" Living in a juicers paradise" ;)

So i know my title is gay for some reason i thought it was funny so i kept it...anyways a lot of people have been emailing me about juicing and asking me some different recipes and stuff to get started with...first i would like to touch a little on juicing because i know we have our occasional disbelievers out there that this has any effect on our daily lives....Ok so lets get started with if you have NETFLIX you should get on and DEFINITELY watch "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" if you're interested in this whole juicing thing....it is an amazing documentary i can give you a quick summary....so this guy has a bunch of health problems and he basically gets this hive/ rash breakout randomly and it has to do with his eating habits so he takes this challenge to do nothing but juicing for 60 days....his results are AMAZINGGGG he loses so much weight he looks younger his skin looks so healthy and like he literally back tracked a couple years in age I mean i could not believe it, he ends up going back to the doctor all of his disease is gone and everything is better from his blood pressure to his weight i mean EVERYTHING! So this is what inspired me to start juicing and if you're interested also in more documentaries that will change your life like it's changed mine watch "Forks over Knives" & "Food Ink"....my lifestyle and eating habits have changed immensely! I no longer really eat any meat besides some seafood, I don't eat anything processed (GROSS), i make sure about 90% of my food is natural, i try to stay  away from aspartame but thats hard cause i love my diet cokes but trying to get better at that, i stay away from a bunch of starches and breads because your body is not meant to process them as well as milk since ive done a 360 ive literally made myself lactose and that sucks bad but atleast it keeps me from allthe dairy products that your body is not meant to process!!!! I mean i know i sound crazy and some of you might be thinking i am but your BODY is your temple and you only get one...don't you want to feel full of energy every day, stay away from doctors more, live longer to see your kids or family grow old, have more time with the one you love, i mean everything comes into play when it comes to keeping your body maintained and treating it healthy. So i'll stop ranting and share the benefits of juicing:

"For one thing, the body can quickly absorb larger amounts of nutrients from juices than from solid foods because the process of digestion that is necessary when you eat whole foods is bypassed. Raw fruits and vegetables contain many substances that enhance health, and juicing benefits the body by providing the most concentrated and readily absorbed source of these substances.

Another one of the major health benefits of juicing is that it is an easy way to get beneficial enzymes, which are primarily found in raw foods, into the body. Enzymes in fresh fruits and vegetables have the vital role of converting food into body tissue and energy. Enzymes are also involved in metabolism, so one of the more valuable health benefits of juicing is that it can increase metabolic rate. Juicing also ensures that the body is getting sufficient amounts of phytochemicals, substances in plants that are considered among the most powerful ways to fight disease. While most people do not eat enough raw fruits and vegetables to obtain the amount of phytochemicals that would make a difference, it is relatively easy to drink enough juice to obtain sufficient amounts of these powerful nutrients. In addition, antioxidants and other immune enhancing properties are concentrated in juices.

Juicing can therefore help to accelerate recovery from illness. In fact, juicing with specific combinations of fruits or vegetables can target particular conditions and improve or alleviate symptoms.

Among the most interesting health benefits of juicing are its anti-aging benefits and its potential for alleviating symptoms of depression. The effects of juicing on depression are accomplished by providing a concentrated source of minerals like magnesium, potassium, iron, calcium, and folic acid. Deficiencies of these nutrients are associated with symptoms of depression.

Further, the concentration of antioxidants in juices combats the damaging effects that free radicals have on skin and muscle. Juicing can help keep skin free from wrinkles and muscles well toned. In addition, increasing the intake of antioxidants by juicing can slow the onset of age-related illnesses

In conjunction with its positive effects on health, the benefits of juicing also include the fact that it is relatively cost effective and convenient, especially if you prepare your own juices. By staying healthy as a result of increasing your intake of fresh juices, you can also reduce the need for expensive medications. Since there are no side effects associated with juicing, you can drink as much juice as you are able to tolerate, thereby maximizing health benefits. There are many tasty combinations of fruits and vegetables, and the variety of juices that can be prepared are likely to keep you in the habit of juicing once you realize the many health benefits that doing so can provide." 

