Juicing Forum

The day is here! Time to start our 3 Day Group Juice Fast! I hope everyone is ready and excited! Please make sure to post when you can. It helps keep us all motivated.

For those of you bringing your juice to work with you, make sure you seal it up good and store it in a fridge or ice chest. You will want to make sure your juice is filled to the top as to not let any air in your container. This will help to keep it as fresh as possible.

I'm excited to hear back from all of you. I'll be here if you need me!

Welcome Fitnwhole! You should have no problem losing 4-6 pounds within 5 days. If your main goal is to lose weight then you need to make sure you are only juicing. No smoothies, only juice! It's optimal to use just fresh fruits and veggies during your fast, so stay away from the protein powder unless it's pure 100% unflavored protein isolate.

Remember, the blenders do not separate the pulp/fiber from the juice. One of the main keys in juicing is to not take in the fiber/pulp in order to let your digestive system rest and cleanse.

Keep your juices about 20% fruits and 80% vegetables during those five days and I'm sure you will lose that 4-6 pounds! Keep us updated and if you have any questions, I'll be here to answer them.

Hi all!

I didn't plan to start until tomorrow, but other than a pretty healthy sushi (sashimi) lunch with a friend, I've been juicing faithfully. I made myself a pineapple/orange/carrot snack juice when I got home (I drove 1.5 hours to the LA area for a doctor appointment this morning, and met an old friend for lunch while I was there) which is absolutely delicious. Today was my first day off in 8 days so I had to postpone shopping and prep until today, but I was happy to discover while "juicing to clean out my fridge" that zucchini makes a surprisingly pleasant tasting juice.

I'm feeling really good since I did the 7 day fast two weeks ago. I think I'm really close to my ideal weight right now, as I fit comfortably in my clothes and look good while maintaining a necessarily high energy level for my physical job and gym rat tendencies. I wanted to do this 3 day fast now because since I'm ALWAYS hungry, I'm in danger of overeating in spite of my best intentions and gaining back all my lost fat pounds. As has been mentioned a few times elsewhere in this forum, intermittent fasting makes a lot more evolutionary sense than trying to maintain a constant, ideal weight by eating a limited calorie diet every day. It also appeals more to my stomach and taste buds!

To everyone else involved in this fast: if I can do this, you can too. Really. And it's worth it. Good luck all!

Started my day with the lemon and water and then did the sunrise surprise juice, which was actually pretty good. During my lunch break had celery,kale,carrot and granny smith apple with just enough POM juice to fill it to the top. Unfortunately, during work I went through all the water I had brought from home and filled my container up with water from a filtered system they have at work. That water tasted absolutely horrible, which meant no more water for the rest of the work shift. By the time I left I had one of the worst headaches I have had in a long time!! Had hoped to try and get through it without taking any ibuprofen, but just couldn't take it any more. Will definitely be making sure I take plenty of my own water tomorrow. Husband is cooking his dinner and am feeling hungry at the moment, but as soon as I finish this am determined to go make my dinner juice. Going to try the purple power minus the purple (stopped at 2 places and no one had organic red cabbage, so stuck using green cabbage). Minus the headache, the rest of the day went well as far as energy. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!!!

GN- made it through Day 1-WooHoo! Onward- thanks for the support! Sweet Dreams!

Day 2 is here!

This marks the half way point of our 3 Day Group Juice Fast. I hope all of you are still on track, sometimes that first day can be challenging. Remember, you're almost finished so stay strong and finish this out!

I'd like to know what juices you've been drinking. Post your favorites for us to see and try. Thanks!

Good morning!

As usual, I'm not using recipes, just throwing stuff into the juicer to see what comes out. Breakfast this morning is a delicious concoction of pineapple, strawberry, orange and grapefruit with a few large handfuls of mixed garden greens thrown in. Lunch will be similar to what I brewed for dinner last night: several small zucchini, a couple of Roma tomatoes, a big handful of basil and a lemon.

I woke up feeling great this morning and did 20 minutes on the bike in between my warm grapefruit water (I have a LOT of grapefruit to use yet!) and my breakfast juice. I'll probably add some veggie protein isolate to my lunch juice just to make sure I can make it through my work day and physical therapy after.

Hope everyone else is staying strong and starting to feel good. Have a great day!

Started my with lemon and water and the sunrise surprise again, since I still had leftovers from day one. Lunch was the green giant (hope to be able to afford a better juicer for greens some day, because mine does not do that well). On my way home from work had an orange/carrot juice and just finished the dinner sunset passion for my last juice of the day. Most of the day my energy was good, but am getting tired early tonight. Scale showed 3 pound loss this morning- yeah! Totally amazed that I have not felt real hunger during these 2 days. Did have some strong cravings today, but not hunger. Hope everyone else is doing well and staying strong! One day left to go!

DJ, what kind of juicer are you currently using? Remember, hunger is just your body telling you that it needs nutrients. Since you're getting plenty of nutrients your body is adapting well! Cravings will come and go, most of them are habitual eating cravings. My habitual craving during my first fast was that I would always snack on something while watching tv. Once I got past that it was just so easy! Glad you are doing great!

Corpusmae, BBQ's are so tempting and smell so delicious when your juicing. It's a huge tease... My neighbors seem to BBQ just about every day when I'm juicing but I never when I'm not juicing! I wonder if they are on to me and trying to get me to cave!

Keep the juicing guys! One more day to go. You all have been doing so great!

I've been doing well. Made it through my second day. My favorite juice so far is the orange/carrot. I just love it! No headache today, so that's a bonus. I did seem to be more tempted by the food my family was cooking, but stayed strong. Only one day to go!

Welcome back Jeanne! I hope all is well. Glad you did the marathon, I've always wanted to do one. I've made food for family but never a group of 70 people!!! That must be interesting to say the least haha!

Laura, sometimes the best juices come from stuff you just throw in the juicer. That's why I always take a before and after pic of my favorites.

Lesfleurs, Try Orange/Carrot/Raspberry/Fennel it's an amazing spin off and has a very distinguishing flavor.

You guys are really rocking it!!! Stay strong and let's finish this out tomorrow!

DJ, Sorry to hear you are having trouble with your juicer. I have a few different juicers that I use now so I have a good idea of what they do. Depending on what you're juicing some pulp might escape into your juice. With the Hamilton Beach, I have noticed when juicing carrots it leaves some pulp in the juice. With the Cuisinart and Breville it's not so pulpy.

Kale and spinach don't produce that much juice regardless of what brand of centrifugal juicer you are using. I do notice that with Kale/Spinach the Hamilton Beach juicer puts out the same amount of juice as the Breville.

When juicing berries the Hamilton Beach actually does a little better than the Cuisinart but about the same as the Breville.

Foam is an issue, I usually just spoon it off the top when I'm using the Hamilton Beach or Breville. The Cuisinart has a built in thing to catch the foam for you.

I like your idea of straining the juice. It does help to eliminate any pulp and foam that gets into your juices.

Just got honme from a long meeting where they had pasta,(looked good) and great desert, breakfast and snacks all day but made it through. A few people looked at me funny when they saw my green drink but didn't really want to get into it. Don't want to jinx myself, well explain later when I have been consistent for awhile. Down 5 pounds already and my son is down 6. We texted each back and forth and that really helps me through different situations. Going to go make my juice for the evening. So happy I made it through, I am going to continue on with the fast- should we make it a 7 day fast group- what is your suggestion?