Thanks to following a diet where I ate no solid food and had only V8 Vegetable Cocktail to drink for the entire past month, I have been able to prove to myself once again that people can do anything they set their minds to.

All that is required to experience success in any are of life is to make some decisions about what you want to achieve and how you are going to get there.  Then you just need to follow through on your plans and never give up.

Sure, there were times over the past thirty days where I got really sick of drinking V8 Vegetable Cocktail.  There were some times where I would drink six cans one right after another in order to get them out of my sight.  Not that I didn’t enjoy the juice I was drinking, but staring at a large volume of it got a little depressing at times.

The key to my success while completing this 30 Day V8 Vegetable Cocktail Quick Weight Loss Diet was to never lose sight of my ultimate goal.  That was to get back down to a weight between 150 lbs – 155 lbs.  It pleases me greatly to report that I was able to achieve my goal and that I never cheated on my diet at all.

I received some criticism as usual from people who claimed that this diet was not healthy.

I agreed that this diet would not be good to keep up forever, but also added that my regular diet is best shown in my 30 Day Healthy Meals Weight Loss Diet posts.  I encouraged my detractors to have a better look around my website in order to become more familiar with what I advise people to eat on a regular basis.

Despite what some people had to say about this diet being unhealthy, I never felt drained of energy to the point where I could not function.  I felt healthy and energetic for most of the month, with the exception of only one or two days.

My physique changed significantly during the course of this 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet.  Even I was shocked to see how much my appearance had changed in only 30 days time.

I could not be more pleased with the results of this 30 day quick weight loss diet because now there is yet one more example contained in my website that people of any financial means can follow to rapidly and safely drop weight from their frame for a relatively low cost.

No doctors, weight loss companies or personal trainers are needed in order for anyone to lose weight unless they have a pre-existing medical condition that must be monitored closely.  The overwhelming majority of people can learn to control their weight through diet alone without ever exercising.

You just have to learn to make your mind stronger than your body.

My Current Weight And Body Fat %

Weight: 155.0 lbs

Change In Body Fat: -6.6%

Hey, didn’t I mention earlier that I was able to achieve my goal weight during this 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet?

I just made it to my goal considering that I weighed in at exactly 155.0 lbs today.  I think that gives me plenty of reason to celebrate my success!

I sure feel a lot better at this weight than I did when I got started.  When I was heavier, I found that I got tired easily and had a more difficult time climbing stairs and getting in and out of my car.

My clothes are fitting me a lot better now too.  I have a few pairs of pants in my closet that I am able to wear now without experiencing any discomfort, whereas just a few short weeks ago, they were cutting me in half.

Here is a graph I kept in Microsoft Excel that shows how my weight and body fat percentage were affected over the past thirty days while only consuming V8 Vegetable Cocktail:

The main thing I like to point out about these diet charts I post at the end of each of my 30 day quick weight loss diets is that it becomes immediately apparent how weight and body fat are directly related to each other.

Both of the graph lines in the chart above follow the same pattern.  That is because weight and body fat percentage have a direct relationship.

Knowing that this is true makes the fact that my body had to rely on its own fat stores for energy readily apparent.  This is what happens when you create what is called a calorie defecit.  A calorie defecit happens when you consume less calories in a day than your body requires in order to function properly.

Without a source of ingested food to use for energy, the body must look elsewhere in order to power all its internal and external processes.  The first place your body goes for energy when you do not provide it yourself through eating during the day is to your stored fat which is broken down and metabolized for energy.

When we take in too many calories in a day (i.e. – more than your body requires for the activities of the day), the extra energy is stored as fat.  Successful weight loss then becomes a simple matter of determining how many calories you can safely consume in a day given your current level of physical activity without causing your body to store excess energy as fat.

Extra exercise is not required.  Better dietary choices and better portion control are required.  Anyone who tells you that exercise is required in order to achieve successful weight loss is selling something.

