Successful Juice Fast / Feast

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This was by far the best I have felt in a long, long time! I am so excited that I made it to the end of my 6 days! Funny, on the 6th day I was feeling so good that I wasn't sure I wanted to start eating food again! I did though. I ended up having a salad with only apple cider vinegar as dressing! Delicious!

I am so thrilled with the results that I am planning to do this more often. I am also planning to undertake a longer Juice Feast. Yes, I said, Juice Feast! I have always heard that the 3rd day is the hardest, but for me it was the 4th. I got past that and then I had no problems at all. I think it will be easier the more times I do it too. One great idea I had was to do a 6 day Juice Feast on the first 6 days of each month. I was so certain that I would want to do this again, that I actually wrote it on my calendar for next month.

Now, can you believe this, I am actually looking forward to the next one! If you are interested in Juice Feasting (because you really aren't FASTING you are FEASTING on nutrients), check out the links on this page. Just click on the words Juice Feast anywhere in this post. Let me know what you think! Do you want to Juice Feast together? Let me know!!

Garlic Butter with Coconut Oil

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Peel two bulbs of garlic and toss in your blender, throw in a bit (maybe 1/2 tsp) of sea salt, then add enough coconut oil to cover this all up well. Blend well. Keep this in a jar and spread on toast or add to salads. If you or someone in your family starts to feel sick, just start taking a few spoonfuls of this. It will fight off a cold better than any medication out there!

I also like to "spiralize" a zucchini and just toss it in the "garlic butter." Yum-O



Finding a Good Doctor

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At the second night of the first Green Smoothie Challenge kickoff, I promised the ladies I would be the guinea pig for checking out a doctor we had all heard about.

With a fair amount of apprehension, I made the appointment. As the appointed day grew closer I wondered if this would be yet another waste of time and money. I prepared for the day by much prayer and also by gathering all my personal info; everything I thought she would need to know about my history.

When I walked in to her office, I just had a sense of peace. Everyone was friendly enough, very helpful. I filled out the paperwork and headed back to wait. While I was waiting I noticed lots of posters for various medications, so I felt the visit could go either way. She came in and sat down and talked to me (actually listened and heard what I was saying, as opposed to doing ALL the talking and then thinking of what to say next while I talked... very refreshing). She didn't have to "act like a doctor." I was impressed.

Just avoiding going into great detail about my own personal issues here; but she reassured me that I was on the right track with things I was doing to improve my health and prevent further illness. She also recommended adding certain vitamins to what I was already doing. We talked about what I eat and my doctor's recommendation, what I need to add to my diet...agreed on all that. It was good. Very good.

I did have my blood drawn to test for Vitamin D deficiencies, something I have been wanting to do for a while and something everyone should do, in my opinion. As a society, we are indoors too much and do not get adequate Vitamin D (comes from sunshine.) To read more about Vitamin D testing, why you need it and much more GO HERE.

As I was leaving I saw someone I recognized, but haven't seen for YEARS... a cousin of mine, Rhonda Burgess! Talking with her was further confirmation that this was a God-cidence. (there are no coincidences) I firmly believe that God works all things together for good...and looking back, I can see step by step how he led me to finding a new doctor, that I would not have to travel across three states to see! Praise God. I am so thankful for everyone he used to get me there.

Verdict: Go see Dr. Jill Wallner at Pinnacle Health. You won't be sorry.



Day 4 Green Smoothie Challenge

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Encouragement of the day: Eat the Rainbow every week using Fruits and Vegetables

  1. Water...still need to do better here. I think I am a glass or two short.
  2. Green Smoothie: Drank up the last of the Demo Green Smoothies. The Margaritaville was the last to go ;o)
  3. Raw veggies and fruits...ate a huge salad for lunch with a Raw Pizza (yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, onions, olives, sun dried tomatoes, sunflower seeds, and walnuts...)
  4. Whole grains, nuts, legumes, seeds: ate walnuts and sunflower seeds at lunch. Macey made homemade hummus...I'm having about a cup of that for my supper tonight with another BIG salad.
  5. Coconut Oil: put it on my Raw Pizza
  6. Sprinkled dulse on my lunch food instead of salt. You know you can purchase kelp and dulse at Mountain Air Natural Foods in town. It is so very good for you, so go out and pick up some of this stuff soon. It's not very expensive but it packs a lot of nourishment to your thyroid, and we all know that we need our thyroid in peak performance to keep our metabolism revved up.
  7. Probiotic and Digestive Enzymes: Check...do you all know where to get these? I really like these probiotics, and I take these Digestive Enzymes (my doctor in FL has had me on them for about 3 years now).
  8. I am doing ok today with skipping the white foods and flesh. I have been doing that for YEARS, so it usually isn't too hard for me. It's one of those baby step things and you do gradually get used to it. The hardest time of course, is when you are in a social setting, and everyone is eating the white stuff...
  9. Everything I have eaten today so far has been raw, so I am doing great. For supper I am eating the salad followed by hummus. Here's a little tip. When you are making your green smoothie in the morning, or even when you are making yourself a salad, go ahead and make two and pop one in the fridge for later. I make as much green smoothie as will fit in my blender and drink part now and part later... Same with salads. Just make double the amount and you will have an easy supper starter, because we are all eating a salad before our supper meal, right?
  10. I am NOT doing good on the sweat thing...I have been working all day but I have not taken the time to exercise. Please nag me! Are you all working out? What kinds of workouts do you gals like to do?
Here's something to think about. According to Dr. Gary Null, Food is only 20% of the equation for longevity and health, happiness accounts for 40%, exercise for 20% and managing stress 20%. So if we are happy and have the food and exercise down we are well over halfway to good health! Put a smile on your dial and eat those Green Smoothies girls!






