Juice It: Spectrum Vege Juice

It doesn’t look very pretty but its kind of like when you mix colours and you mix too many together and it turn a icky brown lol.This is usually my go to juice even before trying this fast. It combines veges across the colour spectrum, has no fruit, packed full of vitamins and minerals not to mention tastes a lot better than it looks. Hint: The lemon is the key for tastiness…

Ingredients:

Handful – English Spinach 1/2 – lemon
3 – Medium Carrots
1/2 – Large Beetroot
2 – Celery sticks
Ice

I’ll have to start listing the nutritional contents…

Juice it: Pine Green Cleanse

Another juice recipe:
Pineapple
Kale
Ginger
Mint
Celery

Juice it: Refreshing Green

This was my breakfast juice its was so refreshing…
What’s in it:
– Mint
– Kale
– Apple
– Cucumber
– Celery
Finish with a handful of Ice and enjoy!

Reboot: 10 Day Juice Fast

As I mentioned in my previous Blog I am doing the 10 day Juice fast inspired by Joe Cross’s film Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. I’m currently on Day Two consuming three large fresh juices a day drinking coconut water, apple cider vinegar water and herbal teas in between.

Even though I had the typical binge over Christmas I think because I’ve been on quite a restricted diet leading up to that I’m not having as huge a reaction that others tend to have. I actually feel better, not so heavy and uncomfortable, I felt terrible after Christmas like I put on 2kg instantly feeling bloated and puffy.

Symptoms before Fast:

– Breakouts on chin and forehead- Bloating
– Abdominal and Stomach Pain
– Blood and Mucous in stool

– Rapid weight fluctuation – Hives once
– Eczema
– Nausea and Dizziness
– Lack of Focus from Fatigue
– Constipation
– Disturbed Sleep

So far the bloating is gone and I feel like I actually have quite a lot of energy considering I’m not eating huge amounts of protein or carbohydrates. Its seems that the evenings are the hardest and found myself really craving just a bit of plain rice at least and when you live in share house and have people cooking amazing food around you it does not help at all!

Tonight will be a huge challenge being New Year and I’m working on a boat serving amazing food and not picking at this food will be a major accomplishment for me. Packing myself a couple juices and maybe some hemp Protein to keep me going we’ll see if I make it through, if I don’t I’ll just pick back up tomorrow.

Happy New Year Everyone, Bring on 2014!

Reboot: Fat, Sick and Nearly dead

I recently watched an inspiring Movie Fat, Sick & Nearly dead by a man named Joe Cross who went on a journey to heal himself from a debilitating Auto-immune disease that caused him to break out in a hive like rash (I recently had hives and its terrible). Like me the doctors put him on a strong steroid called Prednisone which is not healthy long term if at all hence why I boycotted them early on. Conventional Medicine fails to provide and long term healthy treatment for Auto immune diseases like mine and Joes where doctors fail to acknowledge just how huge a role a diet plays in severity of these diseases.

The film follows Joe Cross on a mission to rid himself of harmful steroids and disease by challenging himself with a 60 day Juice fast while venturing across the States sharing his story and showing us how people think when it comes to food and their health. It then takes us on an emotional journey with a trucker Phil Staples whom Joe met on the road who also had this same disease, eventually Phil asks for Joes help to get his health back on track.

Both stories of achievement are inspiring, they now continue to inspire others to start a juice fast followed by micro foods diet and exercise to Reboot their overall health.

I myself was inspired by this even though I’ve been aware of the benefits of these type of diets for a long time. Watching this movie with a different kind of Auto immune disease it caused me to go straight to the shops and buy up fresh fruit and veg and put my juicer to good use.Not being over weight I’ve opted for the 10 day juice fast,  man am I struggling already and all I would really like is to eat some plain rice.

Lucky I love fresh juice of all kinds and have been coming up with some lovely combinations of which I will have to do a post sharing some of them. I highly recommend watching Fat, Sick and nearly dead I promise if your in a health struggle of your own Joe and Phil will inspire you to Reboot your health as well!

Check out Reboot with Joe for guided juice fasting plans and information.