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I admit I almost chickened out and skipped this challenge fearing I wouldn't have time or creativity to do it, but luckily I have a loving husband who gives me a good kick in the rear when I get overly dramatic.October's styling challenge was titled "Morning." A wonderful theme, because despite common sentiment I think there are so many lovely things associated with the morning. Morning is the best time of day. It is so fresh, clean, new and brings a day full of possibilities. And what better to display the newness and freshness of the day than a spot of fresh tea? I first thought I would take a picture of coffee, because it is so very delicious but coffee to me gives me a feeling of coffee breath and the morning jitters rather than the freshness and cleanness of the morning. So in the spirit of the freshness of the morning, I chose to depict morning by brewing a cup of green tea and going outside to play with my camera.Here is what came out of it. I really wish that I could use my handy photoshop for this challenge to put some delicious contrast and color balancing into these photographs, but alas our rules say that we can't, but not to worry. Next time I think that I'll break out my flash and see if I can get the contrast I crave without Photoshop.
Be sure to check out the other Morning photographs by clicking the links below. And please comment a lot on our photos and give us hints on how we could have done better, because what is a challenge unless you learn and grow?
At The Corner of Happy and Harried
The Delicious World of Chefette Spicy
Have a lovely day! And drink a cup of tea for me. :)
The light beaconed me to wake up early, and I'm glad I did. Golden Light is such a good reason to get your hind parts out of bed.
Couple 1: They were in too much in a hurry to give me their information, but they were kind enough to give me this kiss picture.
Couple 2: University Students... Lee Eung Jeon; 23; He likes clothes. (Notice his Gap shirt) with Jeon Eun Yeong, 23, She likes bags. (I think that she means purses) Their likes seems to match up quite nicely.
Have you ever seen prettier shoes? I makes me want to go out and buy some new sneakers as we speak. Oh the lovely colors!
A group of friends, enjoying a sunny afternoon together outside of Emart - Korea's Wal-mart equivalent.Kim La Yeong 15, - Purple Descent Shoes -- She likes ChocolateKim Ji Su, 16, -- Pink New Balance -- She likes CamerasBak Ju Yeong, 15, Purple and Gray Asics-- She likes Sun ShineYoun Ye Un, 16, - Teal Shoes, She likes PuppiesJeong Yu Jin, 15, Pink Converse - She likes Pink
Name: Kim Dong SyeolAge: 85,Kim Dong Syeol was just enjoying a day in the park. A foreigner asks for her picture, and she kindly obliges. She speaks no English except when the foreigner leaves. Kim says bye, bye-i-eyo. She has made the foreigner's day.
High School Days with Friends Kim Eun Bi, 19 and Kang Min Ju, 19. They told me that they like chicken and ice cream.
Name: Lee Yu RiAge: 29Between classes, I went in search of my Day 5 personality, Yu Ri, beautifully posed for me. And then I also spotted the best ripped off facebook logo to date! :-) I love Korea.Face Lift Anyone? Perhaps when face book is done conquering the internet, they could join the plastic surgery industry.
Name: Jun Eun-Seo Age: 27Today, I was really avoiding going out to take a picture, but there is no way I can quit on day 4. So around 4 pm, I got up the guts to go into a Japanese noodle restaurant that had beautiful Jesus-light streaming in.This guy really hated his picture being taken, but I insisted and he caved in when I said that I would only take a couple of pictures of him.
When I heard the raining falling out my window, I wasn't sure that I wanted to get up this morning to ask people for their picture, but I did. In bed promised myself a piece of "See's" Chocolate from the USA if I could wake-up and go outside. After that thought, I jumped out of bed got dressed in a raincoat, savored a piece of chocolate (actually I cut open 3 different pieces of chocolate to see what was inside and had a quarter piece of each chocolate so I could have more variety. Yes, I'm a sucker for variety.) and then after dissecting chocolate made my way out into the torrential rains.Lately I have been wondering what is the point of my photography and if it really does any good to take lots of pictures. What do the pictures really do? Can they help many people later? At times this thought discourages me from pursuing it strongly, but today I learned something. When I was coming home after taking picture 3/365, I was soaked, shoes were drenched, I was a bit cold, but I flying.This is what I realized, at the very least photographing people make me appreciate God and his creation, every time I return from taking pictures of random people I feel like I just have won the lottery. So perhaps, these photographs will do nothing more than fill me with joy and appreciation for God and his people. Then so be it, because that in itself makes it worth doing. La fotografia vale la pena.
