anyone juicing? juice fast?

I did it for 14 days about a year ago. It helped me figure out some food allergies. I would not suggest it for weight loss. I loss 10 lbs but gained it back the minute I ate food again. I have had more success on MVP counting calories. Good Luck.

Post this in the nutrition section, and I hope you have thick skin and an open mind, because you may be in for a bumpy road with the responses.

^^ Yep, don't let your feelers get hurt..... but the people on this site are probably gonna try and eat you alive.

Personally, I wouldn't recommend going that long, but supplementing a healthy diet with juicing can be helpful. Good luck.

I keep going up and down and decided that I will start a juice fast today. My goal is to go at least 10 days but I would love to go 30. I don't do well with counting calories and I think I really need to cleanse my system and it hopefully will help my sugar addiction. Is anyone doing a juice fast? I would love to see before and after pictures.

Wait. Counting calories is hard, so you're going to juice your fruits and veggies (potentiality getting rid of the fiber that would help fill you up) and then drink that...without counting the calories in the juice, I presume, to cleans your body of something or other that your liver apparently can't handle, and help with an addiction to sugar (because there is no sugar in fruit or veggies.).

Well.

Good luck.

I would agree with others who say juicing is a nice supplement, but not a weight loss solution. I bought my juicer about 8 months ago and had a lot to learn. Juicing does remove a lot of things that are beneficial to your system, number one being fiber that keeps you full and helps regulate your system. Also, it takes a lot of fruit to make a full glass of juice, which adds up to a LOT of sugar. Unless you really like veggie juices (which I'm not a huge fan of), you will be taking in way too much sugar daily. I tried juicing for 3 days and wound up shaky and unable to sleep and going WAY over my recommended MFP sugar levels. Other people I know have done juicing "cleanses" but really all you wind up with is a lot of diarrhea and you gain most, if not all, of the weight back. If you want to switch things up but don't want to count calories, maybe try just a fruit and veggie binge for a week and see how you feel. I know juicing has its benefits but nothing can top the benefits from eating your fruits and veggies, and your system will be regulated enough that you will feel "cleansed". Just my humble opinion. :-) Good luck!

I have been juicing/clean eating for 6 days and so far I Love it! You have to figure out what appeals to you. I generally drink a juice for breakfast and for lunch and supper is a half a sandwich or tuna. Something light. That keeps me from feeling deprived. I take medication and can't rely on juice alone. But if you need a support group you can friend me and I will give you suggestions on combination that has worked for me. Also you may want to look up a website by Joe Cross called rebootingwithjoe.com hope this helps. :-)

Yes after 2 yrs of procrastination and saving, i finally in invested in a Vitamix 5200 at Costco -

I started today October 1st 2013 for 60 days (round about thanksgiving week). I weigh 156 and want to go down to 125. I am 4 ft 11. I want to loose weight and also stay healthy and fit. I drink at least 16 oz of juice at least 5-6 times a day as i did today (my first day) although i plan on eating a real healthy meal on the weekends.

Today is my 1st day and I made 3 recipes plus a 4th being my kale icecream with a dash of unsalted pistachio in the blend mix. MMM Yummy.

I do 70% green leaf vegetables and 30% fruits to give it the sweetness. I am strictly no sugar, I soak dates in coconut water (take out pits), It becomes thick like honey and thats my sugar.I blend in my vitamix different veggies including kale, spinach, zuchini, cumcumber, carrots, scoop of my Protein powder and flaxeseed. For sweetness apart from the dates, i get sweetness from my fruits like mangoes, peach, oranges, nectarine etc

I BLEND WITH WATER ONLY (NO PROCESSED JUICES WHATSOEVER, even if it saids 100% pure not from concentrate,i know thats a damn lie - I dont want it),

For snack I eat spinach ice cream or kale icecream (just spinach, frozen banana and my 2 tablespoon of home made date sugar for sweetness and 1 cup of my home made almond milk - ALL OF THESE MADE WITH THE VITAMIX).

VITAMIX ROCKS!! I WILL NEVER EVER USE A JUICER, I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR 2 YRS AND THIS VITAMIX IS THE BEST. For all the Juicer users, I bet ya , you can not make vegetable/fruit icecream (spinach ice cream in a juicer can ya?

