It’s hard to believe, but we have completed the 6 weeks. For 42 days we have drank freshly extracted vegetable juice, got at least 20 minutes of fresh air and sunshine every day, gone from walking less than half a block to walking about 1.5 miles daily and eating a vegan diet. We have trimmed our bodies down and increased our energy levels.  We have learned much about what it takes to be healthy and learned new ways to prepare, and eat, foods that are good for our bodies. We have not watched any television for over 6 weeks. We have made many changes that we all feel determined to keep up with. 

We have created a clean, neat, and organized home for Hannah.  We have her home looking nice both inside and outside.  We have been able to help her with general things to improve the appearance of her home.  We have tried to pick the furnishings that we purchased based on her taste and not ours.  I will go through her house with her tomorrow and, if there are things that she just does not want, will take them with me when I leave.

Tomorrow Tiff will catch a flight home at 6:00 am and Greg’s flight will arrive here in Phoenix at noon.  He and I will leave on Thursday morning for the long drive home.  I will pack up all of my stuff tomorrow afternoon and load the car. 

Here are our final weight stats:

Hannah has lost a total of 8 pounds and lowered her BMI by 1.4

Tiffany has lost a total of 18.4 pounds and lowered her BMI by 3.2

I (Vivian) have lost a total of 22 pounds and lowered my BMI by 4.1

I want to add that Tiffany, who was weighed the day before she went into the hospital, had lost quite a bit of weight before coming here.  After she was given the diagnosis of needing a heart transplant, she stopped eating all meat and lowered her dairy intake drastically.  Her total weight loss, including what she lost before arriving here, is 34.4 pounds and her BMI is down a total of 6.  She is well on her way to making long lasting improvements in her health.

We will all return to our normal lives very shortly. Tiff and I will be back to work on Monday 6/3.  Hannah will have her house back to herself beginning May 30^th.  None of us regret doing this at all.  We are all coming away from this adventure on a positive note and are very grateful that we were able to do this and, Lord willing, will keep to this new lifestyle that we have learned.  Tiff and I are both very aware that it took having excellent, Godly husbands who supported us through this or it never could have happened.  Both Greg and Bruce have been working diligently on our homes while we were here to create healthier environments for us to return to.

I will be posting a blog tomorrow.  I’m going to see if Greg will write about his end of this experience a little bit.

Day 42 is done – yeah!! “It always seems impossible until it’s done” – Nelson Mandela