Reboot: Day 15 - End of Phase One

Here begins day fifteen, the final day of phase one of my participation in the Bzzagent.com campaign, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. As a Bzz agent, I joined this campaign a couple of weeks ago and today I continue on my journey of health and rebooting the body. I made it through the first 15 days. Summary, I lost 14 pounds, my arthritis is gone and I have a lot more energy than before I started. I was at an annual boy scout camping trip over the weekend and was extremely shocked and happy when people I haven't seen in a long time complimented me on the way I looked. I had several people ask about what I had done and enjoyed sharing the process with them. What I call phase one was a 15-day all juicing reboot. My goal was to go the first 15 days with nothing but juice. Unfortunately on day number twelve, I weighed in below my goal. I had to start phase two early. Phase two is the same as one but incorporates 1 smoothie and 1 plant-based meal a day. So on the night of the twelfth day, I ate a lot of fruit and salad. I even snuck in, I know, bad, a hot link. I was camping! I did juice 8 liters of veggies before I left for the campgrounds, and stored it in a cooler. I drank one liter for every meal I was there. On day 13, Saturday, I played a fun gig with The Mad Maggies at Korbel Winery in the Russian River Valley. It was a private party for the wine club and had a pirate theme. Not only was it a great night, but I got to eat a beautiful plate of food prepared by the chef on hand. There was a delicious green salad and sauteed veggies. I even indulged in a little coleslaw. I don't recommend eating out during a reboot because they tend to use a lot of salt and oils. But these particular foods were not too overdone and yet very tasty. On day 14, back to the liters of juice as we packed camp and headed home. Day 15 and I was back to work. Mondays are always fun. I've had three 20oz juices through the course of the day and am about to make my dinner salad an smoothie. I had fun meeting the challenges for the first 15 day phase and look forward to the next 15. If feels good to do something nice for myself! Thanks again to Bzzagent.com for allowing me this opportunity to participate in the awesome campaign.