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Last night my daughter, wife, and I sat down (my son would rather play Minecraft) and watched Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead 2. I liked it but when I posted about it on Facebook I got a comment that maybe I should be watching something a bit more uplifting.

Really, that was my attitude too when I sat down a year ago to watch the original Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. I thought “Jeez, why would you let that happen?”. In fact both movies are a bit inspirational with the idea of juicing and how drinking fruit and especially vegetable juices can change your life for the better.

What is Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead 2 About?

You can read my review of the original movie but this one was a lot different than the first. As we start the movie we have Joe Cross admitting that life is not all pixies and unicorns, there are tough times and he did gain and lose weight over the three years between these documentaries.

This is a great setup for the documentary as the next hour and a half takes us through why the juicing works, how to do a reboot, and what makes us eat crap in the first place.

First the juice. This is the part of most food documentaries that make me a bit nervous. I like to eat fruits and veggies a lot, I love them. Also I love to eat meat and grains, and as we all know apparently meats and grains are the downfall of all western civilization (I wouldn’t make a great Paleo guy).

Joe Cross instead tells us that there is a better way. When his diet, or weight, or energy have gotten a little off the rails he will do a reboot. The Reboot is when he will eat nothing but fruit and vegetable juices for a week or 10, or even 15 days.

After Joe has finished that reboot he will go back to eating what he would consider a regular diet which is juicing, fruit, and vegetables in the morning and during the day and then a regular dinner that would include fruits and vegetables and meat.

The great thing about Joe Cross and his attitude about eating is that it really lines up with how I believe we should eat. Living food like fruits an vegetables, and even grains are most important and meats are less desirable but fine to eat in moderation. And stuff like candy and ice cream? Those are foods with no redeeming values but are eaten on very rare occasion.

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Our Relationship with Food

The other things that Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead 2 deals with is the relationship that we have with food. Food is something that people use to comfort them, and give them satisfaction and this is a problem.

There are a few doctors that Joe Cross has on the documentary and one of them talked about exactly how people will make decisions to eat crappy food because of how the hormones that kick in with a lot of fat will make you feel satisfied and kind of doped up to make you feel better. This help people that are lonely, disappointed, or not satisfied with their life.

Another doctor (wish I caught the names) was saying that as we con ourselves into eating bad eating decisions by giving ourselves rewards. The example was when you are in a Starbucks and you see all the great looking sweets and you will say to yourself “Not eating than, and not eating that, and not getting that” after you have made 6 or 7 of these “good decisions” you will get to the end of the line and reward yourself with a big fat muffin for making all those great decisions.

I hadn’t thought of this reward idea before but wow it does make sense.

What Else in Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead 2?

I may have learned quite a surprising amount in this movie, I thought it would just be a feel good documentary but there were so many great teaching moments as well. There is a lot more though.

Joe and one of the doctors talked quite a bit about the importance of support systems. Having support from like minded people is critical in anything we do. Also we got to see lots of feel good stories from people that were able to do the Juicing Reboot and found success and the fact that it is not crazy but actually cleansing and easier after a couple days.

The movie also has a lot of cute animations showing how our body and our brain work with food or lack of food.

What Are My Feelings About Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead 2?

I have to say that I really love this movie and even though I might have seen the first movie and a lot really was rehashed it was encouraging that maybe all the original questions were not answered and in this movie we get the opportunity to watch what juicing does and why from more angles.

What do you think of these kinds of documentaries? Are they interesting or boring? Do they encourage you or do they frustrate you?

I know that I have seen a lot of food documentaries that will make me feel guilty about eating meat or that make me want to picket some of those big companies that make food using terrible practices.

To me it is great watching a documentary live Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead and this sequel. They may point out what we are doing wrong but just barely, instead the movies are more interested in encouraging us and showing us a better way instead.

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This is one of those kind of crazy questions but interesting at the same time, How to lose 100 pounds.

If you are very over how would you lose 100 pounds in one year? Well I have never had to lose 100 pounds but am up for the challenge of how it can be done.

Can you lose 100 pounds in a year?

For more information on picking a diet and workout plan for yourself you can visit my Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle book review or my diet program review.First of all lets all be aware that losing 100 pounds in one year is certainly possible. Many people have achieved this feat and many will lose 100 pounds in a year in the future.

