Glass of juice from juicer

I’ve decided to begin my juice fast after watching Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. If you haven’t seen it, you really should watch it; very inspirational and a little bit scary. I’m not morbidly obese, I get around ok and I’m in relatively good health. But lately I just haven’t been feeling as good as I know I should and, quite frankly, I’m carrying around a few (or more) extra pounds. Let me give you some history before we start discussing why I’m doing the juice fast.

I’m in my mid-40s, survived a heart attack and have been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. At one point I weighed around 225 pounds… for a 5’8” male that is way too much weight. I lost a lot of weight because of the diabetes right before the heart attack (all of that is related) and made a quick recovery. After a couple of years, I found I had put a few pounds back on.

2 years ago I did the 6 week HCG diet. It was absolutely fantastic! I ended that down almost 30 pounds and was off all the medications I had previously been on. My blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose; all wonderful! I started going to the gym every day and was working my way back to being in Army-shape.

And then life’s stresses popped up and bit me in the you-know-where. That’s right. The belly.

I have put on quite a bit of muscle weight, but have also packed on some fat with it. I’m pretty sure that is what has led me to the lethargic state in which I currently reside.

Breville BJE510XL Ikon 900-Watt Variable-Speed Juice Extractor

And I’ve decided it’s time to make a change.

The Juice Fast is not just a way to lose weight; at least it isn’t for me. It’s a way to clean out my system and get feeling better. I expect to lose some weight during this journey, but the primary goal is feeling better.

I’ve done quite a bit of research on juicers, and have ordered the Breville BJE510XL. It’s a moderately priced, middle of the road juicer that is rated very well across the web. I wanted something that would perform, but wouldn’t cost me an arm and a leg. I still have produce to buy, you know!

I’m going to start with a 10 day juice fast and see where that gets me. So come along with me and let’s see what happens!

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I found that too many juicer recipes are like preparing for a 7 course meal.  I didn’t have the time or space to store and prepare a bunch of ingredients every time I juiced;  I needed some simple recipes for juicing that had just a few items.   So I searched the internet for simple recipes for juicing and tried out some that I found.  Here are some of my favorite simple juicer recipes that I’ve collected.  I’ve given credit where I could to those who provided the recipes.   If you like these, you should check out Ultimate Juicing Recipes for many more!

Apple Pie Juice

4 large sweet apples
1 carrot
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Apple Veggie

2 apples
3 carrots
1 stalk celery

Asparagus Stuff

8 asparagus
4 carrots
1 tomato

Beets Me

1/2 beet (including greens)
4 carrots
1/2 cucumber OR 1 appple

Body Cleanser

4 carrots
1/2 cucumber
1 beet

Calcium Kick

2 cups spinach
1/2 cup collard or mustard greens
1/2 cup broccoli
4 carrots

Carrot/Grape/Orange

15 grapes
1 orange
4 carrots

Celery Grape Juice

1 bunch of grapes
2 celery stalks

Celery Melon

1/4 watermelon
2 celery sticks
1/4″ ginger

Delicious Tomato Juice

6 tomotoes
1 cup beet leaves
1 slice lemon

Ginger Apple

3 apples
1″ ginger

Ginger Cucumber

1 cucumber
2 sticks celery
1 clove garlic
1″ ginger

Ginger Hopper

12 carrots
2 apples
1″ ginger

Glass of Beauty

3 oranges
1 small cucumber

Green Goo

1/2 cucumber
2 stalks celery
1 cup spinach

Green Lemonade

fistful of kale
7 sticks celery
1″ ginger
2 apples
1 lemon (with the ends cut off)

Kiwi Wisdomberry

3 kiwis
2 cups blueberries

Subtle Strawberry

1/3 cup strawberries
1 cup blueberries
1 apple

Sunset Cocktail

2 apples
1 medium beet
1 orange
3 carrots

Sweet Buster

1 cup spinach
2 carrots
2 broccoli flowerets
2 stalks celery
1/2 green pepper

Yummy Apple Juice

2 sweet apples
4 carrots
1 red bell pepper
4 jicama spears