Happy New Year. My husband bought this new tool, to help us improve our lives!
Stop sniggering at the back there.
We have, of course, acquired … a juicer.
We have started a week of juicing, to help boost our health as we kick off a new year. Raw, vegan juice. LOTS of fruit and vegetables and herbs. I am taking lots of photographs and I decided I would write a few blog posts about it, as a record of my experience.
I haven’t weighed myself prior to starting because, while I certainly won’t complain at losing a bit of weight, my aim is to FEEL better and I will know how I’m progressing without having to stand on scales. This year is all about how I want to feel.
It is difficult! We started on Thursday, though I did have a banana in the morning, before we were ready to juice, as I was just about falling over by then. I also confess to grabbing a few organic cherry tomatoes later in the day, because it was that or chocolate.
This was our very first drink of our juicing adventure. It was very green, packed full of goodness and rather (surprisingly) tasty
This was the second juice of the day – we only had two that day as we had started so late in the day. This one was more of a soupy juice and from memory, was pretty good too.
I didn’t feel particularly great on the first few days. I had a headache and felt grotty. I’ve been eating a vegan diet since last spring anyway, after being a vegetarian for a long time, but still it is SO hard not to reach for the chocolate, or make a coffee or grab something I’d usually eat. I am placing an order for raw vegan chocolate so that I have some to treat myself with once this week is over.
We have been inspired by our friend Ben, who has a new YouTube channel – click here to Experience True Health. We have also been watching videos from Dan, the liferegenerator, and been amazed by the progress made by the likes of Dave The Raw Food Trucker and those featured in Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.
I will be back with another post soon. I’m not sure how the next few days will go, or quite what we will do after these seven days are up, but it will be good to look back and see what we managed.
~ Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness ~ Allen Ginsberg
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