Has anyone tried Juice plus diet?

Ive done a Juice Diet and i experienced the same problems. Right now your body is going through the "shock" stage, since it is so use to eating other foods. When it comes to ANY juice diet, you really need to ease into it. You cannot go from eating full meals one day then juice the next.
The proper way to do a juice diet is to lower your calorie intake by eating :
Day 1 =2000 calories
Day 2=1800 calories
Day 3=1600 calories
Day 4=1400 Calories (stop here if you're a guy..Continue if you're a woman)
Day 5=1200 calories (now woman can stop)
Once this lower calorie week is completed then you begin the juice diet(: && you wont feel bad...

strong STRONG first post here. Yes you are experiencing the "shock" stage; stage 2 is the "lose muscle stage" stage 3 is "my wallet is empty, credit cards are maxed out" stage 4 "family has 4th of July get together...and they do not invite you" stage 5 "you realize MLM is really BS" stage 6 you come back to MFP and change your username to IIFYM4ME and are loved as a great member of MFP and lose weight and achieve deep inner peace.

Hi, i have tried every diet but never lose that much so friends of mine have started this Juice plus diet and had great results, so im going to try it, i have started the 2 week detox and my head is killing my back is throbbing my top of my legs are aching but i dont feel hungry, anybody else had side effects and does it get better?

If that is the fat, sick and nearly dead detox then yes I did it. 15 days. It gets easier. The leg cramps are a weird side effect but from the juicing. It affects your lower back down your leg. I looked it up when I got it because it was so strange. The headaches are normal too but make sure you are doing all the juices even if you are not hungry.

My results - 213 to 196 or something so great. Did I gain weight back - yes up to 204 because I eventually went back to my old habits. 204 isn't 213 so I was happy. It did make me conscious of things and I noticed my hormones are better balanced from PMS symptoms since then, I had kidney area pain that went away and never came back and a love for some new veggies because it cleared my palate. I also ditched coffee and now am no longer addicted to it. Most days I don't have any.

Takeaway - do it for what it is - a fresh start. Be careful of blood sugar drops - it does make you not hungry. I find the MFP is better at really helping me to enjoy foods and be more active so I prefer that. Dropped 6 pounds in 3 weeks doing this so I feel it works.

Forgot - I also found that I got great joy during my fast cooking food for my family even though I wasn't eating it. Don't know why but that was really fun.

Good luck on whatever you do.

Let me know how your juice plus diet goes. I heard that if you stick to the plan it will work.

its a powder made up with fruit and veg and we make it into milk shakes using coconut milk, you have 2 shakes a day a meal and 2 snacks its not just juicing, i have been told the aches and the throbbing is all down to the toxins leaving my body.

You were:

A) flat out lied to;

or

told this by someone who has no clue what they are talking about and how the human body functions.



There is no detoxing going on. The aches and the throbbing is basically your body protesting, trying to tell you that this isn't a good idea. You'd be much better off just eating at a moderate deficit - mostly whole foods, if you're so inclined.

its a powder made up with fruit and veg and we make it into milk shakes using coconut milk, you have 2 shakes a day a meal and 2 snacks its not just juicing, i have been told the aches and the throbbing is all down to the toxins leaving my body.

Try hunger and malnutrition.

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im feeling fab I have lost 14 inches in 2 weeks so its working for me

Once you start back eating REAL food, you will gain it all back plus more.

But hey good luck anyways with that.

Of course you are losing, you aren't eating anything! The day your body rebels and you just can't take it any more, you will binge and then go back to eating the way you did before. You may even gain back more. You need to take a good hard look at your relationship with food before you even try to lose weight.

Do you know your healthy goal weight?
Do you know how many calories you're supposed to eat to get there safely?
From what you've posted so far, I'm pretty sure the answers are no.

Here's a good resource to learn about healthy weight loss: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/eat.htm
The first link on that list is titled "healthy eating plan", and includes this:

A healthy eating plan:
• Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products
• Includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts
• Is low in saturated fats, trans fat, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars
• Controls portion sizes

What you're describing for this MLM scheme doesn't fit that.
Eat the whole fruits & vegetables that company claims are dehydrated & processed to make their miracle powder.
You'll save money and eat sensibly, losing weight and improving your health (such as risk of diabetes, heart disease, colon cancer).

Here are 3 methods to find your calorie goal, the first 2 of which were explained to me by my doctor (endocrinologist, who supervises the weight loss group) and the registered dietician who's part of that group.
(In other words, they're healthcare professionals with education & credentials, not someone selling a dubious product who claims some nutrition knowledge.)

