Earlier this week, Susan and I watched a documentary titled Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead<\/b>. You can read my full review here<\/a>, but the 10 second version is it’s a film about two guys who reboot their diets, their health, and their lives by doing a 60-day juice fast.<\/p>\n

24 hours later, we now own a juicer.<\/p>\n

The documentary contains some dietary scientific mumbo jumbo, most of which I’ll spare you from. It’s explained that micro-nutrients come from fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and beans. Everything else contains macro-nutrients. According to the film maker, those foods containing micro-nutrients make up less than 5% of most people’s diets. I’d guess I eat less than that. Ideally, I think you’re supposed to shoot for something between %25-%50.<\/p>\n

The filmmaker experienced extensive weight loss, something not wholly unexpected for a guy who drank approximately 400 calories worth of fruit and vegetable juice three times a day. In 60 days, the 300+ pound filmmaker lost 75 pounds. Perhaps even more important, many of the director’s health issues cleared up as well. By the end of the fast, he said he felt mentally sharper, too. I’m guessing he also developed an extreme appreciation of chicken fried steak with white gravy.<\/p>\n

Is drinking glasses of juice a long term weight loss solution? No. I realize this. Susan realizes this. We are not dumb. The idea is to use this juice fast as a way to kickstart some healthier habits.<\/p>\n

Starting tomorrow, we will be beginning a 10-day juice diet. Susan’s afraid to commit to 60-days, or 30-days, or 11-days. I feel like I could do 30-days pretty easily. Then again, we haven’t started yet. Along with the Walmart juicer, Susan also brought home 82 pounds or so of vegetables. We kept the receipt, just in case. (For the juicer, not the vegetables.)<\/p>\n

So wish us luck, and forgive our crankiness over the next few weeks, days or hours, however long this lasts. My personal goal is to make it up until our Chicago trio (about three weeks). We’ll see where things go from there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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