A Year After Starting Juicing

Ok, it has been a little over a year now since I started juicing. I am still a work in progress. But I can say, out of every treatment I have done for Lyme Disease, out of all the meds and supplements I spent so much money on, that juicing has helped me more then anything else.

I still have Lyme Disease. I still have symptoms. I still have bad days and good days. But what I can say is that I have way better days then I used to. When I first started this blog, I almost never left my house. My kids helped me with shopping, and I would only shower about once a week.

My general routine is to juice once a day. I usually juice 1 green apple, 2 carrots, 2 stalks celery, cilantro, 1/2 cucumber, and any other green veggie I get that week such as spinach, broccoli, or romaine.

In this last year, I have traveled to Washington DC, Connecticut, Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. There

is no way I would of done all that before juicing. Noway. I believe it gives you energy and rejuvenates your cells to nutrients that we lose during chronic illness. Like I have posted throughout this blog, I am no professional, I am not a dietitian or anything like that, just a person with a chronic illness trying to find ways to cope each day, to feel better, to heal naturally.

When I juice, I have an affect about 20 minutes later. It is like a wave of energy comes over me. I can get out of bed, I can do the dishes, I can function. I might still have pain, but I have energy to do the dishes while having that pain. It's not perfect. I still have days where I can't get out of bed. I want to tell the full truth here because I am no way saying this is a cure all. I am just saying out of everything I have done, juicing has helped me the most.

I still suck at diet. I eat gluten, which is a no no. I still eat sugar although not much. I know these two things are very important to cut out of your diet as well. Like I said, I am a work in progress. I have slowly learned new healthy recipes throughout this last year. I intend to keep learning and keep trying out new ones until one day I just naturally eat healthy food. I am surrounded by friends who eat healthy and learn from them too. But truth be told, I'm the first one to buy a box of nutty butty bars and eat them in one sitting. :) Yes a work in progress.

So whoever else is out there trying to change their diet and routines, drop me a line and tell me how you are doing too. I would love to hear from you! Let's keep supporting each other in the things we know we need to do to heal. <3