Liquid Diets.... Am I doing it wrong?

You won't get any nutrients that way. People who are on doctor-supervised liquid diets (usually those who've just had weight loss surgery) drink shakes and/or eat broth that have nutrients in them. Coffee, tea, and water isn't going to give your body what it needs, and you're going to be jacked up on caffeine. Your body is going to be really, really upset with you for making it work like that without feeding it.

Please do not do this. There are many of us on this site who've lost anywhere from 10 to 200 pounds by watching what we eat and not falling victim to fads that don't work. You may lose some weight this week, but it will come back the second you eat a bowl of soup or some bread. You can also do permanent damage to your organs, depending on how long you do it.

This is from your profile statement...

"Hey Everyone!! I am Ariana, and I really want to lose 47 lbs. I look good but the problem is that deep inside of my heart I know I am not healthy!! So I want to basically be a fit and healthy person."

Malnourishment isn't the way to achieve your goals of being a fit and healthy person.

My advice would be to not do any kind of liquid diet. It takes a lot of energy out of you and if you do it wrong it can cause a lot of problems.
Plus, once you start eating again, you'll gain, and more than likely you'll want to go back to liquids. It can be a bad cycle.
It sounds like a good idea, I know, I was thinking about doing the same thing.

What you do is, cut out pop, cut down junk food (don't deprive yourself, but don't over indulge) and cut down red meat.

If you're really determined to do a liquid diet, talk to your doctor, get an approved diet from them and ONLY do it if they say it's okay. Don't go back and forth, you'll just yo-yo your weight,

Hello, everybody!

Im Ariana, and I started my liquid diet today... Im not sure if I'm doing everything right, but Im gonna try it out for about 3 or 4 days and see how my body reacts to it.

Im planning on drinking juice (sugar free), coffee (using water), tea, and water, and maybe vitamin water... But the most important thing is that I dont touch any chocolate, sweets, or any of that stuff. Im also thinking of eating a light breakfast each morning to start my system.... Any advice, guys?


Love, Ariana

What juice is sugar free?

How else would you make coffee?

Choose a more long term and sustainable approach to weight loss.

I'm doing a protein water 1 day diet, every other day. It's basically 100% Whey protein mixed with water and you drink that for the entire day, about 8-9 glasses. It's supposed to keep you full because of the protein and your body "eats" the stored nutrients that the body holds on to. It's the Jennifer Jolan diet. On the off days you eat normally or I should say healthy. It's not as extreme as just fasting, but it does cleanse the body and helps with the weight. I've been doing it off and on for a while and I've lost a couple of inches.

WTF

OP, I hope you can tell from the response here that no one is going to support you on a liquid diet because it;'s unhealthy and frankly, it's downright dangerous. I know whereof I speak.

Back when Oprah lost a wagon-full of fat on a liquid diet called Optifast, I signed up. Sure, I lost weight, and fast....about 20 lbs, in 3 weeks. But the re-introduction to solid food was sorely lacking. When I finally DID eat, the weight came back and then some....just as quickly as it came off.

Also, while on this liquid diet, I had to know where every bathroom in the tri-county area was, because your poo is watery and very explosive. I was exhausted and felt weak alllll the time because of the malnutrition.

The ONLY thing that works is following your TDEE and exercising. Of course you will not lose as fast as a liquid diet, but you will be healthier, stronger, have more energy, and if you're doing it right, it will become a lifestyle instead of a diet.

I'm doing a protein water 1 day diet, every other day. It's basically 100% Whey protein mixed with water and you drink that for the entire day, about 8-9 glasses. It's supposed to keep you full because of the protein and your body "eats" the stored nutrients that the body holds on to. It's the Jennifer Jolan diet. On the off days you eat normally or I should say healthy. It's not as extreme as just fasting, but it does cleanse the body and helps with the weight. I've been doing it off and on for a while and I've lost a couple of inches.

Please . . . . tell me you're kidding.

Hello, everybody!

Im Ariana, and I started my liquid diet today... Im not sure if I'm doing everything right, but Im gonna try it out for about 3 or 4 days and see how my body reacts to it.

Im planning on drinking juice (sugar free), coffee (using water), tea, and water, and maybe vitamin water... But the most important thing is that I dont touch any chocolate, sweets, or any of that stuff. Im also thinking of eating a light breakfast each morning to start my system.... Any advice, guys?


Love, Ariana

Sugar free juice, isn't that water? How do you propose to give your body all the protein, essential fatty acids, fibre, minerals and vitamins it needs for optimum function? Otherwise expect your digestive system to stop, you to become constipated, dehydrated, put your body into a state of stress, if you are 'lucky' a dangerous electrolyte imbalance. Coffee and tea are both diuretic, not in any way unhealthy as a small component of a healthy diet not so much as a huge proportion.

Oh yes you can easily dehydrate even on a liquid diet, your body needs macronutrients to hold onto that water. And no the body cannot tell the difference between a very low calorie diet/ 'detox'/ 'cleanse' and a famine.

My advice is to befriend a few of these people on here, and then view what they eat in their diaries. Use it to figure out what to eat yourself.

Let MFP calculate your calories, or find out your TDEE. Add in some healthy exercise, and you got a plan that will work in the long term.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12 < always a good thread to read for a newbie.

Start out slow, don't let it overwhelm you and cause you to quit.

OP, I hope you can tell from the response here that no one is going to support you on a liquid diet because it;'s unhealthy and frankly, it's downright dangerous. I know whereof I speak.

Back when Oprah lost a wagon-full of fat on a liquid diet called Optifast, I signed up. Sure, I lost weight, and fast....about 20 lbs, in 3 weeks. But the re-introduction to solid food was sorely lacking. When I finally DID eat, the weight came back and then some....just as quickly as it came off.

Also, while on this liquid diet, I had to know where every bathroom in the tri-county area was, because your poo is watery and very explosive. I was exhausted and felt weak alllll the time because of the malnutrition.

The ONLY thing that works is following your TDEE and exercising. Of course you will not lose as fast as a liquid diet, but you will be healthier, stronger, have more energy, and if you're doing it right, it will become a lifestyle instead of a diet.

Jana, I totally remember when Oprah went on her liquid Optifast diet (though I thought it was slim fast because that's what I tried - didn't work). She came out looking all slim and slender - and then she gained it all back and then some because she started to eat real food again!

OP, this could happen to you too and really upend your metabolism That would be awful for you.

Liquid Diets.... Am I doing it wrong?

Yes.

Definitely yes. Try looking it intermittent fasting instead, if this kind of thing appeals.