DETOX - LIQUID DIET
PixieQueen25
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I posted on my wall that I am going very soon on a liquid diet for 7 days. I am not useing any lose weight detox fads just a liquid diet.
I take metformine for PCOS! However it also controls sugars. I learned very fast what not to eat ..because some stronger foods made me run straight for the toilette. . I lost 77 pounds when I first started it but after about 2 years of slowly eating whatever I wanted until my body got used to it again I gain every pound back. Also because I did not excersize.
My experiment: One time I went 3 days without bread of any kind. After I finally had bread I got sick..because the bread I chose was "mcdonalds burger."
Anyways my theory is after 7 days of no food just liquids I will be naturally detoxed. On the 8th day my goal is to slowly pick out things to eat... if it makes me sick... I never eat it again. If it does not make me sick I will add it to my food journal. Hopefully with my new Metformine medication and this one time 7 day Detox/Liquid diet, I will find the well balanced meals that work for me... Alot FASTER. And with excersize I will keep losing weight.
My question is... Has anyone else done this before?
Does anyone hae any suggestions?
I take metformine for PCOS! However it also controls sugars. I learned very fast what not to eat ..because some stronger foods made me run straight for the toilette. . I lost 77 pounds when I first started it but after about 2 years of slowly eating whatever I wanted until my body got used to it again I gain every pound back. Also because I did not excersize.
My experiment: One time I went 3 days without bread of any kind. After I finally had bread I got sick..because the bread I chose was "mcdonalds burger."
Anyways my theory is after 7 days of no food just liquids I will be naturally detoxed. On the 8th day my goal is to slowly pick out things to eat... if it makes me sick... I never eat it again. If it does not make me sick I will add it to my food journal. Hopefully with my new Metformine medication and this one time 7 day Detox/Liquid diet, I will find the well balanced meals that work for me... Alot FASTER. And with excersize I will keep losing weight.
My question is... Has anyone else done this before?
Does anyone hae any suggestions?
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Please give a name of the toxin that your body cant cleanse it self.
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If you are curious about food sensitivities, look up the protocol for elimination diets. They cut out common allergens and then week by week, add them back in. You track and at the end have a more realistic idea of what you're sensitive to. There's no need to do a liquid diet, though.0
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detox's are bad. the only benefit is mental, but if they work for you all the power to ya.
im curious to see how this goes though, ive never heard of a liquid diet used to induce those kind of results before0 -
Please give a name of the toxin that your body cant cleanse it self.
Just curious.
I am not sure really. I just know that like grease and certain sauceages don't set well. (no gall bladder... hrm maybe I should have said that first as well) However even with no gallbladder, during 2 years, I was able to "train" myself to "eat" whatever i wanted all over again and I gained and gained! no matter if I excersized or not. I even get constipated after 3 days very frequently.
So i just figure I need to do this..... to kind of figure out what else out there I am not supposed to be eating.0 -
detox's are bad. the only benefit is mental, but if they work for you all the power to ya.
im curious to see how this goes though, ive never heard of a liquid diet used to induce those kind of results before
Thats why I am not using over the counter "gimmicks" Just liquid diet. Because hopefully ...as i did before.(only last time was just bread).. after going so long without it; my body will know that it's not "good"
I have never done it longer then 3 days though. So I don't know.0 -
Please give a name of the toxin that your body cant cleanse it self.
Just curious.
I am not sure really. I just know that like grease and certain sauceages don't set well. (no gall bladder... hrm maybe I should have said that first as well) However even with no gallbladder, during 2 years, I was able to "train" myself to "eat" whatever i wanted all over again and I gained and gained! no matter if I excersized or not. I even get constipated after 3 days very frequently.
So i just figure I need to do this..... to kind of figure out what else out there I am not supposed to be eating.
Sounds like you have already made your mind up...0 -
If you are curious about food sensitivities, look up the protocol for elimination diets. They cut out common allergens and then week by week, add them back in. You track and at the end have a more realistic idea of what you're sensitive to. There's no need to do a liquid diet, though.
Hrm. Possibility. Thanks for that tip. I may think about this.
