Getting motivated to lose weight isn’t a problem for some people.

Staying motivated is often another story. When a diet doesn’t produce results right away, studies show people usually don’t stick with it. Setting the bar too high too soon can lead to frustration and a fast exit of a regimen that might have in the long run reached the person’s goals.

“The best way to stick to a diet is to start with reasonable goals,” says Cherie Calbom, author of The Juice Lady’s Sipping Skinny and a leading authority on creating juicing recipes for health and detoxification. “And the best diets are those that don’t just lead to success in losing weight but also improve your health with the nutrients they provide.

“Good diets are as much about committing to change your internal landscape as they are about changing your outward appearance.” Calbom says, “juicing recipes should replace one or two meals a day, not all of them. And one way to ensure someone sticks with a juicing diet is to research a variety of recipes to avoid getting stuck in a recipe rut, as people do when bouncing from diet to diet.”

With that in mind, Calbom offers three juicing recipes to add variety to the diet:

Apple Cider Vinegar Fat Blaster

• 1 qt. purified water
• 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar (raw)
• 2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• Dash of cayenne pepper
• Several drops of stevia to taste

Mix all the ingredients together. Drink a glass 20 minutes before a meal.

Cinnamon Swirl

• 2 cups full-fat coconut milk
• 1 cup chopped apple
• ½ cup packed baby spinach
• 1 tsp. Ground cinnamon, or ½ tsp. Liquid cinnamon
• Several drops of stevia
• 4-6 ice cubes
• Add protein powder

Put all the ingredients in a blender and process until creamy.

Rockin’ Green Smoothie

• 1 cup unsweetened almond or coconut milk
• 1 cup frozen berries (blueberries, blackberries, raspberries)
• 1 cup baby spinach
• 1 cup chopped kale or chard
• ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 4-6 ice cubes

Combine all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth and creamy.

Cherie Calbom holds a Master of Science degree in whole foods nutrition from Bastyr University. She is the author of 35 books, including The Juice Lady’s Anti-Inflammation Diet, The Juice Lady’s Big Book of Juices and Green Smoothies, The Juice Lady’s Turbo Diet, The Juice Lady’s Living Foods Revolution, The Complete Cancer Cleanse, and Juicing for Life with over 2 million books sold in the US and published in 23 countries. She has worked as a celebrity nutritionist with George Foreman and Richard Simmons and has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows and in scores of magazine articles. She appeared on QVC for over 13 years with the George Foreman grill.  Known as “The Juice Lady” for her work with juicing and health, her juice therapy and cleansing programs have been popular for more than a decade.

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