That's amazing! I also have a juicer, but I'm bad atmaking green smoothies that taste good so I just consume the vegetables in salads. Do you have any recipes to share?

I've looked over a bunch, just to get an idea of what I'm doing. I watched a lot of YouTube videos as well, some are really informative...
You have to go easy on the leafy greens. All leaves have a bitterness to them, so if you overdo it, your juice will taste nasty!
So far, mine have been pretty good! I use a base of 1 large cucumber and approx. 3 decently sized celery stalks. Then, I add 2-3 leaves of a couple different leafy greens. I started with kale and swiss chard...4-5 leaves total. I also threw in a little bunch of living watercress, just for experimentation, 1/2 of each: fresh lemon and lime and a little 1/2" nub of ginger. Voila!
It is weird at first, but you have to think of it like you're eating cold soup...chew it (good for the digestion and absorption of nutrients) and think about soup as you do it...
We are so conditioned to thinking our drinks have to be sweeter than candy!
Last night, I substituted the lemon with 1/2 of a granny smith apple. Really good.
I started saving the pulp. It's pure fiber. I found a recipe for making low carb veggie crackers from it, I'm going to try it.

I have nutribullet and it just blends it all into a smoothie- with pulp and juice.  Thanks for sharing, I'll definitely make it

5 hours ago, TheBean said:

I've looked over a bunch, just to get an idea of what I'm doing. I watched a lot of YouTube videos as well, some are really informative...
You have to go easy on the leafy greens. All leaves have a bitterness to them, so if you overdo it, your juice will taste nasty!
So far, mine have been pretty good! I use a base of 1 large cucumber and approx. 3 decently sized celery stalks. Then, I add 2-3 leaves of a couple different leafy greens. I started with kale and swiss chard...4-5 leaves total. I also threw in a little bunch of living watercress, just for experimentation, 1/2 of each: fresh lemon and lime and a little 1/2" nub of ginger. Voila!
It is weird at first, but you have to think of it like you're eating cold soup...chew it (good for the digestion and absorption of nutrients) and think about soup as you do it...
We are so conditioned to thinking our drinks have to be sweeter than candy!
Last night, I substituted the lemon with 1/2 of a granny smith apple. Really good.
I started saving the pulp. It's pure fiber. I found a recipe for making low carb veggie crackers from it, I'm going to try it.

Im doing same with you but with fruits good acne fighting fruits with chia seeds and coconut water

I'm thinking my meat intake (I eat meat every day - chicken and turkey) is the reason my skin is breaking out more. I'm 34 and still getting lots of pimples etc.

I think I might try reducing my meat intake - I'm very skinny as is and don't want to actually lose weight.

23 hours ago, DandyTsunami said:

On 3/9/2017 at 7:22 AM, TheBean said:

I've looked over a bunch, just to get an idea of what I'm doing. I watched a lot of YouTube videos as well, some are really informative...
You have to go easy on the leafy greens. All leaves have a bitterness to them, so if you overdo it, your juice will taste nasty!
So far, mine have been pretty good! I use a base of 1 large cucumber and approx. 3 decently sized celery stalks. Then, I add 2-3 leaves of a couple different leafy greens. I started with kale and swiss chard...4-5 leaves total. I also threw in a little bunch of living watercress, just for experimentation, 1/2 of each: fresh lemon and lime and a little 1/2" nub of ginger. Voila!
It is weird at first, but you have to think of it like you're eating cold soup...chew it (good for the digestion and absorption of nutrients) and think about soup as you do it...
We are so conditioned to thinking our drinks have to be sweeter than candy!
Last night, I substituted the lemon with 1/2 of a granny smith apple. Really good.
I started saving the pulp. It's pure fiber. I found a recipe for making low carb veggie crackers from it, I'm going to try it.

Im doing same with you but with fruits good acne fighting fruits with chia seeds and coconut water

I am adding some fruits in too--but you have to watch it juicing fruits. I watched some video blogs and when they used too much fruit in their juices, they broke out more due to the high sugar content.

8 hours ago, mrfringe said:

I'm thinking my meat intake (I eat meat every day - chicken and turkey) is the reason my skin is breaking out more. I'm 34 and still getting lots of pimples etc.

