Day 11 – 30 Day Juicing Challenge

Day 11 and here I am. Talk about persistence! Really, there were times I didn’t think I could make it this far. Yea, for me! Today, as apposed to yesterday, I am feeling a lot better. The sore throat is almost gone and I’m feeling a little more energetic today.

With my morning juicing, I watched Joe Cross’ Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead for inspiration. I learned even more about juicing. Yes, inspired to go on! I am not juicing entirely for my meals and yesterday along with the Girl Scout cookies I had an Atkins bar and a tomato and mayo sandwich on whole wheat bread. Really, I was having an off day. Oh and I must not forget that I served for dinner Chinese food. I had a

My assistant

couple of bites but it tasted awful. My husband and mother who I prepare (or fast food buy) dinner for every night LOVED the Chinese. Meaning, it is definitely my taste buds that are changing and demanding better quality of food.

I noticed in the movie that Joe Cross’ extractor has a much wider mouth on its shoot and he can cram larger veggie pieces down while mine is narrow and I have to cut the pieces into smaller sizes. It’s mostly a pain when I’m stuffing veggies down. So here are some examples of some extractor:

Now why am I using an extractor instead of a mixer?  I am using the theory of Joe Cross and Dr. Mark Furhman that extracting the pulp allows the micronutrients* to be easily absorbed into your cells. That’s what I am going for; healing my body.  I have autoimmune diseases, yes multiple, and I am looking at years of prescriptions unless I can heal myself. As Joe Cross points out in Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, when you get a scrape you body can heal itself, so your body can heal itself on the inside. Okay, I’m trying that theory out by juicing.

My plea is…micronutrients please go right to my cells and make them healthy!

I want to be that same woman I was 10 years ago; a little turbo happily multitasking and socializing everyday.  I want to climb Noonmark again.

Joe Cross, Australian dude as in G’day Mate!, started with a 90 day juicing personal challenge where he only juiced for 90 days….nothing else was consumed except water. Yikes!  I am starting off with my own personal challenge as I pull out the extractor and make a veggie/fruit juice combo once a day. I’m getting to the point where I wouldn’t mind doing a total juicing everyday instead of any whole food, but I’ll think about that challenge after day 30.

Today’s recipe: (for 8 ounces)

• Kale
• Collard greens
• Carrot
• Apple
• Slice of ginger
• Sugar snap peas
• Orange

Day 11 done. Check!

*Micronutrients are nutrients required by humans and other organisms throughout life in small quantities to orchestrate a range of physiological functions. ^[1] For people, they include dietary trace minerals in amounts generally less than 100 milligrams/day – as opposed to macrominerals which are required in larger quantities. The microminerals or trace elements include at least iron, cobalt, chromium, copper, iodine, manganese, selenium, zinc and molybdenum. Micronutrients also include vitamins, which are organic compounds required as nutrients in tiny amounts by an organism.