Color and Black in White :-)Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.Steve Jobs
I'm starting a 365 day project. I have always wanted to and now I am. I think there will be many more 365 day projects to come. Everyday I am committed to ask at least one person for their picture. The point of this project is that my most favorite thing about photography is people, but I don't take enough pictures of people because I am afraid to ask them for their picture. After 365 days, at the very least I will have met many new people and taken many their picture and overcome my fears. I can't let fears of rejection overtake me. That just won't do!I am reading through Proverbs this month, and I came upon this verse.Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.This will be my verse of the year, perhaps life. It reminds me to be patient with myself and God, and to do a little bit a day, because going quickly only brings poverty, but diligence and consistency is what brings success.Have a lovely day~
Jeju Island, South Korea
This month's challenge was table setting, and because last month I did a 15 day Juice Fast and I'm learning to eat more and more vegetables I decided that it was only natural that I made a table setting of only vegetables. I wanted to make food art. All I needed was red cabbage, white cabbage, green pepper, carrots, a good knife, and a whole lot of patience. In the end, I was pretty happy with the results. It wasn't perfect, but I tried a new kind of photography and as a result I have more ideas for another food-filled photograph.. :-)Here are the Rules again..
1. No editing can be done to the photo other than edge cropping.
2. Camera equipment and tools of any variety may be used to assist in the photography.
3. Select 1-5 of your best photos, of the same subject matter, to be blogged.
4. The same concept must be blogged at the same time by all participants.
5. The only text acceptable for each photo is your watermark.
6. All shoots must be newly styled as of the first Monday of the month.
Here we go. My table setting for August's Challenge. 
The Table Setting Recipe:The Table Cloth = White CabbageThe Plates = Red CabbageThe Spoons and Chopsticks = Green PeppersThe Center Pieces = Green Peppers and CarrotsHere is are behind the scenes photographs
Here is a photo of the creation after a day in the sun. Interesting, right?
Also check out other bloggers photographs for the Table Setting Challenge here -->
Juicing myself into a vegetable was successfully completed. Now, I need something else to challenge me.. What is up next up on the challenge board? I'm going to join a Photography Styling Challenge with some fellow bloggers. It will be incredibly fascinate. You just wait!
This challenge originated from My-Van Dang from Redesigned By M.
Here is here description of the photography challenge from Redesigned By M.
Inspired by all the photo challenges out there, I thought I’d create one of my own. This photo challenge is two parts:
1. Being my own stylist for a photo shoot.
2. Learning how to use my camera to its fullest extent.
I love styling photo shoots. It infuriates me when I look at photos and see details that were overlooked during the photography session. I wanted to create instances that I could hone my skills and eye for styling, that were more formal, more elaborate, and more visual than my day to day blog posts.
As for the second point: I love doing my Photo Walks, but those are mostly centered around outdoor photos because they involve getting to know my new city better. I thought if I could create my own shoots that I could style, I’d be able to have more practice with interior photography.
Here’s how it works:
1. No editing can be done to the photo other than edge cropping.
2. Camera equipment and tools of any variety may be used to assist in the photography.
3. Select 1-5 of your best photos, of the same subject matter, to be blogged.
4. The same concept must be blogged at the same time by all participants.
5. The only text acceptable for each photo is your watermark.
6. All shoots must be newly styled as of the first Monday of the month.
Once a month, on the first Monday.
1. Food
2. Table setting
3. Wall vignette
4. Morning
5. Bedroom
6. Order (Organization)
7. Chaos(Caveat: Must use at least 3 of the objects from “Order” photo shoot.)
8. Patterns
9. Fashion
10. Light
11. Living Room
12. Personal
*All concepts are open to interpretation of the photographer.We have this month to think of ideas for our first concept and then we post our first photo shoot on July 1st! We’re both very excited about this new challenge and hope you will be, too. If you choose to participate, please let us know in the comment below so we’ll be sure to include your blog in the first post.
