Green Smoothie Cleanse - Store bought smoothie recommendation
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French_Peasant wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »I need to do this as a jump start. Why? Because if I go from eating high sodium foods or sugary foods and slowly ween in to healthier alternatives- I rarely stick to it. My mentality is : "I'll start it tomorrow."
When you purchase and invest into 3 days worth of quickly perishable juices - there's no tomorrow. It's literally you're doing this now without any excuse. Hungry? Increase water intake. Next thing you know - you've double or tripled the average water intake you normally have. Once the three days are complete- the likelihood of desiring the foods you were having daily is minimal.
That's why I like juicing. It's just a jumpstart to making a regimen stick.
It works for some people and it doesn't work for others.
You have posted this thread here and have posted a thread in the debate section about having tried the HCG diet.
I'm sensing a pattern here regarding trying unsustainable, gimmicky weight loss "hacks" and learning nothing lasting and yo-yo behavior.
Maybe I'm projecting, but that was my experience with weight loss. Always looking for the gimmick or trick and never really learning anything.
Until I gave up on gimmicks, jump starts, and fads.
You don't need things like this, but moreover, they are counterproductive to the main goal of lasting, sustainable to change that leads to lasting, sustainable weight loss that you maintain for good.
Weight loss like that is not "jump-started" with juice cleanses, it's started with learning how weight loss works, it's started with forming healthy habits, and it's started with getting rid of the idea that you can hack your way into getting rid of a few pounds fast to get yourself "on track".
Managing weight is a life-long commitment. You're never "off track".
People would be much better off if they "jumpstarted" and "cleansed" with the bowel-scouring amount of fiber you get when you do the 800g-of-veg-a-day challenge several of us have done!
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10521320/10-a-day-800g-veggie-fruit-challenge-participants-check-in/p1
I just do NOT get why people are so set on stripping out their fiber, whether it is eating ultra-processed foods on one hand, or doing juicing "cleanses" on the other hand. It makes zero nutritional sense and is completely irrational. If you eat enough fiber, you're not going to be doing much snackin'.
I had to scale back. I was in on that one and a lot of my intake was raw. The IBS nightmare was real!
No more raw veggies for me. I keep it around 800 now, all cooked except for fruit.
But you do bring up a good point.
@WinoGelato is often fond of noting how instead of doing without, how she looked to add more to her life. More fruits and veggies, more steps, more activity.
It would be so refreshing to see someone "jumpstarting" their weight loss by doing something like @estherdragonbat has done by getting a new cookbook and working her way through it, or announcing they got a Fitibit and that they're looking for friends to do step challenges with or for suggestions for new vegetables to try because they're going to challenge themselves to try a new vegetable every week
These things are meaningful steps towards lasting, sustainable change. I just wish more people posted about them than posted about these silly cleanses and detoxes.20 -
If I drank six juices per day I'd never leave the toilet. Is that what it means by cleanse?7
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InkAndApples wrote: »If I drank six juices per day I'd never leave the toilet. Is that what it means by cleanse?
Yes. That is 100% what it is. And that is all it is.3 -
InkAndApples wrote: »If I drank six juices per day I'd never leave the toilet. Is that what it means by cleanse?
My friend's wife did her colonoscopy prep yesterday. No foods, clear liquids only, and had to drink that vile solution that makes you crap out everything in your body so they can see up inside you clearly. She was starving and miserable last night.
I'll have to ask her if she feels "jumpstarted" or "rebooted" today. Hope I don't get hit upside the head with any heavy objects.22 -
I don't do a juice cleanse with any added supplements or ingredients. I purchase fresh juices hence why it's perishable with a 4 day lifespan at most. To maintain the fiber I drink carrot juice and take vitamins.
It's simply a push. You spend $100 on juices that will perish in 4 days - there's absolutely no excuses on retracting to old eating habits.17 -
This thread makes me sad. Reminds me of back when I didn't know my *kitten* from my elbow and tried everything. I would last about a day on a juice cleanse and feel like a failure. Then I'd realize I was starving and eat everything in the fridge.
Just start eating better. Have a green smoothie for breakfast, a big salad with some protein for lunch, and throw out the food that sets you up for failure. Take an hour and search for healthy recipes online to batch prepare. If you need to spend $$$, buy some storage containers for your prepped meals and a new pair of walking shoes.
Success will have a better chance of happening when you start being kind to yourself and consistent, and stop torturing yourself to try to force yourself to eat in a way that obviously doesn't work for you.9 -
You don't need a cleanse like that. Just stop eating junk and eat better foods like fruits and vegetables. They will do the job for you and for much cheaper and better for you.2
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But how does that make you stick with anything in the long term? I am genuinely baffled.5
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InkAndApples wrote: »But how does that make you stick with anything in the long term? I am genuinely baffled.
