My 7 Day's of Clean Eating and Juicing - Day 4

SO... I have a confession to make!!!

Today I feel off the wagon and wee little bit but that is okay, tomorrow is a new day :) I went to the Kelowna Health and Wellness exhibit with Megan today, learned lots more. After the exhibit we headed to the movie theatre in West Bank to watch Ouija, one of the newest scary movies that's out.

You can't go to a movie without popcorn right? So I had a small bag instead the the medium I would normally devour.

I am not going to lie it tasted amazing but I felt sluggish after and little my stomach felt as heavy as a bag of rocks. I couldn't believe it after only two days of eating nothing but whole food and juicing how much of a difference it was when I put popcorn with extra butter into my body.. not something that I am going to do for awhile.

I came home after the movie and finished the rest of my juice, partially to make myself feel better for falling off the wagon so soon but also because juice you only have a self life of a few days before it starts to go bad!

Todays juice was the exact same as yesterdays! Tomorrow I will be heading to the grocery store to get fresh fruits and veggies for my ned round of juicing... any suggestions and why?

Hope you all had a Happy, Healthy weekend and are feeling revitalized to take on the week <3

My 7 Days of Clean Eating and Juicing - Day 2 & 3

Hey! Sorry I am playing a little bit of catch up. Yesterday I found myself playing catching up after not feeling very well and completely forgot to post day 2 Results and what I drank for my Juice.

Today I happen to have the exact same thing as I did yesterday so the post is going to be pretty easy!

Clean Eating
Eating clean is simply the practice of avoiding processed and refined foods and basing your diet on whole foods. But there’s much more to this plan. You can structure your diet to get proper nutrition, help manage diseases, avoid developing diseases in the first place, lose weight, remove toxins, and just feel better

Breakfast - Chocolate Shakeology blended with 1 whole banana and a tbsp of Natural Peanut Butter

Snack -  Baked chick peas. 

Lunch - Juice and a salad with lime and pepper for dressing mixed with veggies 

Snack - home made beef jerky that I dehydrated 

Dinner - chicken breaks, steamed broccoli, rice 

Snack - apple with peanut butter in the middle.  

Today I FEEL AMAZING! I am getting used to the taste of the juice. At lunch I am still  hungry but I am getting used to it. I notice that immediately after juicing I have ALOT of energy, my body feels light and not bogged down. For the last few weeks I have had what seems like a fog behind my eyes which now on day 3 I no longer have that. 

Snack foods are my weakness and so far I have not had any cravings to chow down on a Big Mac or a bag of chips!! 

Juice Recipe 
3 Pears 
5 Stalks of Celery 
3 leaves of Red Cabbage 
1/2 lemon 
1 thumb of ginger 
2 Mangos 
and I have some bananas to blend into it but I haven't yet. 

This juice is delicious and WAY better than the first one I made :) 

I can tell that my body LOVES juicing! 

The reason why I chose these veggies/ fruit to juice! They each have MULTIPLE benefits! 

1. Pear - colon health, vitamin C levels help fight against free radicals causing cancers, gives you energy, helps with inflammation
2. Prevention of colon cancer because of phytochemical coumarins, helps neutralize the bodies pH levels 
3. Red Cabbage - full of vitamin K which helps the brain with mental functions and concentration. anti-inflammatory as well as blood sugar regulators 
4. Lemon - Aids in Digestion, Loads of vitamin C, 22 anti- cancer fighting properties. 
5. Ginger - Helps fight against fatigue, natural pain killer, aids in digestion, good for you when you have a cold or the flu 
6. Mangos - Very good for your cardiovascular health, excellent source of iron, has cancer destroying properties. 

The fruits and veggies I choose all have a reason ... and I cross my fingers in hope they taste alright blended together!! 

Happy Saturday, Be healthy, and Active! 

My 7 Day's of Clean Eating and Juicing

Today I woke up very under the weather. I got out of bed walked into the kitchen, made my Shakoelogy drink, headed to my office to do some work and within an hour I was laying in the hot bath tub and back to bed I went

I am not sure what I have come down with but it has sure left me without any energy and having a hard time to concentrate.

So.... Is there a better day than today to begin 7 Days of Juicing? I figured I may as well get all my macronutrients into my body to help speed up my recovery.

I have been researching Juicing for awhile now, have a list of saved recipes juices that will help your body... even if they don't taste the best!

Off to the store I went to pick up all my ingredients for my first juice

1. Red Cabbage 
2. Celery 
3. Pears 
4. Ginger 

So why this juice?! There is many many health benefits of the ingredients in this particular juice. I also added half a lemon to help add another flavour profile aside from the blandness. 

My entire life I have dealt with IBD and have to be very careful of the foods that I consume. These past few weeks I have been feeling a bit off and I just can not pin point it but I think it may have something to do with my IBD so I have researched the ingredients of they particular juice and thought I may as well give it a try! 

This purple juice is a combo of anti-inflammatory foods that are beneficial for …

• Reducing chronic inflammation pain (for gout, arthritis sufferers)
• Balancing cholesterol levels and promoting heart health
• Improving eye health
• Blood building
• Improving blood sugar levels in diabetics
• Improving blood circulation and preventing numbness in limbs
• Preventing wrinkles and signs of ageing
• Healing of stomach ulcers

For this entire week I am not going to put anything into my body that isn't a whole food or juiced! I will be taking my Shakeology each morning as it is Packed with vitamins and nutrients that my body needs. 

Day 1 Reports 

• I feel lighter and my stomach is not bogged down with foods
• My mental clarity is starting to come back 
• I LOVE this juice when it is freezing cold, warm not so much 
• I can't wait for tomorrow juice!!!