Day 5:

Good morning folks. Still sick and not getting much better. Still drinking juice. I've been crashing out as soon as I get home after work and then waking up 2 hours later. The problem with this is that I can't get back to sleep until 1-2am and that throws off my whole day. Last night, I just finished up the juice from the day after my nap and then threw together my juice for today: 4 pears, 2 fist-fulls of spinach, 1 orange and 1 apple. This is really good stuff. The pears make an unbelievable amount of juice! After juicing the 4 pears, I already had 25oz. If I were to juice 4 apples instead, I probably would have had around 10oz. Taking that mental note and keepin' it close. Here's the goods:

Weight: 237.2 lbs
BFP: 35.1% (still no change)
Hunger: 1-2

My stomach has pretty much shrunk to the size of an apple. One cup of juice and I'm pretty full, which is a huge change from the norm. I typically have an ever-expandable stomach and can shovel food into my face for as long as food is available. Keep me away from buffets; it's not a pretty sight.

I'm a little bummed that my BFP isn't dropping with my weight. I suppose it's to be expected for a while, but if all I'm losing is water and muscle, what's the point? I guess we'll see what the final product is at the end of the 21 days. Yes, 21 days of juice.

I've been thinking a lot about what to do after the 21 days to slowly work myself back into real food without overdoing it. Raw food diet? Benefit would be that I'm going from raw juices to raw foods and I think that it'd be easier on my stomach. Then I thought, "Maybe vegetarian? Maybe even vegan?!" I think, short term, any of these would work, but as a long term solution to losing weight and keeping it off, they're just not reliable ideas. I'll keep you updated.