He got a kick out of it. Hmm...that is REALLY not attractive. Oh well...I'm sure there will be far more of that in the future. I'm looking now and noticing the waist. Oh yes, SpongeBob SquareWaist. Well waist, maybe I'll see you sometime next year.Recently Jason and I watched a documentary called "Fat, Sick and Almost Dead" on Netflix (I love Netflix by the way!!). It was about a guy from Australia that was in his mid-forties, had become very overweight and had some kind of rare skin disease.
He was on like 15 medications and hated it. I'm not sure what finally snapped in him, but he made the decision to change his life and get healthy and decided on a juice fast to kick start it. A sixty day juice fast! OMG!!!! He decided to create a documentary of his journey.
Anyway, he came to the states and spent a month in New York, then went on the road. All he "ate" was juice he made with fresh fruits and vegetables and his juicer. He had a little rig in his station wagon so he could plug it in and share the juice with people on the road that he met.
It looked like the first several days were pretty awful...the feeling of hunger, headaches, just overall feeling like total crapola as his body processed all the toxins that were stored up. After that he started feeling good - then great.
The documentary showed his journey - he lost a ton of weight and got much healthier (according to all the vitals and tests taken before and after by his doctor's office). After 60 days he went off the fast, but made the decision that he wanted health for life, so he kept eating well, juicing daily, exercising, etc. He was living a new life...it was really inspirational. I put a link to the website and trailer if you want to look at what we were looking at.
Anyway, Jason decided that he's going to do a 30 day juice fast beginning the day after he returns from Florida to get his body as healthy as possible for when little Cody or Savannah arrives. I am in admiration - that is going to be a challenge (probably more mentally than physically). I committed to joining him in juicing (although not in fasting) to be supportive and to keep myself in the best possible health for our little bun in the oven.
So we bought a juicing book last weekend and I must say...I was seriously shocked at how good some of the recipes looked! I'm actually looking forward to when the juicer arrives and we can start making concoctions!
For now I've been trying to make sure to get a bunch of fruits and veggies each day. One of the ways I do that is by making my "green shake". It actually tastes really good (and anyone who knows me know how SHOCKING it is for me to say that...historically veggies have been "vile weeds" in my book).
But, not it's not just about me. Have to keep my little growing bundle all nutritioned-up (I think I just made that up). In talking to my dad on the phone tonight, he asked me for the recipe for my green shake and I sent it to him...so I thought I'd share it here too, in case anyone else wants to try it:
¾ cup water
1 ½ cups spinach
½ avocado
Large chunk of tomato (I take the seeds out because I don’t like the texture)
1 lime (peeled)
½ cucumber
1 scoop protein
3-4 packets of stevia (you can experiment based on your sweetness factor)
8-9 ice cubes
Directions:
Add spinach to water and blend until all chunks are gone
Add other veggies & blend til smooth
Add protein & stevia and blend til mixed
Add ice cubes and blend until chunks are gone
Okay, that's all for now...just wanted to share that little tid-bit. Here's to your health!
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