Start here to find your current BMI: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm
If you'd rather look at a table, here's a good one: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.pdf
The table also makes it easier to look to the left along the line for your height & find out what a healthy goal weight is. For now, aim for the highest weight that puts you into the healthy category for your height.
For me, that highest healthy weight is 173.

Second step:
Multiply that number by 10 for a rough estimate of the amount of calories you should be eating every day.
In my example, that's 1730. If I consistently eat that much, I will eventually arrive at that weight.
Under no circumstances should you ever go below 1200 calories per day, unless you're being supervised by a doctor.
This method is simple and you don't have to recalculate as you lose weight.
BTW - these are absolute calories eaten, not "net" calories. Ignore that on MFP.

Alternate method #1:
This will have to be adjusted as you lose weight, but it's not hard.
Take your current weight & multiply it by 10. That's how much you need to eat to maintain how heavy you are now.
You don't want to do that, so subtract 500 calories (to lose a pound a week) or 1000 calories (to lose 2 lb per week).
[To lose a pound of fat, you need to have a 3500 calorie deficit.]
So if you're currently 250, you'd aim for 2000 per day to start. Once you're used to eating at that level, if you want to go a little lower, increase the rate of weight loss, go for it.
Once again, under no circumstances should you ever go below 1200 calories per day, unless you're being supervised by a doctor.

Second alternate method:
This calculator will give you an estimate of the calories you use now, then you can subtract the 500 or 1000 from that.
https://www.bcm.edu/research/centers/childrens-nutrition-research-center/caloriesneed.cfm



Whatever you do in exercise, that's a bonus, but it's much easier to control calories by eating than by exercise.
It takes me close to an hour to work off 700 calories on the elliptical, but the pasta & veggies & ground turkey (and a beer) I had for lunch totalled just over 1000 (it was a HUGE portion), and took maybe 20 minutes to consume.

If you find that you're hungry, and you've been exercising (which is important to <b>maintain</b> weight loss!), add to your allowable calories for the day 1/3 to 1/2 of what you've used in exercise. (Today, MFP says I've used 674, so if I want to, I'll add 200-300 calories to my usual for today, for a total of 1900-2000.)



PS: about your supposed 14" lost... is that totalling every place you measure, all over your body? 'Cause if you want to do that, I've got you beat at 15.5" (measuring 12 places), and I've been eating comfortably, not feeling sick, and exercising. Heck, I had a beer with lunch today, pasta for lunch, gyoza for lunch yesterday, and chocolate for dessert last night.

Here's a really good calculator; it tells you your BMI, and the calories you need, but it also tells you how much of each food group you should be eating.
https://www.bcm.edu/research/centers/childrens-nutrition-research-center/healthyeatingcalculator/eatingCal.html

Juice will give you lots of vitamins and minerals...but you still need proteins, fibers and some fat in your diet. I would be afraid of a juice only diet for any prolonged amount of time. I have done a juice before a meal and find that i am not really all that hungry and will eat less. I only do one juice a day.

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I don't diet,I don't juice....I bullet and eat what I want.

The word diet sums it up, are you going to do this for the rest of your life? No? Well once you stop you will gain ALL the weight back. But if you want something that you can continue to do its a LIFESTYLE change. I know you want to loose it quickly and in the past I also wanted that but it wont work. Figure out your daily calorie goal intake, eat 6 small meals a day every 2-3 hours, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, lean meats, whole grains and small amounts of good fats and dairy. WATER is the best detox and does wonders for your skin and a million other things. If you have sugar or salt cravings there are things out their that you can have that aren't so bad for you. If you get the urge to eat something "bad" keep healthy treats at hand so you wont go for unhealthy option, then you know you have the will power. Don't do treat days until you know you have self control and can eat for example only 4 squares of chocolate as a treat. You can do this!!!

im feeling fab I have lost 14 inches in 2 weeks so its working for me

And so OP what happens when you stop this miracle Juice Plus diet? Please use the search function, you will find all you need to know. This is the proverbial beating a dead horse.

Sounds like a pile of BS to me anyway - sorry 14 inches in two weeks - have you had surgery ?

Problem identified. Don't go on a "diet." They almost never work the way they're advertised. Check out the following: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

THIS + Headaches are not toxins 'leaving the body', its malnourishment and not good for you. That 14 inches is mostly water (sounds mean but true). Please don't continue with awful juice diets. They're horrid and your body deserves better!! Be kind to yourself and eat something!!