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!!

HERB SALAD RECIPE

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This is one of Shawne's favorites:

one bunch of parsley
2 sprigs basil
extra small bunch fresh chives (or pinch of dried)
one red onion
three tomatoes, chopped
one avocado
1 habanero pepper
3/4 cup raw alomonds
drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
sea salt
raw honey
a lemon

Chop up parsley and basil, half the onion, avocado and tomatoes in a bowl. Blend the almonds to a flour like consistency in your blender or food processor. Add the other half of the onion and second avocado, to the nut mixture and then add to the herbs. Add to that the lemon juice, olive oil, about a tablespoon or two of the honey and salt to taste. Chop up the habanero (I use more if no one else is eating it!) and soak in olive oil for a little while, maybe 5-10 minutes. Then add about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon to the herb salad mixture. This is delicious and nutritious!

This meal has a nice balance of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. It is not properly combined, if you follow food combining rules. So I try to consume this as my last meal of the day if I am going to eat it, so that I have several hours before bedtime to digest it and then my body has all night to work on it before I begin eating again the next morning.

Remember healthy plant based fats like avocadoes and nuts, as well as olive oil are just as important when you are trying to lose weight as ever. Just eat moderate amounts. That is why "fat free" dieters have to "diet" forever because while a body can lose weight while on a fat free diet, the weight will always come back (usually with a vengance) once the "normal" diet is resumed.

That is why it is so important to eat healthy balanced meals as a habit for a lifetime. Teaching young children to eat whole foods rather than processed foods is one of the most important things a parent can do. We must lead by example, teaching our children that looking a certain way is not the goal, but being healthy for Him (God) is the ultimate goal. When we treat our body as the temple it is, then it is ready for service to Him.



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!






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!"