Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead

After the kids had gone to bed my wife and I were sitting in the family room. She was on the computer working on a powerpoint for work so I turned on Netflix and ran across a documentary whose title caught my eye: Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. Here's the trailer:

Not only was the subject close to home for me, but so was the locale. You see, I live in Iowa where not one but two of the people covered in the documentary reside as well. Not only that, but my wife's family is from Spirit Lake, Iowa, and we spend our vacations up there. I've shopped at the stores shown in the documentary and recognized places around town.

After we finished watching the show I realized that this might be the answer to my question. A vegetable and fruit juice fast could be the perfect thing for me, both in terms of losing weight and getting into better help because, let's face it, I eat like crap. And with Lent starting up next Wednesday, I'd have a perfect 40 day opportunity to put such a plan into action. Lent is a time to renew yourself, and the juice fast is a time to reboot yourself. To reset your bodily system and get back to what God intended rather than what man has made. I needed a Lenten Reboot, and this juice fast stuff just might be the thing to do it.