Juicing

I am just throwing this out there because it has been something that has helped me feel better. Late in 2012 Tait and I watched the documentary "Fat Sick and Nearly Dead" it changed our lives. We decided to re-examine how we ate...it wasn't good. We saw our selves on a very fast track to very bad life long health problems because of how we ate. I planned meals around my carb of choice that day. We drank lots of soda...I ate insane amounts of sugar. We didn't feel good. After watching the documentary we decided to change. We bought a juicer and started juicing. We noticed a difference in our energy. I bought an app called 7 lbs in 7 days that has all these different juicing recipes. I lost about 10 lbs over 2 weeks of strict juicing. And my energy soared. No joke I started to feel so much better. No more naps during the day...no more gas and bloating. It was pretty awesome...now don't get me wrong it was HARD. But now I juice as part of my normal diet. I may have juice for breakfast or lunch or both. But I try to drink juice at least several times a week so that I am drinking and actually absorbing the vitamins I need. Vitamin supplements that we take are mostly just wasted money. We need to eat more nutrient dense foods. I discovered Kale...something I thought I would NEVER eat. I juice it regularly now.  I started ordering bountiful baskets so that I had more fruits and vegetables on hand. When it has something i don't know what to do with I google recipes and learn how to eat it or cook it.

We now eat very different. Our dinner may consist of just a piece of chicken and a *huge* portion of asparagus or fresh sauteed green beans or salad. No carbs. We try to eat something green every day. I only buy the organic multigrain bread from bountiful baskets. I simply don't buy white bread anymore.....every now and then we splurge on the fresh backed costco garlic bread...:) But overall we are trying to be more conscientious about what we eat...and more importantly what eating habits we pass on to our kids.

Now don't get me wrong...I just made an incredibly delicious and not at all healthy chocolate ice cream cake for Tien's birthday...but that is the exception NOT the rule. My problem is that over the last 9 months I started thinking "well I juice so its ok to eat 3 doughnuts today...or half a bucket of ice cream...or an entire bucket of Costco chocolate covered toffee in 48 hours...yes all of those things actually happened all to regularly. I have to stop eating the sugar and still eat the healthy.  I am SO ADDICTED TO SUGAR. I dream about it when I am not eating it. I think about it all day. This is very hard for me.

For this contest I am trying out the Body for Life program in which you eat super healthy for 6 days a week with one "cheat" day where you eat what you want...I am super looking forward to my cheat day this week!!! I feel my sugar cravings all day long. It isn't easy...but it is worth it.

If anyone is interested you can pick up the Body for Life book at any Library I am sure. Or check out bodyforlife.com. It has some pretty motivating before and after shots.

Anyway I just wanted to share. If you are needing some extra motivation check out "Fat Sick and Nearly Dead" pretty sure its on Netflix or you can probably find it for free on the internet. it is very very motivational. I think I need to watch it again.