Passie’s exciting new project underway

Today is the first day I start working on a project/experiment I have received guidance to put into action.

It is all about bringing my mind, body & spirit in balance.

I will be doing a lot of daily personal journaling and also blogging so that I can share some of these outcomes with you all!

I am really excited about this project!

It’s the creative juices I have been waiting for…but it’s one that will need time and action before I can release it to the world.
SO WATCH THIS SPACE!

Me as at 4th of June 2013

Meanwhile, I wanted to share Day 1(before ) pic of me and share my progress over the next 12 weeks!
I have taken this picture to show the difference in my skin over the next 12 weeks.

I plan to take one at least once a month or whenever I can see the changes happening.

At the moment, my skin is in bad shape as the GOD honest truth is that I have not been taking care of myself as much as I should have been in the last 2 months. This is as a result of allowing negative emotions take over my mind & then my body by eating all the things that I know my body didn’t need or want.

My skin has lost its glow, as well as my eyes.

The bags have become darker & becoming deeper.

Instead of beating myself up over it, as I would’ve done in the past.

I have decided to use this as a positive creative project for myself and hopefully turn it into something I can share with the  world.

I am always looking to change and create the best me that I can be and I think this project will help me with this.

This is only the beginning of the journey!

I know that there will be many challenges to face ahead.

I am looking for all avenues of support I can  find at the moment and would love all of you to support me on this journey.

Today is the first day.

The beginning is always the easiest for me.

It’s maintaining the momentum that’s the challenge – especially when I see positive results.

Day 1 consists of FRUITS only to begin the detox process.

The detoxifying process hasn’t kicked in too harshly as yet!

I started my day with my usual smoothie and ginger shot(actually was a garlic shot this morning!)

Wish me luck and look forward to all your support!

I know that it will help me immensely to stay focused.

Thank you for allowing me to share this with you all.

Love & Light.xx

Passie’s After workout Juice

Ingredients:

Please make sure to wash all vegetables & fruits before juicing

• 1 large green Apple(or 2 small ones)
• 3-4 large leaves of Kale
• Top part of  half  a Celery
• 1 lime(peeled)
• 1/4 Pineapple
• About half a bunch of mint
• 2 ice cubes(or crushed ice)

(This should make enough for about one and half servings)
Instructions:

1. Juice the apple, pineapple, lime, mint,kale & celery(in that order)
2. Serve in tall glass, take away cup or wine glass over ice

Just watch when you put the Kale through, the beautiful green that it spits out over the rest of the colours in the juice. Simply divinely beautiful.

This is a very sweet tasting juice, giving you lots of energy to go on with your day after your workout

YUMMY!!

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Pas’ version of JM’s Lemon/Ginger Zinger

Pas’ version of JM’s Lemon/Ginger Zinger

Ingredients:

• 1 pear
• 1 green apple (recipe calls for 2 apples)
• 2 carrots(washed)
• 1/2 lemon(recipe says 1 inch slice of lemon – I went all out! hehe)
• 1/4 cm of ginger(according to taste)
• 2 ice cubes(or crushed ice)

(Double recipe if needed for more than 1 meal in the day)

Instructions:

1. Juice the apples, lemon, ginger & carrots(in that order)
2. Serve in tall glass or wine glass over ice

Had this as my last juice of the day last night(Monday 29/4/2013)

The lemon taste with the ginger makes it a little spicy but divine!

Absolutely amazing in taste and the colour is incredible!

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Pas’ Greenie Juice

Pas’ Greenie Juice

(remember to always go by your intuition of what your body needs & only use recipe as your guide )

Ingredients:

• 3 celery sticks
• 3 small carrots
• 1 apple (Preferably green)
• 1/4 pineapple
• 1/4 bunch of watercress
• 1 1/4 cucumber
• 4-5 leaves of Kale
• 1 peeled lemon
• 1 peeled orange
• stem of broccoli
• 1/2 avocado

Instructions:

1. Juice the watercress, cucumber, kale, broccoli, lemon, apple, pineapple; then celery sticks & carrots, then orange
2. Put 1/2 avocado in blender, pour in juice and blend
3. Serve in tall glass or wine glass over ice

Result:

A very green taste(some mint would probably help to lift it up a bit more, but I didn’t have any) but all in all, full of taste and goodness. Had this as my after workout juice today.

