LonelySutton
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Since we all want to lose weight.... I thought I would mention this. I do not know if you saw this movie but it is about juicing. This guy weighted 300 until he did a 60 day veggie juice fast. He lost 100 or so lbs and over 5 years gained about 40 back. It kind of started the whole juicing movement.
The thinking on juicing is that 1 drink gives you the nutrients of more food than you probably could eat in a sitting. In addition it is low in calories so you lose weight. Believe it or not as well, many fruits and veggies do contain protein (and you can also add nuts etc) and so it makes you highly nutrient-ed, with raw veggies (good for enzymes) for low calories. This I like.
The problem for me is that a few years back I did a medically supervised very low calorie diet plan. It was mostly shakes and some small food. I lost 60 lbs but slowly put it back on and then just slid into gaining it back. The issue that happened to me was two fold. The food itself requires prep and taking it with you... and when someone is working and stressed and all... it is hard to keep up. Sure you can keep up for a while but it won't be a lifestyle change until, YOUR LIFESTYLE CHANGES!!
You see this in the movie. Joe, the main guy, is some sort of CEO of his own company. Well of course she can afford to take time out during the day to juice and probably has someone buy the veggies for him. But, Phil, the truck driver Joe meets, doesn't fare so well. Phil is poor and struggles to work for a living and sure as can be -- gains it back.
Secondly, I just got sick to death of the taste of the food. They taught you how to make the food so it would seem different. But in the end, after two years of the same foods. I couldn't take it anymore. I fear that could happen with juicing as well.
I feel like maybe the best route is to two two juice drinks a day, one in the morning and one at night, this would at least assist in getting nutrients. While eating mostly regular food during the day.
Has anyone done juicing? Seen the movie etc?
The thinking on juicing is that 1 drink gives you the nutrients of more food than you probably could eat in a sitting. In addition it is low in calories so you lose weight. Believe it or not as well, many fruits and veggies do contain protein (and you can also add nuts etc) and so it makes you highly nutrient-ed, with raw veggies (good for enzymes) for low calories. This I like.
The problem for me is that a few years back I did a medically supervised very low calorie diet plan. It was mostly shakes and some small food. I lost 60 lbs but slowly put it back on and then just slid into gaining it back. The issue that happened to me was two fold. The food itself requires prep and taking it with you... and when someone is working and stressed and all... it is hard to keep up. Sure you can keep up for a while but it won't be a lifestyle change until, YOUR LIFESTYLE CHANGES!!
You see this in the movie. Joe, the main guy, is some sort of CEO of his own company. Well of course she can afford to take time out during the day to juice and probably has someone buy the veggies for him. But, Phil, the truck driver Joe meets, doesn't fare so well. Phil is poor and struggles to work for a living and sure as can be -- gains it back.
Secondly, I just got sick to death of the taste of the food. They taught you how to make the food so it would seem different. But in the end, after two years of the same foods. I couldn't take it anymore. I fear that could happen with juicing as well.
I feel like maybe the best route is to two two juice drinks a day, one in the morning and one at night, this would at least assist in getting nutrients. While eating mostly regular food during the day.
Has anyone done juicing? Seen the movie etc?