EdgeofGloria

I've been hearing more about Mike Rowe lately. He used to be the host of a show called Dirty Jobs . I came across his name on Facebook; one of my friends had posted some sort of link, which I checked out. And I got mad. Seems that Rowe is selling a poster that says, "Work smart AND hard." Back in the day, there was a poster on the wall of his high school guidance counselor's office that said, "Work smart, not hard." It showed a guy smiling in a cap and gown with his diploma standing in front of a desk. The guy beside him (the poster was split in half) showed a guy in a work uniform, dirty, and not looking very happy. That poster infuriated Rowe, who actually did go on to get a college degree. His platform is that college is not for everyone, and that no one should go in debt to get an education, particularly if you are heading towards the humanities, or (God forbid) getting a degree in women's studies. Every fucking thing in this country boils down t...

This is my juicing video. So far, since mid December, I've lost 19 pounds.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXXKvJ_ZcwM Lately, I've just been eating fruits and vegetables, and cutting back on the salt. It's been working. I've lost the most weight I've lost since getting sick from my uterine artery embolization almost five years ago. And if you are struggling with weight, try this. Weigh yourself, then for at least a week, avoid canned goods, processed lunch meat and bacon. Don't put ANY salt on anything. Then, after a week weigh yourself. You just might be surprised.

So far, I've lost 15 pounds while juice fasting. This last time, I allowed myself hot chocolate, chocolate milk and chewing gum. I lost a little over two pounds in a weeks' time, so I'm okay with it. I lost 10 pounds the first week I fasted. This seems to be working for me. Maybe it's just water weight, but my legs feel lighter and the pants are feeling looser. I know I can't do this permanently, but the scale numbers are going in the right direction. I'm also upping the exercising a bit. I want to look good this summer. Maybe I will.

So I'm on another juice fast. I've decided to allow myself hot chocolate and chocolate milk during this fast. Somehow, those taste really good, especially when I've given up solid chocolate for a whole week. I've lost twelve pounds so far, and I haven't gained them back. So here's hoping I lose at least seven or eight pounds on this fast. I've had concerned friends tell me juice fasting is not healthy; that it's going to be hard on my heart. Who said that I was going to drink juice and NOTHING BUT JUICE the rest of my life? No one, not even me. But if this is helping me lose weight, when nothing else seems to be working, what's the problem? I'm not throwing up my food, nor am I downing huge amounts of laxatives. I'm LOSING WEIGHT, for the first time in a long time. I'm tired of being fat. And I want to start meeting people who like to do the same things that I like to do, like skiing, and going to Cedar Point. Nobody I know likes to d...