Juicing – Day 1

Trying juicing for the first time, ever. I have been watching quite some videos on how others do juicing and benefits of juicing. In summary, juicing does all the wonders to your body, makes your skin less oily, teeth whiter, hair and nails stronger, more energetic, more sensitive to all the senses, improves overall wellness, weight loss…the list goes on and on. So, I decided to try it myself.

Day 1 is now over. This is what I have done.

Breakfast: 12 oz juice (recipe at the end of the blog)

AM: 2 glasses of water

Lunch: 12 oz of store bought juice (apple and kale)

PM: 2 glasses of water

Dinner: 8 oz of juice (more or less same as breakfast juice, but added guava,orange and more greens)

Dessert: 2 bites of a banana

This is how I felt throughout the day.

I didn’t feel hungry at all, until probably 7 pm. I wasn’t even starving then, but I felt like if I had some awesome Ramen noodles or a couple amazing tacos, I’d be super happy. The day was going by fast, I was busy, that probably helped. I did, however had to run out of the house during lunch time. My dad made such yummy chicken and vegetables, I could smell it from upstairs. I didn’t want to give in, so I grabbed my car key and drove to the store to buy more juice, in the pouring rain. But it was all worth it! As soon as I left the house, not only the temptation went away, I also felt proud of myself. As you know, I am a super foodie. It’s beyond hard to walk away from food.

Even was harder, I was making Ramen style noodles for the kids. I know, what was I thinking? That’s what I was day dreaming about, and now I have to watch it being made, with love, by me! I threw in extra noodles, knowing the kids won’t finish it. But I just had to. Every time I tasted the soup a bit to adjust seasoning, I almost felt the electric wave going through my body. Just kidding, it was tempting, but wasn’t that bad.

Other than hunger I felt there was a rough film kind of thing all over my teeth. My pearl whites were not slippery today, which was quite uncomfortable for me. I find myself keep playing with my teeth using my tongue, but as soon as I catch myself do that, I immediately felt the film on my teeth was disgusting. It’s nothing but the vegetables I used. But no one has seemed to mention this in their videos. Anyway, now you know.

I am successfully done with day 1, even with a dessert. Man, I savored that banana.. let me tell ya, I had the banana in my mouth for a long time, just in case that’s the last bite I am getting today. This gourmet banana tasted amazing, it’s the only solid food went into my mouth for the whole day! I certainly cherished it.

I feel a slight headache, but heard this is normal, and it’s my body flushing out the toxic elements. Anyway, I will talk to you in a day or so and see where I stand!

Juice recipe:

3 cucumbers, 1 bunch kale, 1 bunch spinach, 3 apples,  6 large carrots

All goes into a juicer and enjoy the liquid gold comes out of it! Ciao!