Juicing, Day 1

Today was officially day 1 of my juicing /detox/cleanse/fast/whatchamacallit!!

So happy to say that it has been a success (for the most part). I did screw up making a juice. It was supposed to be an all veggie juice, kinda like a V8, except that I put waaaaaay too many green onions in it. I mis-read the recipe and thought that it initially called for 3 bunches of green onions (scallions). I modified it to reduce the servings of the total recipe, BUT that wasn't the issue. I thought it read three bunches of green onions, soooo since I cut the recipe back, I put in 1 bunch. It was meant to be only 3 stalks of green onions.. not bunches! ..D'OH! ..Yeah, it had a very overpowering onion-y taste. I diluted it with water and even added more tomatoes but that didn't help. Oh well, live and learn, right?! :)

I felt really good today. Weighed myself (even though I didn't want to), but did it to see if there is any weight loss during this journey. I didn't have any unusual cravings. There was only one time when I felt a twinge hungry, so I had more juice. I drank a gallon of water along with my juices and had 2 cups total of herbal tea with lemon. I also got in a workout. Going very easy but still moving my body to help my lymphatic system. Since I don't own a mini trampoline, I did jumping jacks, warmed up a bit and then walked on the treadmill for 35 minutes.. a little over 2 miles. Got my usual post workout stretches in as well.  

Here's how my day looked in photos. I used the juicer twice today. When I woke up this morning, I made a cup of herbal tea with lemon and stevia and then got to work juicing. The second time I juiced, I made my dinner juice and a juice for tomorrow morning. 

My herbal tea this morning :)

The juices that I made today: 

Sweet and Greens Juice - Breakfast and Late Morning

1 Pear

1 Granny Smith Apple

Handful of Spinach (lightly steamed) 

Handful of Kale (lightly steamed)

2 Celery Sticks

1/2 Cucumber

Mean Green Juice (My version - inspired by "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead") - Post workout juice & Lunch

1 Granny Smith Apple

1 Cucumber

2 Celery Sticks

5 Red Leaf Lettuce Leaves

1/2 Lemon

1/2" Fresh Ginger

Greens Juice with Banana

Handful of Kale (Lightly Steamed)

Handful of Spinach (Lightly Steamed)

Handful of Romaine (already had some chopped up)

1 Kiwi, peeled

1 Granny Smith Apple

2 Celery Sticks

1 Banana - (Added the banana to the juice in a blender and whirled away)

Sunset Blend Juice - Dinner juice

1 Large Sweet Potato

1 Large Carrot

1 Red Bell Pepper

1 Beet

2 Golden Delicious Apples

1 Orange

Banana Cashew Milk - Drank half of this tonight. Very filling! Makes 2 cups

1 Cup Raw Cashews - soaked in water for at least 2 hours

1 Cup of Water

1 Banana

Cinnamon and Nutmeg to taste

Strain the water from the cashews, add all of the ingredients and whirl away. WICKED TASTY!!! :)

Anything But Basic Orange Juice - Breakfast juice for Sunday

2 Oranges

1 Apple

3 Carrots

1 Celery Stick

Yawwwwn.... off to bed I go.
Very sleepy!!

Night all!

Sweet dreams <3