This weekend I ate a lot of bad food. The tipping point came last night when A’ and I were in the search of a good local restaurant with healthy fresh food. We ended up at a restaurant, which I’m not naming, where we ordered a veggie burger. Halfway through A’ was like, this is too good, I bet this thing is fried. What do we find out? It’s a fried veggie burger. Wompwomp. Too much fried in one weekend.
I thought a lot about food this weekend. I was very focused on how I felt this weekend (without my normal veggie intake) verses how I feel during the week when I eat salads for lunch and a well balanced dinner. What I discovered was, without the energy I usually get from veggies, I felt tired and lethargic. Even though I got more sleep this weekend than I usually do (no early long run), I still felt sleepy and grumpy – like real grumpy – like I’m surprised A’ is still married to me.
Monday, I decided, was going to be a day FILLED with vegetables.
First up, Green Juice. I found that recipe on fitsugar.com. A’ went through a Juicing kick after his Smoothie kick, so we have a juicer that has been collecting cobwebs. I decided that this morning was the perfect day to bring it out. We prepared by going to the grocery store Sunday and buying the right foods. Juicing.Is.Expensive. A’ and I modified the recipe for the Green Juice by adding two more apples. This gave us enough juice for the two of us.
Sorry for the horrible picture. At 6am I wasn’t about to make it all pretty.
We each got a juice that size. I had to add a ton of ice cubes because for me warm juice = gross juice. It mostly tasted like apple juice! I was pleasantly surprised.
It’s probably all mental, but I already feel more energized this morning! I would love to make juices all the time but there are a few things holding me back.
- It’s expensive
- I have to buy a lot of produce and keep it in the apartment. Our refrigerator is old and small and I would have no room for anything else.
- I miss having something to bite into in the morning (I could probably get over this).
Have you ever tried making juices? Do you have any good recipes? I think next time I’ll try one with carrots.
Today I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I’ll be going to bootcamp at 12. My knee was a little achy yesterday after my run on Saturday so if it starts to bother me I’ll just leave and go on the row machine or something.
I hope you all have a wonderful Monday!
S2S
It’s my personal experience that I don’t think meats and fried foods, in moderation, are necessarily bad for you, but my digestive system works so hard at digesting those foods, that it makes me feel tired, and just plain lousy after I eat them. As you know, I gave up that “food group” MANY years ago. The veggie juices sound like I great idea, but I like eating my fruits and vegetables. Concerning veggie burgers, I use to eat a veggie burger at a local eatery, which I will also not name, until your mom looked up the calorie count on the restaurants website (glad she did if). 1,600 calories!!!. I haven’t had a veggie burger at a restaurant since.
jeff – I agree!!! now when i go to restaurants i try to order foods as close to their natural state as possible (raw, broiled, or roasted veggies, fish, etc).
d – recipe for my fav green juice: LOTS of kale, 1 whole lemon, 1 apple, celery, sometimes a cucumber. the 1 apple gives it enough sweetness but not so much that it makes your blood sugar crash. it is a great cleanse and gives me lots of energy. that with a rice cake with almond butter is a perfect breakfast (i don’t think the juice on its own is enough for bfast..) miss you! xoox
I’ve never juiced before (that totally sounds like steroids) and I’m assuming this is because I don’t have a juicer. I think I’d rather just eat a piece of fruit and a poptart because I’m a chewer. I like to eat at meal time. I think a juice with a side of something else could be yummy though.
Ya I think we all like ‘chewing’ bc it’s what we’ve done our hole lives! The juice actually kept me more full this morning than my normal bowl of cereal.
I dont have a juicer, so I’ve never tried juicing.. but I’ve heard great things about it!!
I was skeptical but I actually wanted to do it again this morning! I didn’t because I didn’t purchase enough produce…I think I’ll incorporate it more into my breakfasts