Starting a 30 Day Juice Fast 09/05/2012! Support needed!

what you are doing is great and you sound like you were very well prepared and informed before you started it. I am learning a lot just reading everything on here. Good luck and keep it going; i am sure it can be hard.

Keep up the blog. We all want to hear about your great success!!

Good luck with your juice fast! I have thought often about doing one and still might. I have done the Master Cleanse a few times and the Shakeology cleanse, and they were both very successful. I think cleanses are great for jump starting weight loss or breaking a plateau. People on these forums always get upset when anyone does anything that seems drastic. I believe that eating healthy, counting calories, and exercising everyday are very important, but doing a cleanse/detox/fast every now and then can be very beneficial. I will definitely keep up with your progress. So sorry for the loss of your son, I can't even imagine. I have 2 sons and I have watched people in my family lose children and it is the most devastating thing that can EVER happen to a person. I wish you peace and comfort in your grief.

This thread is very interesting and entertaining. So much misinformation and fear mongering going on in here. However, I must admit that I was a little shocked at first that the OP was willing to go on a 30 day fast but after reading it a bit more it's not really that bad as it doesn't sound like a true fast. What she has really done is become a vegetarian for 30 days. She is still getting carbs from vegetables and fruits, so all she needs now is to add some tofu for protein.


Below, I want to set the record straight on some misinformation

A. She is not destroying her metabolism. There is no known disease associated with eating a low calorie diet or fasting but there is a disease associated with eating too much food and it's called Diabetes Type 2. Diabetes Type 2 literally means that your metabolism is destroyed forever but i would caution the OP from losing 40% of her weight too fast as I said earlier.


B. She is not at risk for ketoacidosis. You have to have Diabetes type 1 in order to have ketoacidosis.

gottaloveit77, i've been meaning to ask you..

i see two major flaws in your described juice fast - the lack of protien, and the lack of fibre. what are you doing to get these?

This thread is very interesting and entertaining. So much misinformation and fear mongering going on in here. However, I must admit that I was a little shocked at first that the OP was willing to go on a 30 day fast but after reading it a bit more it's not really that bad as it doesn't sound like a true fast. What she has really done is become a vegetarian for 30 days. She is still getting carbs from vegetables and fruits, so all she needs now is to add some tofu for protein.


Below, I want to set the record straight on some misinformation

A. She is not destroying her metabolism. There is no known disease associated with eating a low calorie diet or fasting but there is a disease associated with eating too much food and it's called Diabetes Type 2. Diabetes Type 2 literally means that your metabolism is destroyed forever but i would caution the OP from losing 40% of her weight too fast as I said earlier.


B. She is not at risk for ketoacidosis. You have to have Diabetes type 1 in order to have ketoacidosis.

In reguards to your (A) - I do believe the under eating/not eating (which essentially what a fast is) fit the bill for anorexia nervosa. Not a doctor, but that is a disease associated directly with those two things

B. She is not at risk for ketoacidosis. You have to have Diabetes type 1 in order to have ketoacidosis.

you're right, she's not in ketoacidosis, and i'm pretty sure nobody said she is.
she's in ketosis, which means her body is breaking down fat for energy, and producing ketones as a byproduct.
it's different.

Phynyxfyre implied that she could die due to ketoacidosis. Yes, she is producing keytones but why is that bad? The only thing that i have ever found in relation to keytones is that it could potentially cause kidney stones but that is normally associated with eating a HIGH protein diet, via Atkins diet. Unless you think becoming a vegetarian is bad for your health then I really don't see anything wrong with this. Just throw in some tofu and she'll be fine.

forgive me, I didn't see that one.
the point I was trying to make remains the same.. there's a difference between the two.
though you're right, ketosis is generally related to a high protien diet. hopefully (she hasn't answered my question yet) she's getting some protien from somewhere, otherwise it might actually be a sign of muscle breakdown. Food for thought..
OP, I know you have a scale that measures your body fat and hydration, does it also do your muscle mass? if I were you I'd be monitoring that too, just in case.

now.. As well as my earlier question regarding protien and fibre, I wonder if you could clear up what might be an obvious question for me. you call this a juice fast, which immediately makes me go 'no. bad idea' (I subscribe to the 'eat small, well and often' school of thought), but you don't actually seem to be fasting, more like substituting. correct?
because if thats the case, then I think you're missing out on a bunch of nutrients, but don't really see it as the crisis situation it's been made out to be.

