Saturday, August 15, 2015
A Wunnderful Sunnderful Day
Even still as I sit here in my "big" chair in the kitchen, back door open, fan blowing on me and the crickets chirping loudly just outside, it feels like summer again and I am happy. I should be in bed, but I want to hang onto these moments, soak them up and enjoy them to the fullest. Look at the crickets, for example, they are so happy it's summer they stay up all night long chirping their hearts out. I love their music and love that it's warm enough to leave the windows open all night long so I can listen to them until I fall asleep.
Hydrangea Juice!
Mmmmm!
No, I'm kidding. Maybe it's possible,
but I did not make my juice out of Hydrangeas this morning.
Isn't it a beautiful color though?
Celebrating 6 months of being COLA FREE!!
Celebrating 6 months of being COLA FREE!!
This delicious concoction is made up of:
1 grapefruit, 1 orange, 2 carrots,
a 1/4 beet and a 1/2 inch piece of ginger
a good 20 oz and I poured it over ice.
Are you loving it yet?
I'm afraid I didn't get to the grocery store today. Dad and I played outside with the grand pups and I swam and floated in my pool. We really aren't getting very many hot sunny days this summer, so I am determined to enjoy every last one. So, no juice with the evening meal. I will replenish our supply of fruits and veggies in the morning!
Friday, August 14, 2015
More about JUICE!
A friend asked me if Diabetics could "juice" and my reply to her was ask your doc first! Pineapple is high in sugar, maybe beets? I don't know these things, so it's best to just make sure what you put in your juicer is on your diet. I would think there must be recipes that would be great for diabetics.
Last night while Brad and my Dad enjoyed another half hour on the pool deck; most likely Dad filling Brad in on his last few days, I made juice with:
Last night while Brad and my Dad enjoyed another half hour on the pool deck; most likely Dad filling Brad in on his last few days, I made juice with:
2 green apples
1 small lemon
4 carrots
3 stalks of celery
1/2 of a medium sized beet
about an inch of ginger
YUM!
It's crazy but I love the aroma as I tip it up for a drink.
A bit woodsy, a little ginger tickling my nose. I could have used
more ginger and more beet.
I love it when they turn out so good. I sample before I decide it's done. This made two 12 oz servings and we had it with the chicken Brad grilled for us.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
I Love JUICING!
First of all I have to say I would be a lot better at this if I had someone else hand me the glass of juice or at least bottle it up and leave it in the fridge for me. NOT that it's a HUGE deal to make, it really isn't, and once it's part of my daily routine, I actually enjoy the whole process.
Second there are 100s if not 1000s of websites, blogs, 'what have yous' online that can give you all this information and more, but I know it helps to have someone you know tell you what they use, how it works, do they REALLY like it, is it a pain to clean up and does it really make a difference.
To see what we use go here . Omega seems to be top of the line right now, but we are very satisfied with our Champion. It's solid and does what we need it to, and it was a gift from Dad Graves who insisted we had to have a Champion because that's what he and Mom used.
Holly is the one who really got me started when she told me about Drew Canole and that I could get a free book of his for my Kindle called:
BEETS! I hate beets. But I can juice them along with pineapple, carrots a little ginger and voila I love them! If you really get into juicing, you'll be buying things you may have never heard of. I still need to try a few. Brad isn't real big into spinach and kale, but I can slip that into a smoothie and he doesn't even know. Ok, Smoothies are another thing. I use the Ninja Blender.
You have to start slow with the beets if you're like me. Baby steps! It doesn't take a whole beet to make your juice a healthy drink. Plus if you over do it, your first (slightly red) BM afterwards might alarm you. If you aren't going to use recipes, you'll be experimenting and may combine a couple things that really don't go so well together. I use recipe's as a guide. When I didn't I got a very heavy, filling juice that didn't feel so good after it went down.
LEMONS! I love lemons and love adding it to my juices. ZING!
Clean up is a breeze. Seriously. I had everything out, cut into sizes that would fit the juicer, made the juice, taste tested, added an orange and another apple, poured the juice into the bottles, took photos (because I'm a photo nut) washed and dried juicer parts, cleaned area thoroughly in under an hour. I make enough for 2 bottles, so if you're juicing for one it wouldn't take as long.
