Juice Journal

Prologue

This morning as I was choking down my first juice of a 7 day raw fruits and vegetables program I wondered to myself how I got here. My weight is always something I have struggled with but I thought I had it under control. I was biking hundreds of miles a month, going to the gym and eating right. 'Best shape of my life' is to cliche, I was a fucking beast! Then I got divorced. What should have been an opportunity to push my body and health to the next level turned into a period of life numbing depression. I now had all the time in the world to ride and work out but I didn't. My weight has now ballooned to 290lbs. My diet is a mix of a healthy breakfast followed by binge eating to the point of exhaustion, followed by a nap and finishing the day with more binge eating.

Seeing a scale go up to almost 300lbs made my heart sink. I have to young sons and I want to be around a lot longer than the short 43 years I've been on the planet. I wanted to kick-start my transformation and decided to give juicing a try. What follows is the recorded events during my week long program.