Juicing/Cleanse Success Stories!
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Everyone's body is different - I personally have found that sugar is a major problem for me as well as dairy. Even if I severely limit the amount of dairy I take in, I will not lose any weight - I cannot have any at all if I want to lose weight. But everyone is different and you have to learn what works for you and find other ways to get the nutrients you need. It's a process
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Wouldn't a water-fast be the caloric deficit the OP was wanting to avoid? [...]
Thank you for this clarification. I'm certainly not silly enough to think that you won't lose weight if you do nothing but drink water. Hopefully (!!) we can all agree that doing something like that would be dangerous at best and deadly at worst. Probably not sustainable because as soon as you're done, you're going to want to eat everything you can get your hands on to repair your body.
I don't want any advocacy of "irresponsible" juice-fasting - - sort of like just drinking water, or only taking in a portion of your necessary macro/micro-nutrients via juice.0 -
I have not exactly tracked it (because the purpose was not to lose weight, but to get healthier and elimitane some medical problems) but I do know that I did not gain weight shortly thereafter - I even continued to lose a little. But after several months of slowly adding back all the foods I shouldn't be eating, I did gain around 5-6 lbs back each time, but never anything close to what I lost.I have had great success with cleanses but I you should ONLY do it under a doctor's care - I am skeptical about the safety of doing it on your own. Every year, I do a 30 day cleanse program with my chiropractor's office in a group and I lose at least 15 lbs each time. More importantly than the weight loss, it helps you identify which foods trigger weight gain and other symptoms in your body and how to stay away from them in the future. With no exercising, my starting weight was 245 lbs before my first cleanse and I am now at 208 three years later. Now that I have a handle on what foods to avoid, my cravings are nearly gone for those things and I can focus on exercising and really losing the next 50 lbs!
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Everyone's body is different - I personally have found that sugar is a major problem for me as well as dairy. Even if I severely limit the amount of dairy I take in, I will not lose any weight - I cannot have any at all if I want to lose weight. But everyone is different and you have to learn what works for you and find other ways to get the nutrients you need. It's a process
Regarding everyone being different, I think that's true with with allergies and triggers, etc. I know, that for whatever reason, that if I drink diet soft drinks my appetite seems to increase. If I let myself get out of control I'll eat a lot more than I need to in a day. I know that if I did that habitually I'd probably really start packing on the pounds, LOL!
I'm curious about the Chiropractic cleanse, though, if we graphed your weight loss, how that line would look. It sounds like most people put some water weight back on after going off a cleanse so I assume it would go up again shortly after. Have you tracked and do you have sort of a little roller-coaster effect at the cleanse points? Do you track your calories consistently as well? Sorry for the delay in my questions but I had some things come up at work.0 -
I have had great success with cleanses but I you should ONLY do it under a doctor's care - I am skeptical about the safety of doing it on your own. Every year, I do a 30 day cleanse program with my chiropractor's office in a group and I lose at least 15 lbs each time. More importantly than the weight loss, it helps you identify which foods trigger weight gain and other symptoms in your body and how to stay away from them in the future. With no exercising, my starting weight was 245 lbs before my first cleanse and I am now at 208 three years later. Now that I have a handle on what foods to avoid, my cravings are nearly gone for those things and I can focus on exercising and really losing the next 50 lbs! Good Luck!
What foods trigger weight gain?
Any food will trigger weight gain if you eat too much of it.
^What she said. My heaviest was 245 and I just struggled to teach myself about eating better, portions...and working hard to stop binges. Doing that also helped me realize what foods were messing with my body and also triggering my migraines.0 -
Everyone's body is different - I personally have found that sugar is a major problem for me as well as dairy. Even if I severely limit the amount of dairy I take in, I will not lose any weight - I cannot have any at all if I want to lose weight. But everyone is different and you have to learn what works for you and find other ways to get the nutrients you need. It's a processI have had great success with cleanses but I you should ONLY do it under a doctor's care - I am skeptical about the safety of doing it on your own. Every year, I do a 30 day cleanse program with my chiropractor's office in a group and I lose at least 15 lbs each time. More importantly than the weight loss, it helps you identify which foods trigger weight gain and other symptoms in your body and how to stay away from them in the future. With no exercising, my starting weight was 245 lbs before my first cleanse and I am now at 208 three years later. Now that I have a handle on what foods to avoid, my cravings are nearly gone for those things and I can focus on exercising and really losing the next 50 lbs! Good Luck!
What foods trigger weight gain?
