Join me in 3 day cleanse?

moipurple
moipurple Posts: 5
edited November 8 in Motivation and Support
Hi guys,
from tomorrow I am going to start a detox week.

Monday - Wednesday I will eat very light. No coffee. No refined sugars. Will eat mostly hoummous and drink juices.

Wednesday (from morning) - Saturday (morning) I will drink only water.

I will perform light exercise such as Yoga during the water cleanse.

Saturday + Sunday I will drink only juices.

So let me know if you want to join and come up with suggestions, we can support each other troughout the week !

The reason that I want to do this is because I dont have control over my diet and I crave too much sugar. I need to get back to my healthy ways!

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  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    I like myself so I won't join you in your less than logical or wise adventure.
  • marlovs78
    marlovs78 Posts: 75 Member
    edited November 2014
    I'm in! I could use a cleanse.
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  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    good luck. there is nothing wrong with a short 3 day break from your normal diet. it may or may not do anything significant. Just be warned that many here will blast you for even thinking about it and especially for mentioning it. Drink a lot of water.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    Dave198lbs wrote: »
    good luck. there is nothing wrong with a short 3 day break from your normal diet. it may or may not do anything significant. Just be warned that many here will blast you for even thinking about it and especially for mentioning it. Drink a lot of water.

    Did you even read their planned intake for the week or were you too busy rushing in to support an illogical plan that isn't supported by science?
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    :noway:
  • Juvenica
    Juvenica Posts: 460 Member
    I'd suggest eating fruits , , great sugar intake and will lower your desire for other candy
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    Dave198lbs wrote: »
    good luck. there is nothing wrong with a short 3 day break from your normal diet. it may or may not do anything significant. Just be warned that many here will blast you for even thinking about it and especially for mentioning it. Drink a lot of water.

    Did you even read their planned intake for the week or were you too busy rushing in to support an illogical plan that isn't supported by science?

    yes I did. The truth is that something like 97% of people doing this type of drastic "cleanse" will give up or significantly alter the regimen within the first 24 hours.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Dave198lbs wrote: »
    good luck. there is nothing wrong with a short 3 day break from your normal diet. it may or may not do anything significant. Just be warned that many here will blast you for even thinking about it and especially for mentioning it. Drink a lot of water.

    That's ALL OP is gonna be doing Days 4-6.

    OP, I love my body too much to treat it so poorly.
  • Juvenica
    Juvenica Posts: 460 Member
    I get you perfectly : Started Gm diet , basically fresh unprocessed fruit and veggies and over 2 lt of water, as soon as I asked if anyone's tried it , people freaked , not even hearing that I am modifying it to fit me, I started eating veggies I never have , drinking a lot of water which I usually have trouble at, and feeling great in general.
  • Juvenica
    Juvenica Posts: 460 Member
    I mean , take the incentive from somewhere but modify it to fit your needs best
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    did your kidneys stop working?????
  • LazyButHealthy
    LazyButHealthy Posts: 257 Member
    I like myself so I won't join you in your less than logical or wise adventure.

    hahaha

    love it
  • _IronDan_
    _IronDan_ Posts: 14 Member
    So to get over your sugar cravings you're going to basically have nothing but juice which is sugar! Yeah good luck with that
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    oh and my suggestion …don't do this ..it is nonsense...
  • LazyButHealthy
    LazyButHealthy Posts: 257 Member
    edited November 2014
    Dave198lbs wrote: »
    good luck. there is nothing wrong with a short 3 day break from your normal diet.


    The thread says 3 day cleanse.

    The post outlines a nearly liquid-only diet for 7 days.

    I'm no expert, but a cleanse shouldn't me 'stop everything!'.
  • Juvenica
    Juvenica Posts: 460 Member
    my kidneys are fine :smiley: why does everyone keep thinking that , I'm fine,
    Does none read the part when I mention I MODIFIED the diet , I eat healthy fats as well , lots of salads ect.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    PikaKnight wrote:
    For those who might not actually go read that very good thread by SideSteel...

    With the rapid increase of new users there are many posts coming up asking for detox recommendations. I figured this would be a good time to provide some links explaining why you generally don't need to detox or cleanse.

    Your body is readily equipped to handle toxins and in the event it cannot, you're in far greater need of medical attention than you are of any particular beverage or liquid diet.

    For purposes of weight loss, you're essentially choosing to replace food with liquid calories (depending on the cleanse, but most fall under this category) resulting in what usually amounts to a VLCD. This isn't typically a good idea for a variety of reasons (mood, hunger signaling, skeletal muscle maintenance, performance) and moreover it represents yet another short-cut attempt rather than establishing proper habits.

    The intent of my post isn't to insult anyone who comes here with the misinformed belief that they should detox/cleanse. The purpose is to provide information to hopefully save someone the wasted time, money, and potential ill health effects, not to mention the likely weight regain.

