Day 52 of Juicing and My Birthday........and I am 53-----

Me October 2008-Before any raw eating took place

Me in the Middle of my Raw eating-I liked this photo

Gained weight- Oct 2011-Before juice feasting

52 days juicing -look at photo above with Joe Cross in Oct 2011
 1 week before I started juicing! I have a chin~ 1 chin :-)

These photos are my beginnings before any Raw Food in my life. The second photo was wearing make-up and me being fresh and loving my raw eating .Then I added cooked and no exercise and what do you think. I will tell you,I gain weight and get that fat face and pants get tight,and the cycle begins. NO MORE!!!!!
I am back to exercise,and have been and doing a great body cleanse. Keep watching the journey!


Getting a juice treat from my friend later today and we will then take a walk. It's dry outside ,so all is good.

Day 31 of my juice feasting today- Video below is day 30

BY THE WAY` between shots as I filmed this video I DID strain in a nut milk bag the tiny amount of pulp. I like to strain my juices ~always!


Today I made a nice PURE green juice. Yum

Dianne's Green Juice~

4 small peppers or 3/4 red pepper
5 stalks celery
1large cucumber
bunch cilantro 2 good handles
1 clove garlic
2 " piece ginger
6 leaves of kale
parsley- 1 good handful
1 bunch fresh spinach
2 roma tomatoes

Day four (4) and five (5) Juice feasting ...90-120 days

  This is all self expanatory in todays video. I am off to get my haircut so what I drank is not added today!!!! I a really having a good experience so far, no crazy anything . I went to bed maybe 1/2 hour before
normal and I slept well and couldn't ask for a better feeling so far. I actually love how I feel on green juice.

Woke today to some 10 ounces of water an Psyllium Husks, as I am already stuck.....Then I followed with 10 more ounces of water.... The rest I will add later off for my haircut........

Day three (3) Juice feasting ...90-120 days

My juices:  green juice-kale,cucumber,spinach, beet,lemon,broccoli and ginger. I ended my day with watermelon,mint and lime juice. All is good with no detox symptoms. I have had any signs of anything 

bad,as type this I really have a buzz as I sip my green juice. All I know is I feel great.

I also sip on throughout my day too. Have a great Day and Holla to all...............

Here is a wonderful recipe from the www.juicefeasting.com site, that is recommend by David Rainoshek

From David:  Here is the tea I make many mornings during the week, and it is perfect for drinking while Juice Feasting! It is energizing, immune-building, helps your body utilize oxygen, feeds friendly probiotics (because of the polysaccharides in the goji berries), and is antagonistic to opportunists such as yeast, mold, fungus, unfriendly bacteria, and parasites! So here it is:

Make 1 to 1.5 quarts of tea with:

• Ginger (Tablespoon) *
• Pau D’Arco (Tablespoon)
• Nettle (Tablespoon)
• Horsetail (Tablespoon)
• Astragalus (Tablespoon)
• Tulsi (Holy Basil) (Tablespoon)
• Goji Berry (small handful)
• Rooibos (Tablespoon)
• Licorice Root (teaspoon)

Boil water, and place all the ingredients in. Simmer for 10 minutes, and you can drink right away. Or let it steep for hours -  and just dip into it throughout the day!

You eat the goji berries!(except when juice feasting).......  Don’t throw them away 

Day 15 of my Juicing.........

All I am intaking at the moment is green juices,water,tea sometimes and my own made Kombucha only maybe once a week. I just sprouted some wheatberries for some rejuvelac. I really stick with the juices first. Again today I opened my day with water  and lemon,followed by an Enema,my Detox tinctures,green juice,and water. Best way to begin a day.  I wish everyone could experience what juicing and only juicing can do for the body. Not only have I been making juices ,I have been making Kombucha  and I have a batch of Rejuvalac in my Oven (dark place). When I make Rejuvelac I make mine with the Lighter wheatberries as this is what Ann Wigmore suggests. I do not love rejuvelac but using it is great as a natural probiotic. I also take the Rejuvelac and make cheeses and I still might do that for my husband,as he likes my cheese too.

On the other hand not to confuse what Kombucha and Rejuvelac are- My husband and  I love Kombucha. As some people say Kombucha resembles beer. I will tell you I hate beer and never drink beer as I can't stand the taste. This here below Kombucha is some good stuff.