Redesigned By M - A wonderful blog by My-Van Dang, about design, organization, gardening, etc... with many more tips on how to make your life easier and clutter-free.Redlovinpixie - Ginny, from London living in LA, who blogs about things from interiors and knitting to food and dogsAt the Corner of Happy and Harried - Anjana, from India blogs about cooking, baking, and home decor, with a little bit of DIY crafting.My Food Tapestry - An absolutely delightful food blog by Namrata---So tomorrow, August 5th I'll be joining the challenge, a month late, but better late then never, right? Well that is if you're not too, too late. Because if you're too, too late all of the good food is gone, and that really defeats the purpose of going at all. :-)The subject of August? Table Setting... Oui that might be difficult, because I'm not much of table-setting kind of girl... But we'll see :-) Wish me luck!
I apologize for the delay in publication. You see after 15 days of juicing, something strange happened to us. That is why I’ve taken so long to type this post. My hands aren’t quite what they used to be...We have changed.... (see the photo below)
After 15 days of juicing, Juan and I turned into into Zucchinis! Poof! That’s right! We’re done for! So much juice that we are no longer humans. We are only vegetables. My father always told me that I would turn into a vegetable if I watched too much TV, but he never warned me about drinking too much juice!If I had only know, I would have stopped at day 14 and drunken a whole cup of coffee and a pound of dark chocolate to retoxify my body! But alas! We are so clean that we've turned into vegetables on day 15! Zucchinis at that! Why couldn’t I have least turned into a more charming vegetable, like an eggplant or a curvy red pepper?!?! God, why????Ok, let’s say perhaps, I’m kidding or being dramatic and perhaps we are really not zucchinis, but I think we would be if we had continued on to day 16! That might have been our fate, but thank goodness we didn’t continue!A Tip of the Day: The end will come, so just keep going. When the end comes, it is so sweet and well worth it!
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Oh their must really be a God! Because we’ve made it all the way to day 15! You know, I don’t think that this day would come. The final days creeped by, every day really seemed like a year. I was sure that I was getting old and gray by how slow day 14 went... But alas! the sun went down and finally, oh, finally, it creeped back up over the Korean hills!We were welcomed by a chorus of angels singing from Heaven. Today, our final day of our juice fast, we get to start a transition into chewing food!Today, I get to crunch sweet melons and apples and feel the fresh crisp of watermelon and the feel the texture of kiwi on our tongue! I think today that I will appreciate texture more than I ever thought possible!How did today go? In the morning, we got up and had a nice snack of melon and then later had a big glass of green juice. Those smart expert people say that the key to transitioning is to do it slowly and ease your body into it.Going slowly isn’t so easy, but you have to try or all of your results may just go out the window! So perhaps to insure that you go slowly, buy a lock for your refrigerator or just get a lock on your jaw to force yourself not to go overboard.. hehehe..For lunch, I made tomato soup by feeding tomatoes, garlic and onions into the juicer and then I mixed the pulp and the juice together and warmed it up over the stove. That was nice. :) And then finally for dinner we went to church, and they ordered us a vegetable soup from a Chinese restaurant... I should have know a Chinese restaurant would be nothing but, Trouble!.. I was transitioning perfectly until dinner. When I ate the soup, it was processed and oily and it just killed me. After I ate it, I felt like I was RE-toxifying... Noooooo!!!! I got mad at myself for going too quickly. I could feel my body hating me for the yucky soup I gave it...I felt like a failure, like I had dropped the ball and the world would surely end! What have I done????But not to worry, dear friends, I didn’t let Dramatic Inge take over my body for too long, in the end this mistake made me decided that I wasn’t ready to retoxify my body again after all of the hard work. I realized that needed to have a better plan of transition. So for the next 7 days, the plan is for me to eat about 90% raw foods (salads, fruits, vegetables, and nuts and good oils) and drink at least 32 oz of juice a daily to continue to detox. I don’t want to go back to my old ways of eating. Even though they weren’t terrible, juicing has improved my health, and I want to continue to see improvements.After 7 days of 90% raw, I may do more of a 70% raw and 30% cooked food diet combination. I think that is a sustainable lifestyle for me. A few years back, my mom, who is a braver soul than I, went 100% raw for about 2 or 3 years. She’s truly super woman. I remember thinking how amazing her skin looked. She looked younger by at least 5 years after following this eating lifestyle. All of her wrinkles on her face went away.I, on the other hand, I like a bit of cooked food here and there. I’m of the camp of people who think that food is both physical and psychological and even though physically you might not need cooked foods, at times it is nice to enjoy a nice warm bowl of soup in the winter just for the comfort factor. So I’m going to do 70%, 30% with a juice every day and see how that works for me.
