My name is Aldert van der Laan and I go by Al van der Laan. I am using this as a personal journal.
I am 58, going onto 59 late this year and I just watched two very motivational shows about changing life styles, which I need to do, no matter how much I feel like not doing it. I have a lot of weight, but also am now determined to make a change. I have the onset of diabetes and am barely hanging on by a thread.
On top of this I want to set an example and I am going to commit to a 90 day fast of drinking cold pressed juices (micro nutrients) and I already know it will be one of the hardest things to do. Right now I am gathering information, I need to know what juicer to take and also need to understand how to make juices ahead of time to bring to work.
I am not weighing in at around 387 pounds which puts me in the morbidly obese category. How did I get here? My life, in a nutshell, has been sabotaged by myself. And the answer to the why is not something that will be a short story. It is my plan to write down what happened, I will change names of people as I do not have their permission to use their real names and I never want to hurt anyone.
The sabotage comes mainly in the form of an addiction to food, especially sweets. I never cared too much for chips, but if they are there I will commit to them just to stuff my piehole.
Last year I realized that I am maybe no longer interested in living... But that is not me, I was shocked by that discovery. But let me go back to what made this all happen.
For this we go to chapter one.