As you can see from pic, even my daughter sucked it all down. She loved it so much that she was trying to eat the foam when the juice was finished, saying, “This is yummy, Mummy!” It’s the best way to get those greens into her

Pas’ Brekky Juice

Pas’ Brekky Juice

(remember to always go by your intuition of what your body needs & only use recipe as your guide )

Ingredients:

• 1/4 pineapple
• 2 apples(green or red)
• 1 banana
• psyllium husk(a few sprinkles or to your taste)
• a cpl of spoonfuls of organic yoghurt

Instructions:

1. Juice the pineapple & apples
2. In blender, Put in banana, yoghurt & psyllium husk & blend
3. Serve in tall glass or wine glass over ice

Result:

Amazingly yummy..the pineapple taste comes through the most and fills you up until the next snack or meal

Pas’ version of JM’s Nature’s Super Blend

Nature’s Super Blend

(remember to always go by your intuition of what your body needs & only use recipe as your guide )

Ingredients:

• 1 celery stick
• 2 large carrots
• 2 apples
• 1/4 green capsicum
• 1/4 cucumber
• 1/4 zucchini
• Spinach or Watercress
• 1 peeled lime
• chunk of broccoli stem
• 1/2 avocado

Instructions:

1. Juice the apple, spinach, zucchini, celery and juice
2. Then put in put in cucumber, lime, green pepper, carrots & broccoli stem
3. Put 1/2 avocado in blender, pour in juice and blend
4. Serve in tall glass or wine glass over ice

Result:

This juice was still vibrant in its colour but to be honest, not so great on the taste side. I didn’t mind it but it’s an acquired taste I would say. The taste of watercress & capsicum comes through quite strongly but makes it a little tastier with lime I made sure to remember that this juice was full of amazing goodness for me and that helps also

Some extra facts about the main greens in this juice:

Avocado: flushes cholesterol; lowers blood pressure; prevents stroke; protects the heart; defends the blood sugar levels; curbs cancer; smoothes skin

Cucumber: counteract toxins & lifts depression’ cleanses the blood; influences the heart, spleen, pancreas, stomach & large intestine; quenches thirst’ moistens the lungs; purifies the skin; acts as a digestive aid; helps treat kidney & bladder infections when drunk as juice

Watercress:  a member of the broccoli & kale cruciferous vegetable family; high Vitamin A&C; minerals such as calcium & iron, folic acid & lutein are amongst many; excellent functional food for cancer prevention; great for blood purification

Zucchini:  High in manganese; lowers blood pressure; vitamins & minerals to prevent heart attacks & strokes; anti-inflammatory; fibre that prevents cancer in the bowels & colon; phytonutrients that helps with prostate health;lowers cholesterol; aids digestion; prevents constipation

Pas’ version of JM’s Minty Sunshine

These pics don’t nearly show the vibrant colours of this juice!

Minty Sunshine

(remember to always go by your intuition of what your body needs & only use recipe as your guide )

Ingredients:

• 3 Oranges(Recipe recommends 2,leaving whiteness of orange)
• Mint bunch
• Knob of ginger
• 3 Carrots(I had small carrots, so I put in 4)

Instructions:

1. Juice the Orange, mint & ginger
2. Then put in  carrots
3. Serve in tall glass or wine glass over ice

Result:

This was the best juice of my  day 4 of The big Juice Spring Clean!

So full of flavour & so creamy. Yummy!

Get on it!

Some extra facts about the main ingredients in this juice:

Carrots: Diuretic; eliminates putrefactive bacteria in the intestines that cause poor assimilation; improves liver functions; stimulates elimination of wastes; treats indigestion; alkaline forming;clears acidic blood conditions; richest source of beta-carotene(cancer preventing properties); contains alpha-carotene, gamma-carotene(possess life extension properties that protect us from the toxic effects of free radicals),lutein, lycopene, xanthophylls & zeaxanthin.

Beta-carotene, lutein & zeaxanthin all concentrate in the retina of the eye.

Oranges: Boosts you immune system with high levels of vitamin C; guards your heart; fibre that helps lower cholesterol; folate; potassium helps lower risk for a stroke & keeps blood pressure under control; thwarts cancer as it provides carotenoid beta-cryptoxanthin, falconoid, fibre & folate & 15,000 other nutrients dedicated to our health!

lol I hear Jason talking in my head as I write all these facts about the main ingredients..can just hear him rattling it all off in 30 seconds flat! hehe

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Pas’ version of JM’s Great Refresher

The Great Refresher

Ingredients:

• 1 pear
• 1 green apple
• 1 cucumber(original is 1/4)
• Bunch of Spinach
• 2 stems of broccoli(original is 1)
• 1 lime peeled(my addition)

Instructions:

1. Put in apple, spinach, lime, pear & juice
2. Then put in broccoli stems
3. Serve in tall glass or wine glass over ice

RESULT:

Simple but deliciously refreshing just as the name suggests! Yummy indeed

GET ON IT!

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No longer a slave to the scale

This blog entry has been a long time coming. I have been referring to it on Facebook for months now and here I am, finally writing it.

To be honest and truthful, I can’t remember the last time that I weighed myself!