This has nothing to do with juice. You could just as easily and with the same result do a free range chicken fast for 30 days. There is no magic in the fruits and veggies that exert an effect on the physiology of your body. If anybody who was overweight, sedentary and ate processed poor nutrient diet went on a chicken fast for thirty days would lose weight and over the course of 30-90 days no longer need meds etc. the body is pretty amazing, it pulls nutrients from food and the rest is excreted as waste. Don't eat processed and surplus food and you will feel better. Each one of us could come up with a food and do a fast. Maple syrup fast, veggie fast, grass fed beef fast, you name it. Juice is not detoxing/resetting or whatever you wish to call it, your body is doing all the work, you are simply deleting the imput of preservatives or whatever you believe needs detoxing. People like to go to extremes, it makes us feel like we are doing something proactive/productive. I have always believed the right thing to do is the hardest thing to do. It's hard to eat right, it's hard to exercise. I love my bacon, my steak, my occasional ice cream. I can eat all of this and still lose because I exert control and earn these treats. It's to important to be happy and enjoy what I eat, not worry if my blender will work or what I will eat at a function or friends house. Are you buying all organic? Was the soil your veggies grew in fertilized and how so? Are they genetically modified? If any of these are so, how will you proceed to detox from this? Concentrated pesticide drinks in high quantities? There are many types of resets/fasts out there, all with user anecdotal evidence. The only constant that remains is removal of eating "bad" foods, your body does the hard work. Watch your macros and eat food in moderation with same result. Enjoy what you eat, eat happy and don't resent your diet. It should never be a chore to fuel up. Also, ketosis. Let's artificially put our body into a state of fuel Fat consumption by denying it its most basic fuel source. Just sounds wrong. Why not just make the leap and use diet pills?? Tricking the body to use alternate source of energy has consequences physiologically. Would love to her more fast ideas. We could all be a hot topic and best seller for a week until next one is published. I do wish you luck though, it very well may be a great jump start to your journey. I would just hate to see you struggle and be unhappy thinking the juice itself is doing something. Live to eat, don't eat to live as they say.

This whole thread is fascinating. Good luck to you. To whoever said that headaches are a sign that something's wrong... not so. Cutting out sugar will give you headaches for a few days if you're a big sugar eater, and I doubt anyone on this forum would rise up in defense of sugar! (Unless you're defending it's deliciousness...:laugh: )

I don't know much about IF, but something that struck me as maybe a good transition out of your fast is the Whole30 program. Google it. It's essentially just eating clean, nothing from a package, and no dairy, grains, legumes, or sugar (which does not mean no carb--it's very pro-carb as long as it's things like sweet potatoes). I did that and felt amazing, many of my medical issues cleared up during that time. Particularly my always pregnant looking bloat belly!

I applaud how you've been handling the criticism, as well. I do think most of the naysayers are doing it out of care for your wellbeing (and I admit, I'd be nervous about protein with this fast), but there are CLEARLY people who just like being snarky, as well. I posted a question once and got such nasty feedback that I almost never post topics anymore. You're brave!

Keep updating, your posts encourage me! I am on day one of my juice fast. Well actually I'm going to fast for about a week, see how that goes take a weekend break and then embark on a 30 day fast. We have a music festival to go to that we've had tickets and camping reservations for, for a while. So that will be my break. Bought a juicer last night and lots of fruits and veggies. 2 meals of juice so far and lots of water, haven't really been hungry yet. I know I will be hungry because I work til 5 and didn't have the time to make a juicey snack! Good luck to you, will be keeping up with your progress!