Anyone Juicing?

Hanjamlan
Hanjamlan Posts: 34 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I just bought a juicer this week and Im pretty excited to see how i feel and look in a month! I got a Breville. But it isn't juicing my brocoli or spinach and only some of my carrots. What is a good juicer (I might return mine) and also what were your RESULTS!!!
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  • Hanjamlan
    Hanjamlan Posts: 34 Member
    Is anyone juicing and seeing results?
  • echamin
    echamin Posts: 41 Member
    I just got the Nutri Bullet and I LOVE it...so easy to use and clean. I just got it mainly to make some fresh juices...so no results yet.
  • Virgo09
    Virgo09 Posts: 85 Member
    I have the Breville BJE200XL Compact Juice Fountain 700-Watt Juice Extractor and works fine to me. I bought it about 5 years ago and its still going strong. As far as results, I'm on my 6th day of juicing and have lost a total of 7 lbs. I'm mainly doing it to reset and reboot my body as I've been eating a ton of junk food so losing weight is a bonus.
  • Hanjamlan
    Hanjamlan Posts: 34 Member
    Wow you lost 7 pounds in 6 days! Thats crazy awesome! Are you only drinking juice or just making one meal of it? and what are you juicing because i can't think of good veggies to put in that will actually get juiced. Many veggies the juicer throws in the trash container.
  • NanzyBoek
    NanzyBoek Posts: 151 Member
    Bump
    I want to by a juicer and need info to
  • Virgo09
    Virgo09 Posts: 85 Member
    I have a cup (or 2) of coffee in the morning and the rest is strickly juicing. Here's a few that you can try out. Let me know how it worked out for you. Happy Juicing! :smile:

    Fresh Start Juice:
    2 med apples
    3 med carrots
    4 stalk of celery.

    Beginner Green Juice:
    Apples - 3 medium (3" dia)
    Celery - 4 stalk, large (11"-12" long)
    Ginger - 0.25 thumb (1" dia)
    Lemon (with rind) - 1/2 fruit (2-1/8" dia)
    Orange (peeled) - 1 large (3-1/16" dia)
    Spinach - 5 cup

    Mean Green Juice:
    Apples (granny smith) - 2 medium (3" dia)
    Celery - 4 stalk, large (11"-12" long)
    Cucumber - 1 cucumber (8-1/4")
    Ginger - 1 thumb (1" dia)
    Kale - 6 leaf (8-12")
    Lemon - 1/2 fruit (2-3/8" dia)

    Orange Broccoli (My Favorite)
    Apples - 2 medium (3" dia)
    Broccoli - 1 stalk
    Carrots - 4 medium

    Full of Kale-Cium
    Apple - 1 medium (3" dia)
    Carrots - 3 medium
    Cilantro - 1 handful
    Collard Greens - 1 cup, chopped
    Kale - 4 leaf (8-12")
    Pepper (sweet red) - 1 medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2 dia.)

    Asparagus Delight:
    Asparagus - 4 spear, medium (5-1/4" to 7" long)
    Carrots - 3 large (7-1/4" to 8-/1/2" long)
    Celery - 2 stalk, large (11"-12" long)
  • NanzyBoek
    NanzyBoek Posts: 151 Member
    great recipes!
  • Hanjamlan
    Hanjamlan Posts: 34 Member
    thanks for those great ideas! i'll have to try them out! also, your juicer obviously does the spinach with no problem and doesn't spit anything out? Because My breville spit ALL my spinach out and didn't juice a thing.
  • cathrynfay
    cathrynfay Posts: 32
    I have started juicing, too. I bought a really cheap juicer to experiment. I'm not doing a total juice fast, but the juices are working well as a nutritious meal replacement drink for me part time.
  • Hendrix7
    Hendrix7 Posts: 1,903 Member
    Yeah I'm running 400mg of test e pw stacked with.....................oh wait.