I just remember making the decision to no longer be a slave to the scale!

How did I come to this decision and how have I stuck to this decision for the last (approx) 3 months?

If memory serves me correctly, it was not long after I returned from my vipassana experience in January 2013. The sense of peace that came over me after this experience, helped me to accept me the way that I am.  One of my lessons in that experience, was learning to be myself – warts and all, no matter what! So after returning home, I wanted to focus on good health and consistently exercising daily. I decided that this would be my main focus. I also realised whilst I was on the meditation course that I was only causing misery in my life by consistently getting on that scale everyday and allowing it to dictate how I will feel today. It wasn’t conscious. It was just the result of getting on that scale.

I prefer to feel happy from the good food that I am taking into my body

I prefer to feel happy from the workout that I worked my ass off in today

I prefer to feel happy from the way that I am feeling in the clothes that I am wearing today because it may feel a little or a lot looser than before.

It’s amazing the changes that you notice when you step away from the scale!

Why would we want to allow what someone else has invented as a way that was supposed to be to keep humanity healthy, become the thing that rules our minds and our lives?

The more I thought about it, the more I realised how crazy it was.

I am in no way, judging anyone else who allows this. I completely  understand why you’re there because I have been there but now I understand and see it in a new light and perspective. I know it’s not easy place to reach but I am writing this blog to share with you that it is POSSIBLE to no longer be a slave to the scale!

How have I stuck to it so far?

I have to say firstly, that it has not been challenging in the least. I see the scale in my walk in robe everyday, and I have no desire and no pull to wanting to stand on that scale. If I ever did have a momentary lapse of  weakness, I quickly had a vision & snippet of the feeling that I would have after standing on it and allowing it to be my master once again. And that was enough to have me walk away.

Since starting my weight loss journey over 2 years ago and embarking on it more as a change in lifestyle, rather than just a diet – starting my Facebook page, and experimenting with different things that I have been intuitively guided to, such as raw foods, juicing, smoothies, vegetarian dishes, nutrition in general, fitness and so much more – have helped me to focus on what’s best for MY body. Focus on what I am putting in and how I move it daily. Getting a better understanding of all the information that I am taking in everyday,and converting to my experience.

There are so many sites, people, inspirational quotes, sayings, etc..that have inspired me to be where I am today. All that knowledge and support that I have been receiving has brought me to this place. One where I can today, say and truly feel that I am looking after me & my family in the best way possible.

Somebody special & wise (my hubby) reminded my son last night, and I took that in for my own experience – “There is no arrival – it’s all about the journey!”

I think that this is my answer as to why I am still able to stand strong and no longer allow the scale to be the master of my life and my mind – the realisation and the experience that I am still on a journey. I have been able to shake off something that didn’t serve me and through that process found other things that are serving me in the highest light.

But in the meantime, it does not mean that I have the  ultimate power or that I am a guru or that I am the healthiest person on this planet !

No – not at all.

The scale is  just one of many obstacles that I have gratefully been able to overcome.

Just like the obstacles of junk food, soda drinks, excess sugar in our diets, exercise, and so many more that I have mostly overcome on this journey. It’s all just that. A journey.

Sometimes, I find myself being faced by these obstacles again – I like to see them as tests of my strength and my will. Most of the time, I win. Sometimes I don’t.

But it’s what you do to get back up.

It’s what you do to keep moving forward.

It’s what you do with that strength inside you.

Acknowledging it and embracing it makes it stronger.

So I would like to complete this entry just by saying thank you for allowing me to share my experience and wisdom obtained on this part of my journey. I share this as how it has changed my life, in the hope that it can potentially change somebody else’s along the way …

somewhere..

anywhere…

hehe.

I leave you with this quote and many blessings:

Pas’ version of JM’s Berry Banana Crunch

Berry Banana Crunch

Ingredients:

• 2 big handfuls of berries(I only had strawberries for this recipe, still good!)
• 2 green apples
• 1 banana(he says 1/2 but I made a big batch for tonight’s juice)
• Psyllium husk
• Chia seeds(my addition to this recipe)
• Live Organic yoghurt

Instructions:

1. Juice the apples in juicer
2. In blender put ice(which I forgot in this one today..hehe), banana, yoghurt, psyllium husk, chia seeds
3. Pour Apple juice over the above 
4. It was looking a little too thick to me, plus some of the apple juice froth was stuck in the jug, so I put some filtered water in the jug to add to ingredients.
5. BLEND
6. Serve in tall glass or wine glass over ice 

RESULT:

To absolutely die for!

It could be because this is Day 3 of doing this 5 day juicing & my taste buds are actually more alive than ever.

Maybe.

But then again, maybe not.

It’s just yummy!

Who doesn’t love a refreshing FRESH smoothie!!!???

GET ON IT:

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