Curious, is anyone Juicing?

pmad37

I am sitting here now drinking my carrot, celery, spinach, chia seed and pineapple smoothie

dreamsofescaping

Hi nashai01, I juice and I have been for a few months. I bought a Breville after I saw the documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv3vEXy_EwU

I bike ride to work and have always been dragging a bunch of vegetables on my back. I needed a way to lighten the load, so I now juice my veggies and put them on my road bike in a Polar bottle.

You can read about all of the 'rebooters' here:
https://www.facebook.com/FatSickandNearlyDead

I don't do the "reboot". I changed my diet over a year ago and have lost almost 40lbs. Now I just juice 1 meal a day. Its convenient and really good for me. For me its helped me A LOT. I no longer fall asleep in the afternoon .. Tons of energy.

The problem I see if you juice for 30 days...then what? Go back to your old way of eating? Not healthy, I incorporated it into my daily meal and just made it part of my life. I also juice for the family and make them smoothies, not green drinks, they don't like them.

I do pour my green drink into ice cube trays, freeze them, then add them to meals for the kids. They have no idea they are getting the greens

LOVE the idea about freezing them into icecube trays!!!! Can they taste a difference? I think I may just do this for my daughter :-D

DragonflyF15

I did the 3day reboot after watching Fat Sick and Nearly Dead http://www.hulu.com/watch/289122 I was amazed at how much energy I had, slept like a baby and lost 5lbs (which is alot considering that I'm not to far off my goal weight). Since then I add juicing to supplement my daily meals and plan to do a 3 day reboot monthly.

suegmune

I have a vitamix -- it is the best thing I have spent money on in a long time -- I've done so much more than juicing in it, but it does work great for whole juicing. I usually like a simple carrot/apple/ginger(optional) smoothie, which I sometimes add kale and/or spinach to.

I too wanted to get more vegetables into my diet. Another thing I like to do in the vitamix to add veggies is to take the leftover veggies from the week (the ones that really aren't good for a raw salad anymore) and make them into a salsa consistency, and then boil them down...and add it to meatballs or whatever else I'm making. It makes food juicy and adds some extra nutrients.

One other idea about adding veggies is to try making some kale chips. They are fantastic and give me the crunch that I sometimes need -- great snack!

suegmune

So this week while at Whole Foods buying all my fresh organic vegetables and fruits for juicing my husband came across beets. He suggested tryingto add those to my Green juice because he heard they are also very healthy for you. Well..... I am not impressed LOL first the beets are really really red and looked almost like blood and then they have a strong smell and taste - kinda bitter. So I do not like beets!!! He laughed because he doesn't drink it.... We do fruit for him!!!

So my story is, no beets for me!!!!!

A friend of mine does beets, celery and either mango or papaya (along with, I think, protein powder and maybe some other stuff). She likes it a lot.

StarvingDiva

So this week while at Whole Foods buying all my fresh organic vegetables and fruits for juicing my husband came across beets. He suggested tryingto add those to my Green juice because he heard they are also very healthy for you. Well..... I am not impressed LOL first the beets are really really red and looked almost like blood and then they have a strong smell and taste - kinda bitter. So I do not like beets!!! He laughed because he doesn't drink it.... We do fruit for him!!!

So my story is, no beets for me!!!!!

A friend of mine does beets, celery and either mango or papaya (along with, I think, protein powder and maybe some other stuff). She likes it a lot.

Yes I have a hard time with the beets, they smell like a moldy basement and taste dirtlike. However I have posted a few recipes to incorporate them in, using carrot juice and starting with 1/2 beet and working your way up. Beets are awesome for you, just look up the benefits and it will convince you to give at least 1/2 beet a chance. Just futz with the ingredients, I think one of the recipes I did, I did oranges, beet and carrots and the juice tasted great and no moldy basement smell.

StarvingDiva

I have a vitamix -- it is the best thing I have spent money on in a long time -- I've done so much more than juicing in it, but it does work great for whole juicing. I usually like a simple carrot/apple/ginger(optional) smoothie, which I sometimes add kale and/or spinach to.

I too wanted to get more vegetables into my diet. Another thing I like to do in the vitamix to add veggies is to take the leftover veggies from the week (the ones that really aren't good for a raw salad anymore) and make them into a salsa consistency, and then boil them down...and add it to meatballs or whatever else I'm making. It makes food juicy and adds some extra nutrients.

One other idea about adding veggies is to try making some kale chips. They are fantastic and give me the crunch that I sometimes need -- great snack!

ME TOO! The Vitamix is the best money I've ever spent. I got my juicer for free.

nashai01

I have to check out the vitamix

brodi3man

I looked into Gods eyes and you know what i saw?? THE JUICE WEASEL!!

Jemellc

Im juicing... love it.

Heres a good one!

2 small apples
1 large orange
3 carrot sticks
1 celery
small piece of ginger

pour it over ice & its awesome! I would add the orange last & ginger in the middle.

Jemellc

I also use recipes from REBOOT YOUR LIFE.

nashai01

Im juicing... love it.

Heres a good one!

2 small apples
1 large orange
3 carrot sticks
1 celery
small piece of ginger

pour it over ice & its awesome! I would add the orange last & ginger in the middle.

This is my go to recipe. I been using cucumber instead of celery