Any food will trigger weight gain if you eat too much of it. 0 -
Everyone's body is different - I personally have found that sugar is a major problem for me as well as dairy. Even if I severely limit the amount of dairy I take in, I will not lose any weight - I cannot have any at all if I want to lose weight. But everyone is different and you have to learn what works for you and find other ways to get the nutrients you need. It's a process
Juicing can be dangerous for people with blood sugar problems- it greatly increases the glycemic load of fruits and vegetables. It's like mainlining fructose.
There were a couple days I remember when I was really really busy and I unintentionally "juiced" - meaning I had a couple of those Naked and Odwalla juices. I ended up really shaky and setting off my migraines. It wasn't the juice because I've had days when I would forget to eat because I got busy and ended up the same way.
I'm just one of those peoples that can't juice or fast because I need food daily otherwise, I end up sick, light headed, or setting off my migraines which can last up to 2-3 days.0 -
Everyone's body is different - I personally have found that sugar is a major problem for me as well as dairy. Even if I severely limit the amount of dairy I take in, I will not lose any weight - I cannot have any at all if I want to lose weight. But everyone is different and you have to learn what works for you and find other ways to get the nutrients you need. It's a process
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I have not exactly tracked it (because the purpose was not to lose weight, but to get healthier and elimitane some medical problems) but I do know that I did not gain weight shortly thereafter - I even continued to lose a little. But after several months of slowly adding back all the foods I shouldn't be eating, I did gain around 5-6 lbs back each time, but never anything close to what I lost.
I see; I wish I could have all the data :laugh: !! Interesting to hear about the elimination of foods right after the cleanse, and maybe some lost ground associated with letting your diet revert to pre-cleanse eating.
Was the change in diet right after the cleanse a part of the plan, or was that something that you sort of planned to do yourself, with the cleanse being the kicking-off point? If not weight did you track calories? Sorry again for so many questions.What she said. My heaviest was 245 and I just struggled to teach myself about eating better, poritons...and working hard to stop binges. Doing that also helped me realize what foods were messing with my body and also triggering my migraines.
Exactly! Like with diet coke for me. Also, really refined foods like donuts, crackers/chips. I swear I could eat a ton in a sitting and if I start even a little bit, I end up overeating and those are always trigger foods for me. I think it's more because of how much I eat though!0 -
Don't worry about all the questionsI have not exactly tracked it (because the purpose was not to lose weight, but to get healthier and elimitane some medical problems) but I do know that I did not gain weight shortly thereafter - I even continued to lose a little. But after several months of slowly adding back all the foods I shouldn't be eating, I did gain around 5-6 lbs back each time, but never anything close to what I lost.
I see; I wish I could have all the data :laugh: !! Interesting to hear about the elimination of foods right after the cleanse, and maybe some lost ground associated with letting your diet revert to pre-cleanse eating.
Was the change in diet right after the cleanse a part of the plan, or was that something that you sort of planned to do yourself, with the cleanse being the kicking-off point? If not weight did you track calories? Sorry again for so many questions.What she said. My heaviest was 245 and I just struggled to teach myself about eating better, poritons...and working hard to stop binges. Doing that also helped me realize what foods were messing with my body and also triggering my migraines.
Exactly! Like with diet coke for me. Also, really refined foods like donuts, crackers/chips. I swear I could eat a ton in a sitting and if I start even a little bit, I end up overeating and those are always trigger foods for me. I think it's more because of how much I eat though! Feel free to friend me if you want more info - I could go on all day. Basically, the cleanse consists of eliminating all processed foods, caffiene, alcohol, sugar, dairy, wheat, etc. Pretty much you eat as much as you want, but it can only be fruits, veggies, lean organic meats and fish and some nuts (there are portion suggestions for each category to make sure you are eating a balanced diet) And the doctor gave us supplements to help get rid of the stored-up toxins that all the processed foods have left over the years. The refined sugars are a HUGE problem for me, too! But eliminating them comletely for 30 days at a time have helped me with binging and I find it easier to stop myself before I start now. I'm not perfect yet, and I doubt I ever will be - but I know I'm much healthier than I used to be! 0 -
Don't worry about all the questions Feel free to friend me if you want more info - I could go on all day. Basically, the cleanse consists of eliminating all processed foods, caffiene, alcohol, sugar, dairy, wheat, etc. Pretty much you eat as much as you want, but it can only be fruits, veggies, lean organic meats and fish and some nuts (there are portion suggestions for each category to make sure you are eating a balanced diet) And the doctor gave us supplements to help get rid of the stored-up toxins that all the processed foods have left over the years. The refined sugars are a HUGE problem for me, too! But eliminating them comletely for 30 days at a time have helped me with binging and I find it easier to stop myself before I start now. I'm not perfect yet, and I doubt I ever will be - but I know I'm much healthier than I used to be!
