Juicing

mhollencamp102012
mhollencamp102012 Posts: 165 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone out there does any type of juicing? I did it a few months back for about two months and LOVED it. But it became so overwhelming and time consuming during the week .....working 10 hours a day gone 12 when you count in travel time just didn't have the time to do it everyday. But I am thinking about doing it 3 days a week.....Friday sat and sunday, those are my days off....

Guess my question is, does anyone Juice just a few times a week, I will probably do Juicing all day and have something very small for dinner...but keeping it in the fruit and veggie food group?

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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    I came here for a discussion on PEDs, but am disappointed now that I see we're talking fad diets.
  • johnnylakis
    johnnylakis Posts: 812 Member
    Oh! I thought this question was about the "juice" those muscle guys at the gym drink ;)
  • SKME2013
    SKME2013 Posts: 704 Member
    I find juicing to expensive and too time consuming. I use a blender to make a smoothie from 200g of spinach, some blueberries, almond milk, left over veggies...this way I have my fibre and it costs much less.
  • mhollencamp102012
    mhollencamp102012 Posts: 165 Member
    edited October 2014
    I love juicing, because I hate eating veggies....but know I need them...guess MFP people are not too big on it....too bad it really has awesome benefits....sorry to disappoint you all.....

    just wondering, how is juicing a "fad diet" ?

  • redfisher1974
    redfisher1974 Posts: 614 Member
    I juice, I Like to have a carrot,celery,cucumber and green apple drink before bed. Not sure it does much but It tastes good!
  • mhollencamp102012
    mhollencamp102012 Posts: 165 Member
    I just figure its so much better then the crap you buy in the store and its a good way to get veggies in....because I have a very hard time eating my veggies, not even so much doing it for the weight loss factor...I actually like it......mine is Kale, spinach, cucumber one green apple and celery....I did do it for 2 weeks straight and lost about 9 lbs....but didn't go back to eating healthy after and gained it all back...now I am just incorporating it into my healthy eating....cant hurt rite
  • libbydoodle11
    libbydoodle11 Posts: 1,351 Member
    edited October 2014
    I like to add ginger or jalapeño to my juices.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    please define "crap" food...

    there is no crap food or good food, there is just food that you utilize for energy..
  • mhollencamp102012
    mhollencamp102012 Posts: 165 Member
    I tried ginger ONCE I think I added a little to much...in my naivety I had no clue ginger had bite to it....lol
  • DEEDLYNN
    DEEDLYNN Posts: 235 Member
    IMHO after watching Fat Sick & Nearly Dead, Food Matters, Etc., Juicing is a healthy part of a healthy diet....but can't be exclusive. So I do juice...but I don't use it to replace good food.
  • mhollencamp102012
    mhollencamp102012 Posts: 165 Member
    Ndj you are rite, to a point, but I look at a lot of the "health foods" that are out there, I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve, but if they are low in carbs they are high in sugar or low in calories high in fat...I get frustrated trying to find something that has just the rite amount of everything. If you have found something PLEASE LET ME KNOW! because I have yet to.
  • mhollencamp102012
    mhollencamp102012 Posts: 165 Member
    that's what I am doing now DEED.....adding it in, but the stuff you buy in stores is not the same, and I don't have the time to do it every day......between 12 gone, working out, kids dinner and that thing what is it I lack...oh yes sleep lol so I figure if I can get a good amount in 3 days of the week....it cant hurt
  • foodiscomplicated
    foodiscomplicated Posts: 85 Member
    This may be of some interest.
    http://nutritionfacts.org/video/juicing-removes-more-than-just-fiber/
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    mhollencamp102012 wrote: »
    Ndj you are rite, to a point, but I look at a lot of the "health foods" that are out there, I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve, but if they are low in carbs they are high in sugar or low in calories high in fat...I get frustrated trying to find something that has just the rite amount of everything. If you have found something PLEASE LET ME KNOW! because I have yet to.

    I just eat regular food and fit it into my macros ...my diary is open ...

    nothing wrong with sugar and carbs, you can eat them and lose weight just eat in a deficit..

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