This Blog is intended for :

• Joy and fun. 
  
• to help remind us all how wonderful it feels to be healthier, that when faced with the choice between Junk Food and Fruits & Veggies, we'll remember that health IS the REAL treat, the REAL Indulgence. 
  
• to encourage us to be as healthy as we want to be and understands, one can still do a lot of good by just adding a salad into our daily menu.
  
• to keep us motivated and inspired through the road bumps of life's journey.
  
•  to be a forum for us to help each other keep re-discovering that the healthier choices can be quick easy, fun, filling, and affordable. 

The Juicy Goosey mission is to keep us aware that the true measure of health is by how how consistently we feel wonderful and energized on the inside and also to remind us to listen to our boidies and move at our own unique pace and be proud of our individual achievements regardless of how they measure up to others.

The euphoric buzz of a natural high is better than any man made chemical high and if we have the pleasure of feeling this for ourselves a bit more each day, then this blog has achieved it's mission. 

Beginners through advance as well as those who are just curious are all welcome and encouraged to play with us, share their experiments/advice/suggestions/thoughts/musings, etc. But most importantly this is supposed to be fun dog gone it so enough of this serious stuff lets get silly!!!! Juicy Goosey is juiced up and ready to Rock ''N Roll!!!

That would be Me!! I'm an actress, writer, producer, Certified Gravity Colon Hydrotherpist, Raw Food/Detox Consultant, and of course a Health Enthusiast!  I've always been on a search to feel healthier and happier. I've hit my road bumps, fallen off the wagon, and hit the pavement pretty hard many times in my life. 

One particular time, once upon a time, a year ago before I even knew what Raw food and juice were, I was at a point where I had given up on health and just accepted my depression, cysts, skin infections, allergies, clogged head, puffy small eyes, and plump frame as normal and the way it was going to be. I found myself at Prana Brooklyn at a Juice Fasting Talk. It was all so crazy and I wondered what these crazy people where doing to themselves. Juice Feasting, no meat and getting regular Colonics. What the heck is a colonic? Oh my God you have to let someone stick something in your butt! Exit only please! I thought to myself maybe I'm going to pass on the Colonics and just TRY to juice for 1 day. Just 1 day. Nothing but juice. Yeah right after one day I'm going to be ravenous, I remember how rough Yom Kippur and Passover has been for me every year. There is no way I'll be able to do this. 

But I tried it. And the absolute euphoric buzz the juice provided was something more amazing than anything! Not only the physical joy but also it awakened a spiritual connection that was stronger than I ever realized I was capable of. My clarity and energy was through the roof and every time I got hungry I recharged my battery with another juice and needed nothing more. I was sold. 12 days later I was off the fast but wanted to maintain the benefits and the re-discovered joy of health and so I was now doing the Raw Food thing as best I knew how with the help of my new Prana Brooklyn and Gravity East Village  families.

Then my cyst had returned, and I had a choice, I can get on the stirrups every couple of months so a doctor can cut open the most sensitive part of my body (excruciatingly painful you should know) or let someone insert something in my butt and pump out the toxins. Hmmmm well it was kind of no brainer for me. Luckily I had the best Colonic Hydrotherapist in the WORLD!!! It was completely painless, surprisingly not awkward, actually a lot of fun because he was so funny we just talked and laughed the whole time. You know how wonderful you feel after taking a huge dump, how relieved and lighter, well take that and multiply the feeling by 10 and that is how wonderful I was feeling. 

Since then I've done two 30-day juice feasts, 2 liver gallbladder flushes, a bunch of mini cleanses, and became a certified Gravity Colonic hydrotherapist. Not only has my cyst disappeared but so has the scar tissue, which the doctors told me would be permanent. Also, I have healed myself of the skin infections, rid myself of my allergies and clogged head, cut my sick days and depression not just in half but definitely 75-80% less. Just like everyone else, I sometimes have my rough spots, but I know I'm happiest with this path and I'm excited for this blog, because we can keep each other inspired and reminded of how wonderful it is to feel good and healthy!

I have a very silly friend.  Every time a waitress brings him a glass of water, he  shouts out over enthusiastically "Oh my Gosh Water! That's my favorite! How did you know?!" The idea of getting excited over something as common as water makes us all laugh. 

We all know we are mostly water, So wouldn't it make sense that a majority of what goes in our mouth should be water? We've all been told dehydration causes hunger, fatigue, crankiness, confusion and depression among many other things. We have all heard from our doctor when we are sick to drink twice as much water so our body can flush out what it needs to. (More info on the importance of water here.) 

So why are we still not drinking enough water? I know for me, if I don't have my bottle of water sitting with me , I'll get so wrapped up in what I'm doing the next thing I know the day has flown by and I'm dizzy from not getting enough H20. I'm sure I'm not the only one with the problem, I've spent days with friends and family, realizing no one's drinking any water.

