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I’m answering your obvious questions

I know each of you have been having the same burning questions for me, so I thought I’d answer those short and sweet!
How do you manage to never buy reeses?
Well friends, this is easy… when you’re friendly and you make blog friends, drop hint after hint how much you LOVE reeses (maybe even put it in your about me section) and they will always send you enough to never have to buy them yourself.  I even get a reeses in “healthy” boxes (It’s always a little treat, they say!)  I haven’t bought my own reeses in probably a year *true story*  This could work for your favorite candy too, I strongly suggest this form of manipulation 🙂
How do you stay motivated to work out?
Tell the world what you’re doing and they’ll more than likely keep you accountable.  “Oh, so you didn’t run that 10 miles you said you would run?… loser”  Well, I don’t want to hear those words from my fellow social media bff’s, so you can bet your dollars that I’ll be heaving my way to 10 miles!  *Don’t take this answer as a commitment to 10 miles, I’ve never actually said that*
How do you stay awesome, Heather?
That’s the great thing about blogging… you can be as awesome or as lame as you want to be.  I tend to do crazy awesome stuff for the blog… I didn’t do a triathlon for my own health, people!  If I wanted y’all to think I was lame then I would talk about how I actually come home just about every night and veg out on the couch watching re-runs of my favorite tv shows… but y’all aren’t interested in that!
I answer these questions to sum up one thing: Blogging is Awesome!  I have all the reeses I could ever want, I’m on my way to a healthier and fitter lifestyle with definite accountability and I stay awesome by doing crazy awesome things for all of you fabulous people!

Let’s start Juicing!

I have recently become a HUGE fan of juicing!  Right now I have a dinky little juicer, but it works for me.  I hope to upgrade soon though so juicing doesn’t seem like such a chore.  To make 2 good juices, I usually spend about an hour cutting up and juicing and cleaning up.  The results though are amazing!  I try to make 2-3 juices a week now, sometimes I’m not able to, but when I am, I feel the huge rewards of juicing throughout the week!  I wanted to share with you my 3 favorite juicing recipes right now and a website that has helped me see the benefits of the juices I make and they have some amazing recipes!
Here is my favorite juicing website I’ve found so far: Juice Recipes
It tells you the benefits that each juice has and how great the benefit is!  It also mentions the health conditions that it cures.  Just in case you’re new to juicing… be sure to STIR your juice after it’s made, that gets all the ingredients binded together well.  You’ll also want to re-stir if you refrigerate it for a period of time.
Mean Green
Benefits: Weight Loss, Lower Blood Pressure, Cataracts Prevention, Asthma Help, Breast Cancer Prevention, Liver Cancer Prevention, Alzheimer’s Prevention, Lower Cholesterol, Bone Protection, Digestion, Cancer Prevention, Increased Blood Circulation, Improved Complexion, Lung Cancer Prevention, Immune System, Heart Disease Prevention, Reduce Inflamation
Recipe:
2 Medium Granny Smith Apples
4 stalks of Celery
1 Cucumber
1 thumb of ginger (be careful with ginger, it’s strong!)
6 leafs of kale
1/2 a lemon, peeled
This recipe doesn’t taste the greatest at first, but I promise it grows on you.  I personally enjoy all of my juices very cold, so I add some ice cubes to mine and it helps water it down a bit.  I’ll usually drink half of what this makes for dinner one night and save the rest for breakfast the next morning and by breakfast, it doesn’t taste bad AT ALL!  This recipe has definitely grown on me, but it caught my attention when it said it helped with weight loss… so I suffered through at first, but now I actually enjoy it!  This juice also mentioned that it helps cure hangovers *FYI* 😉
Beginner Green (DELICIOUS!)
Benefits: Liver Cancer Prevention, Breast Cancer Prevention, Bone Protection, Asthma Help, Alzheimer’s Prevention, Colon Cancer Prevention, Weight Loss, Digestion, Lower Cholesterol, Lung Cancer Prevention, Lower Blood Pressure, Reduce Inflammation, Cancer Prevention, Blood Cleanse, Macular Degeneration Prevention, Increased Blood Circulation, Improved Complextion
Recipe:
3 medium apples (I do a mixture of granny smith and red)
4 stalks of celery
1/4 thumb of ginger
1/2 lemon with rind
1 large orange peeled
5 cups of spinach
This recipe is absolutely DELICIOUS! I completely gobbled this up, which is why it’s probably beginner green because it was a great start to my juicing habit!  This one is also a great cure for a hangover (this is what the website says, not from personal experience… please don’t think I’m an alcoholic!)  It says it’s also great for depression!
Green Lemonade
Benefits: Weight Loss, Colon Cancer Prevention, Breast Cancer Prevention, Asthma Help, Liver Cancer Prevention, Alzheimer’s Prevention, Lower Blood Pressure, Bone Protection, Digestion, Lower Cholesterol, Improved Complexion, Lung Cancer Prevention, Cataracts Prevension, Cancer Prevention, Immune System, Heart Disease Prevention, Reduce Inflammation, Blood Cleanse, Macular Degeneration Prevention
Recipe:
2 medium apples
1 cucumber
4 leafs of kale
1 lemon
2 cups of spinach
This is another delicious juice!  This one also helps a good bit with depression.
These are my favorite juices right now, but I definitely haven’t experimented with all the juices on this site!  I love using this site for my juicing recipes because it shows me exactly what I’m getting when I juice!  I hope you’ll decide to pick up juicing!  You can start by purchasing a small inexpensive juicer at walmart just to experiment with it and if/when it becomes a larger part of your life, you can invest in a better juicer!
Happy Juicing!
I joined up with Clara today from Walking in the Light for her Clean Living Series!

Walking in the Light

What’s your number?!

*Ashley is visiting family this week and I’ve been in and out of town so much lately, so we are hosting Home Town Hop NEXT WEEK, JUNE 11! – Hope you join us!*

This is my first time to do a numbers post…. It could be interesting or utterly boring!

66: Days left as an AmeriCorps VISTA
36: Days left to find a job in time to qualify for re-location assistance from VISTA
2: Weddings I’m attending this summer (that I know about)
157: Days until the Disney Wine & Dine Half-Marathon!
4: Delicious recipes I’m using for the bridal shower this weekend
5: Jobs I need to apply for this week
7: Vacation days I’m hoping to take before completing VISTA
3: Days until I call Houston Public Libraries back to see if they’ve scheduled interviews yet!  I really want this job!
1/3: mileage in my next triathlon swim
4: Very different projects I have going on at work right now
1: Project that I’m hoping to get done this week because my eyes are going cross looking at this excel file
4: Amount of spandex/tri shorts that I need so I can ride my bike more often without having to wash my clothes so much
45: What I spent on the most perfect pair of new black heels this weekend! I’m in love!

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