The math of losing 100 pounds in a year

There is simple math in how to lose 100 pounds in one year you would need to lose eight pounds a month for a year which is about 2 pounds for week. Losing two pounds per week is certainly possible but the problem is that it is hard to keep this rate up for an entire year. You will find that you will lose far more than 10 pounds in your first month and then your loss will slow down after a couple of months only to pick up again in the last few months.

Now As we all know there are two sides to the loss question: input and output that is caloric intake in eating and output when your metabolism is burning calories. This sounds easy and in fact it is an easy idea to understand and implement but it is very difficult to act on for any length of time.

Lose 100 pounds in a year plan

OK here it goes for how to lose 100 pounds in a year. First thing is to drop your caloric intake. For many people this may be really obvious but for most people it is a real education to find out what they are eating wrong and changing it. First you will need to drop your calories that you take in probably significantly but take out some calories each week and watch how your body and energy react. Remember you are in this for the long haul not just a few weeks this time.

Your diet should get 30 percent of its calories from protein, 50 percent of its calories from carbohydrates and 20 percent of calories from fats remember fats contain twice the calories per pound that protein or carbohydrates contain so the fat level is actually quite low. Next is to make sure that you are splitting your three main meals into six meals during the day to properly nourish your body and stop it from thinking that you are starving.

Drink lots of water. You will find that drinking a lot of water will help you lose up to 10 pounds all by itself in the first couple of weeks as your body stops being bloated and your equilibrium is reset.

Exercise to lose 100 pounds

Next is the exercise portion of your changes. Losing 100 pounds in a year just by eating correctly would be impossible as your body would quickly rebel against you. You must get exercise for 30 minutes twice every day for six days a week. This means that some days will have cardio morning and night and some days will have one cardio workout and one workout.

The twice a day regimen is designed to keep you metabolism high all day instead of having it drop off 12 hours or so after your last workout, also having a lot of exercise will change the way that your body chemistry works. The reason to do cardio is obvious and that is to raise your metabolism and burn calories.

Doingweights is also very important as while you are losing you want to keep your muscle mass and of course muscle takes a lot more calories to maintain than fat so you will over time be burning even more calories than you are now.

The attitude that will lose you 100 pounds in a year

Lastly to lose 100 pounds in a year you need to change your entire attitude towards health, exercise, eating and your own confidence in life. Making these changes may be very difficult but you are going to find that you have a much better chance of succeeding once you snap out of the way that you look at life and instead start to think about how your life is as a fit person.

Stop comparing yourself to the people around you and instead join a running club or come other club that promotes health and where the idea of running 20 miles on a Sunday does not seem crazy like most people think but is instead just a fun afternoon outing.

This may seem like an oversimplification of what it takes to lose 100 pounds in a year and maybe it is. There will be high points and low points in the next year but you will learn from your accomplishments and defeats how to change yourself as a person and make consistently1 better choices. Good luck to you. Let me know how things are working out in your quest in how to lose 100 pounds.

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Health Clubs, How do you decide which one to join? One of the great mysteries of a fitness plan is how to decide which health club, gym or fitness center is the right one for you.

Most people go around and ask people they know which on to join and over the year I have belonged to a half dozen of so health clubs or gyms.

The Decision to join a gym

Congratulations on your decision to join a health club. This is one decision that once you follow through with, and keep up your level of commitment will forever change your life and how you relate to people, food and exercise.

There is initially on joining a gym or health club an excitement in the future and a real clarity of purpose.

I have never felt the excitement of being in a gym by doing any kind of other exercise.

Health clubs are a business and since you are going to be doing business with a Health Club you should be armed with information and the ability to make a decision based on what is important to you and not what is pitched to your by the health club salesman.

I want to be very clear here, the onus is on you to decide what you want and need in a health club and the nice lady or mans job is simply to have you join their club.

What I will do within this series is educate you on what is important to think about and after that you can make the decision yourself, armed with the knowledge that you need to take that health club sales pitch head on and rebut it.

The Process of Finding A Gym

In these next few articles I will help you to create a checklist of what is important when you go out looking for fitness center to join.

Joining a gym– The Tour

Staff in the gym

Other factors of Joing a Gym

We will uncover staff and what to look for, membership hours, fitness equipment, health club amenities, classes worth taking or not and of course the price that you should pay and how to decide what is fair.

If you already belong to a gym, fine, this may allow you to reevaluate whether you are at the right place and if you do not belong to a gym you will probably be joining one soon and I hope all the information you will find will help you make an informed decision on what kind of health club is for you.

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