Juicing Forum

Welcome and good luck to everyone! Glad to have you all here.

So far today I drank 120oz of juices, which I see on the net is nearly a gallon. However, I'm starting to crave food now that it's coming to the evening. I'm resigning myself to the fact that my juice fast will have a jerky start but I'm going to keep plugging away till I get it right. I'm going to increase my celery and tomato intake. I think that'll help me with the salt food craving.

Let's keep moving towards our goal. Good luck all!

Welcome to Mrstlh, Chrysalis, terikiley and vicki!! This group has grown quite a bit since I was last online.

So, I have to report I broke my fast early. I made it 3 days. After much research and soul searching, for me I had to stop. I would like to share these links for everyone who would be interested in learning more about what you can expect during a Juice Fast. http://juicing-for-health.com/joy-of-juicing/juice-fasting/what-to-expect-when-juice-fast.html

Also from the same site a great deal of information came from here. http://juicing-for-health.com/joy-of-juicing/juice-fasting/healing-crisis.html

I want to share also, that I have no doubt a Juice Fast is what my body needs. But in my case, I ended up with a high fever, migraine headaches requiring medical intervention, as well as a few other things and was told that I can not safely continue. I want to share, my doctor is a true believer in juicing, and shared with me that he juices daily. This is rare according my doctor. Due to the medications I am on, and some of my personal health issues, he has recommended a slower approach. I sincerely don't want my experience to scare others away from this. I am continuing to Juice. I will be drinking 1 juice per day for a week, then will increase to 2 drinks per day for an additional week. After that time, I will be able to try again with his supervision.

I would love to stick around here, continue to learn from others, and grow into a healthier and stronger person from the inside out!

~ Becky

Becky, thanks for the follow up. I'm glad you were able to get taken care of. I'm glad to hear you are doing better now. It sounds like you have an exceptional doctor and I commend him for setting you up on a slower approach. I also want to say you did the right thing in seeing him. You listened to your body and did what was best.

Let me know how things work out for you on this new approach. Keep us updated.

I began juicing on Sept 1 but didn't cut out food. I did try to eat healthier though and I noticed a positive difference in how I felt. I completely fell of the wagon over the weekend and am now paying the price of feeling icky. This is day 1 of what will have to be a 7 day fast. I'll be traveling for 3 days next week and unable to juice. I plan to stay with salads while I'm gone, and then hopefully start longer term fast when I return.

Chrysalis, I know that icky feeling all too well after falling off the wagon from diets more times than I'd care to remember. Lol. I am noticing, like you, positive effects even though I drink a cup of coffee and eat a little food. Good luck on your 7 day fast.

Vicki, wow, that's some pretty scary stuff. I'm glad you're starting to feel better. After decades of eating processed foods I think it's best to slowly ease your way into a full fast. Keep plugging away. I'd like to take credit for being smart but I can't, lol. I tried to go 100% juice right away but I couldn't make it.

Today I had an 8oz cup of coffee(which I'm hoping to stop sooner than later but it's darn hard. Ha), juice , water, raw fruits and raw veggies. 2 days now without cooked food. I'm starting to detox but at the same time noticing an improvement in my health.

Lee Iacocca You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.

Brian, I went ahead and added a "Show latest activity" button next to the new topics button. I was going to call it "Show new posts" but didn't want people to get confused between topics and posts. So, there it is! Enjoy!

Right now it's only showing 5 new posts. I'll get more into the code later and adjust that to 10 or so.

Yesterday, Wednesday, was more of the same. Lots of juice, lots of water, some raw fruits and veggies, and I managed to cut my coffee intake down to 4oz.

I'm still with ya. This is day 3 for me.

I hear you Vicki! I've been using organic as much as possible, and it's quite expensive. I'm going to have to use non-organic for all but the "dirty dozen plus." I'm only drinking about 75 oz of juice as well.

I have an Omega 350, which I Love, but I've discovered I can't handle using celery in it. The pulp is too nasty even though I cut it up before juicing. I'm not a real celery fan in the first place.

Brian, I've still had to take a Vivarin (equal to 2 cups of coffee) in the morning if I've got to get up early and function. I think easing into it was good for us. I hadn't intended to do it that way, but I was just weak (hungry) and unprepared to go full steam that first week.

I learned that I have high blood pressure on Monday, so now I have even more enthusiasm to stick to this.

Hey there everyone! Donnie than you so much for you kind words! I wanted to update everyone on how I'm doing. To recap: I started a 7 day fast, and due to some health issue, it was recommended that I stop the fast and try a slower approach. So here's how I've been doing.

I have started by one day of no juice, ate raw foods and lots of protein rich foods. I had a little more energy and my headache finally went away. The next day I had one juice, raw foods and one small meal that included fish for protein. Since then I have been drinking 2 or more juices per day, ending with one small meal at the end of the day that includes a small portion of some sort of protein.

I feel amazing! I know it's not a fast, so I can't wait to see what a fast will do for my body. But I sleep through the night now. I have noticed some amazing changes such as, sinuses are clear, I have energy like a bunny , I have not had one asthma attack this week (for me this is a miracle), I don't think I've lost any weight but I feel lighter and I seem to think more clearly!

So this will continue through the weekend, then on Monday I have been cleared to go for a fast again. It will be a short fast, unless I keep feeling great and continue to get the all clear from my dear sweet doctor. Whom by the way is a huge advocate of juicing!

I've been playing with juices these last few days and found some really great tasting juices! I've put a few up in the recipes section, if you want to try any!

You all sound like you are doing amazing! Keep up the hard work, it's so worth it in the end! If I am seeing these amazing changes with simply adding a few juices per day, then I have found the miracle cure! I say that, then think... food is the medicine the body craves!

~ Much love to all of you!

Vicki, it's great that you're seeing improvement with you're health issues. Keep doing what you're doing.

Chrysalis, Sorry to hear about your high BP. As you said, all the more reason to stick to this.

Fun2ww, Welcome. It's very hard to do this when there's food all around. Drinking a lot of juice to stay full, I would think, might help. Wish you all the best.

Becky, I'm glad you're feeling great and ready to go again. Good luck.

I'm still doing juice and raw fruits/greens. I haven't had any coffee for two days but I'm not confident enough to say I'm done with it. I'm working on it though. My sinuses have improved a lot and I'm staying the course until it's totally cleared and I can breathe fully again.

I hope we all find the strength to go the distance. Good luck.