Day 42

It's Sunday! That means I get to use the scale all day long. Last week I was 233 and this week I'm weighing in at 230 pounds. So that's 3 pounds for the week and 30 pounds over all. It seems like 3 is the magic number, so I hope by the end of the fast to be down to 220. I don't have much time left!

At the beginning of the fast I was dreaming of couscous and soup. But I've realized that my original plan may not be the best way to transition. So my new plan is to juice for breakfast and lunch on the 61st day, and then my first solid food will be a miniature sweet bell pepper - raw. I've been watching my mentor teacher eat them all week and they look so amazingly delicious. They smell so sweet and peppery, and the crunch is so clean. Yum. Then I'll munch on raw veggies and drink juice for the rest of the weekend and start "cooking" raw meals the following week.

I'm trying to brace myself for the fact that I will probably gain a few pounds the week after I start eating again, but that this will pass and as long as I keep it up, I should continue to lose after the fast is over by eating mostly raw, staying vegan, and cutting out the oils.

Let the countdown begin! 18 days to go!