March 2011 I was 51 years old and 325 lbs of Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead.
August 2012 I am 52 years old and weigh 212 lbs – a total weightloss of 113 pounds!
My name is Dan (5’11″ – 52 yr old) and I joined the reboot network on 7-24-2011 after watching Joe’s Documentary. I weighed 289 pounds. I immediately went and bought a Breville Juicer (the BEST brand, forget the rest) and I did a 10 day Reboot vegetable juicing fast. I only drank pitchers of fresh green veggie juice (and water)for 10 days – as much as I wanted, to jumpstart my program.
Everyday I made/make a juice of approx: 2 pounds Carrots, ½ bunch Celery, 1 big cucumber, 3 stalks Kale, ½ Beet, 1 green apple and a little knob of ginger. During the reboot ‘juice fasting’ period I only had veggie juice, all day everyday – no solid food. The ‘all you can drink’ nutrition packed vegetable juice keeps you feeling full and energized and allows your digestive tract to balance. I instantly started feeling better – through a juice fast! I instantly dropped 10 pounds which motivated me to continue. After the ‘juice only period,’ I thought, “I can do this.”
I tried another month of daily juicing, during that month, I ate 1 daily meal of solid food like salad or steamed veggies. I lost 25 pounds that first 6 weeks. I continued daily juicing through Christmas 2011/New Year 2012. I would just drink veggie juice ¾ of the day replacing breakfast, lunch, snack. I ate 1 solid meal in the evening with healthy stuff like beans, veggie stews, big salads. I totally stopped eating sugar, sweets, breads, chips, soda, coffee, booze and cut big meat portions but now stick to smaller portions of chicken, turkey, fish.
By March of 2012 I had lost a total of 55 pounds with daily juicing and 1 solid ‘healthy’ meal per day. Ask me – I did NOT feel hungry, no low energy and no cravings for crappy food or solid food. Within months of juicing I instantly stopped falling asleep in mid-conversation, I stopped having sleep apnea and my skin rash went away, my circulation and libido improved and I was able to start some simple exercise.
So far in a little over a year, I have lost 115 pounds with Reboot Juicing and a plant-based diet. Just remember it took years of unconscious eating to contribute to being overweight – It will take some time to get rid of it. Be patient, keep plowing through. You WILL feel better, You WILL lose weight.
Be kind to yourself and DO NOT watch the scale! Monthly weigh-ins are a better angle to average your weight loss. Keep in mind that you are creating a new healthier lifestyle for yourself and your family. Do what you can do, not what you can’t do.
You don’t need to feel you are ‘missing out’ – you are just doing life a little different, with a few healthier adjustments. Whether ‘organic’ or not…stay away from anything in a box, package, freezer section or center aisle of grocery store. Learn to love your grocery store’s produce guy – simplify your recipes – stick to the basics. Embrace preparing your veggies & make sure to drink “as much juice as you can consume throughout the whole day”
I make a 64ounce pitcher of juice and sip on it ALL day long. I have averaged a loss of 10 pounds per month with daily juicing & 1 solid vegetable meal per day. My wife or I make a pot of veggie soup or veggie stew everyweek – so it is easy to grab. When you only have veggies in your fridge – you only have veggies to eat. Learn to LOVE your veggies. Experiment and find ways to season your food with herbs & spices, not bottled condiments.
After I lost 75 pounds I started eating a piece of fruit in the morning, a mid-day snack of raw nuts n’ carrots with a Cacao Beverage (to replace coffee) and a complete plant-based vegetable meal in the evening. I sip on juice after dinner to help digest the solid food. My whole family joined me with my healthier eating habits. There is only healthy & nutritious foods in our home….”mom, i’m hungry”….my wife says, Have some juice or a handful of carrot sticks”.
I look better. I feel better. I have more energy & vitality. Commit to yourself. Think Veggies.
Juice for Health, Juice for Weightloss, Juice for Life.
Katie.
dlandwirth.
