The smoothies and juice !

I started off with a protein smoothie to jumpstart my day. The smoothie is great tasting and very nutritious. It basically has just about every food group, is low fat and light on the calories. The smoothie recipe is:


4 large frozen strawberries
Fresh juiced orange juice
1/2 cup of low fat strawberry yogurt
A 33 gram scoop of whey protein
1/4 cup of old fashioned uncooked oatmeal

Cover to top of ingredients with orange juice in blender, then blend thoroughly until strawberries are well pureed and oatmeal is processed.

Pour in pint glass and enjoy!

The rest of the day I drank almost a gallon of Mean Green Juice and 3 quarts of cool, clear filtered water. All in all it was a good day, I am feeling really good again.

Until later, have an awesome Monday.

I'm back at it !

I have been away for a very long time. I ended my juice feast at the beginning of the holidays. Though I never totally quit juicing, I decided it was time to get back at it and get serious.

Being that I had turned 50 years old last April 15th I could no longer put it off. It was time for the dreaded colonoscopy... All in all it seemed to go very well. A few very small polyps removed and some slight diverticulitis. I will have to wait for about another week for the pathology report to come in, just to make sure everything is copacetic.

My doctor said everything actually looked really good, but I do have to go back in three years as long as there are no negative findings on the pathology report due to the fact that some small polyps were found.

My plan is to continue juicing, eating a whole food, mostly plant based diet with a lot of raw foods and of course tons of juicing. This time though I am going to do things a little different than last time as far as my nutrient intake routine.

In the morning I will have a protein smoothy, with fruit, yogurt, whey protein, uncooked old fashioned oatmeal grains and orange juice. Then during the day I will consume fresh made vegetable/fruit juices all day, followed up by one more protein smoothy in the evening.

If you have never seen one, this is what the inside of a human colon looks like...

Another Juice Feasting Resource

Occasionally I like to bring other Juice fasting and Juice Feasting resources to share. I haven't ordered these CD's myself yet, but they did capture my interest. I thought I would share the link here for other fellow juicers and those considering juicing to check out. They are called:

The Secret Of Juice Feasting.

http://premium.naturalnews.tv/Juice_Feasting__NN.htm

Keep On Keepin' On...

Last weeks Doctors appointment went rather well. I did have to get steroid injections in my knees though, for me this was a disappointment, but it was a choice between being hobbled in pain or being able to move and function. I was able to figure out what had caused the  flare up in my knee pain. I had to redo my CPR certification for my job. Four hours of class, up an down, on and off the floor did me in!

The knees feel much better again. The Doctor was extremely excited and pleased with my weight loss! When I told him what I was doing, juicing and exercising he said, "Well keep it up, it's working!"

Tonight after work I am going to the gym for another upper body and back workout. Then of course a session in the steam sauna. A new week and time to kick it in gear again!  Until next time, have an awesome week, rev it up, drop the clutch and haul ass!

Bum Knee, Owee...

I have been dealing with knee pain for a couple of years now. This made it hard to work out and at times even walk. Earlier this year I had to have steroid injections in my knee joints. Up until just recently my knees had been doing much better, but last night my left knee pain really flared up. I took the night off from working out just to be safe. I have a Doctors appointment next Thursday morning.

Also last night was Halloween. I have to admit, I gave into temptation and gave into the call of the chocolate... But now this holiday celebration is over, I can get serious again. But, we all know here in the United States this begins the Winter holiday stretch. First Halloween, then Thanksgiving, Christmas and lastly New Years Eve.

So, yes this can be a challenging time to be juice feasting. But even if one isn't totally successful to sticking with a juicing regiment, juicing can at least cut back on your overall day to day calorie consumption while super charging the nutritional impact you are taking in.

This should be a free license to just pig out from October until January, I still need to take my program of juicing, health and fitness serious. So, tomorrow I will get refocused and motivated. A bad day of poor eating choices does not destroy all your hard work. Tomorrow is a new day, start anew and dig right back in. Until next time, work smart, play hard and love life to the fullest!

Back To Work Tomorrow Morning.

Getting ready to make my juice for tomorrow. It is going to be a Mean Green Juice day. I am glad I have juice energized through the day. It is easy and nutritious. No it's not as convenient as a frozen dinner you could pop in the microwave, but that old type of food is what brought me to this point in the first place!

The difference in the nutrition value etc is not even on the same page! Fat, salt laden dead food vs live, vitamin, mineral, enzyme packed live foods. Less calories for the amount of quality nutritional fuel your body is getting out of it.

It also works well with my crazy work schedule at my job. Two morning shifts, followed by two swing shifts. Here is a picture of the ingredients as I am getting ready to make a batch of the Mean Green Juice. The photo is shaky, I took it on my cell phone and the lighting isn't the best in the kitchen.

What Was Old Is New

I have a winter jacket that I have not been able to wear for about three years now. When I came home from work for my lunch break tonight it was 32 degrees. A hoodie just wasn't doing the job...

I grabbed the jacket out of the closet and guess what? It fit with room to spare! Also, I relieved the staff in a different dorm for their dinner break. It is a female dorm. One of the young ladies noticed I had lost allot of weight and said I looked good, that made me feel good and totally made my day! Think about it, a cute blonde young lady in her 20's noticing me was proof that what I am doing is working.

I went to the gym after work again and did an absolute brutal lower body, legs and abs workout, followed by half an hour in the sauna. Life is good, I like the juice!