Carbie to Barbie

Just finished a 3 Day Juice/Soup Cleanse. First off, I actually completed it and didn't die.   I needed to reset my body as I hadn't gotten relief from my headaches for over a month.  I thought if I restart and then watch what I will be putting down my gullet then I can know what could be causing some issues I have been dealing with.   While scrolling through Groupon I found this amazing deal on Jus by Julie.  I checked out their site and it was legit and had great reviews.  It is usually $125 for the 3 day cleanse, but on Groupon it was $59.00 but I also had a code to lower the price to $40.00.  (Shipping was $29 but worth the freshness of one day shipping from NY) Side note, when using Groupon or Living Social always check for discount codes.  I use Retail Me Not  and also  Ebates , discounts and a kick back from my purchasing. If you are not using these site you are missing out my friend. I started Monday and was looking forw...

Soo... Whole 30, great concept, but crazy hard.   I have learned a lot of great ideas, got on to all the Whole 30 and Paleo/Keto websites, Instagram, and Snapchats.  Looks so easy and when they have all the food and budget, cooking this way seems like a breeze.  Reality... meal prep, preparing food this way after working a full day took almost 2 hours of peeling, chopping, shredding, mixing, boiling, and cooking.  Shopping, my trips to a few stores took major planning.  Spouts, Trader Joes, Ralphs, and then back to Sprouts.  As many of you know I am a bargain shopper and use coupons.  Most if not all the Whole 30 stuff was not coupon friendly.  Ghee, do you know what that is? Oh, and the cost of ghee?  They also said I could make ghee with butter by cooking it down, but the amount you need to do this process is ridiculous.  The food I made was super tasty, but after slaving away in the kitchen for so long I was so over the meal ...