Fresh made Kombucha some has fruit in the bottles.

Now as for a Kombucha recipe I will tell you quickly our favorite tea bag combo. I use 8 tea bags Organic ones. I use 2 black teabags a 6 green tea teabags. You can do what you want but this is a great beginning mix.  Sugar is in this recipe but it gets eaten up by the fermented mushroom that is in this awesome drink.

I am so thankful that I have the power in me and the get go to do nothing at the moment but concentrate on liquids. I not only feel great I feel powerful. I get 8 hours of sleep naturally. I use no alarm clock and haven't for some time now.I absolutely so far have no desire for food -Zippo none-

What I juiced today:
 Spinach,kale,dandelion,red pepper,cilantro,parsley,ginger,1teaspoon of Hemp oil and lime 45 ounces

Butter lettuce,cucumber,celery, few kale leaves,pear,ginger, and lemon 32 ounces


Watermelon yummy-watermelon,mint and lime 12 ounces

Tons of water---
Finally had wheatgrass 1.5 hour's  before bedtime.

Day 13 of Juicing........

I am so strong I am impressing myself. This sounds cocky, but just know I have tried this juicing thing to last for days several times as said and then Whammy I fail. I really am loving how great I feel. I wanted to jump to yesterday Day 12-

Woke up to my usual 32 ounces of lemon squeezed water with NO MSM yet as I will be doing my Enema. But is a part of my ritual I have going. Then it will be 2 Vitamin D 5,00 I.U . tabs via doctors order as I am low on D, my Detox herbs from photo .Yep,I love those tinctures,they really make me feel full as if I had a meal,maybe that is just me but it's working for me ,no complaints
( except the taste). I personally only take these 1 time a day but you can take them 3 times a day..... I take a small glass add all the Tinctures  add 4 ounces of water and drink followed by water,then take the two (2) capsules and that is all done for me. Juice and water  throughout the day and wheat grass at night or hot tea,that is my day in a nutshell with the meals.

Ferry ride from a few days ago South of Seattle

Mount Rainier in the distance

 I put a espresso expensive machine on Craigslist and within 2 hours it was sold, gotta love Craigslist sometimes. The downside was the fellow wanted us to deliver it to Seattle and we did only because we head there all the time anyhow. I made $240.00 and I paid $700.00 maybe 10 years ago. Since going raw my espresso machine has been in a box for probably 4 years. And I don't drink lattes or coffee anymore. Coffee is one of the first things I would recommend if you want to get real raw :-). We then went to Thrive in Seattle, so I could get a fresh juice(Apple,beet,cucumber and Ginger)- and my husband ate some Thai noodle dish that he loves there. As this next weekend we are having a garage sale so it's clean out time around here. My juice gave me a nice cleanse . I hadn't made any beet juices because as said I am really sticking with lower sugar  by my choice.

Today I juiced:


Green juice of 32 ounces of -Cucumber,Celery1/2 bunch dandelion,spinach,cilantro,parsley,Fresh dill,lime, Granny smith apple and finally chunk o'ginger


Fruit juice of ----1/2 big Watermelon ,2 limes and 10 leaves of fresh MINT from my home. This made 55 ounces of juice and I drank a good amount of that.

Lots of water today too even though I went potty from all of the watermelon. I am chilling today as I am just peaceful today -not so high energy as I usually can be. Catching up on my juicefeasting .com readings that I printed and reading "The Seed".

Watermelon,mint and lime,

I need to say something- you know many people when juice feasting say at times their teeth feel gritty. I have an opposite issue. My tongue is really weird and rough as in the back of my tongue where I can't brush or use the tongue cleaner that I have. Yes it is white,( my tongue)part of the detox,but I wonder if others have had that tongue thing going on? But today day 13 my tongue is actually better,or I am simply getting used to the feeling.


Today I think a walk at the Tacoma water just might be on my menu of exercise today. End my day with Dry brushing and  a bath ,and finally a cup of war tea......Yep,that sounds like a good day!

