Fad??

So this is out of order but I want to write it down before I forget. John and I have been going to the gym in the morning before work for probably about a year. With the cruise coming up we've upped it to twice a day (about 3 times a week). We also have a pre-workout drink, post workout protein shake, and then a smoothie. I do the smoothie somewhat as a meal replacement and also to increase my protein intake. Generally the smoothie has a little almond milk, ice, banana, protein powder, and then a combination of fresh and/or frozen fruit.

Well, about a month ago I got involved in a debate about juicing. I was so not into it. This discussion continued for quite some time until we could agree that I was using smoothies for an entirely different reason than this person was juicing. Agreeing that both had a good purpose I started to think about juicing.

Somewhere along the way I bought in. We went and bough a juicer and a bunch of fruits and veggies and went at it.

  

I can say this. We have gone from maybe and that's a strong MAYBE 1-2 servings of veggies a day to:

Day 1 - one lemon, one apple, two carrots, two red peppers, two handfuls of lettuce, one cucumber. I felt the dominant tast was cucumber and lemon.

Day 2 - one orange, one apple, one carrot, one cucumber, one lime, two stocks of kale, one bunch of lettuce. I thought it smelled like cucumber and tasted like orange

Day 3 - One apple, one grapefruit, lettuce, kale, one cucumber, one lemon, two carrots. I thought this one tasted more bitter and it had a lot of kale so grassy.

Day 4 - two beets, two stalks of celery, one apple, one orange, one lime, one lemon, handful of kale. I thought this one tasted like lemon and beet. 

 

So....that's a very big increase in fruit and veggie consumption for us. Jury is still out and what or any changes, but I'm liking it so far.