The quest ends...........the Results Show!!

As I was making my juice last night, the thought crossed my mind, "I won't have to do this anymore." Followed by, "unless I want to." Have to? Really? Did a health judge sentence me to 60 days of juice only, as the penalty for letting myself get in such bad shape? Too bad that can't really happen. I sentenced myself, chose to make this change, and I am very glad I did.

I'm sure that some people and even my own family think I am crazy. That's really nothing new. A fast is kind of radical. I did my homework and checked out the best ways to make sure that I was getting all the nutrition I needed. I think I did well. Now the one thing I don't believe I have ever mentioned is checking with your doctor. If you have any medical conditions, I think it's a good idea to do so, especially diabetes. Controlling the sugar intake would take more effort and you want to be safe. It would be nice to have cholesterol numbers from before and after if you had high cholesterol. I didn't check with my doc because I don't have one. Just because I didn't, doesn't mean that you shouldn't. I am not a good example on that.

Someone asked me how my last day was going? It went like all the other days. Make juice, drink juice and water. The fact that it was the last day didn't change anything. There was no parade, no confetti, just me and the Mean Green, trying to keep warm. I did mention it a few times and people were very supportive. Oh, one guy brought in 2 dozen doughnuts fresh out of the oven. There were my favorite blueberry ones too. I am not sure that they even put real blueberries in them. The whole batch was very aromatic. However, they did not smell that good to me anymore. I took a good whiff of them....nothing. My mouth didn't water, and I had no desire to have any. I don't eat sweets that much, but I would have had at least one, maybe a second if they stayed around long enough. I did do 35 minutes on the treadmill to end my workday.

OK, OK, enough chatter, here is what you really want to know.

Numbers. Unfortunately, I did not take many measurements when I started. I wish now that I had. I didn't realize I would basically shrink all over. I thought my BFB (big fat belly) would go away and that would be it,
 pretty much. I will tell you what I know.

Starting weight..195, seriously,... ending weight..155...Total loss.....40 lbs.
Starting BMI........30.5, that is classified as obese, just barely, but still
Ending BMI..........24.3, in the normal range..woo-hoo!
Starting Waist ..............48-49, ending waist.............40....still have to work on that size even though I lost 8-9 inches!

That's all I have on that, sorry, but they say that a picture is worth a thousand words. I made a nice collage, but they just aren't big enough to see, so one by one will have to do.

Want to see my before and after pictures? ................................Sure you do!!!

No touch ups and I don't wear hardly any makeup. (probably should) I only cropped and re-sized them. I am pretty happy with the results so far. I didn't realize how much I had changed until I looked at these. I am almost back to myself, beginning to look and feel like "me" again. That was what I set out to do. 

Yeah, it's been totally worth it. Don't ya think?

Thank-you all. More tomorrow.................

I DID IT!!!