Ok so now that we know these benefits i'll give ya'll some juice recipes :

1. Perfect Morning Essential: 4-6 Carrots, 4 stalks of Celery, 1 Lemon , 1 Macintosh or Yellow Apple
2. Hot Afternoon Boost: Up 4-6 Carrots, 4-6 stalks Celery, 1/2 bunch Cilantro, 2 Roma Tomatoes, 1 Lemon
3. Power After-Workout Drink: 1/2 Romaine lettuce, 3-4 leaves of Kale, 3-4 Carrots, 1/2 bunch Carrot top, 1 Apple, 1 Lime
4. Serious Detox: 1/2 sour green Apple, 1 Lime, 1 large Beet, 3-4 leaves Beet tops, 3-4 Carrots, 3-4 Celery stalks, small piece of Ginger
5. Excellent Craving Response: 3-4 large leaves of Kale, 1 whole stalk of Leek, 1 Lime, 1 large Tomato, 1/2 bunch Cilantro, 3-4 Carrots, small piece of Ginger
6. Delightful Green Snack: 1/2 of red Cabbage, 3-4 stalks of Celery, 4-5 leaves of Kale, 1 Lemon, 1 Lime, 1 Apple, small piece of fresh Ginger
7. Sweet Filling Delight: 3 cups fresh baby Spinach, 1 Lime, 1 large Tomato, 2-3 Carrots and 1/2 Carrot top bunch, 1/2 bunch Parsley, 1 stalk Celery
8. Quick Cleansing Drink: 2-3 Carrots, 4 Cucumbers, small piece of fresh Ginger, 1 Lemon, 1 whole Beet
9. Variety Vitamin Drink: 1 Lemon, 2 cups of Alfa Alfa Sprouts, small piece of fresh Ginger, 2 Carrots, 3 Cucumbers, 1/2 bunch Parsley
10. Exquisite Green Goodness: 3-4 leaves of Kale, 5 large Romaine Lettuce leaves, 1 Beet, 1/2 bunch of Cilantro, 1 Lime, 2 cups fresh Spinach, 1/2 Apple

















 

Insane? YES.

Well a month has passed and i am still alive and kicking it....Insanity has been my life for a consecutive month surprised i have stuck to it this long :) Just started my recovery week before the 2nd month and so far so good....i have seen some crazy results and my clothes fit better. Now my relationship with INSANITY is a love/hate relationship....I love it because i like this guy better than P90X guy and i like that it is convenient and that it only takes about 45 min a night anddddd it requires zero equipment which is awesome buttttt the part i hate is HOW HARD IT IS!!! i would rather be running my marathons anyday! but like they say nothing comes easy right? Along with this workout i have changed EVERYTHING about my lifestyle...take it from me if you watch documentaries watch the ones on netflix "Fork over Knifes" & "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" these documentaries will change your ways unless your not easily grossed out by the crap in food. i am midly amused in the juicing stuff right now, i think it is amazing to see the results that it has had on people and how it has cured diabetes and fixed obesity and other health related problems!! I mean watch it for yourself! i started juicing and i know it looks gross its green and a weird texture and smells like straight veggies but tastes like whatever fruit you stick in it but it also makes you full, cleans up your skin, helps your digestive system, provides all nutrients, and overall it is so healthy! Try it!! I highly recommend it! Anywayssssss on this journey i am becoming extremely organic and processed food is starting to seriously gross me out lol i mean think about it how much crap your food goes through to become what it is, next time you go to open something look at the ingredients.....good, now can you pronounce anything in it??? yeah thats what i thought lol all natural is the way to go! so enough with the suspense ill post my before and after so far from insanity....please keep the judging of my before to a minimum its disgusting......

 BEFORE---->

 15 DAYS---->

 MOST RECENT--->

 

Soooo there it is......proof it is working....can't wait to see where i end up after another month of it!

Stick with it my friends!!! Need encouragement ask me i'll be more than happy to give you some :)  what helped me a lot if weighing everyday and pictures so i could slowly see the changing and knew i wasn't wasting my time! 

If you start it let me know! I'll be here to cheer you on! 

XOXO

Jenna Lyne

Ok so....

