Sweet Veggie Juice

I have successfully completed my 7 day juice detox using the 7lbs in 7 days plan by Jason Vale! Yay! I feel very alert today, way more energetic and ready to take on my study for my final exam next week.

For this week I will also be taking part in the Big Juice Clean Detox by Jason Vale, however this week is based on the Juice Yourself Slim book. That means I will be enjoying some delicious home made soups and some yummy salads this week. What I really enjoyed when I did the juice detox back in January was that all foods seem to taste so much better and stronger afterwards. I really appreciated my foods a lot more and enjoyed them in a completely new way.

Last night I felt very tired but that was probably because we had done 2 hours 15 minutes of running earlier in the day in preparation for the New York Marathon in November this year. We had also included a circuit workout, because there was all this stations with cross trainers, arm strength and belly strength along the way. This morning I was a fair bit sore but I feel brilliant now. I made sure to give my body the rest it needed after yesterday's workout and had 9 hours of sleep! Wow that was so good and so much needed. I am very energetic today which is great for my exam preparation plus later on I might throw in another run outside to give my body some fresh air and well deserved movement after all the study today.

Today I got to enjoy 4 juices/smoothies and I wanted to share one of my new found favourites; the sweet veggie juice recipe.

To make this irresistable juice you will need the following:

• 3 apples
• 1 celery stick
• 1/4 zucchini
• 1/4 cucumber
• 1/4 yellow capsicum
• 1/4 lemon
• 1cm piece of ginger

Juice all of the above and enjoy! The easiest way I find to juice is to pack most of the produce between the apples to give it more stability and therefore you extract more of the juices.What I love about this juices, besides that it tastes just amazing considering it's a mostly veggie based juice, all the ingredients are actually great cleansers for the body!

What are your favourite veggie juices? What are you favourite veggie juice recipes? Have you recently completed a detox and how did you go?

Lots of love!

The Big Juice Spring Clean

On Monday I started the Big Juice Spring Clean. The whole Jason Vale community is taking part in a two week juice and smoothie detox, however in the second week the plan slowly introduces soups as well as fresh salads back into the diet.

There is tons of people with their main motivation weight loss. Personally for me I just want to continue on my path to health and wellbeing where this is another step, this time a two week program. Some of you might know that I completed the 7lbs in 7 days program early this year. I am not going to pretend and have to say it was tough the first few days back in January. However once you get to about day 4 and especially days 6 and 7 you just feel amazing. This buzzing feeling of energy that is flowing in your body is truly beautiful.

I remember during the last one we had so much energy towards the end that we even ended up running in the sand along the beach (which would usually be a pretty tough workout but it was perfect).

Below is Jason making one of his awesome juices

I am now on the third day but feeling quite tired today. This time I also notice that I am a lot more active and that my body seems to demand a little more. Therefore I am taking the option of having the occasional avocado or banana or at times even an apple.

I am already looking forward to getting further into the week because I know I will feel outstanding, ready to take on anything!

Jason Vale is one of my biggest role models and I truly admire his work and commitment to introduce more people to juicing. Therefore I have decided once I have completed my CPA studies, for which I am currently doing my last unit, I will be undertaking Jason Vale's Juice Therapy Course. Because juicing was where my journey originally began and it has done so much for my health that I would love to share this with everyone I meet.

Who is your role model when it comes to juicing? Do you have any other role models when it comes to health and wellness?

Lots of love!