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IngeJuice: 1.5 Liters / Water: 2 liters Transition Food: A banana and melon for breakfast, tomato soup for lunch and vegetable soup for dinner Weight: 4 kg less than the start Energy: Really good Mood: Good - The crankies are gone! What chewing does for the soul! Hunger: Not bad, because I could mix Detox Symptoms: None really Cheats: Nothing Cravings: My chompers are satisfied today, therefore no cravingsJuan:Juice: 1.5-2 Liters / Water: 2 liter Transition Food: Fruit for breakfast, salad and tomato soup with eggs for lunch and vegetable soup for dinner. Weight: 5.5 kg less than the start Energy: Good Mood: So much better than yesterday, Hallelujah! Hunger: Not bad. Detox Symptoms: Nothing Cheats: None Cravings: I forgot to ask him, but I’m guessing it was Chicken, because he always wants chicken.(Intermission... -- Yes, yes, this is looong, but my keyboard keeps typing, and I can get it to stop! It must be my zucchini fingers! So at this point you can go take a break. Go check your facebook page and then stretch your legs, and I’ll save a seat for you when you come back! See you soon!)Ooooh! look at our family pictures! Aren’t just we adorable? -- photo shoot, concept, photography and styling by Inge Hooker and Juan Job
Ok, so enough with our adorable faces. I'm sure you're sick of them by now. The question you may be wondering is....Did Juicing for 15 days really work? and is it worth it? We would both say YES! We are both so glad we did it, and so glad that it is OVER!For me (Inge) I noticed that my digestion has improved, my energy is better (I crave juice more and coffee less), my skin is so much softer, and I feel healthier. If I can get these results from juicing, than I shan’t complain about making juice.Also, my knowledge of the body has really increased during the past month. I know so much more about nutrition and taking care of yourself properly. Also something a little interesting I learned is that I need to be more efficient and organized. Though I’m a very determined, hard working person, I realized that I work hard inefficiently. Which is dumb. I'm learning that I can do things better in less time. I’m taking tips from one of the most efficient people that I know, my most organized efficient friend My-Van the writer of Redesigned by M. She’s an interior designer and an efficiency genius! You should check her blog out. Especially if you’re about to move houses. She has amazing tips on how to move a house easily and efficiently. Moving Tips.On a side note: I would say that I haven’t received ALL of the results that I want, just yet. Nor learned all I want to about nutrition. This motivates me to keep study nutrition, continue juicing and eating more raw foods so that I see more improvements in my skin, my nails and energy levels..Juan has noticed that his skin is softer; his immune system is stronger; he feels healthier; his digestion is better; he lost weight 5.5 kilos or 12 pounds which after after he gained back his water weight he is now 3 kilos or 6.6 pounds lighter - not bad for 15 days, eh?What is even more interesting is that both of our taste buds have started to change. We now are craving more healthy, fresh foods. Overly processed foods are less appetizing. The pizza, the coca-cola, the ice cream, the coffee, don’t seem so tempting. This is amazing, because this means it will be easier for us to stay healthy in the future, because our bodies are now asking us for good food, we don’t have to force it to eat a salad. We actually crave one. Additionally this tells me that juicing isn’t just a fad diet to starve and deprive yourself, it is actually a way to infuse your body with nutrients that rejuvenate and reprogram it to WANT to eat good. Crazy, right? It’s like we’ve tricked our bodies... Mwahahahaha!In the end, all the tears and pain were worth it. And we’ll continue to juice every morning and every once in awhile we may go on 5 or 10-day juice fasts when we feel like we especially want to rest and clean-up our system. We will just have to make sure that we get plenty of rest and stay far away from other humans while we’re doing this again.. We aren’t the peppiest people when we are juicing. hehehe.So are you ready for the Cliche of the Day???Good! here it is ---> If we did it, you can do it. Lame saying, I know! But I’m actually telling you the truth. Because juicing in Korea was so hard for us that if you live in the USA or a tropical country, juice fasting will be easy for you!Here in South Korea, we faced a multitude of obstacles and still made it. We don’t have a car, we had to carry all of our vegetables from the store to home, AND our refrigerator is a little bigger than the size of a college dorm refrigerator and our kitchen isn’t much bigger. On top of that vegetables and fruits are generally more expensive and more difficult to find. All of this means that juicing is super inconvenient for us, but if you think being healthy is inconvenient, try being in sick in a hospital bed. Just a thought. So drink your juice and quit making excuses!
