Day 12 - And the UGLIEST Juice Award Goes to.......????

Day 12 -  And here it is, ladies and gentlemen!  The UGLIEST juice award!  Joe Cross's "Red, White, Blue (and GREEN!) recipe!

(((( Applause ))))

No.  No applause.  Unless it's for taste and nutritional value. ;-)  And I have to admit the "before" was gorgeous (see photo left).  It was the AFTER that had the visual appeal of what I would imagine 10 year old dirty motor oil would look like, blended with both raw and cooked liver.  No seriously.  I wish I could say I was exaggerating, but I'm not.  I'm really not kidding.

As for taste?  It actually tastes pretty good!  How can you go wrong with all that watermelon and blueberries?  Now, as for those blueberries... it took 4 cups of those babies, and after spinning in the blender on liquify for a bit they began to resemble tar, with only a hint of purple.  Add that to watermelon, and you don't get much change, but add that to ANY large pile of greens (in this case chard) and PRESTO!...intant F'UGLY!

As you can see, it has absolutely NO visual appeal compared to the other juices (shaken, of course, because they do separate when they sit).  But DANG that is ONE seriously UGLY juice!  Tastes good, though, and is really healthy.  Joe's recipes are usually really good.  This one I think is a real winner, even if it won't win any beauty contests anytime soon. ;p

Day 12 -  So far so good, no real cravings.  Though I do miss eating.  T had burritos last night for dinner.. which the smell of the spices drove me a little nuts as I sat there slurping my Mean Green juice.  *sigh* lol  No real hunger triggered from it, though, which was really nice.  I know I'll be eating again one day, and I'll be eating real, healthy food made from scratch that will taste awesome.  It's all worth waiting for in the meantime.

Only real issue I'm having is something that caught my attention yesterday, something unrelated to juicing but is affecting me hugely at the moment, something I'd previously thought might be gallbladder issues.

I'd had right, front quadrant pain that coincided with indigestion, and it went right through to my back...so naturally I thought "gallbladder," as did my dr.  HIDA scan and ultrasounds all came out fine.  Pain persisted.  I began transition for juicing and the pain persisted.  I began juicing and pain persists.  I'm on day 12 and the pain is getting worse...

But something else I discovered yesterday...

I rubbed the area that hurt, for the first time really... and found an odd swelling on my rib.  Not only is there a swelling there, but it is HELLA painful!  This explains why the pain is worse when I sit up straight and when I stand.  What is it?  NO idea.  But the pain is getting unbearable, so I guess it's time to make yet another appointment.  Super duper.  Not!  Grrrrr.