I heard about Juicing vegetables a year ago but didn't really listen carefully about its benefits. I admit, when it comes to organic, fresh farm vegetables, I would usually find myself smirking over the idea or telling my self "u-ah..not my thing" especially because I tend to associate it with the herbal drinks or supplements that have proliferated 8 or 10 years ago (some true while others otherwise), something that's not just my thing as I am a great fan of medicine (scientifically tested, researched over time, chemical-based yes but prescribed by real doctors). However, my exposure to aerobics and muay thai gave me opportunities to meet people who do not just "train hard" but eat CLEAN as well. I noticed that perhaps that's what is lacking in my weight loss program especially during my initial training in aerobics. Eating clean and training dirty is something that I have now realized to be the best way towards that effective weight loss training. Hence, by eating clean, I have decided to embrace Juicing organic vegies and fruits and make it part of my daily life. But since I am very new with this juicing journey, I thought of documenting it in order to monitor, evaluate and serve as an inspiration for me towards achieving that first 18 days I have targeted. Perhaps if you are like me, hesistant but curious, this blog can help you decide and help you become much more motivated with your own juicing journey *_* I would like to give credit of course to Drew Canole of Juicing Vegetables as his videos and FB posts served as my reference to juicing how tos. This blog will reflect my personal day to day journey with juicing vegies and fruits. My recipes were taken from the net and they are not mine, they may be modified sometimes (as i may not always have the complete ingredients:) I do not also claim expertise on juicing. Again, this is my first juicing journey, documented! :) *hence, this blog will be updated everyday so check it out daily:) Now, let the juicing begin! hihi. By the way, if you have been juicing or otherwise, share us your thoughts! :) Follow me on instagram: caroleenish FB: everything Lovely By Caroleen- ELC ------------------------------ The Plan: Time Frame: September 13-30 Juicer brand: Philips Reference: Drew Canole Juicing Vegetables, Organic Alternatives Initial Vegetables and Fruits Purchased:    September 13 DAY 1: "The First step is always the Hardest" Juiced for breakfast: Parsley Carrot Apple Beet root Ginger Training Done: 3 sets of 30 sit ups. Foods eaten today: Red ribbon Mamon, banana, fish and 1/2 rice the experience: the taste was actually sweet and though i can really taste the strong characteristic of ginger and parsley, it was still tolerable. i admit the juice looked scary haha, i thought i cannot drink it but i found it yummy! after drinking it, (about half glass that was juiced), it took an hour and a half before i felt hungry again. I prepared at exactly 7.30 am and took it at 8am and felt hungry by 9.30. Dinner however was the same; 8pm preparation, 8.30 pm i took it and then at 9.30 i felt hungry so i had to eat! well a little of rice and lots of broccoli and cauliflower:) it would really be too hard to totally omit rice at this very early stage. however, at least am giving my body a dose of healthy stuff.:) excited for tomorrow!  September 14 DAY 2: "You Know It Is Worth It" Juiced for breakfast: Parsley Celery Carrot Green Apple Beetroot Ginger Training Done: sit ups, jumping rope, shadow boxing (30 mins) I woke up kinda late compared yesterday so i prepared my ingredients at 8am and took it 30 minutes after. haha. I take too much time preparing I know, hey! am a newbie on this okay? hehe. anyway, instead of just having parsley i decided to try the celery with it and then the green apples since i ran out of the red ones. The result? well it is 30% less sweet than the juice i made yesterday because the green apples gave it a tinge of "ooh-sour-y" kick. :) Second day juicing still scares me, but only until i take the first sip;) my juice was yummy! (though ginger still challenges my taste buds!) bigger hinger knuckles next time 0.o  September 15 DAY 3: TRY GREEN:) Okay for two days i have produced red juice because of the color juiced from carrots, fuji apple and beetroot. Today is something different:) My recipe included: celery leaves green apple cucumber ginger beetroot the green apple didn't come out as sour as it was yesterday, im guessing it's because of the cucumber juice:) in totality i still like it, i drunk about 3/4 glass---all my produce actually since my tita did not join me today. Still I did my ritual at 8 am. Need to go to the market though for my supply of carrots and apples. Yay!  September 16 Day 4: For Heartburn Recipe I got this recipe from Drew canole's page Juicing vegetables and i thought that i really need this since i have been experiencing heartburn as well. Yesterday was grocery day so I was so happy my carrots, apples and green supplies are back! Today's ingredients: for Breakfast spinach carrots apples Powerful three indeed! I would give this juice a rate of 10 (as the highest), it's sweet though the after taste of the spinach lingers quite well.  September 17 Day 5: Sour Juice! Today's Breakfast: lemon ginger cucumber apple I tried the lemon this time as base and it resulted to something so sour that I guess I didn't really like it at all considering I took it for my breakfast juice. (huhu) I'm not sure if i will use LEMON ever again as my base since i really had a hard time drinking it. How about you, how does your lemon fair?  September 18 DAY 6: Celery and Parsley Overload
Today's recipe i tried to put two strong tasting vegetables: celery and parsley. the result is not bad however, you should be warned as the after taste is really strong. the sweetness of the apple juice has been diminished causing it to taste a little bitter. Next time I won't put the two together or maybe an additional apple can neutralize it:) Recipe: apple carrot beetroot ginger celery parsley | AuthorCaroleen ileto is a Speech Communication UP Diliman Graduate, a single mom, a kickboxing student, a freelance writer and a proud Pinay. She loves photography, aerobics and underground music. ArchivesSeptember 2013 CategoriesAll 
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