Juicing

I've had a juicer for years and have never used it.  Since I'm going clean, I decided I should make use of it.  Let me be clear:  I am not doing a juice cleanse.  I feel those are dangerous and irresponsible. However, I'm not good at eating breakfast, so I thought I would start juicing for breakfast.  That way, I get extra vitamins and minerals that I normally wouldn't get, because I've been stuffing my face full of mostly crap for the last couple of years.

This morning, I got out my (horribly dusty) juicer and went to town tossing in a granny smith apple, a handful of carrots, a golden beet (the whole thing, greens and all), and half of a lemon without the peel.

The result was an earthy (beets taste like dirt, yo), tart concoction that was not entirely unpleasant.  If you're going to use beets, you might want to add a few other fruits or veg to help cut that earthy (dirt, it's dirt) flavor.  I followed up my juice with a boiled egg (because protein!), and I haven't been hellaciously hangry all morning.

I'm going to do my level best to stick this out for at least 28 days and see what happens to my energy levels.  As it is, it really can't get much worse.  And hey!  I've already had 3 servings of my 4-5 servings of fruits and veg and it's not even noon!  Go me!

Libster's Orange Monster

1 granny smith apple (cut off the stem, yo.  And take out those seeds!)
3 ounces of baby carrots
1 golden beet (the whole thing.  Seriously.  All of it.)
1/2 peeled lemon