I know that I used to get sick on so many different foods.. . But I am positive it was the sugars were too high... but I can't remember all of them. That is why I decided to do it. And the frequent constipation on almost everything I eat... also made me want to try this.0 -
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Sounds like you have already made your mind up...
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Well I am very, Open to suggestions.
Im just tired of the constpation and weight gain.0 -
your theory is wrong..unless of course your kidneys have stopped working, or maybe you have stopped pooping, peeing, and sweating?????
as someone else mentioned, please name one toxin that this liquid diet/detox will get rid of that your body does not naturally get rid of on its own?0 -
at the end of the day, even with a medical condition you are going to need a negative energy balance to lose weight ..so if you are third of "not losing" then you need to look over what you have been eating and how much and figure out how to eat less of it….or maybe see your dr….0
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oh, I just checked your diary and you have logged nothing for a week …maybe you need to start there and start logging everything you eat consistently…..0
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Sounds like you have already made your mind up...
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Well I am very, Open to suggestions.
Im just tired of the constpation and weight gain.
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Here is a suggestion:
Buy a food scale
go to sccobys workshop or the iifym website and figure out your tdee - 15-20%
Weigh and log everything you eat
Stay active
research macros, pick one that fits your lifestyle
Do this for a month then check your measurements and weight
But seriously the body will detox itself, thats what kindneys and your liver are for. You don't need to detox, you don't need to juice, you don't need to fast. Just eat the right amount of calories, and be active.0 -
I've done fasts for spiritual reasons and had great success (not weight weight loss, though. I did drop down a good amount, but gained it back awhile later). I don't think a fast is going to help you with eliminating what food is making you sick, I'm just not really understand your root reasoning. X food makes you sick. You eat NOTHING for a week. You eat X food....? Couldn't you just eat that food now, see if it makes you sick, and if so, cancel it out? For example, I got really really ill from cashews, but I didn't know what it was. I kind of went mono for awhile until I figured out which food was the culprit (I'm big on food-mixing, so me deducing the cashews otherwise would have been really rough). Anyway! If you fast for 7 days, on the 8th day pretty much everything will make you feel a bit ill. It's really, really dangerous and you need to make sure you're getting a lot of vitamins and minerals daily. Please make sure that you know how to come off of a fast properly if you decide to do this. Personally, I wouldn't do it for the reason you stated. It doesn't seem like it's going to do anything except land you back where you are now, but hungrier.0
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Excercise is a tool which compliments a good diet, you can lose weight without running an inch, so it isn't a reason why you haven't lost weight.
Log everything you eat everyday, and don't eat over your calories and you will lose weight.0 -
I have PCOS and I'm not ever going on a liquid diet. Sorry.0
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OMG...... This sounds crazy!!!
Why not eat healthy, Drink lots of water & get to the gym or move ALOT more.......... : )
You will feel amazing......... And detoxed : - )0 -
Are you talking to your doctor during any of this? I would hate for you to eliminate foods for the wrong reason.
It's been found that people almost always eliminate the wrong food after a bout of food poisoning. They tend to blame either the most recent meal or the most memorable ingredient/experience vs. what actually caused the illness. The example I remember being given was taken out for curry for the first time, get sick that night and blame the curry, the actual cause was bad milk in the morning coffee. I'd hate for you to fall to the same error during this process. You could think "oh the reason I don't feel well after this is sugar/gluten/it's purple" and the reality is you have an diagnosed allergy to a certain ingredient.0 -
If you are curious about food sensitivities, look up the protocol for elimination diets. They cut out common allergens and then week by week, add them back in. You track and at the end have a more realistic idea of what you're sensitive to. There's no need to do a liquid diet, though.
Sounds reasonable.
Therefore, no place for it on MFP.
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Like an earlier poster, I flipped through a week of your diary and didn't see any logging, so it's hard to say what might be lacking. But, I'd think if you're on a prescripton, you might want to talk to your doctor before doing any kind of radical liquid diet.
If you're constipated, drinking more water and increasing your fiber may help you out. Again, hard to say with no information from your diary.
