Here Goes Nothin'

Here I am on the eve of what I consider to be the greatest challenge I have ever faced in my life. I am pretty certain that I have a food addiction and I was raised in an environment that supported large portions and unhealthy diets. Starting tomorrow I will consume only raw juices for the entire month of February and I am ready as I will ever be. I am happy to report that I am not having any second thoughts and I actually feel a little bit excited. I am going to head out to the market this evening to get my first days worth of produce and tomorrow my box arrives from Door-To-Door Organics so I should be covered until the weekend.

I visited my doctor today to gain his approval and ask him to monitor my fast. He has agreed to monitor it but he wasn't crazy about me not taking protein. He also said that in his professional opinion I need to see a dietician before beginning. He made this suggestion knowing full well that I was going to ignore it and start my fast tomorrow regardless. He did say that I need to research to find which combinations of fruits and veggies will give me complete proteins to avoid catabolism. He also said that I will be getting weekly blood panels done to check my progress and he would fax me a cheat sheet with the results for my blog. I agreed that if I was experiencing a severe protein deficiency after one week then I would incorporate a vegan protein powder into one juice per day but I want the opportunity to try it the natural way for at least a week.I also gave him the web address to this blog which he folded up and placed in his wallet. Prior to this he was having trouble reading his own writing on my medical records so hopefully he finds it before day 29. I told him to leave some comments to raise the level of legitimacy of my blog and attract new readers. I can't help it. Once a business man, always a business man. [YOUR AD HERE - CONTACT ME TODAY]

They got my weight, blood pressure, and blood today. I also took some pictures of my psoriasis this morning but I am going to wait until I have all of the information and make a blog post about it. Just know that when those stats come up, they are a snapshot of my current health before any juicing at all. I will post a weekly progress blog by Thursday of every week for those of you who just want the results and not my fantastic insights and anecdotes. 

I have had a week to accept and prepare for this juice fast. I am a strong person and I am fully prepared to accept my struggles for the sake of healing myself. Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life and (insert other generic cliche about new beginnings here). I got my list of busy work, my doctor on board, acupuncture appointments, my new church, my juicer is ready to go and the weather is BEAUTIFUL in Detroit. Thanks for reading along, if this blog manages to inspire or entertain you, please let me know in the comments.