Juicing: Day 21

Today's juice:

2 c. greens
2 carrots
4 small apples
1/4 cucumber

I made lots more juice and as a result my mind is fine but my body says RUN EVERYWHERE! DO EVERYTHING! LOTS OF EXERCISE! AHHHHHH!!!! All-natural energy drink. Yikes.

I also made 2 smoothie servings and split them up so I have lunch for the next two days. It looks like a light brown salad dressing, but it contains:

1/4 cucumber
1 can pineapple
4 c. yogurt
2 c. greens

I am also eating Wheat Thins (lighter on fat than a lot of packaged crackers) for a snack.

Tracking with Sparkpeople is showing me I am not meeting the daily requirements for anything right now - I'm trying to get right up close to it but some days my calorie/protein intake is much lower than it should be. Trying to figure out what that balance is.

I am eating eggs, yogurt, meat, and cheese for protein - but the fat content of cheese means I can't eat much - about 1/4 c. day.

as for calories/carbs...since I'm trying to eat mostly raw food (about 3/4 of my diet), they're just lower than I should have. Not sure what to do with that, because I'm full all the time.

Anyway - learning to balance and eat healthy on every level - mostly raw food, making sure I get the right amounts of nutrients, and trying to get up the nerve to do more exercise than jogging/walking/practicing music.

Tonight I'm going to make chicken and rice soup - I cooked a chicken in the crockpot (most favorite way to cook a chicken - and least favorite because I have to get the organs out. UGH.) and then shredded it and reserved the broth, so all I need to do when I get home is cook the rice. I'm going to have a salad with it (topped with balsamic vinaigrette dressing), organic greens (buy 1, get 1 free at Bi-Lo! $4 total) and then probably eat one of my orange-glazed shortbread cookies.

It's nice to be on a lifestyle-change diet where I can eat a small portion of something I love (like cheese) and still feel great because I'm eating more raw foods.

I think after Stu is done juicing, I'll probably go back to 1 juice or smoothie a day - it's a great way for me to start my morning. Now if only we could work in healthier dinners...