Well, it was a great experiment today! I tried to plan enough time in the morning to get ready and juice, but was short on time. I did end up juicing and finished getting ready at school after meeting with a student! I need to plan it taking me 20-25 minutes.
Today's breakfast/lunch recipe:
5 stalks celery
1 english cucumber
2 granny smith apples
2 fuji apples
2 oranges
some lemon
All this yielded 32 oz of juice.
Conclusions:
Breakfast was great! I was able to make it to lunch at 12:30, but I was definitely hungry by then. Drank my second 16 oz...and then I was hungry by 2:30. (o: So, I came home and had an avocado/chicken/parsley snack.
Aaaaaaaaand, after talking with Karen, 32 oz is supposed to replace just ONE meal, not two. OK. The goal is getting nutrients into your body quickly and easily. Makes a LOT more sense!
So, I will continue to juice the same, but now I will also add eating a small lunch with my second juice. Done, BAM.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
what I bought
Day 1 of juicing will start tomorrow. I will start with a celery/cucumber/apple/orange combo. With a squirt of lemon juice so it won't turn brown. 16 oz for breakfast, 16 oz for lunch. I will prepare both tomorrow morning.
I went off from the shopping list a little since there were some things on sale (plus I'll have some of this for my "real" dinner options). I also wanted to keep track of how much I'm spending on this. When organic was not that much more expensive than regular, I bought organic. Otherwise, no (mostly).
Shopped at Fred Meyer:
1 bunch organic celery (smells and tastes SO much better than the other): $2.83
1 bunch organic carrots (ditto!): $2.00
A few small heads of organic broccoli: $1.66
4 english cucumbers (non-organic--others were way too expensive): $5.00
1 bunch of organic parsley: $.99
1 bunch organic dinosaur kale: $2.00
8 large organic Fuji apples (on sale, but ouch): $6.14
1 package organic spinach: $2.50
10 small Granny Smith apples (non-organic): $3.38
1 large bag of oranges (non-organic): $4.98
1 grapefruit (non-organic): $.34
2 large organic avocados: $3.58
TOTAL for produce: $35.40
I'm not quite sure how long all this will last, but I'll keep you updated. My goal is to waste NONE of this! I'm tired of throwing away bad produce because I didn't eat it in time.
And then I also bought some brie and wine because, hey, you can't change overnight. Again, wish me luck! (o:
I went off from the shopping list a little since there were some things on sale (plus I'll have some of this for my "real" dinner options). I also wanted to keep track of how much I'm spending on this. When organic was not that much more expensive than regular, I bought organic. Otherwise, no (mostly).
Shopped at Fred Meyer:
1 bunch organic celery (smells and tastes SO much better than the other): $2.83
1 bunch organic carrots (ditto!): $2.00
A few small heads of organic broccoli: $1.66
4 english cucumbers (non-organic--others were way too expensive): $5.00
1 bunch of organic parsley: $.99
1 bunch organic dinosaur kale: $2.00
8 large organic Fuji apples (on sale, but ouch): $6.14
1 package organic spinach: $2.50
10 small Granny Smith apples (non-organic): $3.38
1 large bag of oranges (non-organic): $4.98
1 grapefruit (non-organic): $.34
2 large organic avocados: $3.58
TOTAL for produce: $35.40
I'm not quite sure how long all this will last, but I'll keep you updated. My goal is to waste NONE of this! I'm tired of throwing away bad produce because I didn't eat it in time.
And then I also bought some brie and wine because, hey, you can't change overnight. Again, wish me luck! (o:
juicing
Well, it's finally happened. Living in Oregon, surrounded by food weirdos, is finally starting to influence me. I'm ready to TRY something to improve my health: juicing.
What. The. Heck. ?!
Yep.
This Idaho girl is not doing this to be an Oregonian. This is more of an experiment to see if it makes me feel better. That's basically it.
I've watched a few food documentaries (mainly about eating mostly a plant-based diet), but the latest was "Hungry for Change." It's not preachy, so that's nice. It presents some facts that are really interesting food for thought (pun intended). I've also been learning about this while my friend Karen has been doing this on and off the past year. I've also read a couple of articles (the latest is this one: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 ).
I want to drink a veggie/fruit combo to replace both breakfast and lunch. I plan to eat a lighter "real" food dinner each night. Why? I want to feel better. It's not fun feeling like crap after I eat something I "shouldn't." I think I will probably lose weight, too. And my skin will probably improve. We'll see. I've decided I'm going to try it for 30 days (knowing that I probably will not do it or be able to do it every day in those 30 days). Karen has given me a veggie/fruit recipe to start. AND all this with needing to exercise more, of course. Again, we'll see. (o:
My goals: be healthier, overall. Start to make healthier choices by adding in better choices. I say "start" since I'm eating a Samoa Girl Scout cookie right now. (o: And I want to consume less meat. I don't see myself ever going vegetarian, but my eventual goal is to want to have meat be 20% or less of my diet.
A couple of things that stuck with me from the documentary is that you have to shift your view of thinking from "I can't eat that" to "I can eat that, but I don't want to eat that." And that "the best strategy is to add in the good stuff and it will eventually crowd out the bad stuff." I'm not doing this to "go on a diet." This, I hope, is just the first step in making healthier choices.
I will be sure to make sure I am not short of protein, etc. Again, all an experiment. I figured this does not hurt to try. And it might help. Wish me luck! (o:
What. The. Heck. ?!
Yep.
This Idaho girl is not doing this to be an Oregonian. This is more of an experiment to see if it makes me feel better. That's basically it.
I've watched a few food documentaries (mainly about eating mostly a plant-based diet), but the latest was "Hungry for Change." It's not preachy, so that's nice. It presents some facts that are really interesting food for thought (pun intended). I've also been learning about this while my friend Karen has been doing this on and off the past year. I've also read a couple of articles (the latest is this one: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 ).
I want to drink a veggie/fruit combo to replace both breakfast and lunch. I plan to eat a lighter "real" food dinner each night. Why? I want to feel better. It's not fun feeling like crap after I eat something I "shouldn't." I think I will probably lose weight, too. And my skin will probably improve. We'll see. I've decided I'm going to try it for 30 days (knowing that I probably will not do it or be able to do it every day in those 30 days). Karen has given me a veggie/fruit recipe to start. AND all this with needing to exercise more, of course. Again, we'll see. (o:
My goals: be healthier, overall. Start to make healthier choices by adding in better choices. I say "start" since I'm eating a Samoa Girl Scout cookie right now. (o: And I want to consume less meat. I don't see myself ever going vegetarian, but my eventual goal is to want to have meat be 20% or less of my diet.
A couple of things that stuck with me from the documentary is that you have to shift your view of thinking from "I can't eat that" to "I can eat that, but I don't want to eat that." And that "the best strategy is to add in the good stuff and it will eventually crowd out the bad stuff." I'm not doing this to "go on a diet." This, I hope, is just the first step in making healthier choices.
I will be sure to make sure I am not short of protein, etc. Again, all an experiment. I figured this does not hurt to try. And it might help. Wish me luck! (o:
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