Things that make me happy today - Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead

July 11, 2011

Things that make me happy today… Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead Film

I recently watched a great documentary called “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead” by Joe Cramer about one man's journey to get healthy by losing weight.  After years of illness, and failed diets, he changed tactics and made a drastic lifestyle change.  His strategy was based on a “system reboot” that featured a 60 day “Juice Fast” where he drank vegetable and fruit juices only for 2 months.as his only form of nutrients.

There was a lot of information about the relationship between health and maintaining healthy weight.  What made this film particularly interesting was the impact he had on several other people lives.  One truck driver named Phil, experience a total life change. He started out with a sedentary lifestyle at 429lbs to a really active life at 227lbs.  He saved hundreds of dollars worth of monthly medicationa and the change even help to cure his depression that was one cause of his overeating habits.

This film tells the story of one man journey to reclaim his pwn health and along the way manage to help a few other people. This is a good film about shifting to healthy and healing lifestyle. If you like Michael Moore style documentaries, you will might like this one.

You can find it streaming on Netflix.

If you watch this film would love to know what you thought about it? And are there any tips you would share with others about maintaining a healthy lifestyle that you found effective?