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Tired all the time? Exhausted when you wake up? Always feeling worn out, without energy or zest for life? The following recipe sounds like a strange combination but it’s truly delicious and can be thrown together and enjoyed as a health drink to-go, or as a nice drink to sip while relaxing.

Raw Spinach-Carrot Juice Recipe:

What You’ll Need:

•  handful of raw spinach (about half a cup)
•  4 carrots (regular sized)
•  juicing machine

What you’ll do:

• wash carrots and spinach leaves
• chop carrots into a size that will fit in the mouth of your juicing machine
• push the carrots and raw spinach leaves into the juicing machine
• pour in a glass and enjoy

Health benefits of spinach

Health benefits of carrots

This is the perfect, easy raw juice recipe that is loaded with nutrients your body will absorb like a sponge!

Resources:

http://www.whfoods.com

Here’s to health!

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So, you’re living the busy life and you are getting worn down and are losing your motivation. Health needs to be first and foremost because if you aren’t healthy, you can’t be there for those who need you! Following are a few tips to help you stay motivated, inspired, and most of all: healthy!How to stay motivated:

• pin up a photo of when you were heavier (if you’ve ever been heavy)
• place inspiring quotes  in different places so you’ll see them each day
• start rebounding - it will clear your mind and get those endorphins going!
• keep healthy snacks handy so you won’t give into that junk food craving
• join a gym - it will make you feel good about  yourself for putting your health first
• form a support system
• switch up your exercise routine - your muscles need a change and so do you!
• focus on the end prize - a long, healthy life!

Use these tips to keep you on a healthy road from now on.

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Life is a busy adventure. With families always going in different directions, trying to meet a variety of deadlines, and barely having time to sit down to dinner together, it’s obvious that when you grab a snack it probably isn’t a healthy one. The quickest, most convenient, snacks are often times loaded with sugar, salt, and preservatives that you can’t even pronounce. So, how do you make the time to enjoy healthy snacks with such a busy life?

Following are a few different snacks you can try.

• organic Greek yogurt
• raw pumpkin seeds
• raw sunflower seeds
• raw nuts
• boiled eggs
• veggies
• fruit

TIP: Add ground flaxto your organic Greek yogurt to get in some omegas. Omegas are great for your heart, skin, hair and eyes!

These healthy snacks are filling and you can grab them when you’re in a rush.

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Breakfast to-go sounds nice, doesn’t it? Especially if it’s a healthy one!

How many mornings do you get the chance to wake up, have a leisurely morning, and choose between a variety of healthy breakfast options. Not many, right? If you’re like the average working person, you’re up and about, rushing around trying to make school lunches (or tend those precious pets!) and get anyone else in your household going in the direction they’re supposed to be going. You have to grab everything you need for the day, somehow squeeze in a shower and time to get ready, and then you’re out the door yourself - most times without even considering a healthy breakfast, right?

Here’s a few ideas to help you (quickly) enjoy a healthy breakfast each morning:

• Stock up on organic Greek yogurt - it’s chock full of protein and calcium, is very filling, and delicious, too!
• Prepare steel cut oats the night before. Reheat them in the morning and throw on a few raw nuts, ground flax, or your favorite (healthy) toppings.
• Keep boiled eggs on hand. Eat a couple when you’re running late.
• Make an omelet or scrambled eggs the night before. Reheat them in the morning. You could even make a breakfast wrap by putting either the omelet or scrambled eggs in a low-carb tortilla.

All of the above ideas are filling, healthy, and great for eating on the run. Enjoy!

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Rebounding is such a fun way to get in a few minutes of exercise each day. You can work your way up to 30 minutes or even an hour, or you can just hop on and jump for as little as 2-5 minutes at a time throughout the day.
Rebounding can be done while watching TV as well, so it’s an amazing way to squeeze in some healthy exercise for that couch potato! And, once you get up off that sofa and start rebounding, you’ll discover you almost feel like a school child on the playground. It really is that fun!

A few health benefits of rebounding (when done regularly):

• promotes a healthy bowel by enhancing digestion and the elimination process
• cleanses the lymphatic system
• increases lung capacity
• has been known to improve eyesight
• promotes weight loss
• results in lost inches
• strengthens the immune system
• decreases circulating cholesterol and triglyceride levels
• gets oxygen to the tissues
• helps repair tissue

Again, these are just a few of the health benefits of rebounding. Most of all, rebounding is fun and is easy on the joints. So, if you, or someone you know, is suffering from joint pain this is the exercise to try!

Resources: Order Rebounders online and have them shipped right to your door!

NOTE: I’ve lost over 100 pounds and rebounding has been a part of that process. Rebounding wasn’t the only aspect of my journey, but for me, it has been instrumental.

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Hi, my name is Michele L. Tune. I love all things health-related and I’m your host.

A few things about me:

• I’ve lost over 100 pounds
• I’m a vegetarian
• I enjoy (raw) juice fasting
• I love fruit and veggie smoothies
• Rebounding is an amazing (and my favorite) way to get in a few minutes of fun exercise
• I’m a freelance writer and blogger

I look forward to my adventure here at today.com and can’t wait to hear about your own health. Have you lost a lot of weight? Are you looking to lose weight? Are you maintaining a significant weight loss? Jump right in and share your thoughts, opinions, favorite exercises or healthy recipes!

Here’s to health!