Newest toy: Breville Juicer

I've always been curious about juicing, and I finally decided to buy an introductory juicer. I've been experimenting with different greens to see how I can get the most juice out of them. So far I'm having poor luck with spinach and kale. And, duh, after seeing some youtube reviews of my particular juicer- it's the consensus that the Breville is poor at juicing soft greens. But I'm going to keep it and hope I can get better at it. Plus, this juicer was sort of an impulse buy. I don't want to spend more money on a juicer if I'm quitting the juicing game after week 1.

The juice I made this morning:

Made about 5 oz of juice:

• 2 watermelon squares (for some sweetness)
• Handful of kale
• 4 celery stalks
• 1/2 cucumber
• 1/4 lemon
• Handful of cilantro

^^^ This was the general order I put the produce through. Also, in purple, are produce that came prepackaged, which saved me a lot of work.

I really love the taste of green juice. It's not like it is delicious, but the taste is really refreshing and addicting. Again, I'm new to the juicing game- so I'm still playing with quantity of ingredients. I was hoping to get more than 5 oz for all the produce I put into it. I'm sure if I put in a whole lemon or a whole cucumber the volume would increase. Also, I'm a bit disappointed about the efficacy of juicing soft greens- which was sort of the reason why I bought the juicer. I don't want to up the quantity of the greens only to marginally increase the juice contents. I'll play around some more. Celery and cucumber are great to juice with so far.

Dieting is hard

I'm really trying to keep to 1500-1600 calories, but my addiction to nut butters and protein bars is getting the best of me. It makes me wonder how I had the discipline to lose the weight in the first place.

As far as current progress, I'm at my heaviest of the year at 136lbs. I really want to body fat test to see if it is mostly muscle since I started powerlifting. I've gotten a lot stronger over the months. I recently had my measurements done and I'm down in my hips and arms. Not surprisingly, I gained in my quads. But surprisingly gained at my waist. Just gotta keep trucking. I have a meet in October, and I need to be down to 132.