Celery Juice?

Another attempt to juice and blend my celery was a disappointment. Either, celery has no juice, or I need a different blender.

Either way, the celery liquid that resulted was barely a few tablespoons and the rest was a fibrous and very stringy pulp.

I didn't really know what to make of it, except that I wasn't going to have it in my smoothie.

Into the compost for the pulp, the sad bit of liquid, I downed it like a shot of wheat grass. Tasted like healthy grass, I think.

Next up...what to do with the rest of the spinach 0.0 ...hmm???

Happy Healthy Eating!
Love Always,
Maile
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Green Disaster!

There is such a thing as too much spinach!

Smoothie experiment this morning:
2 celery stalks
1 apple
4 cups spinach leaves
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup almond milk
1tablespoon diced orange peels
2 tablespoons chia seeds

Blended above ingredients except chia seeds. Added chia seeds and let sit in fridge for 10 minutes until they are plump like tapioca balls in bubble drinks.

Okay, it was sweet enough, but the green thick texture was hard to swallow :(

I think I got carried away with the spinach. Celery is a tough veggie to blend, very fibrous texture and it smells similar to grass when blended. I'm not selling this one very well.

It may also be my blenders. I ran it first through my commercial oster and then through the magic bullet. And once more through the oster. I may need a better machine. Until then, I will experiment with a little less spinach ;)

Happy Healthy Eating!
Love Always,
Maile
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I Can't Believe It's Spinach!

Kid Approved Super Greens!
Handful spinach
3 frozen strawberries
1 banana
5 peach slices
1/2 cup Pineapple juice
1/2 cup almond milk
2 tablespoons honey
4 tablespoons chia seeds

Blend all ingredients, except chia seeds. Add chia seeds after completely blended and let sit for 10 minutes in the fridge for the chia seeds to plump.

My older son who loves those bubble drinks, agrees that the chia seeds are very similar to the tapioca balls. Of course, WAY Healthier!!! ;) mmmmm try this one. It will rev up your day.

Happy Healthy Life!
Love Always,
Maile
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Love at First Bite

It was a great night at the recognition awards dinner for the Kalaheo NJROTC.

Buffet! I took no photos of any food, shocking! But as it was $30 per person, I tried a little of everything.

With my tastebuds reset since my detox, flavors were WOW! It helps that the Officer's Club is well known for good food. Truly delicious!

I'm a little sad thinking about returning to my, "all the veggies you can eat" detox, but I've sort of just programmed myself for it and I like the idea of it becoming a healthy habit. Well, for a while longer, at least.

Wishing you a very very healthy and Happy Aloha Friday!

Love and Aloha,
Maile
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Salad Again?

A few days into my detox, and I have been too busy to make anything more exciting than just salad.

Getting my whole family on board, that's another story. Apparently they need 24/7 security detail monitoring their every bite, and sadly no one has the time.

The first few days, I was honestly too cranky to care. I think it was toxins leaving my system. I cranked up my vitamins and omega three's and today, I'm feeling better than ever.

I love the increased energy and the diminished cravings for anything.

Healthy veggies, especially raw veggies, have a great effect on your body.

I'm already noticing the improvement in my skin and better sleep.

You can do your detox up to 14 days. I'm thinking about it. Tomorrow I get to add a little protein, as it's day 4. I'm saving it for dinner.

Happy healthy eating!
Love Always,
Maile
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Raw Bites

My family is a bit freaked out over the "all vegetable" meals. So I decided to ease them into it with some yummy fancy raw bites.

Walnut Pate Stuffed Mini Bell Peppers.
My recipe feeds two people well, double, triple, etc, based on your own needs. Also mini bell peppers taste just like the regular size, use either, just adjust for volume.

4 mini bell peppers
1/2 cup walnuts
5 sun dried tomatoes.
Puree these ingredients until it is a smooth paste. I pre-chopped them just to make it easier on my hand blender as I was lazy to pull out the food processor.

1/4 cup finely chopped onions
Add the onion to pate. Sweet Maui onions or red onions would make it better, if you have it.

10 mini bell peppers
I sliced these open and stuffed as much pate as I could in each little bell pepper.

1 zucchini sliced in spirals - I had my mom's as seen on tv Japanese vegetable slicer. Side note- I honestly was irritated when she bought another kitchen tool that the food processor can do, but after playing with it, I admit, it's very cool.

Plating was fun with the zucchini noodles and topping them with the pretty stuffed bell peppers. I also chopped up more sun dried tomatoes and added a handful of chopped walnuts with a drizzle of olive oil.

My older son braved a few bites. He said it was ok. The younger son will need a few threats or bribes maybe to even taste it. Ugh kids!

