Water/Juice Fast ... About to start this - anyone about to start as well?

by Stephanie
(Twin Cities, MN)

Hi,

I just signed up to this site. A few days ago I watched the documentary, "Fat Sick and Nearly Dead". I continued to buy a $100 Juicer from Amazon and just received it today. I haven't really opened it yet or used it at all. I've never even used a juicer before, so we'll see how that goes. Since watching the documentary I decided to try a juice fast. I wouldn't mind a water fast for a little while either.

I've always struggled with weight - my whole life, even in childhood and as a young adult. The most I've weighed is 283 lbs, the least as an adult about 165 lbs. I'm very happy around 170 lbs but would love to get down to 140-150 lbs if I can.

I've done some alternate day fasting before with protein shakes during the fasting days (consuming 400-500 calories on those days) which really is the only way I've been able to lose weight. Lately though it's been very hard to do that and to not give up half way through the fasting day, ending in a binge. I continually binge eat usually at night and want to break free of this. I haven't been able to go a whole day without fasting for months.

I'm 225 lbs right now, 5'7" and almost 28 years old. I've gained 30 lbs just in the past 3-4 months - I go back and forth with gaining and losing weight often it seems, but lately it's been all gaining and not any of the losing. I'm tired of being this big and haven't been this heavy for years. It's very depressing and I want to gain my happiness and health back.

I'm not sure what day I'm going to start this fast or for how long. I think I need to do a little more research or figure out exactly what I should do. I would like to start very soon though. I figured doing a juice fast for 20+ days would be a good idea. I hear the first few days are the hardest, so once past that would love to continue for 40 or 60 days even, however long I can keep going and however long it takes to lose the weight. I want to lose at least 40 or 50 lbs on the fast, so that might take awhile.

If anyone has any suggestions, has done a fast before that has some ideas on what plan to follow... or is about to start a fast as well, or just can relate, I'd love to hear from you and I would love to have a fasting buddy.