I sell nothing here on my website.  My original quick weight loss ebook is available for free.  I give away all my best ideas for free every day here on SaveYourSweat.com because my main interest is not in monetary gain, but in helping everybody (especially those who cannot afford the best of foods and the price of a personal trainer) to lose weight in the quickest and healthiest ways possible.

You can go join a gym if exercise makes you feel good, but as soon as you stop exercising on a daily basis, your body will adjust to the lower level of activity.  If your diet does not change, your weight will rise again.

It is much easier to control what you eat on a daily basis than it is to run a marathon each day or force yourself to go lift weights.  I’m not saying not to exercise, I’m just saying that it has nothing to do with the healthy pursuit of effective quick weight loss or the maintenance of a body image you desire.  Diet, not exercise is king.

The Visual Results Of My 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet

Despite the date at the top of this post pointing to January 30, 2010 of this year, I will admit that I was a little late in getting it done. My intention was to build a bit of anticipation while at the same time getting a better appreciation of how many people were following along with my diet.

I received many emails and promptings since the end of this 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet to hurry up and post the results from Day #30 so that people could see how things turned out.

I have a lot going on in life right now and was unable to post the results until this time, but now will share with you my before and after pictures from this particular diet. In the pictures below, the before shots are on the left and the after shots are on the right.

Even I was shocked at how much my appearance changed during the 30 days where I totally avoided solid food. My ending appearance wasn’t quite as extreme as when I ate nothing but McDonald’s food for a month, but keep in mind that my starting weight was higher this time around.

Here are the before and after pictures I took to show the results of following a my 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet and avoiding solid food for an entire month:

I cannot add a lot of commentary here because I think these pictures should speak for themselves.  I was immediately impressed when I imported these pictures into photoshop to prepare them for my website at just how drastically my appearance had changed.

The first thing I noticed was just how much weight I lost in my face.  I got really thin in the jaw area and my cheeks had begun to sink in like they did during July of last year when I followed my McDonald’s diet.

I also lost a lot of fat around my midsection, where I tend to accumulate it most easily.  I know for sure that I lost a few inches off my waist because I am wearing the same pair of pants in both pictures and could hardly get them fastened when this whole 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet began.

In the after pictures, I have plenty of space to get those pants done up and could get both og my hands inside the waistband without having to struggle.  It really is amazing how much weight we carry around that is easily concealable under clothing but glaringly obvious when we remove our clothes.

Some of the best advice I ever got for figuring out if I was fat was to remove all my clothes, take some pictures and then jump up and down in front of a mirror.  As if the pictures weren’t bad enough, I was told that if anything shook when I jumped, then I had fat that I could stand to lose.

The pictures and the jump test are the best motivators ever.  It may seem harsh, but nothing gets you ready to make changes in your life or appearance than by getting a good look at how other people see you.

You should snap some photos and try the jump test yourself.  If you don’t like what you see, then choose one of my example 30 Day Quick Weight Loss Diets and get started down the road to change today.

Summary

I am going to count this 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet as one of my most successful quick weight loss diets ever.  Specifically because I not only achieved my personal weight loss goal by making my mind stronger than my body, but also because I corrected the problem of not having both before and after pictures on the main posts from this website.

I had been attacked in the past for not putting up before pictures that I thought were unnecessary.

I figured that if someone had achieved the kind of success I was looking for then it did not matter where they started from.  As long as they had the body image I desired, I was willing to listen to and apply their advice in my own life.

Experience has shown me that there are a lot of people who do need to see where the journet began, so I made sure to take both before and after pictures for posting at the end of this diet.  Hopefully now, there are enough good examples here and sufficient proof for everyone to see that when I say exercise is completely unnecessary for achieving quick weight loss, I am undeniably correct.

This whole venture was definitely worth undertaking.  The funniest thing that happened in regards to may 30 Day Quick Weight Loss Diets and my website in general is that one of my peers showed my website to a relative of his while claiming to know me and could not get that person to believe him.