Do you want to be healthier? If yes, then ask yourself what can I start to eat to heal and improve my body? What foods and juices will give my body nutrition to heal and build my body?Well that is all for our juicing adventure for now, but not to worry. There are many more adventures to come for Juan and myself, as long as we can learn to drive better. :-)
1. Juice Fast Introduction2. Juice Fast Day 1 ~ Juicing Resources3. Juice Fast Day 2 ~ Special Guest4. Juice Fast Day 3 ~ Think Long Term5. Juice Fast Day 4 ~ $$$6. Juice Fast Day 5 ~Juice Your Greens7. Juice Fast Day 6 ~ Keep Going8. Juice Fast Day 7 ~ Give Your Veggies a Shower9. Juice Fast Day 8 - Coffee Enemas and Detox Dreams10. Juice Fast Day 9 ~ Lazy Saturdays and Honey Masks11. Juice Fast Day 10 ~ What To Do with Juice Pulp? 1 of 212. Juice Fast Day 11 ~ Juice Fast Challenge: Day 11 - What to do with Juice Pulp? 2 of 213. Juice Fast Day 12 ~ How Do you Start to Eat Again? Step One = Make a Plan14. Juice Fast Day 13 ~ Happy Days!15. Juice Fast Day 14 - Cranky Days! & Transition to Food16. Juice Fast Day 15 - Before and After Photos
Juan: (he offers me 50$ cash)Me: No, I don't want the money, I can't buy anything!!!!!Him: What do you mean?Me: I can't buy any coffee! (Wahhhh!)
Him: Awh.. poor baby, You’re finally normal, like me! he said while jumping in circles and laughing..He was so excited because this was probably the first time I had expressed any of my cravings to him Before he felt like he was the only one, but I joined his lament party today. Ha! But we didn’t have much more time to party because I was off to teach class.Today was hard mentally. You would think once you reach day 14, you’d be excited and ready to push through to the end! but not quite. I was mopey and Juan was glad that I was finally having a rough time.. hehehe. Since all of the other days it was him. Today he is transitioning into food, by eating salads and things so his digestion system is ready to digest all the chicken that he wants it to. But I alas! have decided not to start my transition until 15 day and start eating at a point on the 15th day, fruit or something.Yet today is not day 15, it is only 14, and oh my! it seems like it will never end. You know it was only 10:30 in the morning, I want to curl in bed and mope, so that the day would pass. No, I’m not that tired. My energy is fine. I’m hungry, but I don’t want to juice again, and where is my food? An egg would be nice. I think I might have starved today, if Juan hadn’t made me juice. I was not about to juice any more. Isn’t it funny how attached we get to chewing food? Ridiculous and Curious its effect. Even when we're not hungry. I should do a study about this.People ask me what I miss the most, and I say salad with salmon. Ha! I’m too healthy I think. People look at me like I’m crazy.., but then I whisper to them...and I would really like a cappuccino and chocolate too. :-)It's a cranky day but tomorrow, Foood! or at least a little bit of it.Juan's Cranky too today; he wants Pollo! (Chicken)
Ok so any more tips that I've found on transition? After you make a plan... Go slowly, and eat the foods that you've been juicing. Only eat them in raw form. Also continue to juice for 2-3 meals. This will make it easier on your stomach to digest. We've been juicing fruits and vegetables, so these same fruits and vegetables we should eat and juice too. and eat in small portions. This period will last for about 3 days - 7 days and then after this time you can add one light protein to your diet. e.g. 1 piece of chicken or fish for one meal.. and then wait 3 more days to add 1 more portion.Resources: Getting off of a Fast from Just On Juice.com and Article #2 from IZO Cleanse.com
Juan--Juice: 1.5-2 Liters / Water: 2 liter Food: Salad for lunch and salad Eggs for dinner Weight: 5 kg less than the start Energy: Up and Down Mood: Not Good Hunger: A lot today Detox Symptoms: sore throat, but his skin is glowing :) Cheats: None Cravings: Pasta and ChickenInge--Juice: 2 Liters / Water: 2 liters Weight: 3-4 kg less than the start Energy: Really good.Mood: Down in the Morning, up in the afternoon.. at night pretty good. Hunger: Yup, hungry at times, but not too bad, and cleaning the juicer again doesn’t sound appealing Detox Symptoms: None really Cheats: Nothing Cravings: A coffee and a salad