Happy healthy eating!
Love Always,
Maile
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Ready? Set? Go!

I love that everyone in my family is getting Fit and Healthy! Playing together is the best kind of workout for your body. Not only burning calories, but creating memories.

I love my fun and crazy family :)

Sending love and aloha always,
Maile
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Mini veggie garden

I have a great pot, but it doesn't drain well and is need of more potting soil.

I just happen to have half a bag stored in an outdoor bench. As I reached to grab it, something loud moved inside the storage bench and I saw a gaping hole in the bag.

I admit that I am not a fan of bugs, but this hole is a bit big and makes me think it could be a mouse or rat! Ewww! I have made a request for someone braver than I to reach in and take out the soil and add it nicely to my veggie garden pot.

Is it possible to be a gardener and not like bugs? I know I should get myself a healthy crop of earthworms to, there is so much to learn.

Speaking of learning, I was so excited to tell my gardening guru, Diane, about my lettuce that it was growing so nice and tall, like a tree. She informed me, it was bolting and to eat the leaves, it was going to die.

I love all my plants, and it does make me sad when they aren't doing well. If you had seen me worrying over my Chinese Lantern plant, which my mom said was a weed, but I vigilantly begged it to survive and kept moving it back and forth in sunny and shady spots until I finally thought, just to give it a final resting spot with my roses.

My roses aren't actually blooming, they just look like thorny green stems poking in various directions from two inch pots. At least they are green, it gives me hope they will sprout little buds soon. Maybe its a season thing, even though we don't really have seasons in Hawaii.

Oh my, I've rambled on too long. Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday!

Love and Aloha,
Maile
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Growing Healthy

Spring gardens are all the rage it seems. I'm not the only wannabe gardener out there.

A visit to see my nephews garden and they have been successfully growing eggplants, bananas, chocolate mint, and even a strawberry. Just one strawberry so far, but it's leaves are really healthy ;)

With all the concerns of pesticides, and how our food is grown, so many of my friends and family, and me to, are attempting to just grow things ourselves.

My own little garden, has a tomato plant, dill, and lettuce. I have a few pineapples and a coconut tree, we will see how long it takes for them to produce fruit.

I love seeing the greenery in my yard and am having fun caring for my little plants. I have even more talented gardening friends, my lovely friend Diane, can take cuttings and root them. This is so beyond where I am in my gardening skills, which really is just watering when I remember.

My brother is giving me my own banana tree, I am so excited! I just need to figure out where to plant it. They grow like weeds, but give a lot of bananas. Yum!

Wishing you a wonderful week!
Love and Aloha,
Maile
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Easter Brunch

Waffle station chef, four year old Ethan, was creating breakfast master pieces for our family brunch. Topping his creations with healthy blueberries, strawberries, and bananas. Even a little whip cream for his older cousins.

Mom bought ono fried rice from Times Coffee Shop, while Tabitha cooked up a lot of Portuguese sausage, bacon, and eggs.

Every tempting bite was delicious, and we all worked it off, running after the two busiest little boys. One year old Connor races across the house and under furniture at lightning speeds. He will also do sneak attacks and grab your legs when you least expect it. He made me jump twice.

Even faster is Ethan, who can change activities and move from place to place so quick, I kept forgetting what we were doing in the first place.

A great weekend, again I'm exhausted. I felt almost guilty when I got home and took a nap. I kept thinking about my adorable nephews who were not going to give their parents any nap time and probably limit their sleep.

We laugh, soon my nephews will be sleeping peacefully all night and their parents can catch up on the years of sleep they have given up. I know all about that, I'm still trying to catch up, and my kids have both been sleeping through the night for ten years. Ha ha!

Wishing you a wonderful week!
Love and Aloha,
Maile
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Indulgence or fuel?

I love to eat, therefore, I must learn to LOVE exercise!

I really do like that feeling of pushing my body and trying to exercise as many muscles in a workout as I can. I Love the adrennaline and endorphines pumping through my system keeping me motivated to go a little longer.

The thoughts before exercise, ugh, unmotivated, tired, cranky, grouchy, rebellious, and probably a million more emotions that would all wish to crawl back under the warm covers and snooze all day.

Love gets me moving! I love my family, and to enjoy this life with them, I need to love me, for them. I want them to love themselves to take care of their bodies and enjoy this life with me. Love, love, love keeps me going.

Love also feeds me to much. At my age, I see food in different categories. Food is either fuel or indulgence. I have learned to put in my body what I know I need to function at optimal performance for my days activities. I also love to enjoy yummy indulgances with friends and family and live each fabulous moment of my life.

