hot sauce make big flavors for the blandish greens.

And for the main coarse...

Turkey tacos: 93% lean Turkey, black beans, no fat cottage cheese, tomatoes, lime, hot sauce, herbs and spices all rapped in a romaine leaf.

I am happy to say i could not finish this plate. I will be back full strength tomorrow on the fast but it was a good celebration...39 days to go, I CAN"T WAIT!!!

Thanks for the love.

Peace

J Day 21: Milestone please.....

J Day 21


Weight:

300lbs

I went to bed last night at about 1:30am.  Before i went to bed i just thought, "Kolby (that's what i call myself, fa a long long way to run), I wonder if?" well that thought had nothing to do with weight it was about a sandwich; part cheeseburger, part mac and cheese, part Philly, part mozzarella sticks, part steak fries smothered in cheese and served on a roll??? I FOUND IT: The Fat Sandy at Muchies 4:20 cafe in Florida: http://www.munchies420cafe.com/the-menu

Oh ya I forgot 300lbs!!! That is 43lbs in 21 days. I could not believe it if i wasn't doing it. I have essentially lost my 5 year old son off of my body. 39 days remaine and it looks as if there is no stopping in site. My wife and i jested at the start of this how long i would last and i saw myself getting off 20 maybe 30lbs in the 60 days but if this stays the course and i only lose 1lb a day average, for the remainder of the 60 days, i will be 82lbs lighter in 2 months! If you are doing the math that is 11lbs away from 250 which is the next mile stone after 50lbs. However...

THIS IS NOT A WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM! I say that for myself because i know how easy it can turn into that.  Crack is a weight/loss program; you can wait to lose your house, job and shed a few pounds. This is not a weight loss program.  The weight loss is the gift that comes with being healthy and the pounds lost becomes a good indicator that i am getting healthier but it is only one indicator of many. The lifestyle that comes at the end of this 60 days is the key though. I i go back to eating that which resides above, more than once a year, i am in for doom.  I will be there one day though enjoying a Fat Sandy (with 4 friends) and a double portion of their Greek salad... but today it's juice time. 

Lot's of Love

Peace   

J Day 19: Quick post

J Day 19

Will not be revealing any weight until my scale at home will register, so my next weight will be 299 or under cause the scale only goes to 300.

Just keep swimming...this is juicing and lasagna.

Thanks.

Day 18: The first hard day.

Day 18

Weight 306
Struggles: I haven't talked about the struggles yet because quite frankly there have not been, bar the Hell Days...today was a struggle.  I have cooked for my kids and even my wife since the fast has started, no problem.  I have sat in the room with others eating, no problem.  Today though it has been bad.  Let's go backwards a day and start there.  
Yesterday was the first time in a grocery store for me in a while.
I don't frequent them first of all but now they seemed like they would be a problem and boy was it.  I LOVE food. Walking the isles of the mart with wals killed me.  I was pissed buy the time we left and could not get all the flavors of even simple things like olives out of my head.  I was there because i was getting supplies for a catering at church today, start struggle #2.

 I prepared two massive lasagnas, prepped for Caesar salad so on and so forth.  Today i cooked and served food to over 60 people by the time it was over i was going insane, i went to the kitchen and scrubbed dishes just to get away.  I know that in 42 day or even tomorrow this will (can) be over but i believe that this exposes the true struggle, I LOVE food.  This is why an exit strategy is probably the most important part of this whole thing.  I will be talking more in the next couple of weeks about it.  If i go back to my old lifestyle and old eating habit this will all be for not.  OH! I don't know if you noticed i am 3lbs away from 40lbs!  That makes it worth it and the time that has already been given back to my family, well worth it. Peace.

J Day 16: And then there was one...

J Day 16

Weight: 310lbs **today i have lost 10% of my original weight**

Juice: 36oz; beet, romaine (which is killer), spinach, cucumber, red and green pepper, apple, lime and introducing... YELLOW TOMATO

Water: 1.5 Gallon

So maybe you guessed from the title that my wife is out.  She fells better and is at the start of making a huge transformation in her eating habits and diet but the juice fast is over for her. 7 days, 8lbs and a detox not bad at all.

Well, the company that i work for has bought a juicer to put in house!  The owner of the company is not nearly as heavy as i am but has seen the transformation not only with weight but energy and stamina and vitality and ATTITUDE!  He, like me (and most reading this) has done everything he can to fell "better" but nothing has worked...long. He plans to start next Thursday and have his hell days over his weekend off.  I have shared with him the strategy that i would like to share with you now.

1. The fast is not a quick weight loss tool that can be scraped as soon as you hit your goal. The object is to cleanse or detox the body from the years of CRAP that we have thrown in it.  This is what is achieved on days two through five, that's what the headache and body discomfort and diarrhea are all about.  If the objective is weight loss alone YOU WILL FAIL! 


2.  The moderation and balance of what you drink during the fast is key.  Fruit juice taste excellent but contain lots of fructose.  A balance of fruit and vegetables is key.  I try to do 2/3 vegetables to 1/3 fruit by volume of juice.  Beets and carrots are vruits, yeh i said it, vruits.  These are also high in sugar and should be considered and a 1/2 veg-1/2 fruit.  Vegetables taste best right after juicing and any bitter taste can be cut with lemon or lime juice, fresh not out of a container.


3. WATER, WATER, WATER!!! You can not, can not, can not drink to much water.  Clear pee is a sign of a good amount of water going through your system. DRINK LOTS OF WATER.


4. Have an exit strategy.  If you leave this fast and go back to your old eating habits you will have just wasted all this time for nothing.


So over the next couple of weeks we will talk about an exit strategy.

With today being a mile stone i wanted to thank a few people who have helped me get to where i am today. With their prayer and kicks in the rear i have stayed the course and have felt encouraged though out this so here they are:

*My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, thank you for allowing me to serve.
*My wife, I love that you love me, keep me strong.
*My sons, "daddy you can't eat that your juicing, can we go swimming again?"
*Dad, thanks for the ice milk at 13.
*RG prayers, thanks for your support, see you Monday.
*Marvin's Produce LLC in Taylors, SC. Thanks for the great deals on produce!
*Bahram Mehrabani, Owner of Tortilla Maria Organic Tortillas in Greenville, SC. http://tortillamaria.com/.      Thanks for listening and calling me fat (Bahram's name will come up a lot as we talk exit strategy in the future).
*Fergy, not the singer, the pastor. Your health journey inspired, i guess i just needed LEAD to do it. Remember?
*NHCC family that has been watching with anticipation and praying that this does not become an idol, THANK YOU.
*Last but not least Pastor Matt; mentor, brother, friend.  Praying that the fish quenches your hunger.

Thanks Everybody!

J Day 13 and 6: Video killed the blogstar

J Day 13 and 6

Wait: see that's a pun we are done with the daily weigh ins and will be doing them incrementally.

Juice: Apple, carrot, cucumber, kale for dinner and mixed fruit (fridge clean out)

Just a video tonight got to get to bed enjoy...