1. Juice Fast Introduction2. Juice Fast Day 1 ~ Juicing Resources3. Juice Fast Day 2 ~ Special Guest4. Juice Fast Day 3 ~ Think Long Term5. Juice Fast Day 4 ~ $$$6. Juice Fast Day 5 ~Juice Your Greens7. Juice Fast Day 6 ~ Keep Going8. Juice Fast Day 7 ~ Give Your Veggies a Shower9. Juice Fast Day 8 - Coffee Enemas and Detox Dreams10. Juice Fast Day 9 ~ Lazy Saturdays and Honey Masks11. Juice Fast Day 10 ~ What To Do with Juice Pulp? 1 of 212. Juice Fast Day 11 ~ Juice Fast Challenge: Day 11 - What to do with Juice Pulp? 2 of 213. Juice Fast Day 12 ~ How Do you Start to Eat Again? Step One = Make a Plan14. Juice Fast Day 13 ~ Happy Days!15. Juice Fast Day 14 - Cranky Days! & Transition to Food16. Juice Fast Day 15 - Before and After Photos
I'm Happy! Why? Not only is it day 13 but.... Guess What? I found in E-mart today? CILANTRO!!! What is the big deal? You don’t know!?! Oh that’s right, you probably don’t live in South Korea. Do you know that I’ve been looking for cilantro for the past 3 years in Korea, and the only place I could find it was in Army Bases and remote International markets?..But now Korea is finally Mexicanizing or Thailandizing themselves! Finally.. Wow! Even though it is 3x as expensive as the USA. I was so happy that I almost bought all. YUM! If you’ve ever lived in South Korea, you’ll understand my exuberance for finding cilantro in a grocery store here. It’s unheard of, but now the truth of Cilantro is spreading.. Now this made my day! Look isn't it beautiful..?
Today hasn't been quite been as exciting for Juan... it has been a rough one actually, and I’m hoping that it all will speed up. Today, I have good energy, but it wasn’t the same for Juan. He’s not experiencing as easy of a ride. He really misses food and CHICKEN! Like I said yesterday, we’re thinking that perhaps that we might need to switch it up as far as the greens go, because he doesn’t feel the energy and he can’t focus. There is a green that I got recommended today called Angelica, but upon further research, I’ve found that this herb can be very good for your health but also have very dangerous side-affects. So I’ll skip buying that one. Thank-you!We had our Bible study in our house it was good, Chan Mi cooked an amazing-looking chicken curry and we smelled and watched everyone eat it as we nursed our juice. Live is hard, eh? But it is better with cilantro. That is for sure :-)
Juan:Juice: 2 Liters / Water: 1 liter Food: Vegetable Soup for lunch and a salad for dinner Weight: 6 kg less than the start Energy: Up and Down Mood: Not Good Hunger: A lot today Detox Symptoms: achy, sore throat, fever, tired....But his skin is glowing :) Cheats: None Cravings: Pollo (Chicken), PizzaIngeJuice: 1.5 liter Liters / Water: 1.5 liters Weight: 3-4 kg less than the start Energy: Really good. Quite happy that it has returned and feels really constant no afternoon lull Mood: Good. Hunger: Yup, hungry at times, but not too bad, and cleaning the juicer again doesn’t sound appealing Detox Symptoms: None really Cheats: Nothing Cravings: Salad that is not in a cup and chocolate
1. Juice Fast Introduction2. Juice Fast Day 1 ~ Juicing Resources3. Juice Fast Day 2 ~ Special Guest4. Juice Fast Day 3 ~ Think Long Term5. Juice Fast Day 4 ~ $$$6. Juice Fast Day 5 ~Juice Your Greens7. Juice Fast Day 6 ~ Keep Going8. Juice Fast Day 7 ~ Give Your Veggies a Shower9. Juice Fast Day 8 - Coffee Enemas and Detox Dreams10. Juice Fast Day 9 ~ Lazy Saturdays and Honey Masks11. Juice Fast Day 10 ~ What To Do with Juice Pulp? 1 of 212. Juice Fast Day 11 ~ Juice Fast Challenge: Day 11 - What to do with Juice Pulp? 2 of 213. Juice Fast Day 12 ~ How Do you Start to Eat Again? Step One = Make a Plan14. Juice Fast Day 13 ~ Happy Days!15. Juice Fast Day 14 - Cranky Days! & Transition to Food16. Juice Fast Day 15 - Before and After Photos
