Juicing?

PRMinx

altmancarole wrote: »

I have been juicing for just one day and have experienced a complete excretion of all that has been in my colon. I plan to continue for one week to see how much more gets excreted. I see the merit in doing juicing for this reason. Will
probably transition from juicing to fruits in the morning and vegetables in the evening with the fiber for another week.

Congratulations on going to the bathroom.

PRMinx

jkal1979 wrote: »

PRMinx wrote: »

SMH at the number of juice threads lately...

I like to eat my fruits and vegetables. They make me feel fuller longer than juice and the fiber is good for my system.

There is a sequel to Fat Sick and Nearly Dead out. I'm thinking that has something to do with it.

Ahhh. I guess that means that we should brace ourselves.

Aviva92

altmancarole wrote: »

I have been juicing for just one day and have experienced a complete excretion of all that has been in my colon. I plan to continue for one week to see how much more gets excreted. I see the merit in doing juicing for this reason. Will
probably transition from juicing to fruits in the morning and vegetables in the evening with the fiber for another week.

so, you had the runs and this is a good thing?

you can drink this icky stuff that people have to drink before a colonoscopy and completely clean yourself out. i wouldn't recommend it because it's unpleasant and pointless unless you are getting a colonoscopy, but why not go the entire distance on this if you want to "clean yourself out"?

Msgorgeous83

Juicing is very beneficial as blending. You have to reuse and recycle. I juice and the left over pulp I turn in to a blending shake (fiber) for later in the day (only with some recipes). I just started and I enjoy it, it makes eating veggies easier for me and my husband who wouldn't eat them otherwise.

It just adds a different variety of food to my menu, and different texture. Juicing is absorbed faster then blending and digestion is quick.

I only do it once a day either for breakfast, lunch or dinner and still eat and enjoy whole foods. Juicing is a very good diuretic and you will be urinating a lot. Juicing can be expensive, especially at first to invest in a good juicer. I get my fruit and veggies at Costco, enough veggies and fruits to juice and blend for ten days was about $40. Not bad you have to just find what you like.

tkwelby5

We also get our fruits and veggies from Costco. It is cost effective especially with juicing and can get many things organic there. Our family eats whole foods with some blending and juicing. I would like to muster up the will power do a 3 day reboot at some point.

sahead710

I love juicing although I have never done a reboot, I feel that it gives me energy and nutrients I'm not eating love fat sick and nearly dead and hungry for a change they motivate me to stay on track

earlnabby

tkwelby5 wrote: »

We also get our fruits and veggies from Costco. It is cost effective especially with juicing and can get many things organic there. Our family eats whole foods with some blending and juicing. I would like to muster up the will power do a 3 day reboot at some point.

If you have to "muster up the will power" to do a juice fast, it is probably not the way to go.

BeastReborn

I don't see juicing as a way to cure anything; I see it as a way to get in your vitamins and minerals from vegetables that you wouldn't normally ever eat. I have to use willpower to make myself eat vegetables, but I can make a really tasty veggie juice that I'll drink down in 10 seconds that will contain that I'm not getting from the rest of my diet.

Also, two of my good friends were both able to get off of their high blood pressure medication, just from adding juicing to their daily regimen. They changed nothing else. There are many, many stories just like theirs.

The juice fasting part is crap, there's no need to consume just juice. Ya'll have to realize that some people just don't like to eat vegetables. Telling these people not to juice is not helpful at all. I get plenty of fiber in my diet from fruit, beans, whole grains and nuts. I don't need the added fiber from vegetables. I do need the additional nutrients that are abundant in certain vegetables that the rest of my diet isn't strong in.

As Joe Cross says "Juice on!"

BeastReborn

earlnabby wrote: »

If you have to "muster up the will power" to do a juice fast, it is probably not the way to go.

Well with that logic, since I have to "muster up the will power" to eat my vegetables, maybe I shouldn't be eating vegetables? I also have to use will power to go to the gym, something I don't particularly enjoy doing. Maybe I shouldn't go to the gym, either?

lemurcat12

Msgorgeous83 wrote: »

Juicing is very beneficial as blending. You have to reuse and recycle. I juice and the left over pulp I turn in to a blending shake (fiber) for later in the day (only with some recipes).

The blending shake sounds disgusting, but if you like it why not just have a smoothie? You get both in one.

Of course, I highly recommend just learning to like vegetables, which are perfectly tasty, especially if properly cooked.

Not sure why super quick digestion is supposed to be a plus. Don't people normally go on about how slowing down digestion is some big benefit?

lemurcat12

Also, what's with the "reboot" thing. Is that from the movie? I am not a computer.

Aviva92

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Msgorgeous83 wrote: »

Juicing is very beneficial as blending. You have to reuse and recycle. I juice and the left over pulp I turn in to a blending shake (fiber) for later in the day (only with some recipes).

The blending shake sounds disgusting, but if you like it why not just have a smoothie? You get both in one.

Of course, I highly recommend just learning to like vegetables, which are perfectly tasty, especially if properly cooked.

Not sure why super quick digestion is supposed to be a plus. Don't people normally go on about how slowing down digestion is some big benefit?

vegetables are awesome. i don't get the hate.

hmrambling

Ahhhh, juicing.

I guess the real question is, "what are you hoping to accomplish from juicing?"

I own a juicer. However, my goals for weight loss, health, and fitness have been reached by eating a calorie deficit, eating healthier, lifting weights, and cardio. That's how I obtained a healthy weight. I ate tons of salads in Mason jars along the way. I didn't juice a single one of those salads. :P

I haven't made juice in the past several months that I dropped the weight and got fit. If I want a fresh juice, I might whip out my juicer and make a juice... but that juice alone is not going to keep me fit or healthy. I've got to put the work in and eat healthy.

JBliss1108

I have a juicer and, to be honest, I dont like using it. As others have alluded to, you throw a lot of valuable stuff out with a juicer.

I got a Nutribullet for my birthday and have used it nearly every day for the last two months. I would highly recommend it over juicing. Every morning I start off with a couple handfuls of spinach, a banana, plain/fat free greek yogurt, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and oatmeal. It's delicious and there's nothing to be thrown away.

trina1049

That so called documentary is all about selling very expensive juicers.

Babe2309

I did an 80 day juice fast. I cured my thyroid problems and lost waist I didn't even know was in there. I CURED myself. No more meds no more fast weight gain or tiredness. I feel really good. I've lost almost 80 pounds now and can keep up with my active husband and two little girls. I sleep better and look better too. Living example that more people should do a juice fast. Better then being sick all the time. Better then being fat. Right?