juice prepping.

first off, happy valentine's day to everyone out there. share the love with family, friends, and everyone else you see today, and remember a smile can save someone's day. :D 

back on to my post, i am really starting to get excited about this juice cleanse. yesterday, karissa (my friend who's doing it with me) and i chose 7 recipes that we were going to use for our five day cleanse. some of the recipes needing a little bit of tweeking, so we decided to change them.  we then compiled a shopping list for the week and oh my goodness, it is a lot of fruits and veggies. not necessarily a ton of everything, just a lot of carrots and apples, but we will do it and show you every step of the way. last night we bought 6 12-ounce bottles each that we will be using daily. we most likely are not going to fill them, but its better to have them larger than too small. once the labels are off and they are cleaned, i will post a picture.

last night i watched the documentary fat, sick & nearly dead, and it was totally awesome! it is spotlighting 2 men who are rebooting their systems through a juice fast and trying to help their bodies slow down on medications that they require. i believe that you can watch it on hulu for free, so you should definitely check it out & tell me what you think. 30 day & 60 day fast are a bit extreme, but the movie recommends 10-day fasts for those healthy people.

the 7 recipes that we decided on are: 

rainbow sherbet (1 serving)
2     apples
1/2  lemon
1/4  pineapple
1/4  cucumber

rise & shine (2 servings)
1     grapefruit
2     apples
2     other apples
2     cups seedless grapes

pearfect (3 servings)
10    carrots
2     apples
1     cucumber 
1     pear
2     cups romaine
1"   ginger

green machine (1 serving)
1     apple
5     carrots 
5     stalks of kale
1     cups of spinach
1/2  cucumber
1     celery stalk

candied carrot (1 serving)
5     carrots 
2     apples
1     orange

lean 'n' green (3 servings)
1     head of romaine
8     stalks of kale
2     apples
1     cucumber 
8     carrots 
1     lemon

for the love of kale (1 serving)
5     carrots 
2     apples 
6     stalks of kale

our schedule for the 5 days is: 

monday 

rise & shine (2)

green machine (2)

pearfect (2)

tuesday

rainbow sherbet (2)

green machine (2)

for the love of kale (2)

wednesday

candied carrot (2)

lean 'n' green (2)

pearfect (2)

thursday 

green machine (3) 

candied carrot (3)

friday

rainbow sherbet (2)

for the love of kale (2)

pearfect (2)