Why Juicing

While pregnant, I spent 8 months throwing up anything and everything.

I was on bed rest.

I did absolutely nothing to take care of my body.

All I could focus on was not dying.

(Sounds a little dramatic, but still true.)

J is now 9 months old.

Drinking Coca-Cola and eating chocolate and ice cream hasn't done much to help my body recover from pregnancy.

My lack of physical activity hasn't done much either.

I tried to get into running, and really enjoyed it, but my diet didn't really support my activity.

I was just exhausted all the time.

All. The. Time.

Rather than try do everything at once (fix my diet, be more active, count calories), which is my usual approach, I decided to start at square one - diet.

My thought process is that if I improve my diet, I'll have more energy to function.

If I have more energy, I'll be able to exercise regularly.

If I exercise regularly, I'll be happier, I'll lose weight, I'll be healthier, I'll live longer, I'll have more energy to play with J, etc.

So,

I bought a juicer.

It got here yesterday.

(Happy Valentines Day to me!)

This is our juicer - Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Juice Extractor

 D is juicing with me.

Our first juice was: 2 carrots, 2 apples, 2 oranges, and spinach.

 Our second juice was: 4 carrots, 2 pears, 2 kiwi, kale and spinach.

Holy yummy, Batman!

(I liked the second one better, but the first one was still good.)

My plan is to juice for breakfast and lunch and eat a normal dinner.

I also am going to keep healthy snacks on hand (low fat string cheese, almonds, pistachios).

I would love to hear your favorite juice recipes!

I'd also love to hear your favorite, healthy "go-to" snacks to have on hand!

Cheers to better health!