May 1, 2021 and the beginning of a month long, maybe longer but hopefully not shorter, personal health journey.
Two clues to help you guess one thing we’ll be doing.
And since I’ll always think like an elementary school music teacher:
I’m sure you’ve got it.
Our first change is that first thing every morning we’re going to drink fresh celery juice. Why you ask? A friend and holistic practitioner recommended we try it to improve our complexions, digestion, sleep, and overall health. So we thought, why not.
Our second change this month will be Meatless May. Yes, you read correctly. This is new for us even though we usually have at least one vegetarian meal a week. I have no idea if we’ll make it through the whole month or if one of us will crack, but here goes nothing.
Richard saw a Meatless May challenge online and since he’s always interested in trying new things he thought we should go for it. A plus is they’ll share a new recipe everyday.
And away we go.
After hearing about the juice I did some online research. Celery juice contains vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, folate, calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus, electrolytes, water and smaller amounts of other vitamins and minerals. Sounds healthy, right? But there are so many online articles regarding the benefits, or lack there of, regarding this juice that it boggles my mind. What’s true and what’s not? I figure it’s just celery so it can’t hurt. We’ll give it a try for a month and see what happens.
She recommended the Omega Horizontal Slow Juicer but as I already have a Vitamix we used it.
Day 1
To make the juice we used a full stalk of celery cut into pieces, a Swiss chard leaf, plus we added some water as I was worried about ruining the machine. We used the smoothie cycle and then strained it into a measuring cup to extract the juice. It made about 16 ounces. Richard really liked it. Me? Yuck, yuck, yuck. Even made my stomach queasy. I sure hope it gets better. And let’s just say it sure cleans you out, if you get my drift.
For those who don’t know, Halloumi or haloumi (/həˈluːmi/) (Greek: Χαλλούμι Turkish: hellim) is a semi-hard, unripened cheese made from a mixture of goat’s and sheep’s milk, and sometimes also cow’s milk. It has a high melting point and so can easily be fried or grilled. This property makes it a popular meat substitute. Wikipedia.
Well we made it through Day 1 and for me, it was all good except for the celery juice. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
“One day or day one. You decide.” Unknown
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