You might artificially jump start a weight loss with a liquid diet, and you may temporarily combat constipation with a liquid diet. I always feel like it's more important to focus on permanent sustainable changes instead of a quicky "fix" that ends when the radical change ends... Best of luck!0 -
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This is completely unnecessary and even if you lose weight (because lack of carbs for a week), you will gain it back the following week. I would question what your current carb intake is? People with PCOS generally need to go low carb. Also, if you aren't logging and using a food scale, people will struggle to give you solid advice outside of log consistently and accurately.0
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I had my gallbladder removed several years ago. I have chronic constipation, a lactose allergy, a gluten intolerance (not an allergy, my body just doesn't digest it well), and numerous other food sensitivities. I have seen GI doctors, had an upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, had several allergy tests and breath tests, had an ultrasound of my liver and pancreas, and I have been tested for autoimmune diseases. The big diagnosis....nothing. They call it IBS, but I think that is just because they don't know what else to call it.
I went through all of this testing a year ago and, at my doctor's instruction, stayed on a very light diet while this was going on. It was pretty much a liquid diet. I lost 25 lbs and was down to 110 lbs. People at work began to ask if I was sick. I couldn't workout because I had absolutely no energy. I felt as though I was starving but I was so tired of everything I ate making me sick I felt as though I was better off. Granted, this went on longer than 7 days
I have since gained back some of weight. I am currently at 119 lbs. I don't starve anymore but I am very careful about what I eat. This has worked well for me. I still have days where I battle nausea and other symptoms, but I feel a lot better than I did. I eat no red meat or pork. I stick to lean protein, mainly chicken and fish. Even turkey sausage has grease and fat in it that my body cannot handle. I eat a lot of eggs. I had a nutritionist tell me that, as long as you don't have cholesterol issues, they are pretty much the perfect food and easy to digest. I avoid dairy almost completely. There is one particular brand of low fat lactose free cheese that I do well with and eat often. I use a vegan protein powder. It doesn't dissolve as well as whey and other proteins, so it has an odd texture, but you get used to it. I eat good fats like olives, avocados, and nuts. I avoid bread and pasta. I will eat some crackers here and there so that I don't feel so carb deprived. I also avoid to many raw veggies. My doctor gave me that tip. They are too hard to digest. I will eat a small salad or a few raw vegetables, but steamed is better on the belly.
These limitations can be difficult, but it has helped me. I have days where I eat something just because I want it and I later regret it. I also have a couple medications that I take. Message me if you have any questions. I'm happy to share what has and has not worked for me. Some days I still feel like I am figuring it out, so I don't have all the answers. You can add me as a friend if you want to view my food diary. Hope that helps!0 -
I don't think this is the solution you need. A liquid diet/detox won't help solve your issues.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/ihad/view/down-the-detox-rabbit-hole-6516830 -
I would like to point out that Metformin MUST be taken with food. If you have nothing in your system when you take it, it can cause a dangerous drop in your blood sugar. I don't know what exactly a 'liquid diet' entails, but I would be willing to bet you're going to make your blood sugars bottom out and possibly end up in the hospital.
If you're having issues with constipation you probably need to get more fiber in your diet. Start with that. Vegetables and fruits (especially things with skins like apples), beans, whole wheat bread and pasta (add these carefully if you are concerned about a gluten intolerance), bran, and oatmeal (again be careful with this as it may contain gluten) are all high fiber and can fit nicely into a lower calorie diet.
An elimination diet is probably what you should be doing instead of a 'liquid diet'. You might be surprised at what actually makes you ill, and it probably isn't what you think it is. Dairy and gluten are the two most known, but everything from corn to yeast can cause similar symptoms to what you're describing. I highly recommend looking up elimination diets and discussing going on one with your doctor.
Blood tests can also be done to test for certain allergies like gluten. You might want to look into that as well.0 -
I don't think this is the solution you need. A liquid diet/detox won't help solve your issues.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/ihad/view/down-the-detox-rabbit-hole-651683
Read the link. Also, does your physician approve of you not eating for a week? I predict a week of sad, misery followed by a lifetime of yo yo dieting.0 -
Anyways my theory is after 7 days of no food just liquids I will be naturally detoxed.
