I have Alabama's Working Man song running through my head. Props to the working men and women like my hard-working hubby, Robert.
We are still juicing strong here:) In fact, my oldest daughter has decided to add a juice every day for all those nutrients while she is pregnant and nursing and then after to do a juice fast/reboot to get the baby weight off. She usually has a pretty hard time getting back to pre-baby weight so hopefully this will get her back in top running condition much faster.
I am starting to see the change already in my girls. Their tummies are a little trimmer plus, they both have battles with acne and their faces are really clearing up. I am much stronger today so the MG is slinking back to it's little cave. Hopefully, before all is said and done, I will convince it to slink off into the twilight, convinced it can no longer live in such a healthy body as mine:)
I have noticed something extraordinary. For the first time ever, I don't have cravings. I, like most anyone who is over 300 lbs, have been on many diets. Some fill you up better than others but NONE ever made the craving for certain foods go away. Not that I can't think and remember how much I enjoyed nachos or mac n cheese or whatever but I don't CRAVE them. When I see them on tv or think about them, I can easily turn my mind to something else and move on. I have a couple of theories about that. Just theories, mind you;o)
1) Maybe when we just absolutely flood our body with what it actually NEEDS and only what it NEEDS, we stop craving junk.
2) Maybe doing this and seeing the effect it has and that we actually ENJOY it, gives us a more certain knowledge than we've ever had before that we CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING. I've thought I could. I've told myself I could. I don't think I ever really KNEW I could. For real.
For anyone who is curious I thought I would post a couple of my juice recipes. I don't make exactly the same juice twice. So many veggies, so little time. LOL and I don't juice for the beautiful green or orange or red or purple color. There are plenty of beautiful recipes on rebootwithjoe if you are interested in that. Most of the time, my juice comes out kinda brown cuz I mix colors but I am more interested in flavor, cost and using what I have on hand. So...
Breakfast Day 11
4 apples
2 cucumber
1/4 med watermelon
1 lg mango
6 strawberries
Lunch Day 11
2 cucumbers
2 green apples
1 large bunch spinach
4 lg leaves romaine
4 stalks celery
4 radishes
1 clove garlic
I use a lot of cucumbers. Some things give more juice than others and some things have a stronger flavor than others. Cucumbers make a lot of juice and are mild in flavor so it can be added to almost any juice to give more volume and a milder flavor.
I haven't decided on our dinner juice yet but I know it will be tomato based.
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