Day 10 on my juicing ...Friday

I am doing this with no hard times this go around. I am positive it's because the season is Summer and the fruits and vegi's are available more this time of the year. After I got up today I first had wheat grass as last night I forgot because I traded the tea, honey and bee pollen for the wheat grass . I woke up and had my MSM capsules with 32 ounces of lemon squeezed water and sipped for about 1 hour until it was all gone.
I also had 2 big hearloom tomatoes and one went bad so I wasted money ,but took the rest and made this loving juice: 

1large heirloom tomatoes, package of baby tomatoes,1.5 large romaine lettuce zucchini,4 stalks celery,3 leaves Swiss chard ,handful of arugula,broccoli stem, 4 asparagus ,cilantro,cut of a white onion, small red pepper,1 habanaro pepper,and get this 4 figs . I had no cucumbers or I would of added 1 cucumber to this juice. Oh,I also made this juice in my Vita-Mix today as I know tomatoes don't blend well and I simply took my nutmilk bag to make the juice. I really like this drink as I have never used habanaro. I usually use garlic or jalapeno. This is only 1 jar of my juice ,as I have another in a mason jar.

I really like this drink-I better as it made 2-TWO -(3/4 full jars :-) This makes a mucky green drink as most of the juice made with tomatoes and greens seem to do so . I am really having fun with making my own juices and making others juices. I am actually getting used to vegetable juices without fruit although I might add either 1 pear or 1 apple no matter what. The watermelon in this photo will become-Watermelon juice with lime and mint  probably tomorrow or Sunday.

Tonight the hubby and I will be taking a 1.5 hour drive in order to go see the "American Idol"contestants put on a show past Seattle up North for the drive.This should be fun. What I will do is go to http://www.chacocanyoncafe.com  prior to the show, to have a drink of Juice and Mike will eat there too as he loves their lentil burger and he is not Vegan nor Raw. Why not as the exit is on our way to the show I will also make sure to take my own cold water in a cooler purse thing I have with mini
iceblocks. I know I am not getting as much juice in as others, but I am completely satisfied day to day. I maybe get 90 ounces of juice or less. I do drink water and now added some Ginger tea to my days.


No matter how late we get home I will have wheatgrass .

Day 9 of Only Juice.....

Oh my I am proud of me,and I have tried this journey at least 4 times only stopping anywhere from Day 10-Day 21, I will say I feel more in tune with who I am and what I am doing. It is a decision one has to first make up in your mind and only take 1 meal at a time or this path will not work....
Now I know I am only on Day 9 but this time I know it is working better for me this time as I feel I am in a TOTALLY  Mind Set more then any past time. I am feeling great a different and really energized so far except at day 1 when I had the headache. As I do have a slight headache this morning for a short while today -not bad though.

Here is what I do when I leave my home I make sure I take water always, a green juice second and I pretty much keep my nettle tea made at all time. Luckily I live near woods and nettles are everywhere. There is nothing like a glass of nettle tea and home grown mint~

Difference's That I feel: 
I feel really clean inside and out....Skin all over and so on 
I also feel Really at piece -No attitude
Very proud and loving

What I juiced today: and other liquid
24 ounces Nettle tea with mint
Green juice of  Tomatoes,swiss chard,celery,spinach,garlic,radish,cilantro,parsley, and lime -V-8 ish
lots of water
2 Rainer apples,(like golden delicious),butter lettuce ,2 celery stalks,small bulb of Anise, 5  leaves dino kale(Lacinato)
handful of parsley- Very sweet tooth friendly delicious juice

Recipe above with 1 extra apple added

Huge beautiful Butter lettuce,kale,parsley was from my own garden today!

Walked the water border kinda near our home and round trip was 4 miles and we will do it again .What a great walk. If I don't make it to the YMCA I make sure I walk near home or elsewhere. It really is a great way to end any given day good probiotic before bedtime too. I just so happen to have  new bottle since my other one is just about empty. I also keep these Live Probiotics in my refrigerator .

Bath,with dry brushing first. I also  have my wheat grass before bed like the 1.5 hours before crawling into bed as I talked about in the past-and  I take 2 capsules of this above photo before bedtime.

