I had gained almost 15 lbs. since moving back to Winchester. I was eating really well prior to moving back, but then I … stopped. I drank a lot and ate bar food and restaurant food, and, really, just gross stuff (the kind for which you can’t pronounce all the ingredients). So I decided at the beginning of this week, I’d try to fix it. So far, in the last four or five days, I’ve been eating probably 90% fruits and vegetables (mostly blended together into a smoothie, so more accurately I’ve been drinking my fruits and vegetables), and very few grains, carbs, and sugars. I have lost almost 10 lbs. in less than a week (I’ve been lifting weights and doing some outdoor work, too). I feel like I have a lot more energy, and I’m staying hydrated because I drink so much liquid.

It sounds like an unhealthy amount of weight to have lost, I’m sure. That’s what I would say to anyone who told me they lost 10 lbs. in five days, but I have the feeling that my body is making proper adjustments now that I’m feeding it more natural whole foods, and the rapid weight loss will subside as my body gets closer to the shape in which it should naturally be – provided I continue the diet, which is really difficult, but this is one of those times when I know that sacrifice is going to pay off in the end. I think that’s one of those lessons I’m going to be relearning all the time.

Nothing good comes easy. If people not only realized that, but lived like they realized that, I think it would enrich their lives and the lives of those around them. Lots of things (food/diet, industry, employment, family, to name a few) would be different – in a good way. People would be healthier, and I would bet happier, too.