I think I might try reducing my meat intake - I'm very skinny as is and don't want to actually lose weight.

Balance is key...as long as your getting enough calories, you shouldn't lose weight. Having a high meat/protein diet doesn't necessarily keep weight on you, there are a lot of factors. All you can do is try, right?

Right now, I'm not really focusing on my weight. I'm really focusing on my health...
I've just heard it so many times--"the acne is a symptom--it's a sign that something is amiss." "It's not about how clean your skin is or if there is bacteria present..."
It's sinking in...I mean, I work in the city and walk past bums every day that haven't bathed in months and they don't have acne. My husband works in a shop and gets all kinds of stuff rubbed on his face all day long--chemicals, dust, paints (pore-cloggers!)...he takes a five-minute shower when he gets home using the same soap to wash everything and he never has acne. (Not fair!)

I've decided to stop looking for the one magic potion, pill or ingredient that is going to fix it. It's not as easy as just avoiding a certain food--that's not working either...I've decided that I need to look at the whole picture.

I'm trying to be realistic too. (I like cupcakes!) There are lots of small changes that I can easily make that in the end will add up to a big change--at least I'm hoping! I've adjusted what products I'm using on my face and my body. I bought a laundry detergent that doesn't contain any xenoestrogens. I've stopped spraying body spray or perfumes onto my skin. I added supplements to detox the excess hormones and detox my liver. I started NPC and am getting a test to address my hormones. I switched from plastic cups, and food storage containers to all glass. I make sure I get over 7 hours of sleep every night, no matter what. I've adjusted my diet by reducing my exposure to soy as much as possible. I've cut down on milk products and meat drastically, I've cut down on prepackaged food drastically...Sorry, I know that was long--I just wanted to share the whole picture.

I really started thinking about it...what if all that 'mumbo-jumbo' about your skin being an "elimination organ" is correct?
Garbage in, garbage out--right??

Hey, how have you been? How is the natural progesterone cream working for you?  I'm glad the juicing seems to be helping. I'm also considering doing veggie style smoothies for my health because it's pretty much confirmed I have PCOS at this point and I need to cut back on carbs. Have you ever used almond milk in fruit smoothies? Fruit is a tough one, I was reading how we estrogen dominant/PCOSers should try to shy away from lots of fruits and the carbs in them to avoid throwing things out of whack. But the doctor also started me on 500mg/Metformin so I can process insulin and carbs correctly, which is good. She said Met will keep my ovaries from being hyper stimulated and producing excess androgens, so maybe if your blood work points to PCOS you can ask about Met. 

Now that I'm on accutane and my skin is finally settling, I'm not as scared to try a natural progesterone cream anymore. I'll keep in touch with you about my results. BUT first, I want to take soy-free DIM [finally got some today from WF! Woohoo] and calcium D-glucarate with a daily dose of a fiber like Metamucil for one cycle to flush out the excess bad estrogens. I was reading how not doing this before starting a NPC can actually make estrogen dominance temporarily appear worse. Anyway, if you still take DIM, make sure to take that special calcium with it and a lot of fiber so you can eliminate the bad estrogens more effectively. 

I agree, skin breakouts are like a warning sign something isn't right. It can't all be about having oily skin.

I'm starting veggie juicing too, taking in some of your suggestions about what to juice. I'm only going to do it 2-3 a week though rather than daily as I think it might be too much for my tummy.

I'm also looking at organic meat and eating more veg dishes.

I was watching this youtube video about a guy who went raw vegan many years ago (10-20?) and he was saying how adults don't need that much protein, unless they're trying to put on muscle, so we can get enough from a plant based diet. Meat is also very hard for the body to digest and all the amino acids and enzymes found in meat are found in plants. There was another guy who was a raw vegan and his blood test results (current and past) showed that he didn't have any deficiencies.
What are your opinions on that guys? 

Right, it's totally possible to eat a balanced diet on a vegan or paleo diet. Lots of people do it--they're extremely healthy. But you have to really educate yourself and pay attention that you are eating the right things in the right quantities. A lot of ppl get caught by that...it's just easier to find yourself deficient in nutrients when you cut out any food group.

I've cut way back on meat and animal products in general. The only animal product I ate yesterday was some tuna at lunch. Everything else was veggie-based.