Oh I found a new tea treat idea tonight-I took 1 teaspoon of raw organic Honey and Washington bee pollen into ginger tea . I have to keep a spoon in the cup as I drink as the Bee pollen won't melt ,but great taste. In the past I also take the same teaspoon of honey and bee pollen in a Pyrex dish into a pan of warm water. What I do is slightly melt the honey and eat it all in one bite and it all dissolves into my mouth! YUMMO!!!

Day 8 Juice feasting....

I started my day with 32 ounces of warm water with MSM in it. The photo to the right is a 1/4 of a glass of my Rejuvalac that I now make. Instead of making a huge batch of  soaked wheatberries :  what I now do is soak about 1 small handful of berries soaked overnight,then sprouted and rinsed for 2 days and then I pour about 8 cups of water in my big glass jar. I proceed to leave the jar and the sprouted wheatberries in my dark place 
( my oven), for 1-2 days depending on the flavor I want. I now pour the finished glass of Rejuvalac and add some fresh squeezed lemon into the water, then I also add some fresh Spring water. I think plain Rejuvalac is something I have to slowly get used to drinking straight. I know the Rejuvalac is good for my intestinal tract.

After being up  a few hours I did a SWF (Salt water flush). I hurt my back so doing an enema right now is not ok. So I do the next best thing. Today I got  a package that I was real excited to get in the mail and I want to say I am happy. Here is what I received from Fed-Ex today: I have myself the real deal REAL Ceylon Cinnamon- Not Cassia Cinnamon.<---Click the link and read the difference. The tin contains 90 - 100 pieces of five inch long Cinnamon sticks which are individually cellophane wrapped and enclosed in an alufoil pack preserve the aroma .

Real  Ceylon Cinnimon from Sri Lanka

 A rough distinction can be made between two types of cinnamon. Ceylon cinnamon only contains low levels of coumarin which are safe from the Institute’s risk assessment perspective. By contrast, cassia cinnamon contains high levels of coumarin and large amounts of this cinnamon should not, therefore, be eaten.
Be wise and buy only Ceylon Cinnamon pure and straight from Ceylon .

Cinnamon and Sri Lanka's affinity is so strong that the very botanical name of the spice - Cinnamomum Zeylanicum is derived from the island's former name, Ceylon Affinity between Cinnamon and Sri Lanka is so strong that the very botanical name of the spice - Cinnamomum Zeylanicum is derived from the island's former name, Ceylon.

This is a tea I make with several ingredients including Fresh Cranberries saved in my freezer for the Holiday time and Gogi berries, hemp seeds, just to name a few ingredients then I add  chinese herb ingredients and whip me up a wonderful elixir drink! I cut 1 cinnamon stick into this already made teabase . What I did is warm my tea on the stove with the cinnamon and all I can say is what a lovely smell in the warm tea and I taste it in the tea too. Yummy too. Funny thing is the cinnamon has no scent just out of the wrapper. But I am very happy with my purchase.

My choice for today is very different. I feel so good drinking the Mint elixir that I will only drink Water, Rejuvalac ,Tea base ,and this elixir above. I am listening to my body and I am really not wanting anything else so far today. 

Day 3 of Juice feasting....

Wheatgrass and The health benefits of chlorophyll

The power of sunshine in chlorophyll is wonderfully cleansing in the body. The greener the leaves, the more concentrated the amount of chlorophyll.

The reported health benefits from chlorophyll consumption are just too many. Taken consistently in sufficient amounts, here are some of the powerful remedial effects of this amazing substance:

• Increases blood count
• Detoxifies and cleansing
• Alleviates blood sugar problems
• Reduces or eliminates body odors
• Relieves gastric ulcers
• Greatly relieves respiratory troubles like asthma and sinuses
• Kills bacteria in wounds and speeds up healing
• Reduces inflammation pain
• Improves bowel functions
• Improves milk production in lactating mothers
• Soothes painful hemorrhoids

Although many argue that fruit juices taste better than vegetable juices there are still many great reasons to drink vegetable juice. We can get more benefit from juicing vegetables when compared to juicing fruits because our digestive systems find it harder to break down and digest vegetables. Fruit juices also tend to contain higher concentrations of sugar than vegetable juices. Because of these points many people who juice for health reasons argue that it is more beneficial to juice vegetables than juice fruit. Personally I like some sweet fruits as you will see, I strive for green juices most often and I like a Red pepper to sweeten instead of using an apple.

