Juicing Forum

I'm starting tomorrow, August 2nd. I'll follow you and we can keep each other motivated! You can do it!!

I just finished shopping and the looks I got were hilarious. A little boy said "Mommy she's taking all the apples." I think I'll do week 2 just so I can do the shopping again. And I guess you noticed I meant to put August 3rd, not the 2nd. Congratulations on completing day 1!!!

Hi GetOffMe & Hi Donnie! Well, it's Day 2 in Jolly Old England Breakfast done, and I've chopped veg ready for lunch & dinner. I'll be working a 24hour shift starting at 5pm, so will have to pre-juice 3 meals.
I must admit, I was so keen to get going that I've made do with the little juicer from the back of cupboard, but it really isn't up to the task for serious juicing. It definitely makes a difference. My pulp is quite wet still, and I feel that I'm 1) missing out on good stuff and 2) wasting valuable food! So, next payday will see the arrival of a new juicer. We have one on the market here called a 'Sage', endorsed by the chef Heston Blumenthal. It's a 1200w one - that's gotta get every last drop out of the produce! I've even seen some on Ebay for quite a bit less than RRP - generally from folks who didn't stick with the juicing past day 2
Oh, and another thing... this is REALLY cleansing my insides! I mean, now how do we put this politely?... Nobody has mentioned this aspect that I've seen, but... shall we just say, it's a good idea to know where the restrooms are!!!
So, GetOffMe, today will be your Day 1 I hope you enjoy it. Are you using the recipes from the 7 day plan? I'm starting with them, and will see about using some of the others later on. There are some great ideas on here from people - it seems a very friendly forum
Well, off to do some chores with this extra energy I seem to have today!
Stay Positive!!! x

So I'm sad to say that Day 1 was not a successful 1. I was doing great. I bypassed BBQ at a picnic, restaurant food offered from friends, and snacking. At the end of the day, I found myself tired of the taste of the juice. I hate ginger and all of my juices tasted like cucumber. So let me fess up.... I ate one of the microwaveable, healthy choice meals for dinner. I tried my juice, but I don't know. Tomorrow I'm trying again. Yes, I'm using the 7 day recipes, but I'm going shopping for some other things in the morning. I really should've started on Monday; it's too much time and temptation on the weekend. Madfev, I'm so happy you're doing well. By the time you see this, it'll probably be Day 3, so stay with it. I really think you can do this. Don't lose sight of your goals.

Monday 5th August will be my first ever juice fast! I'm so glad to see that there are a few others on here just getting started. Ill check back in tomorrow. I haven't eased into this instead i polished off left over homemade gnocchi with tuscan ragu sauce. I would have preferred to have had a light day however that wasn't to be as we had visitors for the weekend and we live in wine and cheese country. Margaret River, West Australia. sigh!!! We are also know for sharing our home grown veggies so tomorrow i'm off to pick some kale & other greens from a local gal. I'll combine it with my garden fresh celery and shop purchased apples and other bits. I have 3 large platters of lemon, lime, oranges & grapefuit on my kitchen bench and instead of making cumquat jam and lemon sour cakes I'm going to put them to good use and juice them too!!! sorry for the raving on...... I'm a bit excited to see how i go. All the best for your day today everyone

GetOffMe - if you don't like ginger don't use it! Find a substitute. If you don't like cucumbers try zucchini. I didn't like cucumber so I reduced the amount of cucumber to half a cucumber rather than whole which made it a whole lot more tolerable. Check out the substitution list and don't beat yourself up. You tried. Just eep trying.

I'm finishing up day 7 here. Not sure how long I'm going for honestly. I never set a certain day. I idealy would love to go 60 days (who wouldn't?) but is that possible for me? I don't know. We will see though.
Was a very hard day (I posted about it) but I made it through my ravenous "OMG I MUST CHEAT" mood. Thank goodness. Weekends are harder because my husband is home. I don't know what it is about him being home but it throws my WHOLE schedule off!

Good luck to everyone and their fasts. You can all do it Madfev sounds like it's going well with ya!

Today is going pretty well. I just juiced. Now I have to attend a social event for work. I'm sure there will be temptation, so I juiced appropriately. Wish me luck! Madfev, how are things going?