Detoxing

No, but my friend did it before her wedding, lost 10lbs! and my other friend who is very overweight lost just over a stone, this is in 10 days, ive read some great stuff about it, i ordered my syrup online from holland and barrat the other day, hasnt arrived yet tho

Some people are very unsuportive, If you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all! You do what makes you feel good Happy Dieting!

Any snake oil mix with a diuretic and laxative thrown in will make it look like you just lost a bunch of weight, but its not FAT.

Exactly!

Kenny.
Um... your wrong! If your not going to voice an opinion about the subject don't comment on my posts!

That is my opinion. And it also happens to be true. This is not the motivation and support section. You just don't want to hear it because you have already made up your mind and are seeking affirmation. .
She wants your money and detoxing is a bunch of voodoo BS.

i agree with kenny

There's no such thing as "detoxing" your body. Your body has a perfectly capable system for removing toxins from your body, and the best thing to assist it is water and some fiber. Faddish "systems", " cleanses" or "detoxes" are money-grabs for gullible desperate people. "my friend said she lost 10 pounds in one week"? Really? Well I have a friend who takes up smoking to lose weight. That's not a brilliant idea either. Besides, we are mostly water and carry between 5-15 pounds of waste in our intestines/bowels. Any snake oil mix with a diuretic and laxative thrown in will make it look like you just lost a bunch of weight, but its not FAT.

agree with this!!

Some people are very unsuportive, If you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all! You do what makes you feel good Happy Dieting!

Agreeing with mindless, unsupported claptrap is not being supportive, it's being irresponsible. Proving sound, scientific advice to help someone avoid spending their money foolishly and/or damaging their health is support, and this is a place to lose weight and get healthy, isn't it? Or is it just a place where people tell you what you want to hear? If that's the case, people shouldn't bother asking questions, they should just ask for confirmation of whatever fad they want to try.

There's no such thing as "detoxing" your body. Your body has a perfectly capable system for removing toxins from your body, and the best thing to assist it is water and some fiber. Faddish "systems", " cleanses" or "detoxes" are money-grabs for gullible desperate people. "my friend said she lost 10 pounds in one week"? Really? Well I have a friend who takes up smoking to lose weight. That's not a brilliant idea either. Besides, we are mostly water and carry between 5-15 pounds of waste in our intestines/bowels. Any snake oil mix with a diuretic and laxative thrown in will make it look like you just lost a bunch of weight, but its not FAT.

^^^^This

I, too, have an opinion.

It's a terrible idea. You may lose some water weight, initially, but once you start eating actual food again, you will gain itall back.

Be patient and use the tried and true method of a moderate calorie defecit and exercise, and you will see lasting results.

My friend did it and lost 15lbs... BUT she put it all right back on afterward.

Have you seen, "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead"? I have done a juice fast for 7 days. I definitely had some detox symptoms - migraines, fatigue, dizziness & nausea, but I felt so great afterward. I love that it is natural and full of nutrients too!!

suckers

Some people are very unsuportive, If you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all! You do what makes you feel good Happy Dieting!

If some people dont want to hear others opinions then they shouldnt post on a public forum at all.

This has probably already been mentioned, but just in case...

I used to be all about the Master Cleanse... I LOVED the lemonade recipe and had no problem limiting myself to drinking just that. Longest I went was 20 consecutive days. However, after experimenting with other ways of detoxing, I've found better ways... my favorite now being juice feasting (yes, feasting not fasting :P). Juice feasting is a great way to detox, because while you are losing weight (and at a slower, healthier weight than you would with Master Cleanse), you also get to drink as much juice as you want and you are also getting tons of different nutrients that you really, really need to healthily function. In my opinion, I don't believe that the Master Cleanse gives you the same nutrients as a juice feast (and less health benefits), even though in the book it claims to. With juice feasting, all you need is a juicer (or a blender, actually!) and fruits and veggies! You have SO much more to choose from, so you avoid boredom and also get to eat tons of great veggies/fruits. Another great way to detox is by drinking Green Smoothies. See link below:

http://www.rawfamily.com/green-smoothie

If you want to attempt a juice feast or green smoothie detox, I would recommend getting some blood work done before you start and then after so you can REALLY see how this works! Also, you will notice a hugeeee difference in your skin tone. Pre-detox, I never have much of a "glow", but after an awesome detox most people get a beautiful healthy glow and clearer skin. So take some before and after pics! Just make sure if you want to do this to make sure you get enough greens!!!!! Don't just do a cleanse on fruit juice, and make sure the juice is freshly made (i.e, not from a bottle, but made yourself or from a juice bar)!

I just thought it would be a grea way to rebuild myself! I've been reading a lot of the material and I'm about to order the books! Thanks for the advice guys!

Why bother posting on a forum? You got advice - "do not do it" - and you are doing it anyway.

There's no such thing as "detoxing" your body. Your body has a perfectly capable system for removing toxins from your body, and the best thing to assist it is water and some fiber. Faddish "systems", " cleanses" or "detoxes" are money-grabs for gullible desperate people. "my friend said she lost 10 pounds in one week"? Really? Well I have a friend who takes up smoking to lose weight. That's not a brilliant idea either. Besides, we are mostly water and carry between 5-15 pounds of waste in our intestines/bowels. Any snake oil mix with a diuretic and laxative thrown in will make it look like you just lost a bunch of weight, but its not FAT.

agree with this!!

I, too, have always heard that the body does not need to be "detoxed."

I agree that we are made to detox ourselves, but we don't really allow our bodies to do it. How can someone fully detox when they are eating processed foods, preservatives, hydrogenated oils, etc? These are things our bodies ARE capable of detoxing, but the process is much, much slower for these foods as compared to whole foods that have not been processed such as veggies, fruits, etc. Our bodies may be able to detox that crap in time, but I don't see the harm in eating healthily, juicing and having a diet with less processed foods and weird crap that you can't even pronounce in our food. Avoiding that stuff will surely help one's body detox more and faster! I'm not saying that you have to use some weird foot pads or do the Master Cleanse, because I am definitely discouraging that. But my point is that there are healthy ways to detox that should not be written off immediately just because "the body can detox itself"...