Fresh fruits, veggies, lean meat and fish sounds like a pretty great diet (like, diet in the sense of panda's diet is bamboo) actually; it's not even what I thought of as a "cleanse."
But I can see how after being on that, and being used to eating your fill, if you started incorporating some nutritionally void things with empty calories, it would be easy to start putting a little weight back on.0 -
Can't stop laughing at this thread. displaynamE, I love you so damn hard.
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Can't stop laughing at this thread. displaynamE, I love you so damn hard.
I'm serious; ?
However, I do love you back.0 -
Can't stop laughing at this thread. displaynamE, I love you so damn hard.
I'm serious; ?
However, I do love you back.
Oh! My apologies. Carry on. I hope someone comes forward with a true success story soon, there MUST be some out there
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Oh! My apologies. Carry on. I hope someone comes forward with a true success story soon, there MUST be some out there
There have been several, sort of! I'm not ready to compile a thesis out of the thread just yet but this has, preliminarily, established to my satisfaction that there are positive results that people have obtained through cleansing/juice fasting.0 -
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There's a documentary called "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead".0
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There's a documentary called "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead".
That is a true statement. ("bump.")0 -
Does it count a doctor once told my husband to stop juicing because he didn't need to be "that" big?0
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Dang, another NON steroid thread!
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I shower daily, wear clean underwear, and drink juice once or twice a week, often more.
I have lost weight permanently by eating well and exercising, and most importantly, learning good sustainable habits.0 -
I recently (Jan 2013) did a 3 day juice fast (www.theripestuffcleanse.com), not expecting any sustained weight loss, just looking to help break some habits. However, I lost 6 pounds (and I was not significantly overweight) and kept it off. I attribute the keeping it off to logging my calories in MFP, staying under my calorie goal 90% of the time, and incorporating 1-2 juices into my daily intake. A month later, I am now fasting again (this time, doing a homemade cleanse) for 3 days. I am on day 3 right now and have already lost 4 more pounds (so I'm now in a healthy weight range for my height). I am hoping that this 3-day fast once a month will help me accelerate my weight loss and bust through plateaus. So far, it's looking good. I hope this helps!0
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I recently (Jan 2013) did a 3 day juice fast (www.theripestuffcleanse.com), not expecting any sustained weight loss, just looking to help break some habits. However, I lost 6 pounds (and I was not significantly overweight) and kept it off. I attribute the keeping it off to logging my calories in MFP, staying under my calorie goal 90% of the time, and incorporating 1-2 juices into my daily intake. A month later, I am now fasting again (this time, doing a homemade cleanse) for 3 days. I am on day 3 right now and have already lost 4 more pounds (so I'm now in a healthy weight range for my height). I am hoping that this 3-day fast once a month will help me accelerate my weight loss and bust through plateaus. So far, it's looking good. I hope this helps!
Thank you for sharing this story Sudzie. One thing that seems consistent between your story and the others is the value of a juice fast or cleanse as a habit-breaking ceremony. It seems when folks talk about "kick starting" weight loss with a cleanse really they mean memorializing the end of their old habits and a ceremony before starting new ones. It sounds like this was incredibly successful in that regard for you. It also sounds like you have no illusions about what is causing your sustained success - - good tracking and keeping a good calorie intake/output ratio.
I'm curious what the six lost pounds were since you were able to keep them off - - I have understood that there are 3500 calories in a pound of fat so to burn six full pounds of fat, you would have to burn 6 * 3500 calories in three days; it couldn't have all been fat. But since you kept the weight off, it also couldn't have all been water - - dehydration would've resolved as soon as you resumed more normal eating behaviors. So not fat or water. You probably couldn't have catabolized six pounds of your own muscle in that short amount of time either. That much of a loss of bone density or calcium also seems unlikely. Very curious.
In any event, congratulations on what sounds like a really good plan and a really sustainable and fundamentally healthy lifestyle you've created!!! Thank you for your time in responding to my query.0 -
I know this isn't exactly what your looking for, but I did the 15 day reboot on www.rebootwithjoe.com. I lost 9 lbs in 15days. The reason I did the 15 day was because its 5 days of meals with juicing, then 5 days of juicing, then 5 days of meals and juicing. When I was on the meals portion I tried to make a different meal everyday to give me ideas for after my reboot of what to keep eating. I knew I wanted to incorporate other foods back into my diet like chicken, milk, and eggs. I have done this I have kept that weight off, (it has only been 3 weeks), but I've been doing insanity and I've gone from not being able to do a real push up to being able to do moving pushups and push up jacks. Most of the foods I eat are fruits and vegetables. You can take a look at my diary if you would like. Don't judge on yesterday though, I didn't have time to prepare before I went to work, so I ate what was at work and those are the things they had.