How I was today was well lets just say laying low. We have so many rainy days that juicing is kinda just on my mind.I can't go outside and walk. I just got my self back to feeling normal after not being able to walk upright after hurting my back again.Today is Wednesday and Monday was 3 weeks of walking hunched over and really body sore.

Today I started with 32 oz of lemon water and MSM caps


Water,Water,and more water

Green juice of Kale,Spinach,pineapple,cucumber,celery,cilantro,parsley and ginger


Elixir tea of Horsetail,nettle tea and more spices like cinnamon,clove and other herbs. Off to bed now :-)

Starting my Juicing days -Day 1

Oh Oh,is it that time again. I am so glad that Winter is ending and Spring is beginning. The weather may not feel so much like so here in the Pacific Northwest but we have too many rainy days and this gets real old real fast. I am spending my beginning days with myself by taking it easy and see what happens. I have been eating raw food with vegan meals too, but my passion is to become a full raw eating human being. This is a testimonial to myself. I think Vegan seems to be much easier although I will be concentrating on my ever day and every meal putting nothing but tea, broth, juicing into my body and take 1 day at at a time. Today I sipped on a juice made from :

beetroot and greens,broccoli,kale,romaine,cucumber,celery,lemon,ginger.And check this out I have been making rejuvalac with winter wheat berries:

Now what I do is make rejuvalac and put in into the refrigerator,then what I do is  add rejuvalac into my juice and my water at about 1/4 C  2-3 times per day times a per day. If I don't wake up to 32 of oz. spring water with lemon or ACV, then I add rejuvalac into my morning water. And I must say I really like this every morning. Switching out the rejuvalac, for lemon,or the ACV makes each day good, and I don't get boring tasting the same old lemon water every AM.Some mornings I will actually start with Wheatgrass then wait 1 hour before having my first juice of the day.

7th Day of Juicing

I want to start by saying we had our first official nasty wind storm with overturned trees and power outages all over. Our own power went out at 8:39 pm last night and didn't return on until 4:23 am yes A.M. In my case wind whipped as close as 40-50 MPH at times ,that is some scary stuff, with  pine needles and branches all over the place.That's why I never had anything said yesterday,because I was going to write at night on my blog ,but had no power. And speaking of no power. We went to bed at 10:40 pm since I read a book and turned sleepy. It was great to go to bed earlier then my usual midnight time.

Today was a morning of enema,water with my lemon and MSM capsules. I felt so alive and clean as a whistle. I am starting to like the 1 large grapefruit with 3 medium oranges and 1 teaspoon of Vita mineral green added to this citrus combo drink. Now today I added fresh coconut water to my citrus drink and the hubby makes a smoothie or fruit dessert with the coconut meat. He likes to take fruit ,coconut meat and blend and eat.

How I feel today....

I have been doing lots  of me soul searching for what I need in myself to make me a better raw foodie gal. I am doing tons of  reading different books while ingesting info on the http://www.juicefeasting/ site too. Here is just a nice bit of info to my Juicy days in a one days time. My insides are very happy juicing and it's really really hard on the chilly days, but I make my warm tea and add the extra ginger to my teas. And I bundle up with warmer clothing. Doing this juicing now and not in the warmer weather is a testimonial that juicing can be possible with cooler days and nights. I just need to keep on going and no stopping. I know the stopping just ends the detox, and again all mental in the mind. I have been doing better planning on at least 1 day ahead vegetables and fruits I need to keep me making my yummy juices.

Today I juiced .....

32 ounces of lemon water with the MSM Capsules. Then I had some rest time after my enema,this is what I like to do anyhow.I do drink lots of water all day long. Water the best thing anyone can feed themselves and too many people forget to drink plain old water. Water the most important item one can ingest.

As said I actually started with  24 ounces of Grapefruit,oranges,coconut water from 1 coconut and a teaspoon of Vita-mineral

 made another 32 ounces and 1/4 C of ....Whole pineapple juiced with spinach,romaine,cucumber,cilantro,parsley,2 radishes,jalapeno and ginger.

I then later made celery,cucumber,apple,radish,parsley,kale.This is another green clean drink.

