Daily juicing in am - thoughts?

Headrain

hi all, just wanted some thoughts on Raw fresh organic juicing. Every morning I wake up and juice the following : cucumber, carrots, celery, beet, ginger, tomatoes, zucchini, Apple, lemon, lime, kale and a little pear and mint. According to a calorie counter it's about 200 calories. I LOVE my juice. I feel like it gets me going (I can't tolerate any caffeinated substances) and its nutritional as I would never actually sit and eat that many veggies. I know I'm missing out on the fiber but I do eat other veggies and fruit and granola during the rest of the day so I get enough fiber. It doesn't fill me very well, though, and I still need to eat breakfast after I juice. But now I'm already 200 calories into my breakfast and I find I'm over by about 200 calories by the end of the day as I get too hungry. Any thoughts? I'd be interested in hearing from others who love to juice...

earlnabby

Do the same stuff in a smoothie instead. The fiber, etc will fill you up more.

nutmegoreo

I use a bullet and blend a morning smoothie, throw in some chia seeds and protein powder and the combination will keep me full for a few hours. Perhaps you can add some additional things to bulk it up a bit, since you seem to like it. Doesn't sound to me like you have any misconceptions about it's value in your diet (gives extra micronutrients, but lacking fibre and leaves you hungry). Can you reduce the extra 200 calories somewhere else? Are you still working on losing weight? Is it still working, or do you need to reduce the 200 cals? Maybe just continue to enjoy it while accepting a slightly slower rate of loss.

MostlyWater

These are my tried and true smoothie favorites:


If you like gingerbread, Oxygen magazine has a recipe for a delicious Gingerbread cookie shake: 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder, 1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder, 1/2 cup vanilla enriched Rice Dream, 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt, 1/2 tsp ginger, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1 T molasses, and ice cubes. Blend and drink ! Mmmmmm

I also like a Creamsicle, which is a cup of orange juice (I get the Healthy kids kind with extra calcium and vitamins), half a scoop of vanilla protein powder (I’ve been getting spirulina), and a lowfat vanilla yogurt. Blend and drink.

The Protein Packed Pina Colada smoothie is blended with the following ingredients: Cup cottage cheese, cup canned pineapple or cup pineapple juice, half a frozen banana, half a cup of milk, 1 T coconut, half a scoop vanilla protein powder, and a cup of ice cubes.

The Key Lime Protein Shake is blended with half an avocado, juice of a lime, 2 tsp lime zest, 1 scoop of vanilla whey protein powder, 1 T coconut, a cup of milk, and 1-2 packets of Stevia (optional).

The Chocolate Maple Shake is made by blending a cup of milk, 3 T protein powder, 1 T cocoa powder, and 1 tsp maple syrup

MostlyWater

Lately, I just mix water with the following:

MY MASTER SMOOTHIE LIST

SCOOP OF Protein powder and scoop of green wheat grass powder

Also

one tsp each of: Chia seeds, Sesame seeds, Goji powder, Acai powder, Cinnamon , Cacao nibs, Hemp , and maca.

Add half a tsp of each:powdered calcium and vitamin D, Flax

In addition, I add all the fruits and veggies now - a tsp each of Beet, carrot,
pomegranate powder & tart cherry


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Sued0nim

Headrain wrote: »

hi all, just wanted some thoughts on Raw fresh organic juicing. Every morning I wake up and juice the following : cucumber, carrots, celery, beet, ginger, tomatoes, zucchini, Apple, lemon, lime, kale and a little pear and mint. According to a calorie counter it's about 200 calories. I LOVE my juice. I feel like it gets me going (I can't tolerate any caffeinated substances) and its nutritional as I would never actually sit and eat that many veggies. I know I'm missing out on the fiber but I do eat other veggies and fruit and granola during the rest of the day so I get enough fiber. It doesn't fill me very well, though, and I still need to eat breakfast after I juice. But now I'm already 200 calories into my breakfast and I find I'm over by about 200 calories by the end of the day as I get too hungry. Any thoughts? I'd be interested in hearing from others who love to juice...

200 calories and then breakfast

Will if you can afford that many calories that's fine ...and you love your juice so that matters too

Personally my entire breakfast is generally 250 calories and that includes milk allowance for coffee across the day ..my breakfast generally gives me a good protein, carb and fat boost to start the day and is delicious and filling to me

If your juice is pushing you over your calories either cut it, or something else out

yarwell

You don't miss out on all the fibre by juicing, for example the soluble fibre in apples is pectin in the flesh and that goes into the juice. Some insoluble fibre gets through too as the separation isn't 100%

Headrain

I actually smoothie as well during the warm weather. The idea of jucing (so I hear) is to get a kick start punch of nutrients without the bulk so they are more quickly assimilated into your cells. I'm not a scientist not a nutritionist but I know I love the healthy way juice makes me feel, the alertness and the way my skin, hair and general overall feeling is since I started it (over a year ago). I appreciate the thoughts, was wondering what others thought.
Smoothies are great and nutritional in their own right, just completely different from juicing, at least for me.

earlnabby

Headrain wrote: »

I actually smoothie as well during the warm weather. The idea of jucing (so I hear) is to get a kick start punch of nutrients without the bulk so they are more quickly assimilated into your cells. I'm not a scientist not a nutritionist but I know I love the healthy way juice makes me feel, the alertness and the way my skin, hair and general overall feeling is since I started it (over a year ago). I appreciate the thoughts, was wondering what others thought.
Smoothies are great and nutritional in their own right, just completely different from juicing, at least for me.

The only thing you get a kick start in is the carbs. the nutrients in many veggies are actually less bioavailable when consumed raw, no matter if juiced or eaten. From your list in the OP, carrots and tomatoes are two of them that are better when cooked.

zoeysasha37

earlnabby wrote: »

Do the same stuff in a smoothie instead. The fiber, etc will fill you up more.

This !

GsKiki

If you make it in blender, and add a bit of oats inside, it will keep you full much much longer, and it tastes the same. The only difference is a bit thicker consistency. I always prefer smoothies over juices because you can keep more of the good stuff from the fruits and veggies.

kshama2001

Juicing isn't for me. My body doesn't react well to the big hit of sugar when unopposed by fiber, let alone fat and protein. I use my food processor to make smoothies, currently this, which keeps me full for hours:

yarwell

kshama2001 wrote: »

Juicing isn't for me. My body doesn't react well to the big hit of sugar when unopposed by fiber, let alone fat and protein.

The OP could add fibre etc to the juice just like like you are adding it into the smoothie ? It's still 28g of carbs though.