Day 12 is upon us, and it get me dreaming of food. See the picture above, a salad that I made last summer. Yum! I really do like food, and cooking and all of the yummy, chewy things that come with it. So with all of this food in my head, it got me to start to think about how will we start to eat again? I mean I haven't forgotten how to chew.(At least I hope not). but rather how do you introduce food back into your diet, when, the amount and what kinds of foods?Upon research here is what I'm finding.. First everyone says make a health plan before you get off the fast. Why? So that when you get off the fast you don't go crazy and retoxify yourself after all of your hard work! That would be just nuts! It is best if you set up goals of how you want to continue getting healthy then you're ready to go when you're coming off of the fast. A health plan includes things like exercise, what foods will you eat, how many juices you'll drink a day, even planning for when you'll eat your favorite unhealthy foods. eg. exercise 30 minutes a day, drink on green juice in the morning, only eat ice cream 1 time a month, etc.The idea of this juice cleanse is to start your body a better path, after the 15 days, you're not done with the journey, you've just begun it. You don't have to stop eating your favorite foods completely, but reduce the amount you eat them and increase the fresh raw vegetables and fruits in your diet. That is the key, give you body more of an ability to regenerate itself with vitamins and minerals and nutrients and lots of water..
Well I feel like we do a pretty good job of eating healthy already, and we exercise too, but we could tweak a few things to make it better. I think that we could add more fresh vegetables into our diet and I want to have a green juice every morning and maybe once or twice a week have a dinner of juice instead of food.I was thinking about how I accomplish this because it takes more time to make juice and prepare fresh vegetables than other meals, and I need to wash and cut the vegetables once or twice a week and put them in plastic bags to have them ready for use. Little things like that will save me so much time. Because it is sooo time consuming to have to cut up vegetables every day, 2 or 3x a day. So instead, I just have a veggie chopping party at my house, every week. :-) Anyone what to come?Tomorrow I'll discuss, what foods that you want to introduce first and how to do it! ^^
Today was good, it was easy. Even though we didn’t have enough veggies to juice for the morning, both Juan and I felt good and we were able to go to work a little less than full stomachs, and still make it through the day with a lot of energy. Exactly one week ago, I was about dead when I had to work, even though I had drank my full liter of juice. My body is really acting better and my energy is quite constant. This is exciting. I hated having low energy, but today the energy was great.The only sad part of today was when a friend saw me in a cafe and bought me a coffee without my knowledge and I had to sit there and watch the poor sad coffee go to waste :-( Then a student invited me out to a cafe today, and I couldn't order what I wanted. I got pure kiwi juice. It was fine, but a nice hot almond milk would have been perfect.. Oh well, I guess you have to make sacrifices for your health.. But why couldn't I get random free coffees next week? Dear God,.. Can I get a random free coffee next week? That would be nice. Just one. I promise that is all I need, Thank you and Amen.For Juan though it is much harder for him to sustain the energy levels. We're not sure why, but it could be that we need other greens or we should use other vegetables for our juices that we're not. I think that is the downside of trying to do this in Korea. Your options are limited, so it makes it difficult to experiment with many types of green or vegetables. The variety of vegetables is growing, but it is still quite limited and hard to access. But long story short the past couple of days have been really hard on him, and he swears he won't do a complete juice fast again, and that all he wants is chicken. Only 3 more days!Juan:Juice: 2 Liters / Water: 1 liter Weight: 5.5 kg less than the start Energy: Consistent.. Mood: Stable Hunger: Normal Detox Symptoms: None Cheats: None Cravings: Pollo (Chicken), PastaIngeJuice: 1.5 --> 2 liter Liters / Water: 1 liters Weight: 3-4 kg less than the start Energy: Quite good, every day it gets better Mood: Pretty good mood all day. the weather was rain but nice today too. Hunger: A good bit, but that is just because in the morning we didn’t have the produce to make much juice Detox Symptoms: None really, they seem to be easing for now Cheats: Nothing Cravings: Something like warm almond milk with a little bit of honey. That would be nice.
