Animal Fast

Have you ever fasted before? Growing up as a member of the LDS Faith (the Mormons) we fasted a lot. Usually the first Sunday of each month. This was always a struggle for me since I love to eat food. Fasting has always been a spiritual type of activity for me in my life. Until now.

Up to this point I have been trying to use a ketogenic type of diet to loose weight. High protein very low carbs, much like Atkins or Medifast, the South Beach Diet etc...This type of diet was helpful and effective but I could never stay with it for the long term. In the beginning I would go a few weeks and cheat, than as time went on I could only go a few days before I cheated. I have yet to really bring myself out of this slump. While all of this has been going on I have been doing a lot of reading and research about whole food diets. When I day diet I don't mean dieting, I am reffering to what we eat is our diet.

So this whole food diet research has taught me that I need to reprogram what I eat. First thing first, Vegetables and fruit. There are many different avenues I can take here on reprogramming my diet to include 80-90% raw vegetables and fruit. Between a juice fast and Dr. Fuhrman's 6 week program you can retrain your mind and body to not rely on animal products. The results are supposed to be more energy, overall health, weight loss, cholesterol and blood pressure levels will drop as well.

So how am I doing it. Well I bought a Vita Mix back in September and I'm using it to make smoothies. I also went out and bought a juicer. The combination of these two tools in my kitchen is going to help me reboot my entire life and my health. I am testing this theory that my body will heal itself if I put the right type of food into it. I am expecting weight loss, my blood pressure to decrease and my triglycerides to come down. I am hoping I see the change in myself that others have experienced. It's not easy to completely change your eating habits, right now I am trying to change things slowly so I can stick with the program. So enjoy the blog as I keep it up to date with success and interesting things about my journey.