Day 36:

Juice: Water Cooler

Water Cooler:
2 Grapefruits
1 Thick Slice of Watermelon

Sorry for the lack of posts lately...life. But, I'm back.

Now, if you have followed this blog from the beginning you may remember that I don' t like watermelon, so...I made this juice, but I did not enjoy it. Also, it is not the season for watermelon, so I'm sure it was not as sweet as a summer watermelon. But, it is the season for Grapefruit and man, did I get some delish organic grapefruit. They tend to be smaller, more like an orange, but they are worth it.

If you want to know more about watermelon, I discussed it in Entry 23, so feel free to look there for more information. Like last time I had to juice watermelon, I didn't want to buy a whole watermelon so I purchased pre-cut watermelon from my local grocery store.


Some pointers when buying pre-cut fruit:

• Look for the date on the package - usually it will have the date it was packaged, not an expiration date - try to find one that was packaged within a day or so. 

• Try to a package with an orange slice in it. Vitamin C helps slow down the oxidization process. 

FUN FACT: If you ever want to make some juice to go, Vitamin C powder should help it keep for a few hours. Also, be sure to refrigerate it.

If you like watermelon, I'm sure you'll like this juice and I'll bet you'll like it even more in the summer.

Emotional Lifestyle:

Life has been insanely busy, as you may have suspected based on my absence from the Blogger sphere. Life sucks when you work three jobs, take two different night time classes, and are trying to make a web series happen - not to mention the freezing cold.

So, I have now gone through most of February busy and stressed, without working out or fueling my body well (aka not choosing well balanced meals). Which, of course, was the I could really use both of those things...but c'est la vie. 

Things are cooling down a bit and I think I'm adjusting to a busier schedule. But, I am starting to feel a revigoration of motivation...

Now, why am I telling you all of this? 

Well, glad you asked. 

One of the things I do when stressed is drink massive amounts of coffee and eat lots of sugary foods. You body craves these things when you're running on empty, so I ingested a bit more than usual. Now, my body craves them - even though I am sleeping more - because it is accustom to more calories and the drug-like effects sugar and caffeine have on our bodies (especially coffee). 

So, now I am annoyed by the cravings. There is a wonderful solution to this...a juice fast!

I am probably going to start a juice fast sometime here soon, which I have done before. It will most likely be short, like eight days - just a quick reset for the system. But, I want to get onto a work out regime as well (which is usually not recommended while fasting), so I need to do some research. Obviously, I'll let you know all of my findings on this matter in another blog, but for now....that's all. 

Keep Juicing!