They actually didn’t believe that I was a real person with real struggles and real, free advice to give for those who are coming down the road to weight loss success behind me.

Let me assure all of you that I am real, that I am just a normal guy who got tired of having his body win the food battle every day and that I now have a burning desire to pass on all that I have learned to those who are in need of guidance while achieving successful quick weight loss of their own.

Numerous people wrote in to me during this weight loss diet to say that I had inspired them to change, so I want to say how pleased and grateful I am for their enthusiasm and kind comments.  Achieving successful quick weight loss without exercise and learning to use the power of your own mind to shape your body and your future are great pursuits.

I hope if you are a new visitor to my site that you have also been inspired to make some changes in your life.  Keep moving forward and never let anyone tell you you can’t be successful.  I wish you all the success in the world during 2010!

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The cold chills I had been having for a few days when I last posted on day #18 of this diet seemed to fade for a while, but now are back in full force.

Tonight was the worst of the cold spells. I just couldn’t seem to warm up my hands even though I was squeezing them behind my knees as I sat cross-legged on the couch. My body just was not able to produce enough heat.

It has also become increasingly difficult to ignore solid food when I see people eating it around me. I have been drinking nothing but V8 Vegetable cocktail for 23 days now while avoiding all solid food. Everything I see looks appealing from a dietary standpoint.

What gets me the most about having been away from solid food for so long while following my 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet is just how amazing regular food smells. I always found it nice to walk into my home after work and smell something good cooking in the kitchen, but Lyann’s meals are driving me crazy now.

Something as simple as a can of flaked tuna mixed together with a little bit of mayonnaise and spices makes my mouth water. I’ll stick my face right into the bowls Lyann uses to hold her food and then inhale as deeply as possible. It is hard to imagine how good the food Lyann and I will have on our free day at the end of this month is going to taste.

There have been a few times during this V8 Vegetable Cocktail Diet that I have wanted to quit, but quitting before my 30 days are up would make me a hypocrite. What good would it do for me to quit my diet early when I constantly preach about taking personal responsibility for your weight and health?

Your character is built fastest when you feel like giving up but refuse to do so. Winning the weight loss battle is like being the boxer who gets up off his stool for one more round, even when he thinks he can’t. Be like Rocky Balboa and strive to go the distance.

My V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet And Campbell’s Soup Company

Part of my public relations campaign for this 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet included firing off an email to the Campbell’s Soup Company, the makers of V8 Vegetable Cocktail to thank them for their fine product.

I’ll admit that this email was partially self-serving as I was hoping to gain a bit of media attention for my efforts while living off nothing but V8 Vegetable Cocktail.  I doubted if I would even get a response from the company when I informed them of my plans, but something did arrive in the mail maybe two days ago now.

Campbell’s Soup Company is a huge organization with annual sales of over seven billion dollars, so I figured that they probably wouldn’t miss a few dollars spent on maintaining good customer relations.  The package they sent me in response to my email makes me wonder just how many people contact them in this manner each year and what level of commitment they have to their customer’s satisfaction.

Part of what I got back from the Campbell’s Soup Company in response to my email praising their products was a short letter thanking me for my comments.  Here is a copy of the letter I received from Campbell’s Consumer Response Center:

At first glance, this seems like a great letter!  I was really enthusiastic about opening up the envelope this letter arrived in because I initially thought it was pretty good of a company the size of Campbell’s to get back to me at all when all I did was fill out a comment form on their website.

However, despite the sincerity expressed in the letter, the gift that accompanied the letter was not anything to rave about.  I plan on saving both the letter and accompanying gift in a shadow-box of sorts so that I have something to remember this 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet by.

I remember that I paid well over $200.00 for the V8 Vegetable Cocktail I am drinking during this diet.  I thought a company like Campbell’s would see value in supporting me in my endeavours, but they came up a little short in that department.