So this is my day 1, will give you update on day 30 and day 60..

ps: I do leslie sansone 2 mile walk every morning (thats only 30 mins) and then 5 mile walk every evening (thats 60 mins only). I will do this 5 times a week. I drink my 1 galllon a day. Cannot live without water - But i notice the juicing is making me drink more water as i noticed today, I drank more than a gallon and obviously used the rest room to pee a lot (but thats okay)

Yall wish me luck. Day 1 with this juicing was excellent. I am not hungry at all. The vegetables smoothies are so filling.

ps: I get all my inspiration for various smoothie recipes from Youtube Vitamix Users - My favourite is this lady i discovered http://www.youtube.com/user/blenditandMendit - I also get different recipes from BlenderBabes and the Vitamix Recipe Manual.

Well I read your profile and am confused possibly....you are 100lbs and want to lose 30lbs?
The diet you suggest sounds really harsh unless you are grossly overweight....
As a mommy myself, I think a harsh strict diet is too stressful.
Juicing is a really great idea to add nutrition and fresh enzymes to your diet. But I think you should eat regular meals, too.
What do you mean by cleanse....do you mean your gut?

Yes Blending (not juicing), I stand corrected, Thank You Alex Veksler. After all We consume the delicious fibers, the Juicer Users throw it away. I am excited with my new investment (for my health) and I look forward to using it everyday. But the one thing i am kinda struggling with his getting the pillows in my icecream and turn the blender upside down like the do during the demos at costco. I tried it today with my spinach icecream but i think my ice cream was too liquidy to do that magic turning the blender upside down. I will get it right soon and ofcourse the 4 pillows.

As to the OP... I don't think just juicing or blending is a great idea for permanent weight loss unless you have a good plan, lots of research, and are over all making a change to your diet and lifestyle. Like MsAkosia seems to have a complete diet change in that she has moved to whole foods and is blending and this will be a part of her life forever. Is that your plan? If not, juicing for short term weight loss (especially for small amounts of weight) just rarely work. But incorporating juicing or blending can be very beneficial long term. I hope you re-consider the juicing and your diet. Maybe find a balance of some sort. But just juicing will not bring about permanent weight loss and you don't really 'need' a cleanse. If you start eating right, drink your water, and stay active, your body is darn good at flushing out the non-needed stuff. Good luck!

Fully agree with this. I've been doing research for the last several months and have been slowly transitioning into a whole foods, potentially vegetarian or vegan diet. (Haven't quite figured out that last part. I'm not sure what life would be like without eggs or cheese!) I've done the green smoothies for quite a few months and actually just bought a juicer this past week. I have watched Fat Sick & Nearly Dead, more than a couple times now, and I could see how a short term juice fast might kickstart a new health plan. But you really do have to have that plan in place and be committed to it. If this movie is your basis for the juice fast, you should note that Joe ate a whole foods diet for several months after his fast. That's the reason it was so successful. If you haven't seen the movie, you should! Quite inspirational. I know it's on Netflix, heard it's on hulu as well.

I started out my weightloss journey with juicing. I'm one who needs something very structured and I do NOT like to cook. I knew that juicing would give me healthy nutrients and a good kickstart to eating healthier and being more aware of my body. I was off work for the summer so I could give it a try because otherwise I was just going to eat crap and I had not as of yet discovered MFP.

I did 8 days of juicing and lost about 3 kg. Since then I have not juiced an entire day, I make sure that I get at least one regular food type thing per day. I would not go for 30 days unless you have A LOT of weight to lose. 7-10 days could be a good start but then switch to eating at least some food per day.

I'm happy I did it, but I wouldn't do it again. I'm juicing today, but I've also had some regular type food, too.

I do 70% green leaf vegetables and 30% fruits to give it the sweetness. I am strictly no sugar, I soak dates in coconut water (take out pits), It becomes thick like honey and thats my sugar.I blend in my vitamix different veggies including kale, spinach, zuchini, cumcumber, carrots, scoop of my Protein powder and flaxeseed. For sweetness apart from the dates, i get sweetness from my fruits like mangoes, peach, oranges, nectarine etc

Just an FYI, sugar from dates, fruit and honey is still sugar so to say you are stricktly no sugar is very misleading. Your body basically breaks it down and uses all sugars in the same way. This is a really good post to read to clear up the confusion

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1017237-so-what-s-with-this-sugar-then-faq

natural sugar from fruit is way better than white sugar, so when i say strictly no sugar - i am referring to white sugar as I see some will but in their smoothies or icecream blends to add sweetness to it.. I doubt that the Natural Sugar i get from fruit vs white sugar are the same ( i will read the article)

