Tomorrow is a new day

So, after much soul-searching, tomorrow I embark upon a 90 day journey.  A journey of juicing.  But I know it's not only about what's going into my mouth.  I know that this is all about my emotional state, and that extended periods of juicing can bring all kinds of things to the surface.

In a nutshell, this is a juice feast, not a fast.  It means drinking enough raw vegetable and fruit juices and green algaes to provide all of my energy and nutritional needs.  The aim is that by drinking juice, that is, fruit and veges without the fibre, the body has a chance to rest and recuperate, to flush out toxins and repair itself.

I know I will lose the weight that has steadily been creeping (or leaping) back on.  At a guess, I'd say I'm at around 69 kg right now (152lb).  But I'll tell you tomorrow.  I'd be lying if I said the weight-loss wasn't a major motivation.

But I know I need to get to the bottom of why I feel the need to eat, eat, eat all the time.  And while I know I can diet conventionally for a while, that's not addressing my emotional symptoms.  I need to be really, really brave.

So, like so many have done before me, I plan to blog the experience, document it with photographs and weights and measures.  And to keep tabs on what's going on in my head.

I feel a little bit like I'm about to climb Everest.  It's going to be hard.  I'm going to want to give up.  But I hope that ultimately it will be a good experience.