How to incorporate the Body By Vi into a somewhat clean eating diet.

Someone recently asked me if you could still eat clean and do Body By Vi.  Obviously Body By Vi is not cleaning eating friendly, due to the fact that its not in raw form, whole or unprocessed.  However if you want to lose weight or just incorporate Body By Vi into your diet for other reasons by all means, make it as clean as you can.

I know I am amazed at the 100's of recipes for Body By Vi shakes. However for me personally, I choose not to use some of the product that is used in the yummy Vi Shakes due to the fact that I want my shake to be as clean as possible.  Therefore, I use only fruits, veggies, raw almond butters, flax seeds chia seeds etc.

I have never been completely clean. Going completely clean, really takes some discipline and huge changes. I just haven't completely gotten there, but I am for the most part. I do not by packaged foods (for myself). I still eat string cheese, yogurts etc.  Therefore incorporating the Body By Vi, is really simple for me. Today was my first day on the 90 day challenge and I had no problem getting in my calories and I stayed full all day and in fact, I probably should have eaten a little more. Below, I will share my food journal for today, so you can get an idea of how I incorporate clean eating into Vi shakes.  Here's the thing, I love using wheatgrass powder and spirulina. But if you've ever used these powders you will know that they taste awful.  Well I have good news. Several of my Vi Shakes have these powders in them and I have to admit, I think they were my favorite yet.

Other fabulous news for me.  I have been journaling my foods for some time off and on. I don't journal necessarily for calories, because when your eating the right foods and right amounts, you really don't need to count calories. But I do journal my foods to keep an eye on my vitamins, calcium, fat, carbs sugars etc. I have never been able to get the RDA of certain items such as calcium.  Today I claimed that victory! I got all my vitamins, fat, calcium, etc. just from eating healthy and drinking my Vi shakes. Its no lie and I'm super excited.
So here is what todays food menu looked like. Check it out and see for yourself that I am eating healthy. I am getting enough food and I am on my way to feeling fantastic.

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Breakfast Vi Shake  255 calories

8 oz Almond Milk
frozen berries
1/2 banana
1 tbsp Flax Seed
2 cups spinach
2 scoops Vi Shake

Snack     150 Calories

1/4 cup cocoa roasted almonds

Lunch      222 Calories

2 scoops Vi Shake
3 celery stalks juiced
1 apple

Snack     150 Calories

4.0 Grilled chicken

Dinner     405 Calories

4 oz lean ground beef
1/8 cup shredded cheese
2 cups cauliflower



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Everything Blended veggie smoothie

I made this last night. Apparently my body was needing fruits and veggies because I put a good variety in there. 

EVERYTHING BLENDED

Kale
Spinach
Tomato
Carrots
Strawberries
Banana
Water
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Protein smoothie

Heres a smoothie I love to make when Im running short on time and need a "TOGO" meal. Loaded with protein and good for you others. Wheatgrass powder has great detoxifying properties and its loaded with vitamins and minerals. I actually should do a whole article on Wheatgrass and what it can do for you.  Also included in my smoothie is Ground flax seed, which is another superfood, with many purposes. Chia seed, another super food with tons of benefits.  So, as you can see this smoothie is good in every way

1 cup of Kefir
1/4 cup Egg White Protein powder
1/4 cup of water
2 Tbsp Ground flax seed
1/2 cup of blueberries
1 scoop of Wheat grass
1 tbls chia seeds

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Broccoli Booster - Green drink

This is one of  my favorite mid morning/afternoon juicers. Taken from my Juices & Smoothies book by Suzannah Olivier and Joanna Farrow.  You will see me credit this book many times because it was truly the best purchase ever. 

Broccoli Booster

Hailed as a cure-all superfood and a vital ingredient in a healthy diet, broccoli's strong taste does, however, need a bit of toning down when juiced.  Sweet and tangy apples and lemon juice soften its flavour, making a drink that's thoroughly enjoyable.

I am not typically a fan of broccoli but I tend to add alot more broccoli to this drink because its just that good.

Makes 1 large glass

4 1/2 oz Broccoli florets
2 eating apples
1 tbsp lemon juice
ice cubes



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Smoothies, Juicers, Blended Veggies

This section of my blog will be loaded with some of my favorite Blending and juicing recipes.  Sometimes it real hard to know what to blend together for a good taste and honestly some veggies just never have a good taste...until you add fruit. Which is what we do in my house. Rarely do we just juice veggies but heres my rule of thumb, make sure your veggie ratio is much higher than fruit ratio and remember to try to use low glycemic fruits so your not getting as much sugar. Fruit may have natural sugar but you still have to watch your intake.

I will try to take pictures as I make my juicers and blended goodies but some are recipes Ive tried in the past and dont make often. 

Also, additions...you can add anything to your juicers I typically add chia seeds, maca root, wheat grass power, spirulina or even flaxseed.  Its a great way to add in those little benefits.

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Strawberry Spinach Blended green drink

This is the blended drink we make when we are in a hurry  or we ran out of all other veggies. I dont know, for some reason there is always a good amount of these items in our house.

STRAWBERRY SPINACH

1 handful of spinach
1 handful of Kale
1 handful of strawberries
1/2 banana
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp chia seeds

Place water in blender cup, add all other items except chia seeds and blend.  I like to add a couple small drops of stevia. If we are not feeling well I will add a heaping spoon of honey. Pour in chia seeds and stir - let them sit in the liquid for a few minutes to turn to gel so you get the most benefits

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Blended greens

This is one of our favorite blended green smoothies. The Banana allows the broccoli to be tolerable.  I try not to add bananas to to many of my green smoothies because of the high glycemic value. However, Im not gonna lie, Banana makes anything delish. 

This recipe will be for one smoothie.  I dont typicaly measure anything out when it comes to juicers/blended drinks. But my typical rule of thumb is 1 handful or more of each veggie to 1/2 of fruit serving. Usually after blending, if theres still room in my cup, I will always add more veggies.

Also I always add chia seeds.  Chia seeds do not have flavor but take on the flavor of anything they are added to. Chia seeds when soaked turn to a gel. There are alot of added benefits for just using a tbls of chia seeds to any recipe.

1 handful baby spinach
1 handful of broccoli
1 apple
1/2 banana
1 tbsp chia seed

In this recipe there are two things Im doing that might be different from others you have read.  This recipe  juiced the apple, therefore I used 1 whole apple.  I used the apple juice for the liquid portion of the juicer. Added all other ingredients and blend all together

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