Day 2..trucking on

Well day 2 of juicing. Last night was just difficult when it came to wanting food I won't eat right now. I craved a huge plate of lasagna with lots of dripping cheese and bread..lots and lots of bread. I sat in my truck on the phone with Sheryl and Karen (who is also juicing) to get me over the hump (yes I whined a lot!). I combated it with working out. I started 30 day Shred with Jillian Michaels...level 1 kicked my BUTT!  My thighs and stomach feel achey but nothing I can't handle today.
Today I woke up late...I was avoiding the kitchen...until I could no longer ignore my hunger pains. Made juice I enjoy and some newer ones. I struggled with the green lemonade yesterday and it may just take time to get there with that green of a juice. I used to like it. Build up to the heavier green juices is what I"m going to work on! The hunger pains are here and knocking heavily on my thoughts. It took a lot of will power not to stop and get a chicken salad sarnie from a little diner I enjoy. I just drank my carrot-apple-lemon juice and tried to think about other things...like scheduling for work. Helping a little but man is this still hard.
Tonight I go see if I can do east coast swing...should be interesting!

Keep juicing, keep living...Life is responsibility...LIVE IT

Day 1--Hunger Pains and sleepiness

I'm one drink number 2 and its almost lunch time. I started off with one of my favorite drinks Sweet n Tart Citrus and man oh man was it a shot to my taste buds. Normally it would have been a medium dr pepper with a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit from Hardee's but this was definitely better. I've had tea also (herbal) and my 2nd juice was a good combination but I now have this issue with cucumber juice. I  gagged drinking it..I don't know if it was the smell or the taste. I have a friend (Karen) who also has this aversion to cucumber juice. I wonder if its a mental thing or something I really can't tolerate.
I will tell you, although I have shots of energy with the juice, I'm definitely sleepy in my body but my mind is like ZOOOOM ZOOOm ZOOOOOooooOOOM so sleep would be out of the question. My stomach is smelling  ramen noodles and wanting them but yeah how healthy are ramen noodles? ZILCH? My stomach is hurting b/c its hungry but again weighing 213lbs, I'd expect it to be hurting with just 2 juices! Its nothing I can't overcome b/c this is part of the process. Hopefully I won't be too uh cranky...the first 3 days will be hell but in the long run, I'll be healthier, happier, and under 200 lbs!
Cheers *tips juice up*

Keep Drinking, Keep Living, Life is a Responsibility, Live it!

Long Hiatus..now I'm back

Sickness does wanders to the body as well as the mind; in my case bad habits came back and so did the weight. Since my last post, I've ingested I don't know how much fast food (crap), soda and altogether stuff I want to avoid. I can blame stress or mainly take responsibility for my lack of handling stress to falling back to eating as I have always done feeling worse and worse day by day. So now I'm back, not b/c its a new years resolution, but b/c the scale moves up, my health moves down and so does my healthy thoughts about myself. No way to live life. I recall how good I felt whilst juicing and would oh so like those days back (the plus side, I could fit into clothes I own that take over my closet but are unworn).  Life is a responsibility and since I am living, I take the responsibility of myself to be healthy instead of living life behind a fast food bag, dr pepper and food that does nothing for me. Make over in many ways...
I have one more juice to complete for tomorrow. I will tell you, I gag at the smell of green lemonade though I know I once liked it. I wonder if this is going to be a new battle to win in my head?
Keep juicing, keep living...life is a responsibility, will I hide or will I face it head on?

Hello Veggies and Fruit AGAIN!

I've been cleared to eat Veggies and Fruit again! I'm so excited!!! Eating Rice, Toast, Apple Sauce and Banana's for four days was totally not my thing. I was craving veggies by Saturday. I did have a sarnie with veggies Sunday and was in heaven. Man oh man, never thought I'd miss veggies so much and am so excited to be able to eat them again.
I pretty much had the 24 hour stomach flu, however due to my chaotic schedule during July my immune system wasn't great and my body couldn't bounce back as quickly. I guess 85 hour weeks is bad for my immune system. I truly believe that the juicing may have helped keep my immune system holding out as long as it did b/c in the past I would have been down and out much quicker. Another great benefit of juicing and eating veggies and fruit.
Before I got sick, I posted a brand new recipe I came up myself. I have tapped into another bloggers site: http://nosugarsweetlife.com/ (take a look, she's amazing). I shared this with her on FB and she's coming up with her own recipe based on Apricots. I inspired someone to try a new fruit and go out on a limb! I'm so excited! She's never had apricots before! She post every Thursday a new drink, so take a look at her page. She's got amazing recipes and is an amazing woman. I believe she has just been added on to the reboot your life team!
Keep Juicing, Keep Living.

No juicing for now

I just wanted to let my readers know I'm on a juicing hiatus until we find out what is wrong with my stomach. My doctors aren't sure if I have the flu or not and I can only drink (which they thought would be a hard thing to do) gatorade and ginger ale until they get test results back. Don't want ya'll to think I've forgotten you. Just sick right now.

Sunny Apricot Juice

I made this juice up myself after I started thinking about Apricot's. I adore them. I have very fond memories of Apricots growing up. My aunts used to make apricot cobbler, jams, and turnovers from apricots growing in their yards. Actually, my Aunt Janice planted two apricot tree's when I was born. One for me and one for my twin brother. So I was inspired to try something new!
The apricot juice is tart and earthy at the same time. I love the combo. I'll probably use more sweet potato next time. I hope you give it a try! The recipe is called Sunny Apricot b/c of the beautiful orange sunset color it makes.


Sunny Apricot Juice
4-5 Apricot's pitted
1 large sweet potato (I actually used half of one, but I think a whole one would be best for this recipe).
1/2 Navel Orange.
dash Nutmeg/Cinnamon (optional)

Juice and ENJOY!

Just FYI, apricots really help get things moving down south if you feel a little blocked up. I hope you guys try this and love it as much as I do.

Keep Juicing, Keep living

till next time!

Sunset Blend Juice and Orange Sun blast Juice

I love this juice. Its normally one I drink at the end of the day b/c is just comforting. I'd say its my comfort juice (like all those really high fat things we call comfort food, I've replaced it with this juice). Don't let the beets or sweet potatoes scare you. You don't have to cover sweet potatoes with sugar and marshmellows to enjoy them.

Sunset blend Juice
I large Sweet Potato (not a yam a sweet potato. Their is a difference)
1 medium carrot
1 large bell pepper (red, yellow, or orange)
2 large beets (I normally use 1.5)
2 apples
1 orange (this is optional but I'd so put it in the recipe. It changes how things taste)

The next recipe I have yet to try, however since its similar to the above recipe, I wanted to share it. I'm excited to try it!

Orange Sun blast Juice (this would be a morning juice)
1 beet
1 carrot
1/2 cup pumpkin
2 chilis (optional)

Hope you'll get past the fear of the beets and sweet potatoes and give these a try! They're really good and filling and just make you go "ahhhhh"