Cleanse Your Body Cleanse You Mind

Dear Readers,
Sorry  I have not posted this week. I began student teaching, and my life has been consumed with teacher's meetings and such. However, I do have some awesome news to share.

After watching the movie, "Hungry For Change," I ordered my first juicer. YAY!

I began a ten day cleanse three days ago! So far, I have lost 4 pounds. The first two days of eating nothing but fresh fruits and vegetables  I felt amazing!! Nevertheless, as many people have told me, DAY THREE IS ONE OF THE HARDEST. All day today I have just been craving anything and everything, but I am sticking to it!!!

I do love this "diet," NO IT'S NOT A DIET, this LIFESTYLE! The juice really wakes me up and motivates me! Aside from today, I have had more energy, in fact, I have been skipping coffee at 4:00 in the morning...tough time to wake up. I did make coffee just to smell it yesterday morning.

I am going to continue posting about this new lifestyle as often as I can. I will also give you my recipes and tell you whether they are actually good or not.

Here are a few pictures from the past week of shopping for the food and the juice :)

First Shopping Trip

First Juice: Green Lemonade

This recipe calls for 1 lemon, 2 sticks of parsnip, and a TON of broccoli. Juice a handful or two of broccoli first, and then add enough to make a whole cup of juice! :) And, I got this juice from blendhappy.com

My First Concoction 

Half a cucumber, 1 lemon, a small bunch of parsley and cilantro, lots of spinach, and a handful of spring mix.

This one isn't FANTASTIC, but it is good. I LOVE LEMON in my juice :)

V8 style Fusion

three carrots, two big tomatoes, half a cucumber, ginger, and one green apple

I really enjoyed this one; however, the carrot has a very distinct taste. Go easier on them than I did, maybe one or two carrots tops.

The Gross Machine

Cayenne, spring mix, cucumber, lemon, ginger and aloe Vera. Not exactly tasty...but it supposedly opens the blood stream but I know the aloe is great for cleansing. So down the hatch :) 

I hope you have enjoyed a few of the juices I have done, or at least reading on it. As weekends approach, I will do my best to continue posting juices, and facts on what and why certain things are good for you!!

Good luck!!

Happy Healthy Living

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