30 Day Green Smoothie Challenge

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Anyone game? Here's the rules: (taken from www.greensmoothiegirl.com)

This is a simple 10-point program called THE GREEN SMOOTHIE CHALLENGE for losing weight that will simultaneously nourish your body’s organs that you need to support you, your whole life (8 do’s and only 2 don’ts).


1. Drink 8-12 glasses of water daily (between meals, not during). Start with two glasses of water when you first wake up, since you wake up dehydrated. For that first water in the morning, add a teaspoon of Sole. Read about the importance of getting mineral-rich salt in your diet here:http://www.greensmoothiegirl.com/best_salts

2. Drink 1 quart of green smoothie daily—drink as much as you want!

3. Eat 8-10 raw vegetables and fruits daily (with most of those being vegetables including plenty of greens).

4. Eat freely of whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds—soak them whenever possible for maximum nutrition.

5. Eat 1 oz. or more of coconut oil daily (dramatic evidence has documented its positive effect on weight loss and thyroid support).


6. Add kelp, dulse, nori, or seaweed to a green smoothie, soup, or salad every day (to nourish the thyroid, critical to metabolism)—or, it’s easier to add green drink with greens, kelp, dulse, and probiotics to your water.


7. Take a good probiotic daily, and digestive enzymes with any meal that isn’t mostly raw.

8. Avoid processed sugar, white flour, animal flesh, and coffee/soft drinks (including diet drinks) or other stimulants using NutraSweet (aspartame) and caffeine.

9. Eat three meals daily that are 60% raw or more—have a salad or green smoothie FIRST in the meal to provide enzymes and help fill you up. Avoid snacking (if you must snack as you’re transitioning to three meals a day, have a green smoothie as a snack). Keep the treats to once a day, after a meal. Eat until you’re satisfied.

10. Break a sweat once a day, 5-6 days a week—do both aerobic and weight bearing exercise, and push yourself.


Food Storage / Stockpiling Food

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To start out, I thought it would be fun to share my stock pile list. These are the things I like to keep in storage...just in case. If disaster strikes, I don't want to be eating JIF peanut butter and 500 pounds of wheat. So, here's my goal list:

Sprouting seeds, such as Alfalfa, Broccoli Seeds, Chia Seeds, Clover, Radish, Peas for Pea shoots (stock up on your favorites)

Nutritional Yeast

5 gallon buckets of coconut oil

Extra virgin olive oil

Lots of nuts and seeds, such as raw almonds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts (most of these are cheaper if you purchase them in bulk anyways)

Gallon jugs of Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar

Canned coconut milk

Canned coconut juice

Raisins, no sulphur dioxide

Brown Rice (great deals at Oriental Food Markets)

Rolled Oats and/or Oat Groats

5 gallon bucket of Raw honey (local is best!)

Maple Syrup (the lower the grade, the more nutrients it still has, so go for Grade B or even C)

Gallon jugs of Blackstrap Molasses (visit the Amish or Mennonite communities)

Bulk spices: Cinnamon, Baking powder, oregano, cayenne, sea salt, thyme, rosemary, etc.

Beans: Whatever your favorites are. Ours are pinto, garbanzo (for hummus), black, red, and northern

Popcorn (cause it's just so fun to have on hand, in case of power outages, the kids can even pop it over a fire...with adult supervision, of course!!)

Dehydrated fruits with no sulphur dioxide (you know, prunes, apricots, pineapple, banana chips, no sugar coconut flakes, etc.)

Marinara Sauce with no sugar, no MSG (monosodium glutamate)

Canned tomato products (home canned or store bought, just be careful to watch the ingredient list for hidden MSG)

Whole grain pastas (100% whole wheat must be listed in the ingredient section...remember lables are deceptive)

Black olives, canned

I also like to keep these on hand:

Probiotics, my personal favorite is Tummy Tune Up by Beeyoutiful or PB8

Liquid chlorophyll, mint flavor

AIM's Barley Life Powder (I try to keep about 12 containers of this in my closet...you really could LIVE on the stuff if you had to, and remain healthy and energetic)

Powdered/Crystal Vitamin C

Of course, it would be a good idea to stock up on any necessary vitamins that you can't live without. For me that is my Digestive Enzymes and Betaine / Pepsin.

This is a great start for staying healthy during "survival." Or to quote the Captain on WallE, "I don't wanna survive, I wanna live!"