anyone have any success juicing?

I've been juicing on and off since I first saw Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (available to watch free on youtube)
I am currently on day 6 of a 10 day Juice only reboot and I have lost 2.2kgs in 5days.

I have a page following my journey on FB if you want to know more PM me.

I will be juicing on and off for the rest of my life as I'm not a huge fan of vegetables and this way I get more than ever.

I can't wait to buy a slow juicer!

Where can I get some good juicing recipes?

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No Magic Bullet
Meal replacements are no magic bullet. As with most diets, the reason people who stop using meal replacements regain their weight is because they return to a higher caloric intake. Plus using meal replacements may not teach you how to make healthy choices about food and exercise that will help you maintain your weight loss over time. Meal replacements can also be expensive and may not provide all the nutrients you need.

One reason as to why diets often do not work is that they are temporary interventions and do not address the issues really at hand: what is causing a person to eat a certain way and why? Most diets, for instance, prescribe certain eating habits that you follow for a specific period. Yet once that period ends, you are left to battle with your old eating patterns. Although you may have lost weight, you did not learn anything about nutrition, nor were you taught how to modify your old eating habits to maintain the weight you have achieved.

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I'm starting to get interested in juicing after reading this thread. Does anyone have any recommendations of different, healthy juices to make? We have a juicer (and never used it). I need some ideas....

Here is a nice recipe for mean green.. I use only ONE apple to reduce calories, but if you're just starting out you'll need the sweetness of 2.

2 granny smith apples
1 cucumber
4 cellery ribs
1/2 to 1 lemon
3 to 8 leaves of kale or some other green such as collards, spinach or turnip greens.
1 thumb size piece of ginger (start with less.. ginger takes getting used to)

You need the lemon to balance out the bitter from the greens and then the sweet from the apples helps balance out the sour.. If you have calories to spare, add an orange, it really kicks up the sweetness.. also you can put some stevia to balance out the sour. If you're just starting out use fewer kale leaves. they do take getting used to.

Here's a nice sweet recipe.. this juice is like a dessert to me:

1 pound carrots- peel them if you want to reduce bitterness
2 oranges
2 granny smith or pink lady apples
1 thumb of ginger
1 cup ripe strawberries.
1 peeled cucumber

ZOMG! so yummy, but lots of natural sugars from the carrots and fruits.


Spiderman juice: This is my 5 year old nephew's favorite juice. I'm not sure why he calls it spiderman juice though! He actually climbs up on a kitchen chair makes it himself in my sister's omega horizontal juicer!

1 apple
1 orange
3 carrots
1 cucmber
3 kale leaves
and a just enough of a piece of a beet to give it a nice maroon color.

General tips: If you want to reduce calories in juice add more cucumber. Cucumbers have only 23 calories per cup of juice so it really helps reduce the per cup calorie count in juice.

Kale juice and dark green juices have quite a lot of calories, but that's because they are soooo nutrient dense and even have a fair amount of protein. Be careful at first with the green juices they take getting used to for both your palate and your tummy!

Thanks for the recipes. I'm new to this juicing idea. It sounds so healthy. I don't think I want to do a fast but I would like to incorporate it into my daily program. It seems like so many ingredients. How many servings are for each drink? Like the carrott called for 1 pound. How do you know how many carbs & calories they are? One more question before I invest in a juicer are there any brands or places you would recommend to try to see if I like it. THANKS!!!

I love this guy.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKT3JVXbhIg His information was really helpful for me in selecting a juicer. I've watched hours and hours of his videos about juicing and raw living. I'm not a raw foodist but I do like to incorporate more healthy foods into my diet.
As for amounts.. it's hard to know.. some juicers are more efficient than others, some vegetables are juicier than others. The carrot one yielded about 40 ish ounces.. Which is enough for 3 people or if you store in an airtight container you can keep it until the next day. For me carrots leave the most wasted pulp but fortunately they're also very inexpensive.. I mean a pound of carrots is under a dollar.. even less if you buy in bulk.
Also check out myphytos.com you can get recipes there and it estimates calories and yield.. To give you an idea of calories, cucmber juice is 26 calories per cup, carrot juice is 90 calories per cup. Apple juice is 100 calories per cup. Orange juice has 110 calories per cup., celery juice has 40 calories per cup, Kale juice has 113 calories per cup (but compared to apple juice it has less sugar and lots more protein)