100 Days: Day Two ~ Discipline

Day 1...DONE! Day 2...DONE! 

Today I focused on disciplining myself to focus on what matters most...optimal health! I am not doing this 100 days just to lose weight, but I am on this journey to achieving optimal health. So today, although I almost didn't get it in, I did 45 minutes of upper body strength training. I'm sure I'll be sore tomorrow, but it will just be a reminder that I chose to do something for me. 

This morning I made a green smoothie which consisted of an avocado, spinach, coconut water, a banana and almond milk.

After lunch, my husband juiced some oranges, lemon, ginger and carrots.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow and taking the next step toward reaching my goals!

100 Days: Day One

Today is the first of 100 consecutive days of working out and drinking either a green smoothie or juicing. So, this morning I juiced carrots, apples and ginger.

 Before lunch, I had a green smoothie which consisted of spinach, a frozen banana, an apple, an orange, coconut water with pineapple and almond milk. It was amazing!

As far as a workout, I did Zumba. My schedule didn't afford me time to make it to the gym, but I refused to allow that to stop me. I just did a Youtube search and found this Zumba video. It was a great workout!

100 Days...

I'm not big on New Year's resolutions, but I am a huge proponent of taking inventory and evaluating the previous year and making achievable goals for the new year. So, that being said, here is one of my goals for 2014. Starting today, along with a friend, I am embarking on a 100 day journey to healthy! What that means is that for the next 100 days I will exercise consistently and drink either a juice or green smoothie. I've been on this journey to healthy for a while and needed to push myself to the next level, so when I saw a friend post on Facebook that she was going to do 100 days, I decided to join her because I can really use the accountability.

So, stay tuned! I will be posting pictures and videos of this journey. I invite you to join with me and we can take the journey together.

Today's Green Smoothie

Banana
Kale
Strawberries
Clementine
and almond milk.

Nutritious and delicious!

Today's green smoothie:

blueberries
avocado
kale
almond milk
dates

5 Day Juice Detox Fast

So, I am thinking I need to do a 5 Day Juice Detox Fast to give my system a break. If you'd like to join me, I am posting the menu I will follow as well as a grocery list. Hope you'll join me and post your comments here and pics and comments on my Facebook page. Happy Juicing!

Day 1

Breakfast:                              

2 organic granny smith apples

4 organic carrots

1 organic celery stalk

Lunch

1 whole organic cucumber

8 organic kale leaves

2 organic celery stalks

3 organic granny smith apples

1 lime, peeled and seeded

Small piece of ginger

Dinner

1 beet with leaves

2 organic carrots

2 organic celery stalks

Small piece of ginger

½ lemon, peeled and seeded

Day 2

Breakfast

½ pineapple

3 organic red apples

4 organic carrots

Lunch

1 whole organic cucumber

8 organic kale leaves

2 organic celery stalks

3 organic granny smith apples

1 lime, peeled and seeded

Small piece of ginger

Dinner

8 organic kale leaves

2 organic celery stalks

3 organic carrots

2 organic red apples

1 whole organic cucumber

1 organic tomato

½ lemon, peeled and seeded

Day 3

Breakfast

2 organic granny smith apples

4 organic carrots

1 organic celery stalk

Lunch

10 organic kale leaves

5 organic carrots

2 organic red apples

1 whole organic cucumber

3 organic celery stalks

Dinner

1 beet with leaves

2 organic carrots

2 organic celery stalks

Small piece of ginger

½ lemon, peeled and seeded

Day 4

Breakfast

1 beet with leaves

½ pineapple

1 whole organic cucumber

2 organic celery stalks

½ lime, peeled and seeded

Lunch

8 organic kale leaves

2 organic celery stalks

3 organic carrots

2 organic red apples

1 whole organic cucumber

1 organic tomato

½ lemon, peeled and seeded

Dinner

1 whole organic cucumber

8 organic kale leaves

2 organic celery stalks

3 organic granny smith apples

1 lime, peeled and seeded

Small piece of ginger

Day 5

Breakfast

½ pineapple

3 organic red apples

4 organic carrots

Lunch

8 organic kale leaves

2 organic celery stalks

3 organic carrots

2 organic red apples

1 whole organic cucumber

1 organic tomato

½ lemon, peeled and seeded

Dinner

1 beet with leaves

2 organic carrots

2 organic celery stalks

Small piece of ginger

½ lemon, peeled and seeded

Grocery list

*Preferably all fruits and veggies should be organic.

2 bags Granny Smith Apples

3 bags Carrots

3 celery

8 cucumber

6 bunches of kale

5 lime

3 lemon

2 pineapple

1 ginger root

4 beet with leaves

2 bags red apples (Fuji, Honey Crisp, etc)

3 tomato

Day 3

So, I've made it to day 3 and I am feeling great! Here is my juicing log for today:

Breakfast: 12 kale leaves, 3 carrots, 2 celery stalks, 2 red apples, 1 cucumber, 1 juice of lemon, 1 tomato, and an inch of ginger. 

Lunch:12 kale leaves, 3 red apples, 4 cuties, 5 carrots, 2 bananas. It was very filling and delicious.

Dinner:13 kale leaves, 4 carrots and left over fruit salad that consisted of watermelon, cantelope, grapes, blueberries.

Day 3...successful completion!