Juicy.

Two weeks ago I watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. I love documentaries! Especially ones about health. That's when I decided I had to try juicing. Sounds kind of weird saying that I'm juicing. I feel like a pro athlete juicing up on steroids, ha!

So I went out and bought a juicer and started trying it out. I threw together whatever I felt like would taste decent, and much to my surprise the greens flavors or bitterness are totally masked by fruits. I'm in love. I was supposed to start my 5 day juice fast last Friday, but my juicer broke on Saturday. I went nuts. I have gone 4 days without juice and I'm craving them. I would never think your body would crave the healthy stuff like I've been. But it's happening.

My new juicer is here and it promises to be much better than the last one. It should be, for its price tag. I just hope it lasts as long as our Vitamix blender has: 8 years and counting...

While I was trying out concoctions, here are some pictures of what I was up to:

This was my first juice, I know I had kale and orange but don't remember much. It was ok.

It can get pretty expensive to juice if you do it all the time. I think Mike and I will do a 3 to 5 day juice fast once a month. Or.. just have one juice a day within our normal diet. I seriously don't know why it took me so long to consider this. This fits perfectly into my life plan, it fits perfectly into the word of wisdom. I worry so much about my kids, and feeding them only the best possible food. This is seriously Heaven sent.

This one was my all-time favorite so far: red beets, carrots, apples, kale, spinach, oranges.

As we've been trying new flavors, this beet one has been awesome for the kids too. They've enjoyed it just as much. Bella thought it was blood, but was courageous enough to take a sip and kept asking for more.They get really excited to help because they love watching the food be smashed into smithereens.

This is what my all-time favorite looks like unblended, I simply love the colors. It makes me feel like I'm going to paint.

We made one the other day that they just loved: oranges, apples, spinach, and strawberries. It was perfectly sweet for the kids. Talk about a great way to get all their servings of fruit and veggies in on a daily basis.

This is all the went into the juice below. Very tasty.

 Who needs vitamins?  Just kidding I'd still take vitamins, but this is seriously the best form of getting all your nutrients. Fresh goodness!

I know green is not necessarily what we're using to drinking, but it seriously tastes so yummy and it has made me feel so good knowing that all that raw freshness was going directly into my veins.

This is what my fridge looks like. All that food cost me about $90. It'll last me 3-5 days. It's definitely not something to do everyday, it does get expensive. But once a month, not an issue.

I'm in love with juicing. Today I start my official 5 day juice fast. I can't wait to see how I feel in 5 days. I'll be going up to Utah in a week and depending on how things go I'll extend the fast to 10 days. I've already got my brother to do it with me once I get there.  I think my mom and dad will do it too. It'll be just like when dad would make us freshly squeezed orange papaya juice back home in Brazil.