White sugar is natural too

I do 70% green leaf vegetables and 30% fruits to give it the sweetness. I am strictly no sugar, I soak dates in coconut water (take out pits), It becomes thick like honey and thats my sugar.I blend in my vitamix different veggies including kale, spinach, zuchini, cumcumber, carrots, scoop of my Protein powder and flaxeseed. For sweetness apart from the dates, i get sweetness from my fruits like mangoes, peach, oranges, nectarine etc

Just an FYI, sugar from dates, fruit and honey is still sugar so to say you are stricktly no sugar is very misleading. Your body basically breaks it down and uses all sugars in the same way. This is a really good post to read to clear up the confusion

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1017237-so-what-s-with-this-sugar-then-faq

natural sugar from fruit is way better than white sugar, so when i say strictly no sugar - i am referring to white sugar as I see some will but in their smoothies or icecream blends to add sweetness to it.. I doubt that the Natural Sugar i get from fruit vs white sugar are the same ( i will read the article)

White sugar is natural too

Ohhh So i guess sugar is sugar no matter what huh? and There is no such thing like healthy sugar whether its white processed or its from fruits. This is like catch 22. Nonetheless, I now prefer the natural sugar from my fruits like dates or orange juice and NOT the grocery store packaged white processed sugar.

I do 70% green leaf vegetables and 30% fruits to give it the sweetness. I am strictly no sugar, I soak dates in coconut water (take out pits), It becomes thick like honey and thats my sugar.I blend in my vitamix different veggies including kale, spinach, zuchini, cumcumber, carrots, scoop of my Protein powder and flaxeseed. For sweetness apart from the dates, i get sweetness from my fruits like mangoes, peach, oranges, nectarine etc

Just an FYI, sugar from dates, fruit and honey is still sugar so to say you are stricktly no sugar is very misleading. Your body basically breaks it down and uses all sugars in the same way. This is a really good post to read to clear up the confusion

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1017237-so-what-s-with-this-sugar-then-faq

natural sugar from fruit is way better than white sugar, so when i say strictly no sugar - i am referring to white sugar as I see some will but in their smoothies or icecream blends to add sweetness to it.. I doubt that the Natural Sugar i get from fruit vs white sugar are the same ( i will read the article)

White sugar is natural too

Ohhh So i guess sugar is sugar no matter what huh? and There is no such thing like healthy sugar whether its white processed or its from fruits. This is like catch 22. Nonetheless, I now prefer the natural sugar from my fruits like dates or orange juice and NOT the grocery store packaged white processed sugar.

Actually it's nothing like a catch 22. And yes sugar is sugar please read the article.

There is nothing wrong on getting your sugar from fruit and veg, but claiming you are strictly no sugar is nonsense, in fact, depending in the amount of fruits and dates you use you may well consume more sugar than if you just ate a healthy balanced diet of food with a daily juice.

I do 70% green leaf vegetables and 30% fruits to give it the sweetness. I am strictly no sugar, I soak dates in coconut water (take out pits), It becomes thick like honey and thats my sugar.I blend in my vitamix different veggies including kale, spinach, zuchini, cumcumber, carrots, scoop of my Protein powder and flaxeseed. For sweetness apart from the dates, i get sweetness from my fruits like mangoes, peach, oranges, nectarine etc

Just an FYI, sugar from dates, fruit and honey is still sugar so to say you are stricktly no sugar is very misleading. Your body basically breaks it down and uses all sugars in the same way. This is a really good post to read to clear up the confusion

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1017237-so-what-s-with-this-sugar-then-faq

natural sugar from fruit is way better than white sugar, so when i say strictly no sugar - i am referring to white sugar as I see some will but in their smoothies or icecream blends to add sweetness to it.. I doubt that the Natural Sugar i get from fruit vs white sugar are the same ( i will read the article)

White sugar is natural too

Ohhh So i guess sugar is sugar no matter what huh? and There is no such thing like healthy sugar whether its white processed or its from fruits. This is like catch 22. Nonetheless, I now prefer the natural sugar from my fruits like dates or orange juice and NOT the grocery store packaged white processed sugar.

Actually it's nothing like a catch 22. And yes sugar is sugar please read the article.

There is nothing wrong on getting your sugar from fruit and veg, but claiming you are strictly no sugar is nonsense, in fact, depending in the amount of fruits and dates you use you may well consume more sugar than if you just ate a healthy balanced diet of food with a daily juice.

