Day 5: Double the recipe

I had a great day today! I had no headaches, and just a few minor aches and pains, but nothing major. The longer I stay on this fast, and I realize I’m still a “noob” in this regard, the more i want to follow the vegan lifestyle. I may include fish from time to time, but I want to concentrate mainly on whole fruits and vegetables.

I was directed to a wonderful video series featuring “Dan the Man”. He sounds like he knows what he’s talking about with the vegan lifestyle unlike your obese doctors who are telling you to lose weight, who are not taught nutrition in med school!

Other sites I was told about include the vegetarian sites: vegetariantimes.com, jazzyvegetarian.com, christinacooks.com , and allrecipes.com‘s vegetarian section.

Ok, enough chatter – I have two new recipes for you tonight. I am pretty excited about the first one, because it just looks so darn good, and it was just as refreshing as it looked, but the second one is just as delicious! 🙂

Whether you do or do not like beets, you have to try this. There is no “dirt” taste that some people find offensive to their taste buds, and it’s a sweet juice. It does need to be equally mixed with water. Pineapple – Beet Juice.

The other recipe I want to share is the  Pumpkin – Almond Milk Shake. No, you do not get to add any ice cream or frozen yogurt to thicken it up. Sorry! This is a low-cal, very smooth drink, and best served cold. 🙂

Enjoy! Let me know what you think if you try them!

 

Day 4

I had a good day. My energy has returned, and I got a good night sleep last night. I have a few aches and pains, but some are due to having osteoarthritis, and no cartilage in my hips. The back pain I’m having may or may not be due to the juicing fast. I’ll have to give that a few days, and hope it clears up. I still have a headache, but I believe that’s from the cataracts I have, and the eye strain from sitting in front of the computer. It would be wonderful if juicing healed everything in my body. God performs miracles, so I guess we’ll see! 🙂

I made a new juice today, but since I’m not having it until tomorrow, I will post the pic and recipe then, and I’m not spilling the details. =D It looked great. I did not have a taste, because I didn’t want to ruin my experience tomorrow! 🙂 As for today, I had the broth I made last night. Recipe here.

See you soon!

 

Day 3

What a great day! I woke up with no headache, my energy level was high and I was able to clean out a closet! I am looking forward to seeing what tomorrow brings. I spent some time on Join the Reboot, juiced a repeat of what I had yesterday (Recipe), cooked a pot of soup using left over pulp (check the recipe here: Sweet Potato – Carrot Soup), and made (6) 4″ pancakes from the pulp when I strained the soup. I froze those since I won’t be eating for the next 27 days!

I’m now on my 4th (and final) juice – eh, soup – for the day. lol I am supposed to be drinking water with this fast, but I haven’t even finished my 3rd glass! I tell ya, I just do not like drinking water. I am going to have to start dropping pieces of fruit in it for some flavor – I’ll just have to resist the urge not to eat the fruit. I’ve been feeling like I could gnaw on a bone all day! lol

So, here’s a sneak peek at the broth I made today. Be sure and check out the recipe! 🙂

This is one of the six pancakes I made with the pulp. That dark green in there is kale that I added for some additional nutrients. Yes, kale! Everything smelled so good, I can’t wait to bite into one! 🙂

 

Day 2

Today is day 2 of my juice fast. Except for a headache right between my eyes that has, thankfully, eased somewhat, I feel fine. I had a cup of hot green tea with lemon first, and I’ll be having Blackberry-Veggie Juice for the rest of the day. (More on this later.) I could go for a big bowl of kale-navy bean soup minus the sweet potato – my version of the Kale, White bean, and Sweet Potato Soup from Whole Living, which, by the way, is delicious. I’ve fixed it both with and without the sweet potatoes, and either way, it’s a creamy soup. The kale adds a great splash of color, along with a healthy pack of vitamins and minerals!

The juice I’m having today is a delicious Blackberry-vegetable juice. It’s a bit sweet since it has both blackberries and carrots, so I’ve cut the juice with water by half. You can click the image for a larger view. 🙂

In your juicer!

2 large carrots, ends removed
2 Gala apples, cored
1/2 small lemon, zest removed
1 stalk celery, leaves removed

Thaw, press, and remove seeds from 1 cup of frozen blackberries.
Pour into juiced vegetables.

Add up to 1/2 the liquid amount in cold water,
Pour over ice (if desired) and enjoy!

Update: I realize I have Days 1 & 2 running together. That’s what happens when you start your blog just before midnight, and post it after! LOL 😀

 

The 30 Day Plan

After watching Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, (free on Join The Reboot) and seeing the amazing transformations of quite a few juicing followers, I decided it was time I needed to honestly think about how I got to where I currently am – which is, Fat (185 lbs at 5’6″), Sick (high blood pressure, high triglycerides, a hiatal hernia), and Nearly Dead (tachycardia). I’m on blood thinner and Nexium, and I hate taking medicine. I’m in a wheelchair because I have no cartilage in my hip joints, so I take pain pills. I suffer from depression, so I’m on Wellbutrin. Lovely, eh? NOT! I’m only 48! If I continue on this path of eating what I want, when I want, and however much I want, I won’t be around to watch my grandchildren grow up.

So, today is my first day of juicing. I skipped breakfast because I didn’t sleep well last night, and had to take a quick run into town this morning. Lunch was grilled tilapia, mashed cauliflower, and steamed broccoli, and I enjoyed my last cup of coffee (cream and sugar included).

Dinner was a Mean Green Juice from http://jointhereboot.com.

The second juice was carrots, apples, cucumbers, 1/2 a lemon, and blackberries. Ugly color, but it doesn’t taste bad. I made enough for tomorrow while I was prepping the vegetables. One thing though – Don’t put blackberries though your juicer! I added them first, and had to stop, clean the juicer, and start over.

I have a slight headache, and hope it disappears before I have to take any aspirin for it.

I’ll be back tomorrow to post (with pics) my daily juice.