Lost 14 pounds since Tuesday juicing!!!!

OMG- people we are not the food police or doctors. If she wants to juice all her meal for the rest of her life its her business. Lets not debate this any longer.

Glad you lost 14lbs. Hope you can keep it off.

I believe juice fasting is great!!! I do it every weekend to reboot my system!! Believe me! Your body will appreciate it tremendously!!!!

Congrats!!!!

What are you doing to your body that it needs a "reboot" every weekend?

I don't even reboot my computer that often.

Did you know that carrot juice has a higher glycemic index than TABLE SUGAR!? Yes that is why juice fasting is stupid. You are not going to sit there and eat a pound of carrots meaning you would never naturally get that much simple carbs from carrots. NOT SMART. Carrots and other fruits and veggies have fiber for a reason! It makes them bulk and harder to digest.

Congratulations on your fantastic (muscle/water) loss! You are quite literally on a 100% carb diet right now. Consider yourself "reset" and find some balance so you can stick it out for the long haul. I'm all for the psychological impact of a quick initial loss, but what happens when that isn't "working" for you anymore, or you simply miss food, you start eating, start gaining, and think something is "wrong"? Will you give up? or will you remember these warnings that you are not feeding your body and recognize the gain as temporary and healthy? Many of us have been there...that's why we can try to warn you NOW. You need to be protecting your lean mass with your life!!!! It determines how you will look naked, and how efficiently your body will burn fuel - both stored fat and the foods you eat. A crash diet like you are describing often causes the body to catabolize that muscle, and you actually store all the excess carbs as fat. That's why your scale could be dropping (muscles and the water they hold), but you could actually be upping your stored body fat. I'm all for vegetables and eating lots of them, but if you are serious about losing a lot of FAT and not just WEIGHT, you need to dial back the high GI fruit and veggies, and get some protein and fat in your diet pronto.

To each their own, but take it as a warning meant with the best intentions...

I tried it once. Lasted 6 days. Yes, I lost weight, but I just put it right back on when I started eating regular food again & it was even healthy food!

Poop weight. Seriously - if you're drinking nothing but juice for a week or two, you'll eventually eliminate the weight of the fecal matter that is normally processing through the 25 feet of your intestines. But as soon as you start eating any solid food again, you'll gain most of it back because your body starts going through its normal waste cycle.

Just to correct some assumptions - I never said how long I am going to do this. I am playing it by ear to see how I feel but I am not going to be doing it forever.

I am sorry, I really didn't mean to cause such an uproar. I have read other juice fasting posts and I never saw all this drama in them.

Do what you feel is best for YOU!!!! I think fasting in general is great and it really helps your body to cleanse and detox. If it gives you a jumpstart then good for you. For everything you try, someone will agree and someone won't. Sheesh!!! Before I came here, i lost over 30 pounds (prior to the current 7) doing a combination of things including fasting. I do it for spiritual reasons as well but the physical benefits were great. I've kept it off and I'm down 7 more pounds. Take care. Q

Did anyone else immediately think of Cam and Mitchell's juice fast from last week? :laugh:

1/2 of weight loss is water weight and by empty stomach. You still lose more weight than a regular diet. Congrats.
The benefit of juicing is you get all the nutrients that you can't get from eating a fruit - the body has to extract the nutrient from the fruit/fiber...some of fruit nutrient will get flush out of body. Since the digesto system gets the break of chewing/process the fruit, it has time to prepare the damage in our body and of course you will also have lots more energy.
You only lose protein for the 1-3 days and that's it.
Dr Fuhrman wrote a book about fasting for healing. It's amazing what our body can do.

Eating mostly fruit and vegetable is not unhealthy. It was your method that was unhealthy. If you get lasting results, and don't get sick and end up hospitalised, that's great. However, this was basically like playing roulette, and the majority of people who would do this would likely suffer negative consequences. Advocating such techniques to a community of people who crave quick fixes is irresponsible and reckless.

Well said!