I have not been on this thing in soooo LONG but I think it is time to make a comeback! Hah! Since last wrote on here so much has changed....I got married, I have a newborn baby girl....no no im kidding hahaha for those of you who know me you were prob like WTF for like 2 seconds! Well lets talk about my crazy transition going on right now, so much to deal with! So I graduated from college last May...FINALLY! I went on to work for Buckle training as a store manager to get my own Buckle at the end of the program butttt that did not go so well... basically came down to that is not my dream job. I went to school in hopes of becoming a buyer so that was obviously not the right path but anyways I recently moved back to La Porte but I am still paying for my lease in College Station (Side note: if anyone knows anyone who needs a summer lease PUHHHLEASEEE contact me!) I commute everyday to work in Houston and I LOVE my job :) I am an allocation analyst for Charming Charlie at the corporate office so it is definitely a better track to get where I want to be.... ummm the guy I always talked about on this thing yeah that has kind of fizzled I woke up on my 23rd birthday, no joke, and all of a sudden miraculously started wanting kids haha we both used to not want any AT ALL but now I think I could see me with some milk sucking, money draining, obnoxious crying, covered in feces little bitty infants haha I talk about them so nicely huh? Yeah not right now but eventually when I get a great career and marry the love of my life i'll be ready to post up and pop out those suckers. So that is a transition all in itself how do you deal with not wanting kids and being set on the person you thought you were going to end up with for the rest of your life to all of a sudden jumping on everyone else's band wagon ready to yee haw at the sight of children and be SINGLE. I don't hate being single but I don't love it. PERKS: Get to do what you want, when you want, with who you want anytime anywhere anyday...Get to spend money on you, yourself, and you....No DRAMA (can I get an AMEN)....You get to have excuses when you fuck up and then realize your single and don't have to explain yourself to anyone...You have more time to do cool shit like work out, get stuff done, etc..... CONS: Your the third wheel permanently...You have to do shit alone.....When you want to call someone to do something you have to call your best friend who ALMOST ALWAYS has a boyfriend/girlfriend and they are probably doing something with them at that moment....You tend to drink alone A LOT....your that loser that people wonder why you can't get a bf or gf.....andddd both lists could go on and on and on but anyways yeah that's my life right now in a nutshell. I miss giving people advice and feeling important so im trying to regain that from getting back on here....sooooo if you would like to ask me ANYTHING or want to hear my ADVICE on anything like running marathons still or clothes or love life stuff or anxiety etc. let me know i'll write snip-its for you and I want to entertain people. I think I am funny but not sure my audience will think the same ;) Well I've missed you guys I shall be back...Hope everyone is doing AWESOME and HAVE A GREAT DAY :)

xoxo

Jenna Lyne

It's good to be back :)

Denim, with options..

Denim, with options.. by Jenna Lyne featuring a bow hat

Wrangler denim dress
$100 - generalpants.com.au

Jane Norman summer wedge
£42 - janenorman.co.uk

Woven shoes
$50 - topshop.com

DV by Dolce Vita flat heels
$45 - nordstrom.com

Brunello Cucinelli taupe bag
€2.025 - unger-fashion.com

Chanel lambskin handbag
$1,395 - fashionphile.com

Pieces floral jewelry
$28 - asos.com

Jane Norman cuffs jewelry
£5 - janenorman.co.uk

Repossi braided jewelry
€200 - colette.fr

Bow hat
$13 - target.com

Dorothy Perkins stone belt
£6 - dorothyperkins.com

Jane Norman sparkly hair accessory
£5 - janenorman.co.uk

Linda Farrow gold shades
$580 - coggles.com

Pour some SUGAR on me....

So, I was reading SELF and I think this is some valid information to share with you all....The subject is sugar. Sugar can be in alot of places we do not even notice and it can have many code names...."Since 1970, the amount of sugar in processed foods has nearly doubled, largely because sugar is cheap and readily available. Today it's pumped into pretty much everything to make food products more enticing—even ones that are already sweet, such as fruit juice. As a result, the average American gobbles up 43,800 more calories from added sugar (meaning sweeteners, like high fructose corn syrup and honey, that are added to packaged foods) per year than we did in 1977." 

Trouble is, our body isn't equipped to handle this amount. If a woman's intake of added sugars increases by more than 20 percent, her body-mass index rises 2 to 3 points, which is enough to shift from the normal weight to the overweight category or from overweight to obese, a 27-year study from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has found. Research has also linked increased sugar consumption to higher rates of diabetes, heart disease and metabolic syndrome. Though you want to strive to cut out sugar completely it is nearly impossible and not necessary. Just keep your sugar intake to a minimum and try to curb those cravings. Instead of reaching for that chocolate candy bar settle for something a little more healthy like a granola bar with chocolate chips in it...

