Shew, my last post was when I was 31. Oops, I’m 33 now :-/
Anyway, we won’t get into all of that (I blame twitter, it has made me a lazy efficient writer).
Busting out the old blog to journal my & Tim’s journey while fasting. I’ve done juice fasts in the past and have always wanted to do it again (and make juicing a regular part of my life), but I never thought Tim would get on board. Well, we watched a documentary last week thanks to Tim’s brother Joel, and we both got fired up to do it. Tim was excited so we jumped right into it. Here’s the trailer, you can stream it on Netflix. Check it out, it just might change your life!
So today is day one. A lot of people are asking exactly what we’re eating so here’s today’s menu:
Breakfast: 1/2 apple, 1/2 pear, 1/2 cup cherries, cinnamon and raw local honey (a drizzle)
Mid-morning juice: Carrot (approximately 10), Apple (1 whole), Beet (1/2 medium size bulb), Ginger (about 1 tbsp chunk), Parsley (a generous handful).
Lunch: Raw veggie salad (romaine, spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, avocado, cauliflower, balsamic vinegar
Mid-afternoon juice: V28 recipe from JoinTheReboot.com (see below)
Dinner: Sauteed Veggies: garlic, olive oil, snow peas, green beans, tomatos, onion, sea salt & pepper
V28
3 large Red Beets
2 medium Carrots
2 stalks Celery
4 Plum Tomatoes
4 cups Parsley, leaves and stems, roughly chopped and packed into the measuring cup
12 Red Radishes
Calories: 340
Protein: 17 g
Fiber: 2 g
That one is new to me so I’ll let you know how it tastes, I’m guessing it’s going to be pretty intense. I have the benefit of having worked in a juice bar a few years ago so I’m familiar with a lot of different recipes, but there are so many resources on the web these days. I wanted to post the nutrition info on that last one because tons of people are asking about protein intake. As you can see, you can get a substantial amount of protein from vegetable sources as long as you have a large variety so you get all of the essential amino acids.
Cheers to day 1!
Carrot Apple Beet Ginger Parsley Juice!
