Started a juice fast last thursday and I'm feeling pretty frustrated. I had dropped nearly 15 pounds over the weekend (I'm sure it was all water weight and gut waste) but then on Monday I put on 2 pounds and now I've put on 5 pounds total.

The other thing that's got me worried is my hair seems to be thinning and falling out. I can't run my hand through my hair gently without coming away with 6ish strands. And dandruff.

I started this fast because I was at 360lbs (6'4") and I could feel my body just getting weaker on me. I was having.. well, the obvious body failures of a "morbidly obese" male. And I'm desperate to not go any further down a road that's going to end my life all too soon.

I'm frustrated about the hair loss, the weight going back on, about feeling sick of drinking juice (juices just seem so rich, I water mine down a lot but I really just have to force myself to drink them).

what sort of challenges have other people faced in their first weeks?

-- apparently I have a female profile picture, totally not intended. I'll try to figure out how to fix that.