Balance is key, and something I have to practice everyday. I'm learning to be better, I want to be my best, not just for me, but for those I love. I will be the change that I want to see in them. That's all I can do. It's for love.

Sending love and light to you always.
Aloha,
Maile
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Hawaii may be in serious trouble!

Hawaii may be in serious trouble. The world needs places like Hawaii to grow organic foods! True Organic in a perfect paradise conditions with our unique proximity to the equator and multiple climate zones, we can no longer ignore this issue. 

The world's food supply is at stake. What you and your family will be consuming for the rest of your life and there's should be everyone's number one priority. 

We truly can stop all illness. Healthy food will mean healthy populations, a healthy planet and the best future! 

Let's work together to finally voice our concerns and make healthier lifestyle changes that will benefit you and the world. 

You don't have to do it all in one day, and you are definitely not alone! Little steps to a healthier lifestyle, will make an impact to a better and healthier life. 

Save Hawaii...Save the planet...Save yourself! I'm not being overly dramatic, this is a serious issue that really scares me. I want everyone to be healthy, but how can you be healthy, when you eat your fruits and veggies that are genetically modified or worse? Why do so many chemical companies have so much control over acres of Hawaii's Land? Please pass on the link. Mahalo nui loa, Maile

 

The Legend of Surfing: Kelly Slater | Living an Organic Life

 

Wishing you your best health always.
Me ke aloha pumehana,
Maile

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Forever Young, Fit and Healthy!

I love spelling it out. Like a mantra I program my brain, my body, my life, and impact those around me by living this energy as best I can always!

This is my life! I have no idea how many days I get to live it and I'm going to enjoy it.

The first time I did something completely selfish was splurging $800 on lasik to correct my vision. Of course, if you know me, I hemmed and hawed and wished to correct my vision for years, but when I had kids, and thought, what if there was a fire in the middle of the night? I wouldn't be able to get my contacts in my head before saving them and me (no glasses, the gap between my eyes and the glass made me nausious- yeah I'm probably the only weird person on the planet who couldn't walk in glasses without being sick.)

Anyway, the fear of not being able to see my own hand in front of my face in the dark without my contacts, and thinking how was I going to find my children, that scared me straight.

So you get it, it actually took someone else's safety to correct my vision. Alright, not really selfish, but my best self was for their safety. Plus the thought of cutting my eyeballs scared me.

That may be overly dramatic, but I always think back to that series of thoughts when I want something, especially if it's expensive.

I have to know if it really is worth the financial strain it might take on my family if it truly is for them. Another big purchase was my treadmill. I am a serious researcher. Thanks to the internet and reviews from lots of consumers- I read reviews! I found the perfect treadmill. It took weeks to arrive and although I got a great deal on it, the shipping cost to Hawaii spent that.

It was worth every penny though! It was also a pain for my husband, his brother, my brother, and my dad to carry upstairs. I appreciate it so much.

Incorporating any large piece of gym equipment into your home, is always an adjustment. At first, everyone wants to play with the shiny new big toy. Then it sits unused in the corner as an over-priced laundry holder.

Then you clean up and try to get yourself back on track to achieving your health and wellness goals that insist these large pieces of exercise equipment deserve a giant section of valuable living room space in front of the television.

I have walked and walked and sometimes ran, uphill levels 1-9 and played with the exciting interval settings to make you think you are walking outdoors (I trip over my own shoes like I'm outdoors to). The television helps to distract me, but even better, my mini-me apple genius son, help hook up an old computer and now I have been multi-tasking and working, and walking. A little more challenging, anything to burn a few more calories.

My treadmill is several years old now, needs an engine tune up, but I owe so much of my weight loss to walking. I invested in a good quiet treadmill that is gym quality, and although outdated, it still works.

I won't stray too far off this topic, but if you are going to invest in anything, make sure you will love it, otherwise you won't use it. I got a cheap one for free and hated it. Test drive real ones if you can, and see if its too loud or the tread won't slip when you run on it.

I have been forced to do my walks outside now, (at least until I get my treadmill looked at) and I can't tell you how much I love it. Especially in Hawaii and this wannabe gardner gets super excited to see all my neighbors landscaping. I snap photos of ideas and have picked several little seeds from here and there of plants I might like.

I am hoping a kukui nut will sprout from my neighbors tree around the corner. As it is almost mango season, and I am walking past a good five to ten trees, I hope to be bringing mangos home from a morning walk soon.

Ok where was I going with this thread, fit and healthy, yes I am there! Here! Living happily fitter and healthier and feeling younger than my children. I can't force them to get their bodies in shape, but I can force them to go outside and play, and now they are having a hard time keeping up with me.

