Reboot: Day 21: Phase Two Day 6

Here begins day twenty-one, day six of phase two of my participation in the Bzzagent.com campaign, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. As a Bzz agent, I joined this campaign a few weeks ago and today I continue on my journey of health and rebooting the body. Over the course of the last three weeks during this Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead campaign, I have met a lot of new people and forged new bonds between old friends. Two such friends are a married couple, Maggie and Gary, I have had the pleasure of playing music with for the past year and a half with The Mad Maggies. They have been following my progress with this Bzz campaign through my Blog, On the road to my destination, and have been asking me questions throughout. Gary has also been following Joe Cross, himself, on his page, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. As of last week, The have purchased not only a Hurom juicer, but a Vitamix! They began their 15-day juice reboot on Monday. I believe Maggie is doing a six day reboot, but will remain plant based in diet in  solidarity I have been following their progress through their Facebook pages. It is quite humorous reading their stories and seeing all the parallels between our journeys. Last night I went over to their house to go over some details of and up coming tour and live album we are planning. When I arrived, I noticed instantly, a change in their appearance. It had only been 6 days, but there was an unmistakable change in their being. Gary lost about 7 pounds and their skin and faces looked, healthy! When I walked in the door, they were excited to have me try one of their creations. I was actually bombarded by concoctions. First, they handed me a leftover of Gary's famous avocado smoothie, made with the Vitamix. It was nothing short of heavenly.Maybe Gary will share  the recipe and I'll share it with you all. Next, they handed me a watermelon juice made with the Vitamix and all but the skin of the watermelon. It was blended perfectly so there was just enough pulp to make it a fun experience to the mouth without losing any flavor. Sweet!  After which, they preceded to peel, de-seed and cut up an entire cantaloupe. After 20 seconds in the Vitamix, the declared it was their first time trying this, and poured me a glass. Three words...De. Lish. Us! We sat out back sipping on our smoothies and talking shop. About two hours later, Maggie declares she is hungry. Dinner time! They asked if I would like to stay for dinner. Absolutely is my answer. I wanted to see this Hurom juicer in action. I was not disappointed. They created a beautifully yummy juice containing spinach, red beets, garlic, tomatoes, carrots, parsley, bok choy, kale, apple....I know I am forgetting something, but let me tell you, I have a Breville Juicer, which I love, but it is loud and makes juice like no tomorrow. The Hurom juicer works slow, quiet and methodically to extract all the juice from the pulp allowing a bit of the pulp to seep through. It has to be experienced. Well, we toasted to our health and future success in the music world, and drank away. It is very rewarding to do things for oneself that you know are great for one's health. But it is equally, if not more rewarding, to have friends join in the experience of taking care of oneself and each other. This has been a great campaign and I plan to incorporate juicing in my routine in one form or another for the rest of my life. I feel great, and am honestly more optimistic towards just about everything. Thanks again to Bzzagent.com for allowing me this opportunity to participate in the awesome campaign.