Another article related goes on to talk about "how much sugar is too much?" .....

How Much Is Too Much?

It's complicated. To function, our body relies on natural sugar in vegetables and carbs (glucose) and dairy products (lactose, which converts to glucose as it's digested). Glucose is the body's main fuel source and the brain's only one. As for the sugar in fruit, "the body uses fructose only in energy crises—like running a marathon," says Robert Lustig, M.D., a spokesman for the Endocrine Society. "It's really nature's way of tempting you to eat fruit to get the nutrients." The liver can easily dispose of such a small amount. (An apple has 11 grams.)
Added sugars are the issue: Most consist of about half glucose, half fructose: Table sugar is 50-50; high fructose corn syrup is 45-55. Both glucose and fructose get turned into fat when we eat too much of them. (This is also true of natural sugars in healthful foods like fruit, but would you ever scarf five apples in one sitting?) Excess glucose can up your risk for hypertension and metabolic syndrome; and when the liver can't handle more fructose, the remainder converts to triglycerides, a type of fat that can build up around organs. "This prevents the liver from processing insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar, so your pancreas makes more," Dr. Lustig says. "High levels can lead to insulin resistance and diabetes."
The USDA groups together added sugar and solid fats such as butter (both have empty calories) and advises you to get less than 15 percent of your daily calories from them. The experts SELF polled say to aim for less than 10 percent of calories from added sugar. If you're eating 1,800 calories, that's 180 calories, or a can of soda and four Life Savers. Tally your splurge calories and enjoy them to your sweet tooth's content!


Stay Sweet ;)
XOXO
Jenna Lyne

Life in a new light...

So I have not written a blog in FOREVER but I'm trying to get back into the habit of it I've been really busy lately and life is CRAZY! Anyways.... So lately I'm trying to find out who I am transitioning from College into the "Real World" and let me just tell you it is not easy! I have been so overwhelmed with everything...so recently getting out of a long distance relationship I've had to change some habits that we seem to gain from relationships in general, and one thing I seem to lose the most tangled in a relationship is myself and my values and what I think I should deserve. I've been doing a lot of self-reflection and trying to get back to my "happy" place. I tend to mold myself to another person's wishes and I put what they would want over my own needs and wants. This my friends can be a positive and a negative at times. I think its good because it takes compromise to be in a relationship but I also think its bad because you'll find yourself accepting things that you normally would not tolerate. You have to ask yourself how much is too much? and I like this person so much should I just stay and try to forget that happened or they treated me like this? I have to take a step back and evaluate myself and my worth...what do i deserve? what do i think about myself? Recently I've started to realize im worth a lot more than I ever thought... I've started to realize I do deserve to be treated great and shouldn't have to put up with stuff that most people wouldn't. I think that we should all take a step back and find out who we are and what we think we deserve and never settle for anything less. We only have ourselves to blame for our own unhappiness. 

It's good to be back :)

XOXO

Jenna Lyne

p.s. please keep my best friend Cara in your prayers, thank you!

Why does love make us do crazy things?

So I wanted to share something very personal and not so dear to me that I hold on to and struggle to get over everyday...I want to share my story because I want others who have gone through it to realize they are not alone and can get through it. Some of you may be going through it right now and not even realize it... and if you are...I am here if you need to talk about ANYTHING. Even if I don't barely know you...

So I am in a new relationship, he's wonderful. Everything about him couldn't be better & I know that if we don't work out I'm thankful for him anyways because he has taught me a lot about myself and made me overcome some of the hardest things I struggle with in a RELATIONSHIP....

This leads me to my horrible relationship experience.... I dated this guy, of course I say it like you all thought I was going to say girl haha but yes a guy who basically changed me....& not in a good way.

In the beginning we were wonderful, peachy, that new exciting period in a relationship where everything is just fun and PERFECT. This stage, I have learned, does NOT last. Not in any relationship... but somewhere in it all I lost myself.

It was like waking up one day and the person you thought you knew like the back of your hand did a 360. Why was he so convinced that he couldn't trust me? This is the simple line that can RUIN a relationship in a HEARTBEAT.....TRUST....I don't care what anyone says this is the KEY to a relationship, without it you've got two people who are bound to go different ways.