(side eye look) Excuse me???? Don't call what I said as NONSENSE, this is not a forum to be using such rude words, its not necessary. So i said strictly no sugar, Okay i rephrase, STRICTLY NO WHITE SUGAR is what i meant, whats the big deal.

You have an opinion or a suggestion you state it and be done with it, but to refer to it as NONSENSe is RUDE in my opinion- choose your words right and show some respect. What works for one may not work for another. I read the article, like the so many other articles so called experts have written and honestly i am tired of reading them - blah blah blah, we have heard it all what else is new. One day this is good for you, the next day that is not good for you. Damn if you do, damn if you dont.

Like everybody else on this forum, I have started a healthy life style and I may not know it all and all I am saying is I still prefer my 4 dates and a peach or strawberry in my daily diet done many grams of white sugar. I am doing what works for me and thats all there is to it.

Do whatever works for YOU - I will do what works for ME: JUICING VS BLENDING, WHITE SUGAR VS SUGAR FROM FRUITS. To each his own. (ps: this is an open forum and we are all here communicate in a civil manner and share some ideas, so All the self proclaimed experts & know it alls, who want to shove their PERFECT ideas down our throats can take a couple of seats,,,,,,,,,over there.). MSchwewwwwwwww

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Yep, thanks for showing us all how to communicate in a civil manner

I'm sorry my telling you the truth upset you. Please take this flower :flowerforyou: though I do wonder if you read all my post as I never said there was anything wrong with getting your sugar from fruits.

I do 70% green leaf vegetables and 30% fruits to give it the sweetness. I am strictly no sugar, I soak dates in coconut water (take out pits), It becomes thick like honey and thats my sugar.I blend in my vitamix different veggies including kale, spinach, zuchini, cumcumber, carrots, scoop of my Protein powder and flaxeseed. For sweetness apart from the dates, i get sweetness from my fruits like mangoes, peach, oranges, nectarine etc

Just an FYI, sugar from dates, fruit and honey is still sugar so to say you are stricktly no sugar is very misleading. Your body basically breaks it down and uses all sugars in the same way. This is a really good post to read to clear up the confusion

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1017237-so-what-s-with-this-sugar-then-faq

natural sugar from fruit is way better than white sugar, so when i say strictly no sugar - i am referring to white sugar as I see some will but in their smoothies or icecream blends to add sweetness to it.. I doubt that the Natural Sugar i get from fruit vs white sugar are the same ( i will read the article)

White sugar is natural too

Ohhh So i guess sugar is sugar no matter what huh? and There is no such thing like healthy sugar whether its white processed or its from fruits. This is like catch 22. Nonetheless, I now prefer the natural sugar from my fruits like dates or orange juice and NOT the grocery store packaged white processed sugar.

Actually it's nothing like a catch 22. And yes sugar is sugar please read the article.

There is nothing wrong on getting your sugar from fruit and veg, but claiming you are strictly no sugar is nonsense, in fact, depending in the amount of fruits and dates you use you may well consume more sugar than if you just ate a healthy balanced diet of food with a daily juice.

(side eye look) Excuse me???? Don't call what I said as NONSENSE, this is not a forum to be using such rude words, its not necessary. So i said strictly no sugar, Okay i rephrase, STRICTLY NO WHITE SUGAR is what i meant, whats the big deal.

You have an opinion or a suggestion you state it and be done with it, but to refer to it as NONSENSe is RUDE in my opinion- choose your words right and show some respect. What works for one may not work for another. I read the article, like the so many other articles so called experts have written and honestly i am tired of reading them - blah blah blah, we have heard it all what else is new. One day this is good for you, the next day that is not good for you. Damn if you do, damn if you dont.

Like everybody else on this forum, I have started a healthy life style and I may not know it all and all I am saying is I still prefer my 4 dates and a peach or strawberry in my daily diet done many grams of white sugar. I am doing what works for me and thats all there is to it.

Do whatever works for YOU - I will do what works for ME: JUICING VS BLENDING, WHITE SUGAR VS SUGAR FROM FRUITS. To each his own. (ps: this is an open forum and we are all here communicate in a civil manner and share some ideas, so All the self proclaimed experts & know it alls, who want to shove their PERFECT ideas down our throats can take a couple of seats,,,,,,,,,over there.). MSchwewwwwwwww

Good luck with your "healthy" lifestyle.