THIS WEEKS EXPERIMENT:
To drink water. Take your weight divide it in half and aim to drink that many ounces of water a day. Now when I say water, I don't mean juice, soda, coffee or alcohol. I mean good old-fashioned H20.  Try carrying a water bottle everywhere you go and put reminders in your calendar if it helps.  Also, it's probably best to drink it earlier in the day so you don't wet the bet at night  : ) 

 To keep it interesting below are some water ideas to experiment with:

Lemon Drop – or simply Lemon water : ) – A classic oldie but goody. Just squeeze some lemon in the water to charge it and give it a little flavor

Mint Julep - rip up some fresh mint and put it in your water, let is sit for a day to soak in the mint. Mint is known to be a coolant so what a perfect addition to your water in the summertime

Lemon Mint Julep - a combination of the above.

Orange Drop– Squeeze a tiny bit of orange in the water

Lemon spice ( or Orange spice)– touch of cayenne and lemon (or Orange). Okay this one I've never tried just thought it up now and thought it would be neat to try. Let me know if it works

; )

Sangria -cut up a small bit of peaches, nectarines, and cherries. (not too much still needs to be mostly water) and let it soak in the water to give it some subtle sweetness.

Instant Fun, Instant Smarts, or Instant Love!!!-
There is a book called "The Hidden Messages in Water" in which the author scientifically shows how positive and negative emotions effect the chemistry of the water. He shows how positive words and thoughts causes the water crystallizes into beautiful shapes and when negative hurtful words cause the water to crystallize into ugly gross shapes.

Even if you don't believe this then just get in touch with your inner child that still believes whatever it wants to be true, because this really is just fun play, making it fun to drink water, right? So write fun positive words all over your water bottle. Love, peace, joy, happiness, health, energy, or whatever it is lacking in your life that you want. And drink it in, drink in as much of it as you can hold fill yourself up on this first before you turn to the food and lets see what happens.

And last but certainly not least

Water - just water, which really is just the best, for those of you who really love your water just as it is, you need no reminder or fancy tricks, and quite frankly think I'm making this more complicated than it needs to be.

Go Rock it out everyone! And don't forget to share! Please post your observations and/or your own real life funny stories regarding water. I'd love to hear how the experiment works for you, how it makes you feel, if it is inspiring you to keep drinking your water, if you have any obstacles you need help with preventing you from drinking water, or if you come up with any other fun ideas or inspirations. By posting, you're not only helping yourself but also other readers. I can't wait till the day I'm in a restaurant and I hear a bunch of people shout, "Oh my Gosh Water!! That's my Favorite! How did you know?"

I'll go first.
This morning I woke up and drank 3 quarts of plain water. Yep that's right. In honor of this post I drank lots of water. 

I wasn't 100% awake and a little hungry. I could still function but I wasn't feeling absolute peek. Then I drank 3 quarts of water. I was awake, full, and clear and felt much sharper. Already I felt the effects. Water's my Favorite ! ; )

The biggest lessons of life were already told to us in our favorite Fairy Tales.

FUN RANDOM QUIZ TIME!!!

Which childhood story are these from?

"All you need is one happy thought and up you go!!"
"In every job that must be done there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap the jobs a game!"
"just a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down"
"It makes no difference who you are. When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true"
OK I had more and forgot. oops. Anyway to the point...

You know what helped me with my first 30 day juice feast, helps me to want to stay Raw, helps me to always rid myself of food obsessions? Simply one amazing delicious exceptionally happy thought!! In Harry Potter, what is the one thing he needs to defeat the Death Eaters. A happy thought!! With any goal whatever it is only the happiest of thoughts can give you that energy and excitement to propel you forward with joy and enthusiasm! I highly recommend you don't wake up and don't leave the house without this happy thought. Just one amazing happy thought and up you go!! Healthier choices will be easier! Solutions to your obstacles will come to you easily and clearly. But before you start with any goal I truly believe the most important ingredient to success is that delicious happy thought to make the journey fun and easy. So much fun the job becomes a game!

WHAT ARE YOUR HAPPY THOUGHTS?

I picture all my friends and I laughing hysterically. Laughing so much we can't stand up.

I picture my self with so much boundless energy I'm skipping, running, dancing, and it's fun!

I picture myself with the self-confidence to wear that fun hot outfit I've been dreaming of and go out dancing and shaking it on the dance floor with all my friends. I see myself and my friends dancing on the bar, singing Karaoke, and rocking the house!

I see myself enjoying my body, it's boundless energy, and it's amazing strength!! I see my body craving and loving to get out and move!!

I see myself in a great fun silly mood and with the self confidence to flirt with the next cute funny guy who crosses my path!!

I see an easy solution for any obstacle! I see myself instantly melt all worry, all stress, all anger and transform it to light, joy, and love!!

Now wait a second... What do I do if I loose my happy thought?

I pull out my "In Case of Emergency Card" which tells me to:

• take a nap
  
• call a positive happy friend
  
• meditate
  
• breathe
  
• go for a walk
  
• do something silly
  
• laugh
  
• read a good book
  
• exercise
  
• stretch
  
• watch the comedian videos on myspace
  
• Watch Funny Videos on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtWcb0bcA-A