Steady Changes...

Greetings All,
I hope all it well. Sorry I have been away for a few days.  There are many changes coming up for my family and I. All positive of course.  In any event, I hope all is well with you all and you all are happy and healthy. :-)

To be completely honest, for the past couple days I noticed when I drink my juice, which is still the same ingredients as the past two weeks, I felt like I was starving afterwards! It is important to note that although we are juicing it is still possible to gain weight.  This will defeat the purpose of any lifestyle change unless one is underweight and trying to add on pounds or kilos.  I tried to determine what ingredient in the juice could possibly make me so very hungry within 45 minutes of consuming my juice.  

I am not a scientist nor a Nutritionist as of yet, but I have found that when I eliminate the ginger I do not have that hungry feeling so readily after consuming the juice. I am uncertain if it is because the ginger is spicy which I always thought spices helped minimize hunger. In any event, I placed ginger back in my juices because it changes the taste dramatically and for the best.  

What I did do is make a substantial change in my eating habits. Now I eat raw vegatables all and 2 fruits during the day, that is until 3:00 pm.  At 3 I eat fish and kale or another green as always.  Then in between 6:30 and 7:30 I drink my juice for the day.  That is a major change. But I like doing this because it allows my digestive system to rest and it takes less time for my body to process juices when compared to meals. This is due to the fact that, our body does not have to work extra hard to digest juice it is already broken down and goes rapidly absorbed into our bloodstream unlike whole meals. 

I hope I did not bore anyone, but I will continue this regimen over the next few weeks. As of now, it is working and when or if I feel hungry before bedtime, I drink a glass of water prior to bedtime and then off to sleep I go. I do that same thing when I wake up I take my synthyroid with a glass of water. Doing so cleans out our systems so it can began the process all over again the next day.  

Please inform me if you all are experiencing hunger or your stomach growling when you use ginger in your juices.  Again be mindful that just because we are juicing for healthy does not mean we can have as much fruit and vegetables as we want and eat whatever we want during the day.  The juicing calories add up! This is due to the fact that, the produce you are juicing does what? Yield the same calories as eating the produce in its entirety.  

I will leave you all with that and I pray you all have a wonderful afternoon/ evening depending upon your location. 

Be Blessed,
-GP