After watching ‘Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead’ on Netflix at the urging of a friend, I decided to start juicing. I researched and asked questions… I started trying fresh juicing on Thursday, November 29, 2012… My goals I hope to achieve by juicing are:
- Weight Loss (11/29/12 starting weight: 386.0)
- Better Health (including reducing/eliminating current medications)
- Improve Fitness
- More Energy
- Inspire Others
I have tried MANY other methods and have been ‘trying’ most of my life. So the first week I started out with one meal replaced with juice… I found that breakfast was the easiest to replace… I started the first couple of days by jumping in and juicing mostly dark green leafy vegetables… with a small amount of citrus and fruit… This proved to be difficult as the drinks are really harsh in flavor… The second day I tried a ‘spicy’ juice by using Bell pepper, Jalapeno, garlic, tomatoes, celery and kale.. I had no idea of what amounts of each item to juice and I mistakenly juiced the whole jalapeno (seed and all)… that drink was super hot (and I like spicy things) and actually caused my mouth to feel burned for several days after. I also learned that if using Ginger, use small amounts.. a thumb sized piece is too much.. a pinkie finger TIP size is better.
After a few days I decided rather than give up I would ease myself into the ‘super healthy’ drinks so I began adding more fruit to the juices and focused on lighter greens (celery and romaine lettuce), adding smaller amounts of darker greens (Spinach and Kale) I also tried Beets… I have never liked beets but the juice is not bad.. I juiced the beet greens too.. the down side is of course they are very high in sugar and they are difficult to work with because of they stain everything… but the one day I used a whole beet the juice was pretty good… the other negative thing with beets… lets just say when you are in the bathroom you may think you are dying.. beets stain EVERYTHING 
Toward the end of the first week I started replacing breakfast and lunch with juice. That has been going okay and I am trying to add more greens and less fruit as well as keep trying different combinations. I have found that eventhough I do not like Grapefruit I like having it in the drinks because it kills a lot of the bitter greens flavor.. I guess kills isn’t the word.. I would rather have a horrible flavor that I know than a horrible flavor that I don’t know 
Officially I lost 10 pounds in week #1
Now on to week #2!