I completed the Jason Vale Juicemaster 7lbs in 7 days retreat in Turkey in October. I lost a healthy 4.8kgs, and have kept the weight off, and some more! My healthy friends juice daily, usually for breakfast, its their way to get healthy veg and fruit into their system. The add spirulina, super (green) foods or berry supplements. Im now doing the same when I can and keeping processed carbs out of my diet. Im now making soups for dinner (warm veggie juices?), and eating Juicemasters Juice in a Bar for lunch when at work (I used to miss lunch so this is a great on the go option for me). Someone once told me, dont eat it if you cant grow it or kill it. Makes sense. If you want more - (1) watch the movie Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, (2) watch the movie or go to the Food Matters website .... there are many more. Dont eat processed food, dont eat processed carbs and sugars, dont eat fizzy drinks and sodas .... for anyone losing weight with replacement "healthy" or low fat snack, just read the labels, youre doing more damage to your body that you realise. For me and the original poster and all the juicers out there, Im with you, Im sticking to the veggies and fruits, natures own! Eaten raw or in juices, I dont care. Im losing weight and getting healthier by the day. One last thing, you HAVE to exercise and keep moving, weight loss HAS to go hand in hand with exercise!

Please keep in mind that 14 pounds is a lot for some to lose, but not a lot for others. It depends on the individual~

I do not think juicing in itself is unhealthy though...as long as you are drinking enough...it sounds like a great way to give the body a rest and to clear it out ^^

Of course I could be misunderstanding the situation so please forgive me if I am!

Don't apologize to people who put words in your mouth ..I never once got the idea you are telling people to do this long term ..it's a fast it has time limits like any other fast ...Do what makes you feel better and if it works for you share the info..If people can't muster up a little common sense that's not your fault

I think anyone who has seen Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead would have to agree that juicing can be a healthy way to give your system a reboot. I never would have believed the benefits of it if I hadn't seen it myself.

Just to correct some assumptions - I never said how long I am going to do this. I am playing it by ear to see how I feel but I am not going to be doing it forever.

I am sorry, I really didn't mean to cause such an uproar. I have read other juice fasting posts and I never saw all this drama in them.

Thank you for sharing your experience!

You did not cause an uproar — you shared the results of a diet that you're trying and folks here are responding, some with encouragement and warnings and some with dire predictions.

My only concern is the number of folks who might have hurt themselves jumping to conclusions!



You're doing a fad diet and I think that's great. What's great is that you're losing weight and getting healthy and, personally, I don't care if you're eating grapefruit, "juicing", or eating cookie dough. The bottom line is that you're losing weight and getting healthy.

My concern about "juicing" is that you're ingesting significant amounts of carbs and peeing out a lot of vitamins. That begs that question about a balanced diet, especially protein (though the amount of protein we actually need is shockingly small).

Your rapid weight loss is not unexpected. Will 60+ pounds to lose, you're in a similar situation that I was a year ago in that you have a lot of extra fat. If you're well in the obese range (BMI 30+) and you cut your calories radically, you should drop weight very quickly. I was a BMI of 34, IIRC, and I lost weight very quickly. My results are here:

http://cbeinfo.net/weight.htm


Some posters are warning you that you are not going through a "lifestyle change" so you won't keep the weight off and, if permanent weight loss is your goal, that's something to be aware of.

I don't think that I'm going out on a limb to say that a lot of folks here on MFP are here because of emotional issues that are manifested overeating. Grinding up papaya, oranges, and kumquats in an expensive blender does not make those issues go away. Unless you address the underlying issues, if there are any, and their symptoms (overeating), there's a good chance that you will put the weight back on.*

So it's great that you're losing weight quickly. That is a wonderful feeling. You might want to keep in mind that you're going to have to stop juicing, rolfing, purging, etc., etc. at some time and, when it does, you will still have to deal with the behaviors and underlying issues that you got obese in the first place.

In the mean time, keep up the good work!


*I have never seen evidence, medical, that a "fad diet" causes weight gain after the diet ends. I am sure that a percentage folks who go on fad diets, like a percentage folks who "change their lifestyle", gain weight back because they change their eating habits.

Just temporary water loss with minimal fat loss. Liquid "diets" are temporary. Eating solid foods will put weight back on. Seen it a thousand times.
I see a thread like this every so often then the people that did it are no longer active after they stop. Wonder why.