    Ignore me.
  • KeepGoingRhonda
    KeepGoingRhonda Posts: 527 Member
    check out "kitten the juice pirate" on fb! She is a serious juicer and has lost a ton of weight!
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    results how?
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    i prefer the all natural route
  • Hanjamlan
    Hanjamlan Posts: 34 Member
    ok i'll look that up thanks, I would also like to know if it helped girls who were around 5' 3" 120 lbs. Maybe lose some fat or something? Or have a flatter stomach?
  • Hanjamlan
    Hanjamlan Posts: 34 Member
    results how?

    Results like losing weight or having a more fit body or just feeling better overall.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    ok i'll look that up thanks, I would also like to know if it helped girls who were around 5' 3" 120 lbs. Maybe lose some fat or something? Or have a flatter stomach?
    This makes no sense. calorie deficits make you lose fat. They also make your stomach flatter. So does exercise, particularly strength training. Never saw anyone ever lose all their tummy fat with food unless a calorie deficit was involved.

    To have a 'fit' body you need to do something to make yourself fit.
  • taiyola
    taiyola Posts: 964 Member
    I would stick with a smoothie maker rather than juicer - having just juice is getting rid of the fiber and good stuff in the skins etc.

    I want to buy a new one as mine's quite old now and I don't use it much, but I used to make a protein smoothie with whey, frozen berries,yogurt, lemon juice etc.

    Look up Jason Vale for recipes.
  • taiyola
    taiyola Posts: 964 Member
    ok i'll look that up thanks, I would also like to know if it helped girls who were around 5' 3" 120 lbs. Maybe lose some fat or something? Or have a flatter stomach?
    This makes no sense. calorie deficits make you lose fat. They also make your stomach flatter. So does exercise, particularly strength training. Never saw anyone ever lose all their tummy fat with food unless a calorie deficit was involved.

    This. You cannot spot reduce and choose where you lose fat from - you decrease your body fat all over.
    Having a calorie deficit is what makes you lose weight, regardless of whether that is from juice or pizza every day.

    Having a juice a day as a snack for extra vitamins rather than replacing a wholesome meal with carbs, protein and healthy fats is a better idea.
  • Hanjamlan
    Hanjamlan Posts: 34 Member
    Well If you are eating really healthy, like only the good stuff, then won't that help your body lose weight and fat and whatever else. I am also having a deficiency in calories and working out but Im replacing the bad food I usually eat with the "good stuff". It just seems like that will help big time. Am i right?
  • vinchass9
    vinchass9 Posts: 36
    Yeah bro, been on the juice for some time now. Been seeing killer results.
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    This is way off topic, but i think you will get more results from

    SQUATS!!!!!!

    with a barbell

    try
    http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/The_Starting_Strength_Novice/Beginner_Programs

    or
    http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-beginner-strength-training-program/

    you will not be sorry.
  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    Drinking juice isn't gonna do much for your fitness, unfortunately. You need to actually perform exercise to see fitness gains.
  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    This is way off topic, but i think you will get more results from

    SQUATS!!!!!!

    with a barbell

    try
    http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/The_Starting_Strength_Novice/Beginner_Programs

    or
    http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-beginner-strength-training-program/

    you will not be sorry.

    Now that's a good idea! Do that, OP. Forget your wussy Breville juicer that won't even juice greens....
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    I have an omega 8004/8006 model and couldn't be happier. I don't feel like juicing is a weight loss tool.. if you do a juice fast, weight loss is just a side effect. I did my fast to try to reduce the inflammation I was having causing excruciating joint pain. I'm not knocking juice fasting if that is your plan.. I did a 30 day fast in August and it was AWESOME.. it is just not a weight loss miracle.. It can be a gateway into a healthier lifestyle however. Juicing really helped me break my reliance on wheat and also was the first indicator to me that I actually had a wheat intolerence (on my juice fast my joint pain subsided, but when I returned to a diet of whole grains, meats, veggies and some juicing the pain came back)

