Hungry for Change is just about what is in processed foods and why we should eat natural products with nutrients and the second was about a guy who used a juicer to make juice solely from fruits and veggies and he only drank those for 60 days and lost a ton of weight.
So, of course, we bought a juicer and TONS of veggies and some fruit! My goal was to do a 3-Day Cleanse. Eric's original goal was 60 days, then 30, then 10. He made it 2 days and I made it a day and a half. Eric thought they tasted good but he was getting sick (apparently it takes 4 days for your system to adjust and be running on the juice) and didn't care to continue.
I will still juice fruit sometimes and maybe do a Green Machine once in a while for the nutrients but I thought the green one was nasty. I might have liked them better if I didn't have a canker sore in my mouth that would sting with every acidic sip. Eric likes them and he will probably keep replacing one meal a day with it.
The Green Machine:
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| I used a straw to help suck it down as fast as possible. |
2 Green apples
1/2 of a lemon, peeled
4 celery sticks
1 Cucumber
2 big handfuls of kale
1 piece of ginger, peeled the size of a thumb.
I did run hills for 4 miles the second day so I was okay on energy but I think that is more due to the fact that I drank some almond milk with protein powder. I think that is cheating...
Anyway, now that we were unsuccessful with the juice diet/cleanse we went back to Winco (best for produce, by the way) and bought a ton more of veggies and fruit with some whole grains like short grain brown rice and wild rice.
I'm using a cookbook I borrowed from my mom called The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook: Great-Tasting Recipes That Keep You Lean. Since we know how hard it is to live on only juice, eating with out processed food seems like a breeze so it ended up being a good thing.
2 comments:
Awesome! I hope it goes well for you! I love Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. It is so motivating! It's what pushed me to be pescatarian for 6 months.
I tried a juice fast when I first topped nursing Lily back in February. I didn't even last a day, haha! I got the juicing pack from Bountiful Baskets and half of it went to waste. Bummer. I did enjoy having fresh juice for breakfast every now and then. It tastes so much better than store bought!
Your day and a half juice fast is impressive, even if it doesn't feel like it!
I wanted to do the same thing after I saw Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead! I didn't even make it a day! haha I borrowed my parents juicer but decided not to once I read how much it would cost! I know it's probably cheaper in the long run to juice and eat healthy than have health problems, but I just couldn't bite the bullet! I'll have to watch those other movies!
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