1. Juice Fast Introduction2. Juice Fast Day 1 ~ Juicing Resources3. Juice Fast Day 2 ~ Special Guest4. Juice Fast Day 3 ~ Think Long Term5. Juice Fast Day 4 ~ $$$6. Juice Fast Day 5 ~Juice Your Greens7. Juice Fast Day 6 ~ Keep Going8. Juice Fast Day 7 ~ Give Your Veggies a Shower9. Juice Fast Day 8 - Coffee Enemas and Detox Dreams10. Juice Fast Day 9 ~ Lazy Saturdays and Honey Masks11. Juice Fast Day 10 ~ What To Do with Juice Pulp? 1 of 212. Juice Fast Day 11 ~ Juice Fast Challenge: Day 11 - What to do with Juice Pulp? 2 of 213. Juice Fast Day 12 ~ How Do you Start to Eat Again? Step One = Make a Plan14. Juice Fast Day 13 ~ Happy Days!15. Juice Fast Day 14 - Cranky Days! & Transition to Food16. Juice Fast Day 15 - Before and After Photos
Today is day 11, only 4 full days left!. So we thought, Wow! we’ve spent 10 days throwing away our pulp, perhaps we can reuse some of it for something more useful? Sounds like a novel idea, right? How about we make carrot honey face-masks? And we did... We had fun. ^.^
Basically you just mix the pulp of 2-3 carrots together, then you slowly mix in 3-4 TBS of honey and wala you have a mask! Apply it to your purty clean face, wait for 10 minutes and then wash it off. You can add egg or lemon or many other things to the mask recipe. Go here --> Juice Pulp Face Mask Recipes for even more tips. ^^
Really Mean Green Juice (That’s it perfectly green and delicious power-packed juice.)6 huge kale Leaves1/2 Asian Melon (Asian Melons are the size of a large apple) or you can use 1/2 large apple or some kiwis for substitutes...1/4 lemon with peel1-2 sprigs of parsley
Juan:Juice: 3 Liters / Water: 2 liter Weight: 5.5 kg less than the start Energy: In the day lower; At Night good.. Mood: Good Hunger: Controlled Detox Symptoms: Sore throat, and mild itchy Cheats: None Cravings: Pollo (Chicken), Jae Yuk Bokkum Bap (Spicy Korean Pork Mixed with Rice & Vegetables),IngeJuice: 1.5 --> 2 liter Liters / Water: 1 liters Weight: 3-4 kg less than the start Energy: Pretty good, Mood: Ok, as sometimes a little bad, but medium for most of the day, but at night time extra good mood. Hunger: Not too much Detox Symptoms: Not too many - Positive side my skin feels smoother, Maybe I’ll try the dry brushing tomorrow Cheats: I had a tiny, itsy, bitsy bite of the face mask mixture, delicious. It could be a dessert instead of a face mask. Cravings: Something sweet, like chocolate.
1. Juice Fast Introduction2. Juice Fast Day 1 ~ Juicing Resources3. Juice Fast Day 2 ~ Special Guest4. Juice Fast Day 3 ~ Think Long Term5. Juice Fast Day 4 ~ $$$6. Juice Fast Day 5 ~Juice Your Greens7. Juice Fast Day 6 ~ Keep Going8. Juice Fast Day 7 ~ Give Your Veggies a Shower9. Juice Fast Day 8 - Coffee Enemas and Detox Dreams10. Juice Fast Day 9 ~ Lazy Saturdays and Honey Masks11. Juice Fast Day 10 ~ What To Do with Juice Pulp? 1 of 212. Juice Fast Day 11 ~ Juice Fast Challenge: Day 11 - What to do with Juice Pulp? 2 of 213. Juice Fast Day 12 ~ How Do you Start to Eat Again? Step One = Make a Plan14. Juice Fast Day 13 ~ Happy Days!15. Juice Fast Day 14 - Cranky Days! & Transition to Food16. Juice Fast Day 15 - Before and After Photos