Reboot - Day 0

You are going to think I'm crazy but that's ok. 

I'm going to do a juice fast.

Stay with me here... (I've included a lot of links so that you can look more into the things I talk briefly about here.)

I watched a documentary called Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead in which a man went on a 60 day juice fast where all he ate or drank was juice (not grocery store OJ but juiced plants) and water.  He began the juice fast overweight and with an incurable, rare autoimmune disease.  He left the juice healthy and cured of his disease.  

Now, I don't have an diseases and am not overweight but the goals I have for this is to train my body to crave fruits and vegetables and to eat healthier.  I am a picky eater to say the least and try to eat healthy but can't escape a bowl of sugary cereal, or some chicken tenders, or potato chips, or ice cream.  God, I love ice cream. I am hoping that I can prove to myself that is it possible to rid your diet of those things and to jumpstart a new, healthier lifestyle.

Let me say that I am not one to ever to a cleanse.  You know the ones you hear about where you just drink  water with lemon and maple syrup and stuff for way too long?  I think those are ridiculous. Your body has evolved to cleanse itself quite well, and eat more fiber.  This juice fast is more of a jumpstart, or reboot as it is indeed called, to a new way of thinking and eating.  I want to get off crap food please.

I am doing the Reboot Entry Program.  Here's the plan:

Day 1-7 : Prepare

Transition off junk food, white flours, sugar, fried food, fast food, processed meats, dairy, alcohol and caffeine. Also, eat less and less meat based proteins so that by the time you start your fast, all of your protein is coming from plants.  Transition to eating more fruits and vegetables.

Day 8-22 : Juice fast

Juice fresh produce as well as eat raw or cooked vegetables and fruits.

Day 23+ : Live your life better

Don't eat junk food, eat as many local, organic, seasonal fruits and vegetables as possible. Eat smaller amounts more often.  Think about protein in a new way in which is doesn't come solely from meat but mostly from plants.

With all of that said, I should probably just go ahead and eat all of the ice cream and cereal and candy and cookies and pancakes in my house today. No?