Day One Juicing

@jodylee (946)
United States
December 26, 2012 8:38pm CST
First, let me start by saying I am not only juicing. I am, however, incorporating juice into my lifestyle. Back in July I started to find my health. I have lost 18 lbs sine July and have been feeling better and better with every day. I kick started myself by doing the master cleanse. I did seven days and really found a great overall feeling after the experience. Have you ever done the master cleanse? It was a great experience for me :) I got a juicer for Christmas and made my first juice tonight. I should have scaled back a bit on the lemon and maybe added more ginger. Or maybe even replaced the lemon with an apple. But, here is the ingredients I used: 6 Kale Leaves, 1 Thumb Size Piece of Ginger, 1 Cucumber, 3 Celery Stalk, 12 Small carrots and 1 Lemon. It honestly tastes good but I will try a new concoction tomorrow evening. Do you have any recipes you would like to share? Or combinations you could come up with on your own?
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
27 Dec 12
Oh that is fantastic, good for you and that concoction sounds delicious. Personally I was getting heavily into smoothies, using almond milk or organic yogurt and a variety of fruits, vegetables and roots...That is until I got sick in November, (Probably because I stopped drinking my vinegar honey tea,) and now smoothies don't sound so good. I have been thinking of juicing, and if you want different recipes and you have a FB, there is a FB page dedicated just to different concoctions of juices. Here is their page if you are interested: https://www.facebook.com/VegetableJuicing
@jodylee (946)
• United States
27 Dec 12
Oh thank you for the link!I will be checking that one out for sure. I have not done much with smoothies but may have to try it soon. I love almond milk and just can't stomach cows milk. Vinegar honey tea huh? May need to try that... Vinegar has so many great uses but I have never thought of it in tea.
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• United States
27 Dec 12
I also have a FB page on smoothies too if you like. As for the vinegar honey tea, this is made with just a tablespoon each of vinegar and honey I a cup of hot water, and sometimes I sprinkle a little cinnamon on top. I drink this half an hour before breakfast and half an hour before bedtime and not only do I believe it keeps viruses away, (or at least I don't get hit hard) but it does help burn fat as well.. :)
@jodylee (946)
• United States
27 Dec 12
I am going to try that concoction before bed tonight with my normal tea. We have all been hit hard with a cold and perhaps my children will like it with the cinnamon on top :) They love hot tea and it might be a way to kick this nasty cold! I would love the link for the smoothie recipes on FB if you want to share! If the tea burns fat as well then that sounds like a win win! Thanks so much!
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
1 Jan 13
I lost weight too a couple of years ago and had to check my Thyroid suspecting that to be the culprit. But it was not. Then it came to my mind that in that year I was into oranges one every day atleast for 2 months when they were in season. I am definite that oranges did that to me. This year, again I have started on oranges and hope to lose weight again!