Next is getting all my loved ones fit and healthy because I want us to all be around for almost forever. Yes almost, I don't really want to live forever, but as long as I am alive, I will look and feel as young as possible! 21Forever ;) yep! I love getting carded. It still happens.

Ok funny story...you can stop reading...or read on if curious.

I was out shopping with my aunt, and I was all dressed up, hair, make up, looking pretty. We stopped into the store to buy midori for kamikaze shots, and I was standing next to these two teenage girls and I overheard one say, as she pointed at me, "She has someone buying her alcohol." Ha ha ha! I was so happy they thought I was barely legal to. Life is great!

Hugs, smiles, and lots of giggles for your day!

Aloha,
Maile


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Set backs suck!

I hate when the scale moves in the up direction! But I can't blame the scale. It was just a lack of discipline and I took my time getting myself back to my routine.

Life is full of ups and downs, and although I'm back on track again, the scale will eventually reflect the effort I've put in to get myself where I want to be.

In fact I was surprised at how quickly it began to minus again. I love my scale. I can only chalk up quick weight loss due to all the muscle I have added to my body. It has lovingly remembered that weight loss is the goal and went right back to cranking up my metabolism to handle the extra influx of calories.

I remember this quote all the time, "you didn't gain the weight in a day, so don't expect to lose it in a day."

For this time period, it was about five pounds that jumped up my weight over the past week. And although I thought I was just gaining more muscle, my jeans told me the truth.

Happy my jeans were looking great today and I feel better. When I'm off my exercise routine, I easily get distracted and forget all my good habits. I could say that I was under the influence of the weekend, but I knew better. I can't go back in time to fix anything, but I can increase my workout now and get myself moving faster and more energized to my goal of optimal health.

Wishing you a wonderful healthy life.

Aloha,
Maile

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It's never to early to learn healthy eating habits.

It's been a wonderful weekend and after a couple days off our normal routine, I realize how easily my family ditches all the good eating habits of the week and does whatever they want on the weekends.

As they are getting older and more than capable of cooking and feeding themselves, the choices they make now can easily become good habits or bad habits.

In an attempt to nicely convince them to make better choices, on their own, I hope to appeal to their curious reasoning and logic by educating them in nutrition.

I don't know all there is about it either and I look forward to the journey of good eating as a family. I want them to be healthy and I want to be healthy for them.

So, on this topic, I had a wonderful discussion with my overly busy mom sister-in-law Tabitha, who has agreed to share in my vlogging episodes on this topic.

If you have questions about healthy eating you can email us at foreverfitandhealthy@gmail.com.
We look forward to this new adventure. As mom's, our family's health is our greatest concern. We wish you and your family good health always.

Me ke aloha pumehana,
Maile

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Healthy After School Treats! Yum!

It's been a long grueling day at school...or so I've been told, and my boys always walk in the door almost starving, so they whine. Healthy snacks is sometimes a challenge as they are both very picky!

They both like vanilla yogurt. Today I just happened to pick up bananas and fresh strawberries on my home. They won't necessarily make anything for themselves, they usually want it done for them, so I was sneaky.

I got out a beautiful bowl, scooped in 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt and beautifully sliced 3 fresh strawberries on top. They watched, almost drooling, and decided that didn't look as healthy as I had made it sound. A minute later they got out bowls and duplicated my efforts.

The watch and learn method of teaching those healthy eating habits. It's hard to tell them what to do at their age, now I'm more of a supervisor/manager in their lives. As long as I do my best to lead by example they do follow, and I'm so proud of them!

Many blessings always,
Maile

Mini Workouts!

Break up your workouts into shorter sessions. I don't always have the luxury to spend 2 or more hours working out. I often have appointments and day to day activities that require more of my time and attention. On those days, I still get my 2 hour workout, but I break it up throughout my day. 

Its also great if you are starting a new fitness routine. You want to introduce any new activity to your body gradually or you may get hurt and refuse to try it again. 

In the morning after the kids leave for school, I usually have a good 15min. to 45min.(if I'm lucky) to squeeze in a decent workout. I will repeat 2 more mini workouts in the afternoon and again before bedtime. This way I get my workout done for the day and I feel great. 

It takes 90 days to make any habit a part of your daily routine. Just like not brushing your teeth or taking a shower, you will start to feel out of sorts if you don't exercise your body. 

Don't give up! There aren't really rules to exercise, just move your body! Take a few minutes just for you and get your body healthy. We all have fifteen minutes we can spare at some point in the day. You deserve to treat your body good, only you can take care of you. 

Love your body, and it will make your life even better. I promise. 

Love you all,

Maile