Last winter’s overabundance of parties and global frolicking have you feeling weighed down. Lighten up with these 7 easy steps to restore and naturally rejuvenate your body. It’s the type of insider insight you wish someone would have just shared with you years ago. I have had tremendous success with these ideas, let me know if they work for you!

Also, congratulations to “lisaprosser” you are the winner of the Green Lemonade BluePrint Cleanse Giveaway! Please contact me so I can get the Tasting Flight package from the gals at the BluePrint Cleanse out to you. And for everyone else, please stay tuned. More fun giveaways are coming along with an everyone-can-do-it-eating-and-drinking-cleanse in July and August with Dr. Alejandro Junger’s Clean team.

If you want something sooner, the BluePrint Cleanse is also offering 10% off on a Juice Until Dinner Program today and tomorrow. Enter “MYDAD” at checkout. It’s expensive ladies, that’s for sure. But even just one day is such a wonderful reset. I think though with this coupon you must do 2 days. You feel great and you get an appreciation for portion sizes. Save up some money – maybe skip that monthly mani/pedi. I’m not a big proponent of spending a lot of money on supplements, but I think this investment in you is a good one.

7 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body Naturally

1. Try a morning smoothie.

Experiment with smoothies or a bowl of fruit for breakfast to really maximize your body’s overnight healing, repair and fat-burning work.

2. Introduce the concept of the “Buddha Bowl” into your life.

Serving size is the secret to not packing on the pounds, and allowing more of your body’s energy to be spent on healing and repair work (vs digestion all the time). A Buddha bowl is roughly the size of your cupped hands. While it may seem small at first, give your body and mind time to adjust. Practice eating mindfully and then go for a short walk after you finish eating to set the end of the meal in your mind. If in the beginning after eating this portion of food you find that you are still hungry, add another half of a Buddha bowl portion. Some of you might appreciate a little more direction here – so consider this buddha bowl in your daily routine.

3. Try “food combining”.

Loosely experiment with food combining. While it may sound a little “new-agey” think of food combining as a tool to help you maximize your body’s digestive energy (therefore allowing more energy and time to be spent chewing through fat cells). Food combining is also great built-in portion control. Learn more about food combining here, and give yourself a week or so to get into it.

4. Try to limit dairy.

“You will pee in your pants when you see how much weight you lose from giving up dairy.” – Rory Freedman and Kim Barnounin, Skinny Bitch. (I love these ladies.) Instead of regular milk, try almond milk, coconut milk or rice milk instead. This coconut yogurt is also fabulous.

5. Minimize snacking.

Try to minimize all-day snacking by keeping snacks to designated hours and at a minimum of 2 hours after a meal. This can be hard I know. For many of us it’s just nice to chew on something during times of stress, anxiety and even fun.

6. Try not to eat super late at night.

If you can, skip eating super late at night. It’s different for everyone, but most often eating late at night interrupts your body’s healing, repair and fat-burning work. Eating too close to bed can also make a huge difference in the quality of your sleep. Try eating a little earlier, or have a liquid-based dinner such as a soup with a sprouted grain toast and see if you notice a difference. Maybe I’m getting older, but I have noticed quite a change myself.

7. Move.

Don’t underestimate the importance of movement to feel your best. Go for a walk, a jog or try a new fitness class at your local gym. Pull out that bike that has been sitting in the garage and bike to your local farmer’s market. Or pick up a surf board at the beach this summer and take a surf lesson with a group of friends. It’s amazing what a game changer some exercise can be.

Happy Tuesday everyone! I’m delighted today to once again announce the gals at the BluePrint Cleanse are giving away a sampling of their most popular juices to encourage you to come on over and experience the feel good benefits of fresh pressed juice yourself. (Early summer is awesome isn’t it?)

Blueprint Cleanse “Tasting Flight” Giveaway

One lucky Green Lemonade reader will win Blueprint’s Tasting Flight juice package which consists of 2 fresh-pressed PineApple Mint juices, 2 Spicy Lemonades and 2 Cashew Milk drinks.

This package is a great way to gradually integrate a fresh pressed juice or two into your day. You’re still eating delicious foods, and simply complimenting your day with a fresh pressed juice instead. No more worrying about drinking “only” juice.

For instance, you might wake up in the morning and start your day with one of Blueprint’s Spicy Lemonade juices for a morning pick me up. Then feeling so good, you might sip on a PineApple Mint juice to carry you through till lunch. Later afternoon you might snack on a Cashew Milk instead of a bag of chips from the vending machine. Feeling so good on day one, you might consider repeating the routine again another day!

Blueprint’s Tasting Flight juice package is a $75 value – free, to one lucky Green Lemonade reader!

How to win in this 2nd BluePrint Cleanse Giveaway

To enter to win Blueprint’s Tasting Flight package of juices simply:

add a comment on the bottom of this post explaining what you love (or are anxious to try) about this 6-pack sampler from the BluePrint team!

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Good luck! The winner will be announced on Tuesday June 15th!

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Over the next few weeks, there will be a lot more healthy, natural, feel-good giveaways to come – including more juices and smoothie giveaways as well as fun, unique “clean eating” snacks and healthy-lifestyle essentials. Stay tuned for fun occasional indulgences and a little something here and there just to make you smile too.

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Looking for a detox retreat? Check out the We Care Spa in Desert Hot Springs, California. This juice fasting and detox retreat is a well renowned cleansing center. Its profile has been raised in recent months following the growing popularity of celebrity detox veteran and author of Clean, Alejandro Junger, MD. Dr. Junger participated in a two-week juice fast and detox program at We Care Spa based on vegetable juices and colon cleansing earlier in his career. It was an experience that compelled him to author his book “Clean”.

Have you heard of this retreat? Would you be interested in participating in such a detox escape?