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?

missnat - how many juices did you have yesterday? BTW I always make sure i have a juice before i start cooking lunch or dinner to stop me picking at it. Also in the morning I make up an emergency juice so if i do suddenly want to eat something I have a juice at hand and don't have to bother faffing around making one. If I haven't needed it that day then I drink it before bed.

argh. just went to get weighed and i've lost a Lb this week. one. little. pound. I know that my overall loss in (just)under 2 weeks is 8lbs amd there will obviously be a slow down after the wonderful results in week one and i didn't expect another 7lbs, because that would be silly, but I have to admit I'm still a little disppointed. :'(

ah well. will keep on keepin' on. see what happens next week. must avoid the (fermented) grape juice.

PersephoneSnape - me too

Have lost 9lbs since I started juicing, which is amazing, but I had hoped to lose a bit more than 2lbs after my initial 7lbs.

However, when i jumped on the scales this morning they hovered around 4lb below where they eventually settled - so things are looking promising.

Stay positive!

I'd be fine with 2-3lbs a week. maybe i'm just acclimatising to chewing again! shall report back in due course. (and try very very hard this week!)

anyone else find they retain a lot of water at various curious points in their menstrual cycle as well? I know that no matter what i do in two weeks time, it's highly unlikely I will get a good loss because i'll be pre menstrual.

DSC - ask boots to order in the bepanthen antiseptic cream or morhulin

Thanks nappy. She's much improved already, yay!

Bouncy and Perse, I feel you.

I've been juicing every day and just eating a nice dinner. A couple of days ago I had gained back two pounds and was pretty shocked. I"m back down again today but had a very light dinner last night. I'm worried that my metabolism has changed. Will I never be able to eat three meals a day without gaining it all back?

To lose more weight, I guess I'll have to go back to full time juicing.

I'm waiting for my turbo charge your life book. Hopefully that will shed some light on this.

MissNat - one trick I use is to add lots of ice to the blender, which gives me two full flasks of juice. Then I have one as back up, an hour later.

During the first week, if I was just absolutely dying for something to eat, I'd munch on celery or even an extra apple. Also adding wheatgrass powder really helped my energy levels. You get used to the taste.

Couldnt get back on yesterday at my laptop broke all working again now though .

nappyaddict i had 2 and a half juices on Wes as i wasnt hungry. Might try having a juice whilst making tea. I find theat i get major cravings between 5 and 7pm. Once everyone has eaten though im fine.

bouncingbluberries your quote as given me more "umph" to complete the 7 days IYKWIM

DivaSkyChick will try the extra ice today and see if that helps.

I have to confess that i did have some of DS potato yesterday . I was testing it to see if it was too hot for him and he wont eat a thing unless he's seen either me or DP eat it and DP was out. It was such a tiny amount on a tiny baby spoon so i dont think that it will affect the plan too much.

Im on day 4 today so theres no way im going to come this far and end up cheating over the weekend.

Hope everyones day is going ok.

P.S the smell of KFC, McDonalds and Pizza Hut etc is making me feel sick

That was supposed to say laptop broke

Yeah missnatalie! Good for you! You're more than half way through now.

Keep up the good work

Just read today that you can juice pineapple with the skin on if you give it a good wash.

Doh.

Been spending ages trying the cut the blardy skin off!

Ok, I got a juicer from freecycle, got the books from amazon and got the fruit and veg from market.

Now I am very close to chickening out before I even start.

Someone come give me a kick and tell me how much lovelier I'll look and feel when I can fit into size 12 (not 18)jeans!!!!!

missnatalie - what times did you have the juices on wednesday? i have 3 juices a day usually - one about 11/12, one about 5 and one about 9. i know i should probably have one earlier in the morning but i never seem to get time.

nappyaddict i have mind roughly the same time as you and like you i should have a morning one but too busy. DP is off work this weeekend so im going to get him to help me sort the juices. Think i might start making them in advance rather than as i go.

My tummy is really hurting but i cant tell if its because im hungry or just in pain. Just has a super juice but ive broken my bloody blender doing it so had to have it without the avacado. Its nowhere near as tasty.

lotuseener - read the book! You'll be bursting to start before you finish reading it!!

missnatalie and nappyaddict one of my fave juices is the Lemon Ginger Zinger - I use it as my standby juice if I don't have much time or can't be bothered.

You just chuck 2 apples, 2 carrots, a chunk of lemon and a chunk of ginger into the juicer and away you go. Then I bung the dirty juicer parts into hot soapy water.

I always try and wash my juicer before drinking my juice (or as I'm drinking it) so that it's clean and ready for the next juice.

Maybe find a simple standby juice you can make from memory? That might make life a little easier and get more juice inside you

OMG ive jus been sick blood . My tummy feels like its burning inside. The last time this happened was when i has a stomach ulcer. Do you think the juices have done something to my tummy?

They are very acidic. Are you going to see your GP?

do you take medication for your stomach ulcers? i would ring out of hours gp.

missnat- report back - hope you're ok today.

missnatali - I hope you're ok. Please let us know how you are.

Aww thanks for asking of me you've put a smile back on my face

Was so ill during the night lastnight and kept being sick blood. DP took me to the hospital as i was in agony with my stomach. When i got there they said it was a apendicitus (sp?) but after a 2nd opinion and me telling them about the juices they figured it was an over protuction of acid in my stomach. They've given me some Omeprazol tablets to take and told me to give the juicing a break for 2 weeks so that the acid can settle. After that i can re start it again but must continue taking the tablets. Im really annoyed about it to be honest. I got to day 5 and then this happens . Even though im eating again, im doing it healthy. Today ive had porridge for breakfast (the hospital made me have it), salad for dinner and salad for tea. Im hoping that im still losing weight but probably not as fast.

P.S forgot to say. I weighed myself this morning and ive lost 6lb (smile).

Right juicer has arrived, tomorrow I start
Has anyone bought a trampoline ?

missnat - if the juices were giving you bad acid maybe best to stick to just 3 juices a day?

Have been following this thread as much as possible - started reading it from the beginning and then realised just how many pages there were!!!!

Glad to hear you are okay MissNat. - frustrating though after getting nearly to the end....good news re: the 6lb eh?

I'd like to know how Spokette is getting on.
Have I missed anything in the last couple of pages? Has she kept the weight off? Lost more? Still juicing? Eating solids?!!!!!

Going to have a go, just need to dig around at the back of the cupboard for that unused juicer I bought several years ago!!!!