we made it to friday! granted, i have a busy day ahead of me to get a jump-start on prepping for a couple meetings next week, but still. i’m doing my friday dance.
i just wanted to give you a quick update on how my juice cleanse is going, and share a juice recipe with you.
side note: i really hate calling juice mixes “recipes” because there is no cooking involved. maybe i should call them juice combinations from now on… especially since i usually just throw in whatever is around.
i’m on day 5 of the cleanse and i’d say that overall, things are going pretty well! here are the notable points:
- feeling less bloated
- energy levels have increased a lot
- i’m not hungry all the time like i was afraid i would be
- i’m still having 2-3 large juices per day plus 1-2 juice smoothies (no dairy, gluten, etc.)
- was a bit irritable on day 3, but felt more normal yesterday & today
- 7 lbs down on the scale
- excited to keep it up!
i’m still not sure how long i’m going to keep it up. the hardest part for me is preparing food for brad and watching him eat it. it smells so good. and i’ve said this before, but i love to eat. i don’t miss it or crave solid food unless i see someone else eating it. i am just going to go with the flow.
ok, now that that’s out of the way…
apple carrot zinger
ingredients
- 2 large apples
- 5 medium-large carrots
- 2 inch nub of ginger
method
- juice
lol, see why i don’t like calling them recipes?!
this one was delicious – i love adding ginger to mellow flavor combinations to spice it up and add a little *zing*! the combination above made 2 full cups of juice or one very very full wine glass (not filled all the way up in the photos).
photo outtake:
puppy nose!
and finally, i chose the winners of the 3 spa week gift cards.
giveaway winners
i chose 3 winners using random number generator and they were comment numbers 11, 21, & 9.
thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations ladies! please email me at learningsarah@gmail [dot] com with your name and address so tropicana® can get those gift cards mailed out!
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now i’m off to whip up a massive juice and get going on my day!
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what are you doing this weekend?
what is the weather going to be like where you are?
we have a pretty low key weekend planned, and the weather is supposed to be pretty moderate. highs of 36* and 39* and some sun. we’ll have to get outside to play with the puppies & take some walks.
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