: About Me

Roughly four years ago I was 60 pounds overweight and very sick from intestinal toxicity and a liver condition that was getting worse.

Also suffered from deep depression and spent most of my time in isolation and bitterness. One day I started fasting basically out of desperation, but was consumed by horrible withdrawal symptoms before I could finish even eight hours without solid food.

I was puzzled by the bad breath, white-sticky tongue, metallic taste and dizziness that I experienced. Research later led me to the realization that the symptoms were a reflection of just how toxic my body and digestive system had become.

In an ultimate low, I received the grace, strength and resolve to launch a 40-day water fast. It was very hard and painful - especially during the first 11 days of cleansing and detoxification. But I was reborn.

Fasting for weight loss, health and fitness has changed my life. It worked when traditional diets did not. I realized that, as long as I kept putting food in my body, I was not giving it the opportunity to cleanse from all the toxicity that had built up over the years.

My complete lack of control with food was a problem that only fasting was able to break. It forced me to navigate through the pains and discomfort of cleansing and detoxification.

Only then did the chains of food slavery break and I was led to freedom.

Once the fasting was over, I found - to my astonishment- that I was no longer willing to just put anything in my mouth. The sacrifice of fasting and cleansing gave me a new perspective on food.

This new perspective, in turn, gave me a fresh sense of discipline that had otherwise eluded me. In short, for me diets did not work because, in reality, what I needed was to stop eating altogether for a season so my body could clean itself.

I tried all the diets, believe me. Yet I only grew fatter and more frustrated. Each failure usually restored me to the previous undesired weight and added another 10 to 20 pounds to boot.

Later I realized that, at least for me, fasting and cleansing had to come BEFORE or could expect to stick to any particular diet - no matter how good it was.

If I can be of service or help you in your own fasting and detoxification path, do not hesitate to contact me.

Best Regards,
Robert D Johnston

My passion is ...

Helping Others Who Struggle

I know too much about ...

Pizza and Cheesecake

My parents always told me ...

to Take Personal Responsibility for My Life

My childhood ambition ...

To be a kickboxer

My favorite memory ...

Going deep sea fishing in Key West

Why I write ...

Because it is my Life

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Progressive Rock,

My first job ...

BBQ Restaurant - Great Rib Sandwiches!

My best moment ...

The day I went from mixing cement in the hot sun to being hired for my first newspaper job.

My inspiration ...

Spirituality - Jesus Christ

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One of the main reasons why I spent so many years in obesity and toxicity, I realize today, is because food and eating occupied most of my waking thoughts. It was all about "when do I eat? what will I eat?" Most, if not all, of my activities were surrounded by food and plans for eating. I could not even pump gas in my car without ending up inside the station's convenience store hovering over the pastry section like a bird of prey. Donut and pizza shops spoke to me "audibly." He-he. Well, not really, but you get the point. I was the type of person that, if there was no food in your party, t...

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