Juice Feasting… NOT Juice Fasting
I have been gaining weight and generally feeling pretty bad recently - I am tipping the scales… no… make that, I am CRUSHING the scales at a whopping 361lbs. For the past six months I have been battling chaotic work and sleep schedules, not to mention needing to improve my health because of the blockage discovered in my heart about a year and a half ago.
I was half asleep Saturday night and as semi-dreams go, I started to get inspired to fast, I thought, maybe I could cut out all food except for almonds… don’t ask me why, but that was how the dream went.
Anyway, after I got up I went to YouTube and Google to search on Fasting, and came across a few resources - The one I liked the best was from YouTube by RawBazaar. What I noticed at first was her annoying habit of calling a Juice Fast a Juice Feast… ah, but it wasn’t a mistake, she really was referring to a Juice Feast… after watching her videos she really won me over by her utterly real perspective and charming personality. So, inevitably, I thought, I should find out what this is a Juice Feasting is all about - If you are interested, you can check out what the author, David Rainoshek says Juice Feasting is at his site.
Now, at the risk of alienating myself from the entire Juice Feasting community, I am not, nor can I conceive ever being a health food junkie.
You don’t get a body like mine without working hard for it *grins*
Seriously, I do not buy into the whole philosophy, however, it seems that this would be a great way to achieve some better health and balance for my big fat body! Bottom line, I am not doing this primarily to lose weight, although, I do not see how I will not lose weight by cutting my calorie intake down to 1500 - 1800 per day. My real goal with this part of the journey is to achieve a general feeling of well being along with attaining a steady sleep cycle - other benefits that come will be bonuses.
So, I’m going to go for a 5 day fast to see if I can make it… from there if all goes well, I will shoot for another 5, etc. But for now, I just finished my 2nd meal - er, well, I finished my 2nd quart of juice.
Surprisingly, the 1st quart this morning was tasty… but the one I just finished - holy crap! It was disgusting! (I will try to publish some of the recipes later - for now this post is getting a little long in the tooth…)
So, my hope is that after fine tuning this process, I will begin to figure out what is good and what is stomach turning. In any event - we are officially off to the Juice Feasting races!
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June 30th, 2008 01:05
I did a juice fast a couple of months ago. It really helped me to reduce my general calorie intake. I would suggest reducing your calories to stuff like fruit the day before you begin the juice fast, then when you break it, do it the same way, but eating really lite for the next 24 hrs. It really hurts your stomach if you break a fast with a big meal.
August 11th, 2008 13:39
Chin up girl. The Juice feast sounds awesome. Problem is what will it do for you long term. With the recent artery blockage, you should possibly consider more long term options.
Change just one thing everyday and it soon adds up
Good luck
August 12th, 2008 06:54
Howdy Ami - thanks for the comment… I’m a guy though. The woman in the video that I posted is not me *grins*
I was on the juice fast for a week and dropped a “TON” of weight - but that was not the goal nor the purpose, I just felt great after a week.
After that I have gained the weight back, but feel better. Now I am slowly losing again with exercise and watching what I eat.
September 6th, 2008 02:10
You know it’s great that you’re continuing with the weight loss and doing it sensibly and slowly - one of the hardest things for the body to deal with is sudden changes in weight - although it is possible to lose weight very quickly. The normal problem is that people lose weight rapidly and then put it all back on again. Then simply rinse and repeat.
This causes major problems to your muscle mass without which it is very difficult to lose weight in the first place. So over time as people yo-yo their muscle mass slowly dimishes and it becomes harder and harder to lose weight.
Keep up the good work - I suppose now it’s September you could add a little progress update!!
Best wishes, Dan
October 5th, 2008 18:24
Trying a fasting or detoxification diet is something you should only do for a short time. Losing body fat can take some time but if you follow the right diet and exercise program it can be done.
November 17th, 2008 15:07
Curious to know how many pounds you dropped during your juice-fast, and while you were doing it, did you feel hungry at all?
I’m glad to see you’ve come up with a long term plan of diet and exercise, but I need to drop quite a few pounds in a short amount of time. I’ve got a wedding coming up, not mine, but I want to look good for it.
November 22nd, 2008 11:12
Fasting is not my idea of a healthy eating plan. It’s fine as a quick start or to shed some pounds quickly to lose weight fast for a special occassion, for instance.
For long term weight loss you should be aiming for a gradual reduction of pounds and to re-think your eating habits, otherwise all the weight will go back on again.
Good luck with it!
November 30th, 2008 15:38
@Jim - I dropped about 20lbs during my 2 weeks, wasn’t hungry at all… but it is important to note that I gained all the weight back after stopping the juice feast. Now, I do not regret it at all, because, I was not doing it to lose weight… I wanted to give my body a “reset” - Not sure if the feast will give you the type of weight loss you are looking for, but, as always, make sure you speak to your doctor or health care providers before making any sort of major decision like this.