Juicing Forum

Hello, I'm brand new to juicing. I'm hoping juicing will improve my health. I have been so sick for so long: I've been overweight my whole life, with Type II Diabetes ever since I've been an adult, and I also have high blood pressure and gout. My recent blood test results were through the roof, with the lab having to call my doctor's mobile phone urgently after hours because they were so bad. I heard about juicing and asked my doctor about it, and he said I can go ahead provided I keep a close eye on my blood sugar level. So, I got myself an Oscar juicer 2 days ago, and I've started juicing straight away. I can't believe how easy it is to eat so many raw vegetables with a little fruit for taste!

On the first day, I had 2 quarts of green juice (kale, broccoli, celery, green apple and ginger) and 1 quart of orangey-red juice (cherry tomato, red bell pepper, sweet potato, carrot, red apple and red chilli). On the second day, I had 1 quart of the green juice, I quart of the orangey-red juice and 1 quart of purple juice (purple cabbage, beet with beet leaves, pomegranate and blueberry). I'm really enjoying the tastes of these different juices, too.

But, I'm having a bit of difficulty in completely cutting out all the solid foods. The first night, I was so hungry, I cooked and ate a packet of instant noodles and a packet of potato crisps! The second night (tonight), I ate a small can of tuna. But, I will try my best to do a proper juice fast with you from Monday. I hope I can keep persevering to see if I can cut out all the junk food for good and abstain from foods like the canned tuna while I'm on the juice fast.

- Kurokuji

Hi Becky,
I'm in! I juice fasted for 28 days in August and had amazing results. Took a little break and now am ready to go after the rest of my weight loss. We've got lots going on these next few months, so my husband and I are going to try several short fasts (3 days) and schedule them around our social and family festivities. Believing for and expecting more success!
I'm actually starting tomorrow (Sunday) so maybe I'll go ahead and make mine a 4 day fast!
I wish you well...(You too Kurokuji)!!!!!

Hi everyone I I am brand new to juicing today is my first day of a three day fast I'm totally psyched I hadmy first juice this morning. I am a coffee addict so the next three days will be interesting.

Well, Monday (Day 1 of my Juice Fast) is now over here in Australia (where I'm from). I'm very happy as I managed to stay on just the juice.

Today, I had 1.5 quarts of a green juice I made from spinach, kale, green apple and ginger. I think the spinach made my green juice taste somewhat bland this time, compared to the great green juice I made last time (from kale, broccoli, celery, green apple and ginger). I think it may have been the celery last time which gave that green juice a very fresh, pleasant and grassy fragrance.

I also had 1.5 quarts of an orangey-red juice I made today from red bell pepper, sweet potato, carrot and strawberry.

Today, for about an hour in the mid-afternoon, my legs felt extremely fatigued and I had to put in some extra effort to move them in order to stand up and walk, but I put on a brave face and had some extra juice, and I felt better after a while. I checked my blood sugar and it was OK. I rang my doctor who told me to halve the insulin I was on before, and to continue monitoring my blood sugar level closely. This is good news for me, because I was on sky-high doses of insulin before, and if I can halve my insulin, this will go a long way to helping me lose weight. I have only been juicing for a few days and I can feel my clothes getting looser.

Also, this evening, I had a very unusual but quite pleasant experience, of a surge of warm energy enveloping my entire body. Perhaps this was from the ginger in my green juice?

Wishing all of you a good Day 1 for all of your juice fasts. I'm looking forward to another day of juicing tomorrow!

- KK

PattiRob: Your apples, celery, cucumber, spinach, lemon and ginger juice sounds awesome. I will have to make that!

My red bell pepper, sweet potato, carrot and strawberry juice was too sweet for me, but the little strawberry pips added some very interesting tiny crunchily-popping feelings inside my mouth, which was quite satisfying!

After I drink a lot of beet juice, I find that my nose and sinuses really get cleared up, heheh!

PattiRob: That sounds yummy!

It's now the start of Day 3 for my Juice Fast. I think my bowels are truly completely cleansed out by now, considering the amount of time I've been sitting on the toilet, HAHAH! I've had a couple of mild headaches, but nothing too debilitating. But, my good news trumps all those inconveniences: my blood sugar levels have been absolutely spot on, even with the reduced insulin doses, ever since I began my Juice Fast, YAY!

The detox is hitting me hard like a ton of bricks now. It's only a few more hours to complete the 3 days for me, but I don't know if I can keep going. For the last 6 hours, my legs and thighs, my arms and shoulders and my neck have been screaming out in pain. I am needing to use a walking stick, hobbling from one step to the next, in order to walk. I cannot even get any relief from sitting down or lying down flat. Today was a very hot day over here and I was thinking that I could be dehydrated. I am drinking cup after cup of water to try and stay hydrated, also thinking that I need to flush out any toxins that may be causing this pain. What is going on?!? My blood sugar level is OK, so I know I am not hungry, but it feels like if I just open and eat a packet of potato crisps, the pain will all go away! Is this normal?!? It's so bad it feels like my muscles are melting down...

I have done really well on my fast this time. I am at the end of my 3 days, and didn't have the same problems as before. I had some headaches and some aches, but nothing I couldn't tolerate. I've also been going through some really stressful experiences at home, so I was worried I wouldn't be able to do this. My husband was in the hospital for heart related problems. They are unsure what is wrong with him, but ruled out all the major things so they sent him home. They put him on a low sodium diet and want him to take aspirin daily. I told him he WILL start drinking juices with me, as I know his body can heal itself. If not heal it, I know it can improve his overall well being. SO, I made him his first juice and he forced it down. I was so proud of him. I made it mostly fruit since he hates veggies to begin with. I made him 3 slices of pineapple, 1 whole pear, very small handful of spinach, 1/2 cucumber. I am thinking of making him a mild beat juice. Has anyone tried mixing beats with oranges? I was thinking, 1/4 beet, 1 apple, 1 orange, spinach, cucumber, and maybe throw in some celery. I need to be careful the flavor is something he will drink.

KK, so sorry to hear about how hard the detox is going for you. Hang in there as long as you can.

I am going to stop at day 3 with the fast. But I will continue juicing at least 2 times per day, and enjoying as much whole/raw foods as possible. I will be doing another fast within about a week. I'll post that one when I start it as well. So if anyone is going to go at it again... we'll do it together!