Juicing daily: a new dilemma

I have to say that juicing has been critical for me. When I started a year ago I was pretty much bedridden and it was difficult to juice at first so I would make enough for 3 days and keep it in airtight mason jars. It is better when it's first made but it does retain enough nutrients for up to 3 days to be beneficial. I found that it really helped me with energy. In the early days I would sometimes have to sit down at the kitchen table to prepare things b/c I could hardly stand for very long.

I would also make enough food for several days on the days that I wasn't making juice so that I just needed to reheat. It's a juggling act to be sure but worth it.

I got exhausted more from cleaning my juicer than using it. It was a chore and I had to use a bar stool to sit on by the kitchen sink, I could not stand that long.

I started with just celery, apple & ginger. Celery is relatively cheap, and not too much waste and I found that as long as I sat to prep, I could stand long enough to juice - or you can sit to juice. It takes about 2 or 3 bunches of celery (depending on size), one apple, and 1 piece of ginger for three jars (I think they're about 12 oz ea.). I would sometimes just make enough for two days depending on my fatigue level.

I would just rinse the parts afterward rather than wash them right away. And the parts can go in the dishwasher (if you have one) as long as you're not juicing every day. As long as I had food prepared for the days I juiced, I could manage to get the juicing done.

I don't know about freezing but maybe that's an option.

As I started to gain stamina I added other veggies. I would sometimes have to rest, too, throughout the process. I also made chicken stock this way. Some days I just couldn't do any of it but when I could manage I really thought it helped. I'm much better now but I still have juice every day.

Yes I would alternate. I definitely couldn't do both. I actually couldn't even cook much. I pretty much ate the same things for months. Even a year later my diet still doesn't have much variety. I haven't cooked for my husband in over a year. Fortunately he takes care of his own meals & will sometimes bring prepared things home for me. That helps a lot. I think juicing helped me to regain stamina over time so that I was able to do more. Of course, treatment has also helped but those early months were a struggle just to take care of myself so I hear what you're saying.

I just started feeling like I could somewhat handle fixing something for dinner. Breakfast is a working progress, and I eat at work for lunch.

So expanding to juicing AND coffee enemas is going to be ridiculous. I will need one of them to give me energy so I can keep going.

Healing is so stinking labor intensive.

i only use a hand mixer (is that the name in English), that I wash only with water immediately after juicing. It takes less than a minute to wash it like that!

The best juicer is the juicer that you use: I heard that in Ty Bollinger's cancer series, and I think he's right: if it's too hard to wash, you'll rarely use it.

So I use this hand mixer like this: if you are too tired, just take frozen fruits (like blueberries, strawberries, even frozen veggies), or bananas (easy to peel), put in a high jar, add water and mix them.

I use frozen acai pulp, I find it delicious. Or frozen mango in pieces (if you have no candida, because it's pretty sweet). The juice after is delicious, in my opinion.

Like that I usually juice once a day without problems.

Now if you have to juice fresh veggies, I would recommend just buying already washed lettuce leaves, open the package, and juice it with the hand mixer! Add a banana for the taste.

Another juice I love is avocado (I add honey though), but it takes a bit longer than simple frozen fruits or lettuce in a bag.

One very easy veggie is carrot! Just wash and take off the two corners, you don't even need to peel it if you buy the smallest ones. Add again a banana, and it won't be bitter.

Post Edited (Jinna) : 7/1/2017 3:36:55 PM (GMT-6)

I love my Vitamix for blending drinks, but my juicer is awesome.

That's the problem with both my mixer and my juicer, when I needed to use them the most, I was too sick to use them.

Interesting, we all face the same issue.. I haven't been able to juice much due to fatigue. was getting ready to juice today for the first time in a while.

I like the Omega Juicers, not that bad to clean.

is there any thing else you can do for energy to get to a point where you can make juice? after a few days of juicing things should improve, just need to get past the fatigue barrier

do you have a neighbor/friend/relative that can share in the making?

marigold33 said...
Blending is a lot easier.. and many of the same benefits... Could be a nice compromise until you get more energy, or on some days..

i second and third the vita mix juice wastes so much imo