Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead

Recently, I was flipping through Netflix looking for some good movies. In keeping with the constant vegan, food, health and life learning - I chose a few food related movies. My first choice while flipping through was Fast Food Nation. Well, if I wasn't off McDonald's already, I am now!! I can't even imagine how he bounced back from that!! Vegetables, fruits, grains and legumes I would imagine! But gross.

Next, I picked Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. I had stumbled across a blurb on it in some random website or another, so added it to my list. I thought it looked educational and inspirational.

A few nights later, when I got to choose the movie to be watched, I chose Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, much to the unhappiness of my movie watching partner. However, by the end of it, we were both inspired. Just watching how Joe's life was transformed and how he inspired (and seems to keep inspiring) others to do the same thing was great! I was specifically moved by Phil. When Phil enters the movie he is so downtrodden and seemingly unhappy with himself. He is overweight, unhealthy and on a lot of medications. But by the end of the film, he seems to have changed his outlook on life and emerged back into his life.

So, I am going to do it for 8 days!! I can't do it longer because there is an event for which I need to be eating solid foods, so I need to stop in enough time allow my body to adjust. But, I am prepared, I borrowed a juicer from my like-minded co-worker, and if I can do it and like it I am going to purchase my own so I can keep doing this into the future. I think I have enough willpower to do it, although, it will be very difficult going into work each day with just my prepared juice. Food is a big vice for me, I love to eat, even when I am not hungry. So here goes nothing!!

I have chosen drinks from the Reboot Program, Joe's program for the first five days. I have swapped out the veggies I knew I would not like and wasn't willing to try in juice - ewww fennel - and have prepared a grocery list for five days. I will pick the juices I like the best and mix and match for the other days. Just to give a preview of what this grocery list for only five days will look like, here you go …

lemon - 5
lime - 5
blackberries - 3 cup
blue berries - 2 cups
cranberries - 3 cups
concord grapes - 12 cups
strawberries - 26
pineapple - 1/2
golden delicious - 8
green apple - 5
red apple - 5
asian pear - 4
comice pear - 3
kiwi - 4
oranges - 4
ruby red grapefruit - 2
spinach - 13 cups
cabbage - 1 cup
chard - 6 handfuls, 1.5 cups
kale - 22 leaves
purple cabbage - 2 wedges
bok choy - 1
cucumber - 6
celery - 23 stalks
beets - 11
carrots - 18
plum tomatoes - 8
jalapeno - 1
poblano pepper - 1
red bell pepper - 2
red radish - 12
red onion (small) - 1
ginger 2x2 - 9
cilantro - 4 cups
parsley - 6 cups
sweet potato - 1