It began when I would receive accusing phone calls, out of nowhere? Let me remind you all, I did NOTHING, absolutely nothing, I would be at home in my bed and he would accuse me of cheating? And I spent most of our conversations assuring him I was not cheating and that I only wanted to be with him and that I loved him...that's only the beginning...

Somewhere further down the road be became possessive & insecure. It was slowly headed for disaster... I was spending our days together walking on eggshells, watching every move I made not to tick him off. I became this scared, fearful, insecure, lifeless, and NOT STRONG little girl. I was in a relationship but yet I felt SO LONELY. I was slowly becoming a victim of an abusive (emotionally, physically, and mentally) relationship.

How? You ask...& I don't worry I already know what else is coming out of your mouths...Well you have the option to leave him, & you are dumb for staying with him if that's how he was treating you....& the list goes on and on right? Yeah its just like those lifetime movies where you watch that girl fall in love with a jerk who raises his hand at her and all you can do is feel frustrated through the whole movie and want to shake her and be like YOUR STUPID for staying with him!!! Oh believe me, I am sure ALL My friends thought the same thing. My life was becoming a BAD LIFETIME movie. And from my end of the spectrum, it's easier said than done....

It became grueling...I was so manipulated that I didn't even recognize myself. I was not the Happy-go-lucky girl I once knew. I was this pitiful, broken thing...not human anymore. He was so good at it, so good at convincing me that I was not worth a damn thing. Our relationship became one exhausting fight after another where he would rip me down till I was stripped of all dignity and then he'd explode and leave me scared to leave him. I was convinced I couldn't get anyone else, or that's what he told me. When you're told something so many times....you believe it.....Have you ever heard of those people who will lie and tell a story so many times that they actually start to convince themselves it happened? Yeah well same with this...He told me so many times that I was worthless and no one would EVER put up with me that I truly believed it.

It became a relationship that once was him striving to hold onto me that became me desperate to hold onto him... I will spare everyone the grueling details because it was not pretty but I wanted to share this story with you all because I want people to know that this is a REAL thing and it DOES happen. You don't have to believe me, and you don't have to even try to relate to me but if this story helps atleast one person out there who is a victim of abuse...then that is all I care about.

So you probably are wondering how I got out of this? Well it became so bad that I lost everyone. My parents, My bestfriends, & even him. He convinced me everyone was against him and us being together so I distanced myself and the problem with that became I basically dropped off the planet. I stayed in my room and didnt go anywhere fearing that he would get mad at me. Eventually the lifeless cold person i shriveled up to started to even push him away. He left me.


But this became a miracle. At the time, I won't lie, I thought my life was over... but I soon realized my happiness and relief that he was gone. I started to feel this overwhelming relief, no longer did I have to tell him every detail of where I was going, who I was with, what I was doing, and the list goes on. I was free. I won't forget the line my friend told me that snapped me to reality, "Jenna, you were not yourself. We didn't know who you were and we were scared. You were like a robot. We were truly scared everyday that you would turn up on the news missing or dead."deep stuff huh?

Now I just had to rebuild this broken little girl back up to be a confident woman. & that is something I am still working on.

I struggle still with confidence, especially those who know me pretty well can tell you this. But I am now sure of who I want to be. I am not resentful towards him, only sometimes I have moments where I will notice something I do that I realize I act like that because of him but for the most part I am thankful to have gone through all this because it has made me STRONGER. I know when I meet someone and as soon as they start to show a sign of being anything like him I peace out. I won't let this happen again to me and I hope I can help someone avoid this situation also. It still is taking time, I wish I could say I am 100% better, but i'm not going to lie...I'm not. I still have breakdowns over it, it really was a bad bad movie that felt never-ending, but I'll get there... eventually.

I know some people already know about this situation but I don't want to hide it from anyone. It makes me who I am today and I really hope if someone should read it and be faced with this same issue that they can find confide in me. I am here if someone needs to talk & no judgement will be passed.

Everyone is worth it, you just have to find it in yourself. You're obviously here for a reason, so take that and run with it. Be who you want to and don't let anyone stop you! & most of all learn to trust people, not everyone is bad....his loss of trust is what started his crazy.

"Be who you want to be, not what others want to see"- author unknown

XOXO

Jenna Lyne