What, exactly, makes you think that a liquid diet "detoxifies" you? Where did that idea come from?0 -
Liquid diets are a fad.I posted on my wall that I am going very soon on a liquid diet for 7 days. I am not useing any lose weight detox fads just a liquid diet.
You will lose some weight but it won't be long-term useful because liquid diet tend to make intestinal digestion a little faster (increased water, reduced maceration). You'll lose weight from the reduced food in transit which is a temporary effect.
It's the fact that you don't have a gall-bladder that creates the digestion issues.I take metformine for PCOS! However it also controls sugars. I learned very fast what not to eat ..because some stronger foods made me run straight for the toilette. . I lost 77 pounds when I first started it but after about 2 years of slowly eating whatever I wanted until my body got used to it again I gain every pound back. Also because I did not excersize.
You gained because you ate too much - not because you didn't exercise - while exercise does affect total calorie expenditure it is a minor part of your energy equation. Focus on the amount of calories consumed. Exercise for health.
Most likely had nothing to do with bread but more with your gall bladder.My experiment: One time I went 3 days without bread of any kind. After I finally had bread I got sick..because the bread I chose was "mcdonalds burger."
Nope.Anyways my theory is after 7 days of no food just liquids I will be naturally detoxed.
Exercise is good. But weight loss is more about quantity of food ingested and how you can balance oils, etc. that in the absence of a GB.On the 8th day my goal is to slowly pick out things to eat... if it makes me sick... I never eat it again. If it does not make me sick I will add it to my food journal. Hopefully with my new Metformine medication and this one time 7 day Detox/Liquid diet, I will find the well balanced meals that work for me... Alot FASTER. And with excersize I will keep losing weight.My question is... Has anyone else done this before?
Does anyone hae any suggestions?
read these:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819925-the-basics-don-t-complicate-it0 -
I never thought I would get this many responses. Really thanks guys. Here is what I have learned. First, I may have been "dumb" when I posted last night. I was just so constipated and so sick that I did not know what else to do. I know it seemed dumb but I am glad I posted because I got a lot of good advice.
Honestly, I was not thinking straight because I was sick.
So I have seen a couple people post about "Elimination" diets or whatever. Does anyone have a link? Can you explain more about this?
Several of you have said "You gained because you ate too much..." Or "Lack of exersize is not really the problem, your calorie intake is"
(I am sorry if I did not quote right..but that is the gist I got.)
Okay, I know there are lots of people in the world with medical issues. However, I know people who have the same problems that I do and they eat Low Calorie Diets, they eat vegetables and fruit and plenty of fiber. They still gain weight and do not exersize.
If they did have a "splurge day" it was only one time every two weeks. Not every day and certainly not over eating.
The only difference is that I exersize and they don't. So instead of maintaining with exersize like I am doing.... They keep gaining.
I realize that I gained my weight back then because I did not excersize and eventually was able to eat whatever I wanted after all those times of being sick.... so Yeah I may have ate too much (back then) but not now. And the weight is "maintaining" but slowly gradually going up every couple of months. Eventually it will not be maintaining anymore.
I don't want to sound like a complete idiot here but seriously What else could it be if they eat healthy? We are talking about 1500-1200 calorie diets that are already pushing the "healthy limit" here.0 -
yeah don't do it trust me on this it will do nothing but make you want to eat even more when you are done and you will get absolutely nothing out of it. I did this once worst thing ever. I use to have some issues with constipation as well. I wasn't getting enough water. I also found that weighing my food with a food scale made all the difference between me making progress and not. You might be surprised just how much you are really eating if you aren't already doing this.0
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I don't want to sound like a complete idiot here but seriously What else could it be if they eat healthy? We are talking about 1500-1200 calorie diets that are already pushing the "healthy limit" here.
Because healthy food can still make you gain weight if you eat too much of it. Did you follow them around 24/7 and calorie count for them? Did they weigh and measure all their food? Plus, the term healthy itself is so subjective. Healthy comes down to your overall diet and not individual foods. I ate ice cream, pizza, fast food throughout my entire weight loss. It really is about calories but you have to be committed to it. You have to log all the time every day. Stay accountable. Have you read this yet?
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants0
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