For the last 6 days this has been my lunch and dinner.  Actually two of them for lunch and two for dinner. Looks like pond scum, right?  Actually, it tastes better.  It is juice.  Juice from kale leaves, cucumber, lemon, celery, spinach, ginger root, and green apples.  You could put green pepper in, but I opted out of it after the first day.  Why in the world would I do this?  Well, on July 1st, my dear husband, Mark, decided to go on a juice fast.  60 days.  Ever seen "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead?"  Same deal.  Mark's brother did it first.  60 days.  Lost over 70 pounds.  So Mark decided to try it.  We got him a juicer for Father's Day, and he started the 1st.

When our daughter, Celia, came back from the LCMS Youth Gathering, she saw the difference in weight in Mark.  He had lost about 15 pounds.  You could really see it in his face.  She decided to try it for six days. I thought, no way, she will never be able to do it.  She could not drink that stuff for six days.  Maybe it was me saying she could not do it, but she did it.  And now she is eating a lot better.  A lot.  I kept encouraging Mark, but I know the best way to encourage someone is to get into their shoes and live it with them.  So six days ago, on Saturday, I started the fast.  Sunday and Monday were awful.  Tuesday, I barely drank down the stuff.  I think I had a bad cucumber or something.  Wednesday was better, and today, well, I see the light at the end of the tunnel.  Only one more meal.  Losing weight, well, maybe four or five pounds, but that was not really why I did it.  I really wanted to experience what Mark is going through.  Walking through a grocery store while fasting, not easy.  Walking by fast food. Really hard.  But I know he can do it.  Over 50 pounds he has lost.  He is adding years to his life.  I praise Our Heavenly Father for helping him thus far. May it all stay off.