Liquid ONLY Diet

Hey know this post was started a while ago but I'm on a liquid only diet lost 5 pounds in 3 days. Is anyone on this diet and how long do you suggest staying on it for ?

Its seems like you would gain it all back once you started eating...I mean you have to eventually start eating again so why not just moniter your calorie intake and do it the good ole tried and true way.

I think the diet sounds nuts, but why would she gain it all back when she started eating?
I saw this comment several times in this necroposted thread...but why?

1 word- Idiotic. You can not live on that kind of diet forever, so what is the point exactly, unless you are looking to lose and then gain the weight back.

Do you plan to consume liquid foods for the rest of your life?

If it's calories in/calories out, would they need to?

I think the juice fast is stellar for health benefits and you can lose weight but its only meant to be done for a temporary amount of time and then you have to learn how to eat properly to maintain that weight loss after the fast is over. I suggest you check out "Fat, Sick, and Nearly dead" Its a documentary about a man named Joe Cross who used juicing to lose weight and get healthy. I've done a juice fast and lost 7 lbs in a week. I felt great after but unfortunately returned to my bad eating habits soon after and gained it back within a month. You have to be focused and determined to make any diet work and then make healthy eating and exercise a habit when its over to keep it off. Keep working at it. I know I am. Good luck!

You will likely feel like hell given that you won't be consuming any fat.

You will likely feel like hell given that you won't be consuming any fat.

BINGO

Doing it as a continuous diet can be detrimental.

I suggest talking to your doctor. Weight loss takes hard work and simply juicing has been proven to not work over long periods of time for the majority of people.

Do you plan to consume liquid foods for the rest of your life?

If it's calories in/calories out, would they need to?

It's not just about CICO but about meeting macros for good health and sustainability. How do you propose the OP meets his/her macros and have enough fuel to properly support his/her workout with liquids from fruits? Have many legit scientific studies have you come across to support long term success with liquid diets? Companies who sell that sh&t based their success on the hopes that some people don't have the common sense that GOD gave a turkey.

I don't. I eat a nutrient dense diet. Im merely asking why someone would gain weight if they reintroduced food.

It is because you can't learn accountability from a fruit juice diet. Sure, people will lose weight but what is the diet going to teach a person in terms of accountability and long term success? Most people will not learn any long term healthy habits when they reintroduce food so they will gain the weight back. They will be as clueless on the last day of the diet as they were on day one.

Horrible idea.