Weekend Recipe Roundup | Vegan Recipes

Sprout has been teething (pushing out her last baby molar) for the last three days and we all are worn out. We have been stuck in the house, primarily on the couch, since it became her chosen place to get through this.  While we normally spend our entire days together as it is, the last three days we have been inseparable. I held her, I worked while I held her, we read … [Read more...]

The Perfect Health and Weight Loss Diet

Anyone who's ever carried a few extra pounds wants a quick solution to the their problem.  I know I did when I carried not a few, but nearly 50 extra pounds on my small frame. While there are hundreds of fad diets on the market, promising a quick fix to our weight loss problems, most fail to deliver. According to HRF (Health Research Funding): In 2010, 54% of … [Read more...]

3 Day Detox | Results

How are you? It you were doing the 3 day detox, I want to know all about it! What were your goals for the detox? What were you able to achieve? How are you feeling? I am about to tell you about my accomplishments, but first, let's find out how our detox leaders did. 3 Day Detox Results  (image courtesy … [Read more...]

3 Day Detox | Day 3

The finale! Last day of the 3 Day Detox! I cannot believe how quickly the other two have gone. If you missed the first two days and are just now catching up, make sure to check out these posts: 3 Day Detox | Day 1 3 Day Detox | Day 2 Yesterday I indulged in a couple of different green smoothie recipes. I added carrots to one and beets to another. One was made … [Read more...]

3 Day Detox | Day 2

You knew I was going to ask you this, so here it goes... :) How was your Day 1 of the 3 Day Detox? I want to hear (read) it all--good, bad and ugly, so, let me have it. Tell me all about it in the comment section under this post. I can tell you that I am feeling great.  I have had: green smoothies, green salads with some chickpeas and barley in them, which tasted … [Read more...]

3 Day Detox | Day 1

Happy Monday! Let the cleanse* begin! I am so excited and looking forward to the results of this 3 day detox.  I know that my body is excited as well, as I am now sipping on my delightful, berry and chard filled green smoothie. I am planning to continue my day with a ton of raw veggies, smoothies, and raw soup, with an addition of some beans and cooked barley, if I am … [Read more...]

3 Day Detox | Call to Action!

Hope you had a great 4th of July, if you celebrate it! I know that some of you are probably blushing, since you did not only have a lot of fun, but had too much to eat, and, perhaps, you had too much of the wrong things to eat.  Am I right? Well, I have a proposition--let's hold a 3 Day Detox, starting Monday, July the 8th! What say you? I personally ate nice and light, … [Read more...]

Green Smoothie Feasting | 7 Day Reset Plan

In the last couple of months, since I cut back on teaching fitness training classes, cabin fever set in and I felt like I got stuck and need to press a reset button on my body. I slacked off a bit on my green smoothie intake, while keeping my overall diet completely clean.  Although numbers on the scale have not changed, I feel that I can do better than this (see, no one … [Read more...]

Pineapple Dandelion Green Smoothie

Good morning, Loves!  Hope you are having a great one. My morning is never the same unless I start it off with a green smoothie, to wake up my body and get my digestion going in the right direction. Although I consume a whole foods, plant based, unprocessed diet, if I ever don't get enough of my greens in during the day my body does not feel the same. It is amazing what a … [Read more...]

One Very Ca-Ra-Zy Picture & Green Smoothie Cleanse Update

I have been absent from blogging for a few days, but for a good reason--my niece and her hubby are visiting from out of state and we are having fun taking them around the state of Ohio.  Meanwhile, we were able to finish the 3-day Green Smoothie Cleanse, with over 20 participants. Some of the reports already rolled in, and they are quite awesome. Cleanse Results "I … [Read more...]