Fun with Juicing!

I'm too young to be on blood pressure meds, but I am. I'm too young to be tired all the time, but I am. I want to set an example for our 9 year old who I already see making poor choices when it comes to food. It got me to thinking and the choice was made. I will stop eating crap all the time, I will eat more whole, healthy foods and teach my family that healthy tastes better than the golden arches. 

So I watched some documentaries, read some stuff, and talked with my vegan, hippie cousin. 

It's been a little over 2 weeks. I start my day out by juicing every morning. I did a great deal of research on juicers and thought "crap, these things are expensive" but with the help of co-workers who were also interested in juicing we found a great juicer that was only $50! I immediately ran out and got it! For a starter juicer, it's great. Here's a link in case you're interested: http://www.samsclub.com/sams/bella-juicer/prod7620175.ip?navAction= (Sams Club) http://www.bellaappliances.com/countertop-internal.php?id=551 (Manufacturer's website). I've already decided and told my husband that I want the cold press juicer for christmas http://www.bellaappliances.com/countertop-internal.php?id=616. 

So it's been about 3 weeks since I got the juicer, I've been juicing for 4 weeks (borrowed my cousin's juicer first) and I've lost 11 pounds :-) I'm eating less, processed food doesn't taste good, and  I feel better. I'm really enjoying coming up with recipes. 

My son was skeptical at first and liked to watch the produce get chopped up but would sip the juice a bit, say it was good, and then come up with some sort of excuse as to why he couldn't have more than a sip (he was full, the juice was too "sweet", etc.) I was feeling discouraged but I've been persistent and now he's starting to suggest recipes for us to make, he's drinking more of the juice, and asking for things like more Kale and Spinach in the juice! We're getting there, now time to bring Daddy to the dark side (insert evil hippie laugh here lol).