It doesn't. That's why you need to do it over and over and over. Or come to your senses and just start eating at a calorie deficit, but some people never learn from their mistakes or the wisdom of others.5 -
I don't do a juice cleanse with any added supplements or ingredients. I purchase fresh juices hence why it's perishable with a 4 day lifespan at most. To maintain the fiber I drink carrot juice and take vitamins.
It's simply a push. You spend $100 on juices that will perish in 4 days - there's absolutely no excuses on retracting to old eating habits.
Carrot juice (if made with a juicer) wouldn't have appreciable fiber.
I think I'd rather put $100 aside and use it to buy a great new outfit when I hit a goal weight.16 -
I need to do this as a jump start. Why? Because if I go from eating high sodium foods or sugary foods and slowly ween in to healthier alternatives- I rarely stick to it. My mentality is : "I'll start it tomorrow."
When you purchase and invest into 3 days worth of quickly perishable juices - there's no tomorrow. It's literally you're doing this now without any excuse. Hungry? Increase water intake. Next thing you know - you've double or tripled the average water intake you normally have. Once the three days are complete- the likelihood of desiring the foods you were having daily is minimal.
That's why I like juicing. It's just a jumpstart to making a regimen stick.
It works for some people and it doesn't work for others.
It. Won't. Do. Anything.
It does actually one thing really well. And that is exact opposite to what quoted person is claiming.
Such "smoothie cleanse" is a sure way to induce binge eating.
Specially if one goes from "eating high sodium or sugary foods" cold turkey to a "smoothie cleanse" odds are very high that it ends with binging on all kinds of sugar filled stuff.8 -
ttcbelieve wrote: »SassyCassie90 wrote: »So I have done a 10 day green smoothie cleanse (ok I've only made it to day 7!), but I loved the results. I made the smoothies myself though. I do the cleanse whenever I want to Jumpstart my weight loss journey. I am getting myself prepared to do it again, and i say that because i really have to prepare myself mentally to only drink smoothies. Although the cleanse i use lets me eat hard boiled eggs, small handful of nuts, and crunchy veggies so i don't feel like i am starving. Others may not agree but FOR ME it really helps. I feel like I lose the cravings for junk food and the need to snack whenever I'm not hungry. It works for me, and I see no reason why you shouldn't at least try it. If you have it in your mind that it will work, then there's a higher chance that it will. Good luck!
Thanks and I agree, that's the reason I want to give it a try. I considered trying to do the smoothies myself at home, but knowing myself...i'll use it as an excuse not to do it at all. I'll see how the home purchase smoothies work. I'm keeping my fingers crossed but putting my mind to it for sure. I need all the luck I can get :-)
I'm beyond trying to talk you out of doing this, but believing that weight loss is a matter of "luck" is what's causing you to fail over and over. Until you believe that you have control over your own eating habits you will always be derailed by the "bad luck" in your life.
I agree, remember I'm doing this to jump start. I do not think cleansing is a sustainable way to lose weight
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I jump started this week's diet with birthday cake and ice cream. Still managed to lose weight. I wonder if i can market that.25
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ttcbelieve wrote: »ok, general consensus seems to be...do not go with store bought one's. Thanks Y'all. I'll order online
This is nothing that anyone has said they are saying drinking straight up juice is the same don't waist your money.
Why not just try not eating as much junk? Lower your calorie intake that would be a good jump start to weight loss. You could eat 1,000 calories of ice cream if you want find your deficit and work on that.0 -
InkAndApples wrote: »But how does that make you stick with anything in the long term? I am genuinely baffled.
IKR? And not only that, but how does not giving your body everything it needs (ie protein, fat, fiber, etc) for 3 days help you start a healthy lifestyle??? It's like saying I'm really depressed and lonely so to jumpstart my effort to cheer up and meet people I'm going to stay in my home alone for 3 days and watch true crime and war documentaries
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$100 for four days of juice?! That's two weeks of groceries for me. Who has the money burning gif?7
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Again, you make it seem like a long term diet instead of a 3 day temporary regimen to push those with lack of will power.
Are you seriously telling me that you've never fallen into an unhealthy eating pattern? Are you telling me you always had will power to stick to healthy foods and not once failed back into a bad eating pattern?
There's positive studies (google them) without any negative side effects from juicing for 3 days straight. I'm obtaining my nutrients from other sources (vitamins). The only thing being a slight impact is lack of protein.11 -
InkAndApples wrote: »But how does that make you stick with anything in the long term? I am genuinely baffled.
IKR? And not only that, but how does not giving your body everything it needs (ie protein, fat, fiber, etc) for 3 days help you start a healthy lifestyle??? It's like saying I'm really depressed and lonely so to jumpstart my effort to cheer up and meet people I'm going to stay in my home alone for 3 days and watch true crime and war documentaries
Depriving your body of calories and essential nutrients for 3 days to start a "healthy" lifestyle makes about as much sense as taking up cigarette smoking to stop biting your fingernails.12 -
$100 is my average trip to Trader Joe's for 5 days worth of meal prep.4
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