I know… I know…

This recipe is aimed towards the once-athletic type, that have a foundation from many years of exercise…, but have let it slide. I’m not a health nut – quite the contrary.  I had the “I’ll eat whatever I want” attitude and it shows a little. I have a great father-in-law that told me about the benefits (repeatedly) and I eventually tried it – with my own spin.

This diet is combination of a couple others – kind of a paleolithic with a hint of ketosis – no meat, only eggs… maybe? I can say I enjoyed the foods and liquids consumed – not so much day 9, & 10.  My personal losing trend as a ~225lbs, 6ft body is normally 14-17lbs in 10-11 days. 

The hardest part is getting over the “craving”, not the “hunger” the first 48-72 hours. This is only because you think you need to eat what you see and smell. I am used to grazing… holding open the fridge door and grabbing the first thing that looks appealing to eat.  I used to have get-home-from-work-snack, dinner ingredients while cooking, the sit down dinner and after-dinner snack, etc.. I’m very active, but the calories got the best of me as I got older.

You will hit a juicing cruise-control where you just go through the motions each day. The pain is gone. I kinda like it – perhaps a slight buzz?…  maybe the effect of fat burning off?  You will have plenty to eat on the diet and will feel satiated most of the time. The longer you juice, the less you require – and you feel great! The best part about this process, is that your stomach shrinks and it’s fairly difficult to eat as much as you did before. 

I’ve repeated it 4-5 times now. It’s not too bad and I enjoyed weighing in each day and watching the pounds disappear. 

EXERCISE

 One month prior to the diet portion, start your daily routine:

NOTE: You will have slightly less energy – Bring juice to your workouts and hikes with you

Weekdays – 30-45 minute daily workouts at lunch:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday – Isometric exercise (lunges, pushups, planks, mountain climbers)

• sit-ups, pull-ups
• weights – bench press, curls and fly’s

Tuesday, Thursday – Cardio on machine – (manual setting)

Saturday & Sunday – 1-2 hour day walks/hikes: get out in the sun, play with your family, keep your metabolism moving

• Hiking location in Greater Austin area:  http://redcanoerealestate.com/hiking-and-camping-greater-austin-area/
• Put your kid on your shoulders for more of a workout. No kid? Borrow one.
• Don’t forget to bring your juice with you.

 JUICING (ten days for two people)

• Ease into this. Do 1-2 days of replacing dinner with juice before you start the full juice and supplement diet.
• My Father In-law talked me into the diet (minus the supplements) – he strongly encourages the “mean green” to eliminate any potential of unnecessary sugars in yellow, orange and red veggies. The juicing community generally agrees with this.
• Learn and document what veggie combinations taste best for future die-yetting. Veggies taste much different uncooked than cooked. (e.g. broccoli ruined my juice on day – people need to stop pretending kale tastes good – my opinion)

What you need to begin:

• 2-3 larger mixing bowls – stainless steel
• One large cooking pot
• Juicer – I have a Hurom Slow Juicer – http://www.slowjuicer.com/ which I am VERY happy with. It does a great job extracting most of the juice, but I still feel guilty throwing away (composting) the veggie pulp extract. It makes great broth, veggie balls and perhaps other supplemental consumables for this process.
• $200 worth of veggies at Costco –(see below)-multiply the recipe below by how many days
• 2 large containers of nuts – Again… Costco
• 2 x packs of shelled hard- boiled eggs (or make a couple dozen of your own.) – two eggs/day 

Daily Juice and Supplement Diet

Breakfast:

• 2 lightly salted hard-boiled eggs (Louisiana hot sauce optional)
• Coffee – 2-3 cups into the morning is fine.

Throughout the day:

 2.75 quarts of juice – approximately 6-7 tall glasses about every hour or so

NOTES:

1. Highly advise on using the “Primaries” each time, but varying your “Secondaries” below
2. Wash the veggies well – with Hurom slow juicer (only coring, and end cutting is necessary – keep the peels on)
3. Dinner is…. well.. not juice. I just need something savory at night. Broth doesn’t have the nutrients the juice has, but tastes good and resets the juicing pallet.
4. Feel free to drink juice for dinner

Juice

Primary Ingredients:

(1 day, 2 people – most juice, best taste):

• 4 green apples – cored and sliced
• 4 large cucumbers Cucumber – cut in half lengthwise
• 3 kiwis  – cut in half lengthwise
• 1 celery package (half a Costco package) – chopped into inch pieces for juice\
• half a box or one bag of spinach
• Juice of two lemons 

 Secondary (adds flavor to vary the experience):

• 2-3 cloves garlic
• 1-2 Avocado
• Bell peppers (green)
• Beets (one non-green thing that is supposed to be ok)
• Tomatoes (cheating.. i know, but it can kinda taste like a Bloody Mary!!)
• Kale – ewwww!

Nuts

Eat a handful of pistachios, almonds or macadamia when/if you get cranky – you’ll need the shot of protein less and less throughout the process

Dinner –  options (Something other, yet similar to juice)

• Broth  
• Roasted Brussels Sprouts
• Green Been Soup – make chicken stock, add slices of onions, garlic and lemon juice bring to boil, season to taste. Boil for 30-min to an hour – throw green beens in for 10-15 minutes
• Cabbage or Rutabaga Soup – Cut the core out of the cabbage, slice into 1/2 slices from the top to the bottom, cut each slice down the middle. Peel and slice rutabaga into ¼-1/8 inch slices. Add to http://redcanoerealestate.com/juicer-remnant-stock/ and simmer for 1 hour on medium heat.

Don’t Die Yet!!!