Day 3 Juice Feast

Today is the final day of this juice feast and I’m feeling great!

As I enjoy the last day of the feast, it’s time to start planning what food I will reintroduce tomorrow. You want to end the feast with grace and ease and not with hunger and binging.

Here is a sample menu plan of how I would break the feast:

Breakfast: Green Juice such as my Delicious Green Lemonade

Lunch: Chia pudding such as my Strawberry Chia Pudding

Dinner: A green smoothie or Soup such as my Pear and Watercress Soup

Snacks: Fresh fruit and more juices

The key is to be prepared with what you are going to eat, so that you don’t end up eating too much and binging on foods

I’d love to hear how you go on during the feast – what has been difficult for you and what results have you noticed?

Day 2 Juice Feast

Today is day two of the juice feast

It is also the day that might have you reaching for a banana (or piece of toast…)

There are several reasons for  this:

• You are hungry
• You have not been juicing enough

So lets take the amount of juice you have been consuming first

So how much juice should I be drinking?

First of all, you must remember that this is a juices FEAST and not a juice fast

It is important to keep up your intake of juice and aim to drink around 4 litres of freshly prepared juice a day - if you have less than this, guess what… you get hungry!

But I’m hungry!

My first question to you is: Are you really?

Are you really hungry or could it be that you are eating out of habit?

When you have feelings of ‘hunger’ come up, stop and take a moment to think about what has just happened and triggered your desire to reach for food

Could it  be any of the following:

• You are bored
• Something has just upset you
• You feel the need to suppress of ‘stuff’ feelings down
• It’s because you think you should eat something
• Habit

Give yourself the gift of exploring your relationship with food and using this a chance to experience your true feelings and habits about food – you may even get to experience true hunger!

I’d love to know your thoughts, so post your comments below

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Day 1 Juice Feast

I love juice feasting

Having nothing solid to eat throughout the day – just consuming juices.

I really feel that juice feasting gives my body a perfect rest; it can take a well earned break from digesting and focus on any ‘housekeeping’ it has to take care of. Perhaps a little extra de-toxing, or some healing.

My experience of juice feasting has always been positive. It leaves me feeling energised and clear.

I find that juicing when I need to be extra creative or solution orientated helps me tap into my inspiration easier and amazing things have happened and been developed as a result.

So what do you need to get you started on a juice feast?

Equipment
Juicer
or
A blender and a nut milk bag

To learn more about the equipment needed for juicing click here

Recipes
You are only limited by your imagination!

I like to keep my juices simple, preferring to use between 2 – 4 ingredients, but get experimenting and see what works for you.

My favourite juice recipes can be found by clicking here

Length
The length of your juice feast is entirely up to you.

For this challenge we are doing three days. You may only want to do one day or even just for one meal.

Whatever you decide, I highly recommend that you add some juice to your day, your body really will thank you for an extra dose of liquid sunshine!

Share below in the comments your favourite juices – I’d love to hear what you are enjoying

Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Tropical Sunshine Lift

This juice recipe is the perfect way to bring some sunshine into your day.

Ingredients
1 pineapple
2 oranges
1 red grapfruit

Equipment
Juicer or citrus press

Directions
Peel the fruit, juice and serve

For more delicious raw food recipes check out the
Raw Food Index Page

Raw Food Recipe: Seasonal Juice – Sweet and Satisfying

A seasonal Juice for January (UK)

This juice is surprising sweet and very refreshing.

Ingredients
1 head of celery
2 cups of kale
2 pears
Juice of half a lemon

Equipment
Juicer

Directions
Place through a juicer and serve

Juicy Tip
This juice has a tendency to separate, although it looks pretty, just give it a quick stir before drinking for the best taste.

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Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Refresh and Renew

This juice is perfect when you need to rebalance and renew yourself. The fennel in this recipe is absolutely delicious, so fresh and tasty – perfect any time of the day.

Ingredients
1 cucumber
1 large handful of parsley (I like flat leaf parsley)
2 bulbs of fennel

Equipment
Juicer

Directions
Place ingredients through the juicer and serve

Juicy Tip
Although this juice looks very ‘green’ juice, it actually has a very mild flavour. However if you want it to taste even less ‘green’, add the juice of half a lemon.

For more delicious raw food recipes check out the
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Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Get Set and Go

This juice is perfect when you need some refreshment and extra oomph. It is so much more effective than coffee and you can make it quicker than the kettle takes to boil!

Ingredients
1 red grapefruit
2 oranges

Equipment
Citrus press

Directions
Cut fruit in to halves and squeeze

Juicy Tip
For some extra zing you can also add the juice of 1 lime

Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Get the Glow

This is one of my favourite recipes of  the moment and it is especially good for your skin 

To make this delicious juice, you will need: 

 

Ingredients
1 cucumber
1 head of celery
1-2 cups of kale 

Equipment
Juicer 

Place all ingredients through a juicer and serve… 

Delicious! 

Helps to know
This juice will help make your skin soft and supple because of the cucumber in it. Cucumber is brilliant for your skin because it is an excellent source of silica. Silica is a trace mineral that contributes to the strength of our connective tissue and it is this connective tissue which holds our body together. Cucumbers are also great because of their high water content – this acts as a diuretic helping to clean and cleanse the  body. 

Juicy Tip
If this juice is too green for you, you can add some apple. However you may be surprised as the celery really dilutes the ‘green’. 

For more delicious raw food recipes check out the Raw Food Index Page

Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Warming Orange and Carrot

 

The addition of ginger to to the classic combination of carrot and orange juice is particularly tasty when you are feeling in the need of some warmth. 

To make this delicious juice, you will need: 

Ingredients
3 Carrots
2 Oranges
1 Apple
0.5-1″ of ginger (or to taste) 

Equipment
Juicer 

Place all ingredients through a juicer and serve… 

Delicious! 

Helps to know
Ginger has a very distinctive flavour and when I make this recipe I make sure that I put the ginger through the juicer before the final ingredient to make sure I get the most flavour.
Ginger  is well known for its antibacterial properties. 

Juicy Tip
Using warming spices such as ginger can warm you up on cold days and can help subside cravings for cooked foods. 

For more delicious recipes check out the Raw Food Index page

Confessions on a juice feast

Cravings for a cheese sandwich? Well that’s something I didn’t expect. If you talk about cravings, most people think of chocolate, but over the past few days it was cheese that I wanted, in fact cheese and pickle to be precise.

So for the first week of this juice feast, it was the emotions that I had to deal with and this week it’s cravings.

Those of you who know me, or visit this site often know that I am a complete advocate for greens. I love them! We should all be green goddesses, so why was it then that I forgot my own advice?

For a couple of days I had been juicing, but hadn’t included any  greens!! The shock, I know. When I look back I realise that it was on these days that the craving for cheese, or should that be fat, took hold. As soon as I started to juice greens the cravings went!

So even if you are not juicing and find yourself craving fatty, stodgy foods include some green in your diet and watch the craving disappear. This doesn’t mean that you can’t have the fatty foods that you want, but it does mean that you can control your cravings and you can make the CHOICE.

Here are three of my favourite and delicious ways to add greens to your day:

Juice: Delicious Green Lemonade

Smoothie: Strawberry and Spinach Smoothie

Salad: 3-Step Salad