TIP: If you want the effectiveness of the juice to last longer, fill to the top of the bottle and seal tightly. Keeps the oxygen out and oxidation doesn't start as soon. (thank you Holly!) I think she said it stays good for up to 2 weeks.
YES, I love my juice! YES, I feel a difference. I definitely have more energy. But then you are asking someone who practically lived on Pepsi or Coke as her fluid intake. Tomorrow will be 6 months off the nasty stuff. Now I need to back off my Coffee intake and double the water I drink.
Have I lost weight? I had when we were being faithful about having a bottle in the morning and with our evening meal. Starting last night, I'm back at it, and will keep you posted. I intend to juice along with some form of protein for breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be a healthy smoothie. Snacks will be nuts, fruit and cheese.
Think I can lose 15 pounds before the wedding? If not, I know I will at least feel GREAT! Here goes. Yes, I know I should have started sooner, but I'm the world's biggest procrastinator. And by biggest I'm not talking size here.
Second there are 100s if not 1000s of websites, blogs, 'what have yous' online that can give you all this information and more, but I know it helps to have someone you know tell you what they use, how it works, do they REALLY like it, is it a pain to clean up and does it really make a difference.
To see what we use go here . Omega seems to be top of the line right now, but we are very satisfied with our Champion. It's solid and does what we need it to, and it was a gift from Dad Graves who insisted we had to have a Champion because that's what he and Mom used.
Holly is the one who really got me started when she told me about Drew Canole and that I could get a free book of his for my Kindle called:
I also have these two:
BEETS! I hate beets. But I can juice them along with pineapple, carrots a little ginger and voila I love them! If you really get into juicing, you'll be buying things you may have never heard of. I still need to try a few. Brad isn't real big into spinach and kale, but I can slip that into a smoothie and he doesn't even know. Ok, Smoothies are another thing. I use the Ninja Blender.
You have to start slow with the beets if you're like me. Baby steps! It doesn't take a whole beet to make your juice a healthy drink. Plus if you over do it, your first (slightly red) BM afterwards might alarm you. If you aren't going to use recipes, you'll be experimenting and may combine a couple things that really don't go so well together. I use recipe's as a guide. When I didn't I got a very heavy, filling juice that didn't feel so good after it went down.
LEMONS! I love lemons and love adding it to my juices. ZING!
Clean up is a breeze. Seriously. I had everything out, cut into sizes that would fit the juicer, made the juice, taste tested, added an orange and another apple, poured the juice into the bottles, took photos (because I'm a photo nut) washed and dried juicer parts, cleaned area thoroughly in under an hour. I make enough for 2 bottles, so if you're juicing for one it wouldn't take as long.
TIP: If you want the effectiveness of the juice to last longer, fill to the top of the bottle and seal tightly. Keeps the oxygen out and oxidation doesn't start as soon. (thank you Holly!) I think she said it stays good for up to 2 weeks.
YES, I love my juice! YES, I feel a difference. I definitely have more energy. But then you are asking someone who practically lived on Pepsi or Coke as her fluid intake. Tomorrow will be 6 months off the nasty stuff. Now I need to back off my Coffee intake and double the water I drink.
Have I lost weight? I had when we were being faithful about having a bottle in the morning and with our evening meal. Starting last night, I'm back at it, and will keep you posted. I intend to juice along with some form of protein for breakfast and dinner. Lunch will be a healthy smoothie. Snacks will be nuts, fruit and cheese.
Think I can lose 15 pounds before the wedding? If not, I know I will at least feel GREAT! Here goes. Yes, I know I should have started sooner, but I'm the world's biggest procrastinator. And by biggest I'm not talking size here.
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| My own recipe: 1 grapefruit, 1 orange, 2 apples (1 green 1 red) 3 carrots and 3 celery stalks |
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| one Sunday in July "do these stripes make me look too thin?" |
I know it's all about being happy, not about being thin.
That being said, I would be really really happy if I was 50 pounds "lighter" ..
but for now, I'll go for 15.
HAPPY JUICING!
That being said, I would be really really happy if I was 50 pounds "lighter" ..
but for now, I'll go for 15.
HAPPY JUICING!
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