Day 1 of Juice Feast

So I've made the decision to do a juice feast. I am concerned about my current and future health problems in relation to my obesity and feel that this is an amazing tool to start taking care of myself. My addiction to food has controlled me long enough and even the healthy balanced diets result in me succumbing to temptation of bad foods. My past behaviors as far as becoming healthy indicate that this addiction really has more control over me than I'd like to admit, and don't think I can ever be one of those people that can treat myself to one fast food meal or greasy dinner once in a blue moon without relapsing. Most likely someone who is an alcoholic cannot take a couple sips of alcohol without the risk of becoming addicted again, and I've been needing to come to terms with the reality of my situation.


I've heard and read many articles, testimonials, and books, on raw food lifestyles and even began incorporating green smoothies, salads, and raw soups. I would load my salads with tons of greens and found it difficult to eat. I think there was something about having to chew all these new veggies I was incorporating and it made me want to throw up. I loved the green/fruit smoothies I was making every morning so I stopped eating as many salads. I had heard about juice feasting from other raw foodist's blogs but never saw it as something that was very reasonable, especially not for me. However, with my lack of enthusiasm for salads increasing, I began reading as much as I could to see what this so called feast was all about. There was something that kept bringing me back to juicefeasting.com, and after many internal debates I decided it could be the one thing that could actually save my life, provide mental stability and create a balance that I've needed for far too long, and would also make transitioning into at least a 60-70% raw foods lifestyle an easier task.

I'm a huge advocate of peace, love, equality, harmony, etc, but seemed to have none of them within myself. How can I expect to promote peace if I don't have any inner peace? How can I expect to give my love to all the world if I don't yet love myself? How can I truly believe in equality if I don't consider myself equal to all? And how can create harmony in the world if I do not have the strength to create a healthy balance in my life? I believe that this juice feasting I am embarking on today is the first step to achieving what I've needed for so long. It's time for me to start living life and accomplishing all that I've ever wanted to accomplish. This task will certainly not be an easy feat, but it is something I must, can, and will do!