Juicing

[Chrisada]

And I weigh 5 pounds less than I did yesterday morning. Holy shit, I was not expecting that, but I'll take it!

[Deebs]

I cheated a little yesterday, but had no choice. DD is in a cooking class, so I had to try what she brought home. I had about 1/2 a choc covered pretzel. Otherwise, I did well. I think the green morning drink that I'm sucking down right now is the worst, so it's all downhill from here today (hopefully).

[Chrisada]

My dinner had a sweet potato as the main veggie. It was gross. I had to dilute with water and chug.

[Deebs]

What plan are you following? I'm doing the one that someone linked here (the fitmomfitkids) for three days. The drinks are all fairly good, except the morning is very kale-heavy.

[Chrisada]

I have some recipes, but have just been making stuff up. I just had a small apple, two carrots, two oranges and a few strawberries. It was perfection.

[Chrisada]

The PDF Thirteen sent also has some really good simple recipes.

[niener]

Wow 5 lbs in one day, that's awesome! Do you know about how much water you've been drinking?

[Chrisada]

A ton. I read you need to drink a lot with juicing. A spaghetti jug full after each juice. I checked the scale about 5 times. Crazy. It's not like I'm super morbidly obese or something. But no complaints from me.

[Thirteen]

Just make sure you guys are getting some of the veggies in there as well. They make such a huge difference!
We do:
Spinach
Red Swiss Chard
Kale (oh my gosh, the Kale is taking over my fridge!)
Carrots
Beets (you'd be surprised... really)

We also have a lot of ginger, lemons, and limes for extra flavor/kick.
I have not personally juiced a tomato, but I've heard great things about that as well - some people make their own "Bloody Mary-style" veggie juice.

[Chrisada]

Oh goodness I just did beets with carrots, swiss chard, and a lemon. Fuscha everywhere! I've been doing a ton of kale and chard.

[Deebs]

First - I just made my own almond milk. That's probably one of the crunchiest things I've ever done. It was yummy, and helped me feel a little more like I had eaten.

[ms.conception]

We do beets, granny smith apple, limes and ginger. A favourite in our house!

[Deebs]

Do you cook the beets or steam them first, or just stick them in? I have a bag of beets but haven't used any yet because I wasn't sure how to approach them.

[Chrisada]

Just stick em in!

[ms.conception]

I just put them through raw, though I peel them before juicing them (because their skins are hard to clean if they're a little old). Carrots I do raw, unpeeled.