First Day Back to Juicing

I pulled out the Huron Juicer.  I bought this brand because it will juice wheatgrass as well as other fruits and vegetables.  I made my first juice of the New Year.  Apple, carrot, cucumber, parsley and cilantro.  I must say, IT IS DELICIOUS!!

I was invited out to eat last night by my wonderful daughter, Courtney.  She has always loved to go out to dinner.  When my dad was alive he went out to dinner almost every night.  Mom and dad would invite Courtney and Luke to go with them so they really enjoy going out.  Me?  I'm over it.  I asked Courtney to give me a chance to do right with my body.  Let's face it, if you are continually tempted, it is hard to stay on a diet.

That reminds me.  I have always struggled with my weight.  I've fought the fat monster since I was about 19.  I was thin in high school, even skinny.  But the minute I stopped moving constantly (cheerleading) and started drinking beer and eating pizza, I gained.  I kept gaining.  Then I had children.  I tried every diet on the planet.  Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Nutrisystem, LA Weight Loss Center, Mayo Clinic Diet, Adkins, Herbalife, Diet pills.  They never worked.  Maybe in the short run but never the long run.

Now I don't worry about dieting.  Yes, we all want to look our best, but dieting doesn't work.  Look at the many fat people out there who have dieted many times.  I have watched friends balloon up.  I'm sure people looked at me and said behind my back "she has really put on the weight."  It's humiliating being fat.  Funny thing, too, is that fat people always say they don't eat that much.  The truth is, fat people eat too much junk.  Sugar mostly.  Here's an example of why fat people are fat.  I bought some egg nog this winter.  I was going to drink the whole bottle (it was 12 oz.)  When I looked at the nutrition label it revealed the bottle equaled 3 servings.  Each serving was 250 calories so the whole bottle was 750 calories.  Plus it had like 60 grams of sugar in the bottle.  Needless to say, I didn't drink it.  But a fat person would say.  I had a salad, some egg nog, some lasagna and two cookies.  That's not that much.  And it really wouldn't be a lot.  But the egg nog and the cookies and the lasagna  would spike your sugar and make you fat.  Fat doesn't make you fat.  Sugar makes you fat.  And Diet Soda makes you fat.

Well enough about that.  I'm obviously not a diet guru.  What I am is a person battling cancer and since that diagnosis I have gone from asleep to awake about what is good for me.  Sugar is NOT good for me.  Fruits and vegetables are good for me.  I even have a pretty easy time steering away from meat.  All I have to do is think "flesh of an animal" and it kind of grosses me out.  My weakness is sushi.  But beef and chicken and turkey?  I think I'm over that as well.

Now let's finish with juicing.  I was reading a Juice Plan on William-Sonoma website.  They had juice recipes for 30 days.  Some of the people were aghast at how much went into one drink.  Two pints of blueberries??  Seems like overkill.  But think about it.  You take all the nutritional value out of the fruits and vegetables and squeeze it into a manageable drink.  Your body is flooded with nutrients.  You feel healthy after drinking it.  That's my goal!!!  Throw nutrients into my body!!!!  Kick the cancer's a**!!!  And maybe lose weight the right way.  Not counting calories or eating prepackaged food or counting points.  Maybe just choosing healthy food??