Juicing for Health and Weight Loss blog

So excited at the transformation in my body and skin from juicing. From 186 to 174.4 as of this morning! Doing on my 13th day. I’m trying something new today to further get rid of my toxins! I will let you know how that works.

I started out thinking I would do 3 days, I liked how I felt on day 3 though. I like that I lost weight so easy, that I can drink as much as I want. I like having a warm vegetable broth to break thinks up. I don’t miss my coffee and when I think about it I get a glass of water. Juicing the vegetables takes time and I am learning how to manage that. 7 days 7 pounds, I keep reading too about combinations.

I just made an amazing vegtable both that I am eating tonight while my family is eating burgers! I’m not hungry but the burgers look amazing! Here is the recipe.

2 celery stalks, 2 carrots, 4 shiitake mushrooms, 1 small onion, 4 basil leaves , 6 garlic cloves, 1 small tomato, little olive oil in pan fry carrots, garlic, onion, celery, add 10 cups water, 3 hot peppers, salt and pepper. Boil and then simmer 1 hour. Strain and only drink the broth.

Wellness Vegtabel broth

Muffin mixture
205g/ 1½ cups plain flour
170g/ ¾ cup caster sugar
Pinch of salt
2 tsp baking powder
80ml/ ⅓ cup vegetable oil
1 free range egg
80ml/ ⅓ cup milk, I used almond but any work
150g/ 1 cup of pulp

You can also compost it!

I bought an Omega J8006M masticating juicer. I had a different one before I bought this one. I also included the manual. You can run it for 30 minutes then you need to let it cool! I didn’t know that in the beginning!

How to Prepare Produce for Juice

General Tips:

1. Always wash produce thoroughly and use a produce or antimicrobial wash – when serving a raw, unpasteurized juice, you want to make sure the product is as clean as possible.
2. If the peel doesn’t affect the flavor or color of the juice – don’t peel it! There is a large concentration of beneficial nutrients in the outer layer of many fruits and vegetables.
3. If the seeds are the size of a cherry pit or larger, remove them – pits and large seeds can lend a slightly bitter flavor to juice, as well as wear down or even damage blades.
4. For large items (pineapples and larger), I prefer to cut into quarters – this will make it easier to process the produce at a more consistent rate.

Apples: You can keep whole and unpeeled.

Beets: Remove the top ends and clean the bottoms thoroughly. If they are small in size, I remove the bottom skinny part as well.

Berries: These small, fleshy fruits have a soft texture and do not contain a lot of liquid. I recommend using a blender to blend into a puree, then add it to the juice. To use more as a color and flavor infusion – lightly process, then press with your other recipe ingredients.

Carrots: I like to remove the top ends of the carrots due to the fact that it’s tough to remove all the dirt.

Cucumbers: Clean with antimicrobial wash to remove any wax. For light colored, non-green juices, I peel the cucumbers – otherwise I leave the skin on.

Leafy Vegetables: In general, do not remove the stems – they typically contain a lot of flavor and juice. Coming from the farm, leafy greens usually have the most dirt on the leaves and need to be thoroughly washed.

Lemons & Limes: For stronger flavored or full bodied juices, I like to grind these with the peel on – this is a preference where some might disagree – but when juiced whole, I find the peel not as bitter than it is with oranges and grapefruits.

Mangos & Papayas: These are a little pricey in most locations and do not contain a lot of juice – I recommend to blend in a blender and then add to the juice.

Melons: You can either peel or keep the rind on watermelon, if it is not that sweet, I would definitely peel. I like to de-seed honeydew and cantaloupe, as you get a slightly bitter flavor when you grind or process the seeds.

Nuts: In general, remove shells – however, keep or order with the skins on if possible, nuts such as almonds contain a lot of flavor in the brown skin.

Oranges & Grapefruits: I prefer to peel these items and then grind & press due to the bitter flavor in the peel.

Pineapples: Remove the green crown and cut into quarters, but leave the skin on.

Passion Fruit: In most areas these are a bit pricey, I like to add this to finished juice by scooping out the seeds and mixing them into the juice.

Hello! On Monday July 20, 2020 I started my journey on juicing! I started in in the pandemic. I run a school and a foundation and stress was causing me to lead a more unhealthy life than I would like. I was gaining weight and not liking my after work activities. I belonged to a juicing Facebook page and kept seeing all these great posts, I lost10 pounds, I feel great! I thought I wanted that, so I got out my old juicer and juiced some things. The more I read the Facebook posts and comments the more I wanted to commit. So For me personally I do better with accountability so I decided to write this blog about my journey in juicing, I research and read everything I can when I get into a subject, so here I go! On day 6 I feel amazing and want to continue juicing for 30 days, maybe more! I have in 5 days lost 7.5 pounds, starting at 186 and now I am at 178.6. I have not had any solid food for 5 days, and I am not hungry! I have energy and I am excited to get back into my skirts! so I will share each day with you on this complexed journey of introducing my body to shut down the digestive process and heal my body while getting rid of toxins! The picture below is me at 186 pounds on vacation in Indy, I live in Atlanta. I want 50 pounds less of me!

I am adding some charts I found to help with the juicing!

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton