So, its down to this.  I’m 27 turning 28 at the end of the month, I’m overweight and have been on blood pressure meds for 4 years.  I’ve worshiped at the alter of the dinner table, and guilty of the sin that lies therein.  I’ve had a bunch of “this is it” and “I’ve had enough” moments in my life.  I’m not about to sit here and pontificate about why this is different, I’m simply going to explain what I’m doing, the habits I’m intending to break and what I expect to come of it.

1.  Kicking food idolatry.  The Bible is veeeeeery clear about idolatry.  What does this look like?  I would go to a restaurant and order whatever I wanted because it was just that, what I want.  While I will qualify the whole mess as food idolatry, it has an ugly co-pilot in my deeply rooted selfishness.  I need to do a better job of actually conditioning my body to run the race.  Christians often take 1 Corinthians 24-27 and talk about the mental things we do to trip ourselves up, it isn’t often used in the physical context of taking care of your body for the physical work that is to be done here on Earth.  I need to condition my body so I am always physically ready to “go.”

2.  Flip my food intake.  My intent at the end of this whole ordeal is to spend 80% of my time eating primarily high nutrient food.  The rest of the time, I’m a red blooded country boy who loves burgers…  My intent is to eat better during the vast majority of my life, and let myself have “normal food” as a treat on the off occasion.  Right now I eat mostly processed junk, and not a whole lot of uncooked fruits and veggies…  By flipping that equation, I think my body can heal itself as it has for others all over the world.

3.  Avoid starvation.  The natural thought process is to lose weight I can’t eat very much and will be hungry all the time.  This won’t work, never has never will.  There are a number of reasons why this scientifically will not work for you.  And if you do manage to slim down to skin and bones you’ve likely done tons of damage to your body in the process, not prudent.

So what am I actually doing?  I watched the video Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead.  Cliff notes version, an Australian went on a juice fast for 60 days lost a ton of weight, cured a rare auto-immune disease.  Then helped another guy do it, who in turn helped other people do it.

That is what I’m doing.