Day 5 since breaking the juice fast check-in:


Starting Weight: 290.8
Current Weight: 270.6
Previous Weight: 270.6
Lost since yesterday: 0.0
Total Weight lost: 20.2
Most Weight lost: 23.4
Lowest Weight: 267.4
Gained since fast: 3.2

Thought I would post an update as to how things have gone since I ended the fast. In the 5 days since I've ended the fast I've gained 3.2lbs which I feel is good weight (muscle lost through atrophy) because even though I've gained 3.2lbs my belt has gotten a little bit looser. I've been walking and doing more active things here and there and have been watching what I eat. The last part is actually quite a bit easier than I thought it would be. My stomach has shrunk so it makes it easier to control portions and since about week 2 of the juice fast I haven't had any of the cravings that I once had. I've been eating better food, no breads/grains or dairy, no pop and have avoided most of the sugar that I once ate. I used to drink sweet tea and that even sounds too sweet right to me right now. Last night I had dinner at BJ's in Fort Collins with the in-laws & finally had the steak I had been craving and a side of steamed veggies. I only ate half of everything and was stuffed making it easy to box the rest up. There's no doubt that before the fast I would have eaten my meal (probably something fried) with less healthy sides, pop, some of the other's food that they didn't eat and probably a bunch of bread. As it was this was what I consider a large meal compared to what I've been eating since the fast and it was still less than 1/4 the calories I would have normally eaten at this meal plus healthier food. I haven't drank much juice since the fast but I think that's just because I had done nothing but juice for nearly 3 weeks and my body was craving real food. I'm sure I'll start mixing it back in shortly and plan to juice up some veggies today in fact. In all, I've lost over 20lbs even after recovering some muscle since the fast and I feel that this juice fast was a great decision. I plan to keep eating well and exercising and hoping that I'll start to make progress once again on weight loss since 270lbs is still a long ways from what I consider healthy. The fast was the kick-start I was looking for.