    Please read the following links:


    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/821828-detoxes-and-cleanses
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/927327-cleanse-why-you-are-lucky-they-don-t-work
    http://www.burnthefatinnercircle.com/members/colon-cleansing-scam.cfm
    http://www.biolayne.com/nutrition/detox-diet-scams-and-product-scams-get-called-out-by-real-scientists/
    http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/fashionable-toxins/
    http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/toxins-the-new-evil-humours/
    http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-detox-scam/
    http://sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/the-detox-delusion/
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Juvenica wrote: »
    my kidneys are fine :smiley: why does everyone keep thinking that , I'm fine,
    Does none read the part when I mention I MODIFIED the diet , I eat healthy fats as well , lots of salads ect.

    Are you the OP? I believe a lot of things are being directed at the OP, not you.


  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Juvenica wrote: »
    my kidneys are fine :smiley: why does everyone keep thinking that , I'm fine,
    Does none read the part when I mention I MODIFIED the diet , I eat healthy fats as well , lots of salads ect.

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  • LeonCX
    LeonCX Posts: 862 Member
    edited November 2014
    moipurple wrote: »
    The reason that I want to do this is because I dont have control over my diet and I crave too much sugar. I need to get back to my healthy ways!
    Sorry dear, but you chose the wrong website to post your plan. Nobody here is going to join you. :\ I'd really like to know how all of this will help you "get control" over your diet and get you back to your healthy ways.

  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Juvenica wrote: »
    my kidneys are fine :smiley: why does everyone keep thinking that , I'm fine,
    Does none read the part when I mention I MODIFIED the diet , I eat healthy fats as well , lots of salads ect.

    because your body naturally detoxes itself, so if your kidneys are fine then there is no need to torture yourself with a week long water/juice cleanse….
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    moipurple wrote: »
    Monday - Wednesday I will eat very light. No coffee. No refined sugars. Will eat mostly hoummous and drink juices.

    Um... what?

    Oh.
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  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    And in addition to "cleansing", she's a binge eater.
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/30348491#Comment_30348491
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    Juvenica wrote: »
    my kidneys are fine :smiley: why does everyone keep thinking that , I'm fine,
    Does none read the part when I mention I MODIFIED the diet , I eat healthy fats as well , lots of salads ect.

    Have you noticed that you're basically talking to yourself while the rest of us are commenting on the OP? Or has partaking in an ill thought out diet with a name faked to link it to a major corporation when it was never associated with the company warped your perception on the topic of poor dietary choices?
  • trinatrina1984
    trinatrina1984 Posts: 1,018 Member
    edited November 2014
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  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    The reason that I want to do this is because I dont have control over my diet and I crave too much sugar. I need to get back to my healthy ways!
    _IronDan_ wrote: »
    So to get over your sugar cravings you're going to basically have nothing but juice which is sugar! Yeah good luck with that

    +1


  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    in….for hoummous
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    moipurple wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    from tomorrow I am going to start a detox week.

    Monday - Wednesday I will eat very light. No coffee. No refined sugars. Will eat mostly hoummous and drink juices.

    Wednesday (from morning) - Saturday (morning) I will drink only water.

    I will perform light exercise such as Yoga during the water cleanse.

    Saturday + Sunday I will drink only juices.

    So let me know if you want to join and come up with suggestions, we can support each other troughout the week !

    The reason that I want to do this is because I dont have control over my diet and I crave too much sugar. I need to get back to my healthy ways!

    I'm not sure I understand.

    Are you saying that for 3 days you will eat lightly, mostly hummus and juice, then for 3 days you will only consume water? Or did you mean you would be eating normally, but your only liquids would be water?

    And then for two days you will only drink juice?

    My understanding of cleanses is that they last a very short period of time, and a responsible person ensures that they are consuming calories and nutrients in the form of vegetable juice in addition to the fruit juice. Do you have a juicer, or are you buying premade juice? If the latter, is it Welch's, or is it stuff that was made for this purpose?

  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/detox-diets/faq-20058040

    Do detox diets offer any health benefits?
    Answers from Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D.

    Detox, or detoxification, diets are popular, but they're not scientifically proven.

    Detox diets are touted as a way to remove toxins from the body. Specific detox diets vary — but typically a period of fasting is followed by a strict diet of raw vegetables, fruit and fruit juices, and water. In addition, some detox diets advocate using herbs and other supplements along with colon cleansing (enemas) to empty the intestines.

    Some people report feeling more focused and energetic during and after detox diets. However, there's little evidence that detox diets actually remove toxins from the body. Indeed, the kidneys and liver effectively filter and eliminate most ingested toxins. The benefits from a detox diet may actually come from avoiding highly processed foods that have solid fats and added sugar.

    If you're considering a detox diet, get the OK from your doctor first. It's also important to consider possible side effects. Detox diets that severely limit protein or that require fasting, for example, can result in fatigue. Long-term fasting can result in vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Colon cleansing, which is often recommended as part of a detox plan, can cause cramping, bloating, nausea and vomiting. Dehydration also can be a concern.

    Finally, keep in mind that fad diets aren't a good long-term solution. For lasting results, your best bet is to eat a healthy diet based on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean sources of protein.
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