Anyways I hope this helps you a little bit. I don't think it is exactly what you were looking for, but it is my experience.0 -
I know this isn't exactly what your looking for, but I did the 15 day reboot on www.rebootwithjoe.com. I lost 9 lbs in 15days. The reason I did the 15 day was because its 5 days of meals with juicing, then 5 days of juicing, then 5 days of meals and juicing. When I was on the meals portion I tried to make a different meal everyday to give me ideas for after my reboot of what to keep eating. I knew I wanted to incorporate other foods back into my diet like chicken, milk, and eggs. I have done this I have kept that weight off, (it has only been 3 weeks), but I've been doing insanity and I've gone from not being able to do a real push up to being able to do moving pushups and push up jacks. Most of the foods I eat are fruits and vegetables. You can take a look at my diary if you would like. Don't judge on yesterday though, I didn't have time to prepare before I went to work, so I ate what was at work and those are the things they had.
Anyways I hope this helps you a little bit. I don't think it is exactly what you were looking for, but it is my experience.
I did look at your diary - thank you for sharing that. You have a really reasonable calorie target and appear to be doing a fantastic job at sticking to it. I am tempted to credit a lot of success to your persistence and diligence in recording and you're awesome hard work and progress in your strength and cardio training - - more than the liquid diet anyway.
Do you know the sort of calories you were taking in while on the plan? Was it still a substantial deficit?
As I thought when reading Sudzie's story, I'm having a hard time figuring out what nine pounds might have been lost in 15 days. It couldn't have been all fat because you would've had to be on a total starvation diet to burn 31,500 calories of fat in that time. If it was all catabolized muscle mass that your body used, you would've definitely noticed and felt very ill afterward. If it was water weight, that just fluctuates anyway so it shouldn't have been kept off consistently.
I hope that if four months comes and goes and you've continued to see great success, that you attribute it to your own awesome work!! :happy: :flowerforyou: Great job so far!0 -
i just started juicing, also adding chia seeds to the juice. I watched a documentary called "hungry for change" if you are looking for proof, check this video out on Netflix0
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i just started juicing, also adding chia seeds to the juice. I watched a documentary called "hungry for change" if you are looking for proof, check this video out on Netflix
I LOVE LOVE LOVE chia seeds. Protein, fat, fiber, carb, all rolled up into these little tiny seeds. They can be used as a thickener too because of the mucilage they form in fluids. Awesome stuff!
I try to steer clear of those sorts of documentaries with an agenda though, because they always seem really manipulative to me. Stuff like that is one of the reasons I started this thread was to just talk with people who've had the first-hand experience, rather than some editor in a video booth splicing an interview.
It sounds like maybe you're supplementing your diet with juices rather than embarking on a cleanse, and also you just started; so perhaps not meeting the explicit criteria of the thread but definitely embarking on a new possibly healthier intake regimen. Looking at the success stories so far it sounds like you'll be seeing success if this is just a small component in your new, broader healthy lifestyle. Good luck to you and check back in!!0 -
There's a documentary called "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead".
That is a true statement. ("bump.")
^L.O.L.
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There's a documentary called "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead".
That is a true statement. ("bump.")
^L.O.L.
eta: apologies for the necromancing
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There is *never* an acceptable reason for thread necromancy.
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There's a documentary called "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead".
That is a true statement. ("bump.")
^L.O.L.
eta: apologies for the necromancing
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Don't need a bunch of negative nellies telling me it's impossible, I'm just trying to find someone, anyone, who has the proof that such a thing has worked, and that it's unattributable to a simple caloric deficit over time.
Criteria - - Anyone on the site who attributes a significant amount of sustained weight loss (defined as greater than 10% of your pre-regimen body weight, kept off for at least four months after regimen termination).
So, for instance, if you started at 200lbs, you lost 20lbs arriving at or below 180lbs, and stayed at or below that new weight for at least four months after getting there, and you attribute that to a cleanse or juice diet.
No stories about a friend of a friend, I'm looking for primary sources only, please.
If you're still looking for data... I can tell you my story. I don't exactly fit all your criteria, but I might be pretty close to the sort of 'subject' you're looking for.0
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