Thirty-something Juicers

I've decided that I'm at the point where whatever I choose to do, health-wise, is going to have a lasting effect on the rest of my life.

The 20s are all about excesses and extremes - too much booze, too much food, too little food, too much smoking, too little sleep.

Yep, people in their 20s can get away with pretty much anything and wake up the next day looking like they've just spent a week at a health spa.

Anyone who's 20s are behind them will agree that this life of excess ends on your 30th birthday. Well, you can still choose to party all night, wake up at dawn and go to work but you're not going to look like you've just gone to a spa...you're going to look like you slept outside with a family of raccoons and woke up looking like one (complete with dark circles under the eye area and disheveled hair) :



In line with a new philosophy on improving our health (and a concerted effort to not look like raccoons), the Engineer and I have become smoothie and juice drinkers. We blend everything - celery, cucumber, strawberries, carrots, tomatoes and even spinach. If it's vegetable juice, we usually add a dash of lime/ginger for a bit of zing . If it's a fruit smoothie, we use yogurt and soya milk.

Before you conclude that we're a pretty hard-working pair, allow me to clarify that our sudden affinity for vegetable and fruit juices has less to do with diligence and more to do with laziness. We think it's a lot easier to take in our daily fruit/vegetable portions in juice form; that way we don't have to chew anything.... told you we're lazy goons *grins*!

I can't say that all the concoctions we've come up with are Food Channel material (the spinach is horribly bitter!) but some actually taste like creamy milkshakes (the strawberry, yogurt and soya milk mixture is exceptional!)

The one in the picture is a cucumber, celery and mint juice. I felt so healthy drinking it in the middle of the afternoon. I enjoyed it all the more knowing that I didn't have to deal with this mess....



Despite some of her rather alarming habits, I must say Sophia is heaven sent!

I used to wish I could return to my 20s but I've come to realize that my 30s are great....I know myself better, I understand what's really important in life and best of all....I don't have to clean up after I've made myself a smoothie! Life's pretty sweet!

raccoon pic courtesy of pikespeakphoto.com