    NOW here's the kicker... All the introspective thinking I did during the fast.. and proving to myself that I did indeed have discipline, made me take a long hard look at myself and my weight issues... ultimately I decided to undergo weightloss surgery. I'm not advocating WLS for others, I'm just saying that the juice fast was really beneficial for me physically and mentally and it really helped set me on the path to better health.
  • taiyola
    taiyola Posts: 964 Member
    Well If you are eating really healthy, like only the good stuff, then won't that help your body lose weight and fat and whatever else. I am also having a deficiency in calories and working out but Im replacing the bad food I usually eat with the "good stuff". It just seems like that will help big time. Am i right?

    No. Calories in vs. calories out. What those calories are do not matter. Would you feel better eating healthier? Probably.
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    There was a thread here a while back asking for results from anyone who had lost 10+ lbs weight and kept it off with juicing, and there were no respondents who had done so. Just saying. Supplement your juice with whole foods and hit the heavy weights for real results.
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    I have a cup (or 2) of coffee in the morning and the rest is strickly juicing. Here's a few that you can try out. Let me know how it worked out for you. Happy Juicing! :smile:

    Fresh Start Juice:
    2 med apples
    3 med carrots
    4 stalk of celery.

    Beginner Green Juice:
    Apples - 3 medium (3" dia)
    Celery - 4 stalk, large (11"-12" long)
    Ginger - 0.25 thumb (1" dia)
    Lemon (with rind) - 1/2 fruit (2-1/8" dia)
    Orange (peeled) - 1 large (3-1/16" dia)
    Spinach - 5 cup

    Mean Green Juice:
    Apples (granny smith) - 2 medium (3" dia)
    Celery - 4 stalk, large (11"-12" long)
    Cucumber - 1 cucumber (8-1/4")
    Ginger - 1 thumb (1" dia)
    Kale - 6 leaf (8-12")
    Lemon - 1/2 fruit (2-3/8" dia)

    Orange Broccoli (My Favorite)
    Apples - 2 medium (3" dia)
    Broccoli - 1 stalk
    Carrots - 4 medium

    Full of Kale-Cium
    Apple - 1 medium (3" dia)
    Carrots - 3 medium
    Cilantro - 1 handful
    Collard Greens - 1 cup, chopped
    Kale - 4 leaf (8-12")
    Pepper (sweet red) - 1 medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2 dia.)

    Asparagus Delight:
    Asparagus - 4 spear, medium (5-1/4" to 7" long)
    Carrots - 3 large (7-1/4" to 8-/1/2" long)
    Celery - 2 stalk, large (11"-12" long)

    These sound so yummy! Do they make an 8oz glass of juice?

    When you track this do you track them as the fresh raw veggie? Or some other way..

    I miss juice.. and I'm looking for a good inexpensive juicer to add to my kitchen. i will use it to supplement my diet, not to replace meals.
  • Hanjamlan
    Hanjamlan Posts: 34 Member
    All good responses. Thanks guys!
  • Flintbeats810
    Flintbeats810 Posts: 84 Member
    I didn't think Juicing was intended as a SOLO weight loss tool. I think its fine when done in conjunction with other forms of working out and healthy eating. My wife juices and I do it when i can (not as a fast;mostly asa part of breakfast.. I just look at it as a way to get more nurtients and vitamins that i might not have eaten other wise.
  • Kanohane
    Kanohane Posts: 112 Member
    I just got the Nutri Bullet and I LOVE it...so easy to use and clean. I just got it mainly to make some fresh juices...so no results yet.
    I got the cheapest juicer available at $29.99...it works great but then I saw the nutribullet....so I went and got a cheap smoothie blender...the products taste so much better, no wasted fruit, and easy cleanup! I'm new to juice fasting but I diet soda/water fasted for 4 days and lost 8.4lbs, I felt really refreshed......also I found this morning that cantaloupe/pineapple/watermelon juice is pretty awful.......

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