I have come to believe in order to start making a GREEN juice start with  celery,cucumber,ginger,lemon and go from there adding any other combo, because quit frankly drinking cucumber,celery,ginger and lemon is pretty good all by itself. I keep trucking to Seattle to get my Organic goods and its all worth the drive.

In the evening I had coconut water with more Vita mineral green added . Simply Divine. Tea, Tea and more warming tea.That was my day of juicing.

Day 5 Juice feasting and a scam on Craigslist

I have busy weekends,so I probably won't post on the weekends too often. I am not someone whom stays online much. Yesterday Saturday I had a local craft event to attend .We have a chili cook off at a local Civic center and about 50 vendors . I made sure I made juice the night before. I don't like juicing the night before ,but it's too hard juicing before heading out for a craft event,so what works for me is what I do. I have been starting with warm water and a teas or 2 of ACV instead of lemon,just to change things up a bit.

 green juice made of  :

32 ounces of romaine,celery,cucumber,kale,lemon,apple.....Yum green lemonade with cucumber. Yummy stuff

Another 32 ounces was cabbage,green apple,and lime. Makes a good cleanse

I also came home and had some vegetable broth all night long and ended my night Saturday with wheatgrass.I don't own a wheatgrass juice ,but what I do is put water and the wheatgrass in a magic bullet and drink the greens with water,and again It works until I get myself  a juicer that does wheatgrass.

Sunday was a total clean house extra bedrooms and all.Yep I did this on Sunday. I had a heck of a day today....after cleaning I put 2 items on Craigslist. I then downloaded Craigslist on my I-phone as a APP. Now here is some important info......I was a potential scam victim tonight. A woman was selling a motor home CHEAP, but I caught on FAST. My hubby and I left for some errand stuff and I was checking Craig list on my Iphone at around 10 minutes to 5 pm Pacific time and a ad that came online at 4.24 Pm caught my eye as a misprint. Here is what it said.....

 First off $2,900  I thought misprint ,so I wrote to the WOMAN,( well coming online as if a female.)

Anyhow these are 2 e-mails I got in my response to the ad on Craigslist:

1st e-mail  to me. Thanks for being interested in buying my Rv!It`s in perfect condition,no scratches,damages, never been implicated in any accidents, it has only 44,000 miles and the price is $2,900.It has a clear title, free of any liens or loans. Because of my divorce settlement,i own this Rv and as a woman without driver`s license i don`t need it so i`m trying to get rid of it as soon as possible (that`s why i`m selling it so cheap). We will use eBay`s Vehicle Purchase Protection plan for our both safety,i want only legit transactions.Let me know where are you located,maybe we can organize an inspection.
Have a great day!

2nd -e-mail- to meThe RV is at the shipping co.in Jeff City,Mo sealed and ready to ship it,as I got a new job and moved here to start over.I have a contract with eBay so the deal must go through them.I'm very busy with my job,so I can't meet you in person,reason for why I chose to sell my RV online.
If you want to continue,I will need your name&address.After I receive your info,I'll forward it to eBay and they will send us both invoices.eBay will instruct you on how to make a refundable payment.They hold the funds until the RV is delivered to buyer,inspected and until he confirms that has received the RV in it's described condition.According to eBay you have 5 days to decide if you want to keep,and if eBay should release the money to me or not.If for any reason you won't like the RV (I don't see that happening) eBay will refund you and I will instruct the shipping co. to store the RV until I find a new buyer. It's not necessary to ship the RV back. If you want to buy it,please send me your info so we can proceed.

Thank you,here is my number(573 298 4807)

Reply
   After this second e-mail I simply never responded back.
A motorhome at $2,900 and I had 4 photos and I simply at first thought this was for sure a misprint ,but when they said what you see listed above ,again I got smart, took the phone number and did a reverse phone number request check,via google and several other people in the last week has had the same scam in different parts of the USA, and this person hasn't been caught yet . Craiglist has been contacted, but the E-bay part is bull too.

As for my day........Juice of Greens all day...Romaine,Swiss chard,Kale,Spinach,celery,cucumber,pear,apple,ginger,lemon.......Pretty green but 64 ounces of this......


I also took Organic whole  watermelon from Whole foods ,Cinnamon and mint Juiced....Super delicious.

Ended with Coconut water and Vitamineral -green