Juicing Journey

Last week I watched the documentary, "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead". For some reason I had never watched it and in the past it had always been floating around in my sights.. saw ads for it, friends would talk about it, etc. So on a whim, I decided, what the hell, I'll watch it and see what the talk is about. I honestly didn't have too much interest in juicing until I watched this film. I was completely surprised by it and it has completely inspired me! ..I'm on a health journey of my own and I'm trying to heal my body. I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. It's an autoimmune disease and honestly can be a real bitch most days. It has completely messed up my metabolism, I feel fatigued quite a lot and mentally, I get very depressed and anxious. So, yup, I'm pretty much a mess! After seeing that Joe (Joe Cross) cured his own autoimmune disease by juicing, I figured that I have a pretty good shot of at least reducing some of my symptoms.


Sunday, I went to the outlet shops and bought my first juicer. I got the Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Juicer. Tried it out and it works great! ..I'm also fully stocked with a bunch of fresh produce that didn't cost much, surprisingly :) I hope to have enough to last me at least 3 days. I'm giving myself that much time, though I might extend it to a full week depending on how I feel. That's kind of my goal. 


Today (Friday) was going to be the first day of my juicing detox/cleanse/fast/whatchamacallit... lol! ..There are so many terms for it! Anyway, I had to run to the market last night to get the remaining ingredients. Came home and then did a lot of washing and prep. It was late by the time I was done and just wanted to climb into bed. So it officially begins on Saturday. That's ok, because it just gave me another day for my body to be used to all raw food. (My diet for the last 5 weeks has been mostly raw anyway).


I'm very excited to begin! ..I plan on blogging each day with my progress and posting more photos.

Joe Cross from "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead"