Juicing - two days in and I am still not hungry!

[spokette]

I decided last week to start juicing after seeing my cousin who had lost a stone in 3 weeks!! I only want to lose half a stone after the excesses of the summer so I thought starting off with a diet comprising vegetable and fruit juice might be interesting (as well as challenging).

So I bought a Juicemaster book (7lb in 7 days) and started juicing yesterday. Today I worked out to one of my DVDs for an hour and have just returned from the park with my DTS. I'm still not hungry!!

I have been drinking fresh juices,which are absolutely delicious as well as exhilerating and I feel fabulous. I plan to do this until Saturday so it will be interesting to see if Jason Vale's promise that you will not feel hungry at all holds true.

Was wondering if anybody else had tried this regime?

delighted to see this thread.

jason vale is brill. i followed his plan last year and did well but used a bereavement as an excuse to eat crap again.

however, he has changed the way i think about food. you dont feel hungry on the diet, you feel full and nourished. it's a way of life really. good, sensible nutrition rules. i started juicing again a few days ago.

the only thing is i got heartburn, not really sure why. but felt energised. and you do buy a ridiculous amount of apples! instead of four apples in my morn juice i had three and a carrot.

Day 6.

I know I should not do it but could not resist. I stepped on the scales first thing this morning...............

I've lost 5lb in total so far!

I've drunk half a glass of the turbo charge juice at 8am and that is all I have had so far other than a glass of water. I just do not feel hungry. This diet is fabulous!

Well done! It's sooo tempting isnt it! Are you getting any cravings for anything? Are you able to exercise?

alright i need to lose weight by next saturday was thinking slimfast but this sounds good.

but i dont have time to order the book so if its not in woolies ill need recipes and do you have to use stupid expensive fruits that no one in my town will have heard of let alone sell? we have one health shop and its tiny they have enough room for vit c and thats about it.

The only craving I get is to have something solid for my jaw to chew on so I just have about some grapes or a banana!!

I have been exercising all week and plan to do a 2 or 3 mile run tomorrow morning as long as it is not raining. Otherwise I'll work out to a DVD.

I need to go now but I'll post a couple of recipes later. The most exotic fruit/vegetable that I have used to date is avocado!

Talk later!

SSSSBTSS I really don't think you could or should do it without reading the book first. It is not something to be taken up lightly.

Actually I concur with ellideb. You really do need to read the book first and get into the right mindset to do this diet/lifestyle change because it is hardcore.

This is not just a diet for me but a complete overhaul of my diet and attitude/approach to food as well as nutrition. Juicing is something that I plan to do regularly because I know that it is the one thing that will help keep my weight under control, provide copious amounts of vitamins/minerals, regulate my appetite as well as ensure I have a flat tummy (not bad considering I'm 43yo!!)

I still have not drunk any juice since 8am because I am just not hungry. I'm drinking water but there is no physical hunger. That is absolutely incredible and is something that Jason Vale says will happen. He completed a triatholon after consuming only one glass of juice that day.

On day 4 I was wearing a pair of jeans (size 12) where I could not do up the top two buttons before I started this regime. On day 6 they are sagging around my bottom. I have not measured myself again but I can tell that I have lost at least two inches of my hip, waist, thighs and arms. I'm shrinking.

is it worth buying the book then considering that i live in a small town where peppers are considered an exotic food? or will there be loads of fruits/veg that are must have that my town dont have anywhere i.e. fennel seeds , wheatgerm, lemon grass etc,

SSSSSS With JM's Super Juice, you are suppose to add wheatgrass, spirulina and acidophilus bacteria powder. I did not because I did not have any! So I just made it up using the the other ingredients - lime, apple, pineapple, cucumber and avocado.

Super Detox Juice comprises apples, cucumber, celery, spinach and power green powder. I did not have power green powder so just used lettuce. In terms of having the most easily available ingredients, the Juice Master Turbo Express is easy and is the main one that Jordan used to lose 28lbs in 3 months.

1/4 small pineapple
1/2 stick celery
1 inch chunk cucumber
1 small handful of spinach leaves
1 small piece of peeled lime
2 golden delicious or royal gala apples
1/4 ripe avocado
ice cubes

Juice everything except avocado. Place juices plus avocado flesh in blender and blend until smooth.

You can get more guidance and recipes from his website here but please read about it first before embarking on the diet. Good luck!

Read the comments on the link that I attached. Chris Brown lost 10lbs in 7 days and two stone in 8 weeks!

ah good im fairly sure that i can get all of those things here. tesco are quite good now as it has expanded so they should sell avocados now. i know the fruit and veg shop doesnt. thanks for that i will check out tesco and invest in the book.

From Claudine

"I have just completed your 7lbs in 7 days plan and want to say how amazed I was at the results - I lost 15lbs!!!!!! I am still in absolute shock. I wasn't severly overweight - was 11stone 3lbs and am now 10 stone 2lbs."

Reading those comments I actually feel a bit disappointed because I have only lost 5 lb to date but I guess they were more overweight and I only wanted to lose 7lb initially anyway so I need to keep perspective!!

im definately doing this. im way overweight and need strict diet rules or i wont stick to it. thats why i was going to do slimfast. cutting down doesnt work for me i either all in or all out iyswim?

i think to get into my jeans again ill need to lose 7lb ish. i can get them on and done up they are just uncomfortable.

hopfully i will wont lose too much and end up needing smaller jeans

good luck to you sounds like you are doing great. to lose 15lb that quickly you have got to be very overweight take it from a serial dieter. i did the maple syrup one and lost a stone in two weeks and i was quite overweight then.

Good luck SSSSSS. I'll be thinking of you

roughly how many calories are you getting a day with this plan?

I did it last year and lost those promised 7Ibs in 7 days....also then continoued Juicing the Turbocharge way...
I found it all easy enough...however, after a few month I was sick after drinking a Juice and can not face drinking Juice now....I tried a few times and started heaving...not sure why that is, tbh....but hohum....

good luck to you!

No idea! It is only for 7 days so not concerned about that. All I know is that I am not hungry.

I still have not drunk another juice since 8am because I am just not hungry. This diet leaves you satiated, unlike most other diets.

I plan to replace two meals with juices for the next 14 days after I complete the 7 day programme and then after that, have a juice once a day, probably for lunch.

Well I have completed the 7 day programme and I have lost

8lb in total!!! Yippee, , , .

I cannot believe how easy and fulfilling I found this diet. Not only have I lost weight, I have changed my mindset towards diet, food as well as nutrition and I have dropped a dress size in a week! Before, I was a 12-14, now I am a 10-12 with a nearly flat tummy.

I'm going to embark on the 14 day programme now because I want to lose a another 7-10lb. I'm going to make the butternut squash soup and have that for dinner along with a couple of slices of rye bed. For breakfast and lunch I will have the Turbo Charge smoothie - mmmmmm yummmie!

I'm off to do some exercise now!

Thanks for all the support, encouragement, advice and comments and I'll keep you posted.

Well done you...beware that whilse the Turbocharge programme promisses a similar succes...as you are already slim...you may not lose as much as quickly....when I did it, I lost the promised 7Ibs but on Turbocharge I only lost a further 3 Ibs in that fortnight....
which was still brill...just don't be disappointed, iykwim...and you never know you may still lose another 7Ibs or more anyway...

have read thread with interest.

The only thing that I am somewhat about is the fact you have to take supplements etc. that implies that actually, you're not getting all your nutrician from the juices.

also the absolute need to read the book before embarking on the diet sounds very money-making to me - it must be possible to do research into how to do it in a way that does not cost money? JV must have come up with the concept from somewhere after all?

There are plenty of Juicing Websites...so, if you have a sound knowledge of nutrition and the time, then indeed it would be easy enough to make up your own programme....

It's been to long ago to remember the supplements...but they are, if I remember correctly a Probiotic one, and then things like Spirulina (which is a dried seeweed thing, so natural)and can't think if there was more...I think an oil one maybe...like I said it's to long ago...

I would think that you do ge a very nutritious diet whilst doing it....lots of Avocado, forinstance....
and all that fruit and vegetable...

oh another supplement is Psyllium Husk....but that is because a lot of fiber is lost whilst only doinng juices...

Congratulations Spokette! That is really good! I have never done the Turbo Charge mayself, but I do have the book so I will be interested to hear how you find it. Keep us posted!

Wannabe, wrt to supplements, I did not take any. I left them out, including the Psyllium Husk and seaweed stuff and my bowels did not stop moving.

Yesterday I made the butternut squash soup and had that with two slices wholemeal bread (could not find any rye bread). The only other thing I ate yesterday was a banana plus one of the juices.

Today, I have had no appetite and have only had three glasses of water. I'm about to have some of the Turbo Charge Smoothie and grapes for lunch and for dinner I'll have the remaining soup that I made yesterday.

This diet works for me because it has neutralised my appetite. I just do not feel hungry and I don't snack anymore.

ellideb

I have just drunk some of the Turbo Charge Smoothie. It is delicious and filling!