Who Has Time for Juicing Anyway?
You are busier than a buzzing little bee, and every minute of your life is accounted for. The thought of adding yet another thing on top of all you have going on is just nuts. You are doing a million things as it is.
But you also feel drained, fatigued, and when the afternoon rolls around, you secretly wish to disappear from the world long enough to take a nap.
If only you had more energy. If only you could power through your days to fulfill your busy lifestyle’s commitments. If only, if only.
If that describes you, I wasn’t feeling too different from you in 2007 when I stumbled upon juicing by accident and found my answer in a place I didn’t even think to look: inside my body.
During a Jack Lalanne informercial I watched that year, I remember wondering why an 80+ year old man had more energy than the 30 something year old woman watching him! It made no sense … until it hit me: I wasn’t taking sufficient care of myself even as a self-proclaimed “health nut”. I mean, sure I had a pretty good exercise and yoga routine but to be honest, I did not really understand my body.
When I got the relationship between food and energy, I was in a state of epiphany. It was suddenly clear to me why I have no energy, why I am fatigued, and why I don’t lose this extra weight. Juicing was my missing link.
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I jumped into the world of juicing starved for answers and I found it all. Juicing for me was a miracle drug that released its healing powers slowly and efficiently. I welcomed the clarity, joy, harmony and tons of energy as a result of juicing.
It was all going well until my journey was rudely interrupted: I lost motivation.
There was no question that I loved juicing, that I was convinced of its powerful benefits, that it felt great to do it, but I just lost motivation. Despite my great intention, I flat out resisted to juice for a while.
And naturally, the amazing benefits slowly started to disappear into the background of my life.
I became a reactive juicer. As soon as I would notice a skin breakout or a bloated “fat” feeling, I’d rush to my juicer and juice up a storm. I’d splurge on a ton of produce and juice fanatically for a few days and then nothing. The resistance would return. This cycle went on for a while.
I was totally in love with juicing but I had no healthy juicing habit in place to keep it going in my life. Without establishing your health changes as a firm habit and a lifestyle, you are only teasing yourself with transitory benefits. It’s not fair to you.
It took me 3 years to establish juicing as a non-negotiable habit in my crazy busy lifestyle, but when it got hold, it stayed. My “flirting” period took a lot longer than necessary before I settled for permanent commitment. Since you and I know this stuff is super good for you, let’s skip the dating part and get right to the marriage, shall we?
3 Killer Tips to Make Juicing Your Hot New Sex Habit
Killer Tip #1: Start with the why: Why do you want to juice?
The first thing to do is to do nothing at all but to ask a question: why do you want to juice?
Your answer tells you whether you can easily build a habit or not. Ask this question to go inside and to find your true motive. Strip everything that’s not the real you.
For example, you may say that you want to juice because it can help you lose weight. Or maybe you want to juice in order to be a role model of health for your children and family. Or maybe your vanity rules here, which is totally fine, and you want to juice because you want that fresh skin glow from drinking pure vegetable-fruit-herb juices.
What’s your reason?
In order to help you answer this question, it helps to understand juicing benefits. I talk about the 20 most amazing benefits of juicing in my book, The Healthy Juicer’s Bible. Here are 4 of benefits from a healthy juicing habit:
1. Detoxes and cleanses your body.
2. Creates a healthy alkaline state.
3. Help curb your cravings.
4. Makes your skin glow and your hair shine.
Killer Tip #2: Build systems and processes for your juicing
After you figure out your why, you need to make the process of juicing as simple as possible. This is where your automation system comes in. I know, it’s a bit comical to have a “system” for juicing but wait until you see how much time it saves you and how it makes the whole experience enjoyable and you’ll eat this up!
The basic things you need to set up your system:
1. A permanent place for your juicer on the kitchen counter.
2. An easily accessible place for all your jars, containers and accessories.
3. A permanent place for your cutting board next to the juicer if possible.
4. An organization for storing and accessing your fruits and vegetables and herbs.
5. A list of recipes and a juicing journal to document your favorites as reference in a pinch.
Killer Tip #3: Decide your exact juicing times and stick to them.
The problem is not that you lack willpower or self-discipline. No way. You are perfect the way you are and you care way more than the average Jane about your beautiful body. That’s why you are here reading this piece. Congratulate yourself just for that.
The problem is that entertaining thoughts and moods that arise when the time comes to do something. The thoughts will come whether we have all the willpower or not. Thoughts such as, “Oh I don’t feel like it?”, “I am not in the mood.”, “It takes too much effort.”
Your one and only job is to listen and acknowledge the thoughts but keep your commitment. Don’t pause, don’t entertain the thoughts. Just get on with your task.
Move through your automated system but the minute that your calendar says it’s time to juice, go do it. Just as you would when it’s time to brush your teeth, email your boss, or feed the puppy. Do not make room for second guessing.
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If you are new at juicing, you may want to do it only twice a week. I try to juice daily unless I’m traveling. I know people in my juicing clinic who juice a few times a day! Whatever your desires, write it down on your calendar and stick to it.
As you incorporate these tips, you will realize that juicing is actually fun. Happiness and joy abound in the process. It is a time to contemplate just how well you are caring for your body by returning to the basics: Raw fruits and vegetables and herbs and their natural juices. You are preparing Mother Nature’s nectar for your body and that is a great feeling!
Let these tips help and guide you to build juicing as a hot new sexy habit in your life because that’s exactly how you are going to feel – hot, new and sexy – as a result of regular juicing! And hop on the exclusive list below so I send you more juicy tips to keep you in tip top shape:
