Well dang...

So... here I was watching this totally eye-opening documentary about weight, illness, and juicing... called "Sick, Fat & Nearly Dead."  GREAT documentary, btw.  But I get to the end of the film and I'm totally psyched and thinking I want to try this.  I mean, people have and do use this form of fasting to get rid of chronic illness.  So why not?  Right?

Hmmmn....

Well, it seems that it costs MINIMUM $14/day to do this 4 juices a day fast.  :(  $28+ per day if you're trying to go organic.

No one believes me when I tell them I can't afford to eat veggies but a couple times a week or so.  $14/day, some tout, is 'nothing' compared to what 'people' spend on food per day.  Um.. WHAT people?  Because THIS people can't spend $14 per WEEK on food, much less per day.  Seriously.

And that juicer..... the one you really need so you can do this without it being a MASSIVE HASSLE; yeah, it's like $150 for the cheapest one.  Okay... one more way the rich can get healthier while the rest of us live it up on Top Ramen and $1 menus at McDonalds.  Okay, okay.. I do NOT do McDonald's.  EXCEPT their frozen Mocha Frappuccino.  Yeah, so shoot me.  At least I only have one about every 3 months or so.

So most of that sarcasm above is for comedic affect.  But I am majorly disappointed.  No one believes me when I tell them that eating healthy is EXPENSIVE AS HELL.  Those who spend $100-$250 per week on groceries have NO CLUE about what things really cost, because they don't have to worry about it.

It was suggested that I become an 'extreme couponer.'  Um.  NO.  First of all, nearly ALL the coupons I ever see (which is only a couple of times per month) are for food I do not buy or like, most of it being unhealthy stuff.  And... where do these coupons come from, I asked?  'Why they come from magazines and newspapers, flyers, etc.'  Um... have you seen the PRICE of magazines???!!  So you have to BUY an expensive magazine, newspapers, etc. to get a quarter off something?  THAT does NOT sound like a bargain to me.  I figure I've saved a MINT just by NOT buying magazines and newspapers!  I'm just sayin'...

My wish... i really wish I could incorporate juicing into my diet.  I wish I could do this to help myself get healthy.  I'm dealing with hives, and have been now for a month.  I'm dealing with weight gain from bad food, long periods of not eating, inactivity because I'm too damn tired to do anything.  I'm dealing with chronic fatigue from hell.  Juice fasting [aka "Juicing"] has helped people all over the world put their chronic illnesses in remission, helped them lose weight, gain energy.  But... they had the money to do it.

Can't see a doctor. Can't eat right.  Too tired to exercise.

I wish my life were different.  I wish I felt like I actually had a life or cared if I had one at all.

It's not.  And I don't.

I'm just sayin'....

Love, acceptance, appreciation, respect

It's SUCH a simple concept.  So why do so many have difficulty understanding that love requires those other three components (at minimum)?