Included with the letter I received from the Campbell’s Soup Company was a small token of their appreciation for my comments and my efforts to promote their brand.  I received the coupon pictured below from the Campbell’s Soup Company, which as you can see is worth two dollars:

Two dollars seems like pretty small change for a company that according to its own annual report makes over seven billion dollars in annual sales worldwide.

If I was contacted by someone who had the tenacity to stick to a diet like my 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet and who was constantly promoting my brand to friends, co-workers and complete strangers, I would be motivated to cover the cost of such an undertaking.

Even meeting me halfway on the total cost of this project would have put the Campbell’s Soup Company into a position of higher regard in my own mind.  I got more than two dollars discount on each of the cases of V8 I bought for this trial when I picked them up from the local Costco warehouse.

It doesn’t make sense that Costco helped me out more than Campbell’s when it came to financing this diet.

Regardless, I cannot say no to any help I receive and if that was all Campbell’s could afford then I receive it gladly.  I just would have handled the whole thing differently.  I didn’t want or need to be splashed all over television like Jared of Subway fame, but a little more financial help would have been good.

My Current Weight And Body Fat %

Weight: 159.0 lbs

Change In Body Fat: – 5.2%

It has been five days since I last posted here about my 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet and accompanying results.  My weight has dropped further and my body fat percentage has also decreased just during that short time.

I have now lost a total of 15.4 lbs and dropped my body fat percentage reading by 5.2% in only 23 days of avoiding solid food and drinking nothing but V8 Vegetable Cocktail.

I have actually been surprised that my weight did not drop more rapidly over the past few days.  Though the love handles I had around my waist at the beginning of this diet have certainly shrunk, I do seem to be retaining more water than expected.

I get picky when I look at myself in the mirror during a weight loss diet of any kind, but I know that I have made some amazing progress because I can see the lower numbers on my scale and I am already able to fit into some of the pants I found too tight when this whole venture started.

With only seven days left to go, I am doubtful that I will make it down to the 150.0 lb level I was aiming for at the beginning of this diet.  That would make my total weight loss equal to about 25.0 lbs over 30 days.

It is amazing that I have been able to completely reverse in only 30 days what took me six months to gain beforehand.  You too can fix your weight problem with a little focus applied in the right direction.  Don’t look at where you are.  Look at where you’re going and never take your eyes off your goal.

Summary

There’s only seven days left until I will have accomplished my first major goal of 2010, the completion of my 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet!

It certainly has not been easy up to this point having to ignore solid food and gulp down twelve cans of V8 Vegetable Cocktail per day.  There have been days where I got behind and had to shotgun my last few cans of the day.  Drinking too many cans of V8 in a row can make you feel ill.

I didn’t know if I could make it all the way through this diet when I first thought it up, but I knew I had created a weight problem for myself by gaining thirty pounds between July and December of 2009 and that something needed to be done about it.

I could have found a million reasons why it was a good idea to put off getting started on a weight loss plan, but then the year would have begun to slip by without me having anything of significance to look back upon.

It is easy to put things off in any area of life until you take an honest look at yourself and begin to learn to take responsibility for your own actions and circumstances.  When I count the price of procrastination, I get all the motivation I need to make necessary positive changes in my life.

Had I not planned to undertake this 30 Day V8 Vegetable Juice Quick Weight Loss Diet prior to the beginning of 2010, I would still be nearly 30.0 lbs overweight and sitting around feeling sorry for myself.

A little planning and determination were all that was needed to put me back in a happy state of mind and a healthy state of being.  You can have the same results and the same feeling of accomplishment as I am currently experiencing if you make some responsible dietary decisions and stick to them.

I’m not giving up on my V8 Vegetable Cocktail Diet and I’m certainly never giving up on any of you.  I’ll not be a hypocrite.  I’ll finish this V8 diet and celebrate in style when my free day rolls around at the end of this month.  Make sure to watch for my post and video on January 31, 2010 where I’ll show you how I reward myself for just one day for having been so responsible for the rest of the month.

I’ll be enjoying myself for sure, because as someone once said, “Nobody ever got fat by eating one big meal.”

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