Anyone here ever done a juice diet?

Holy crap guys. I haven't read all 32 pages of responses here. But I have done ONE and ONLY ONE "diet" that truly works long term. It's a low carb diet. Get away from bread, rice, pasta, dognuts, potatoes, almost anything "white". Carbs are what are killing most of us as far as weight.

And when I say "get away from" I don't mean totally. Just make them a small part of your diet. I'm down 50 lbs. My doc was impressed. Blood pressure down. I don't follow the "Atkins" thing at all, but after reading his book, I actually do it without realizing it. Pretty easy really. PM if anyone wants details.

Day 8

Starting Weight: 293.5
Previous Weight: 282.7
Current Weight: 282.2

My lady picked up a couple big bottles of Bolthouse and those were the majority of what I drank yesterday. I'm going to stick to the Mean Green from here on out and keep up my water intake. I'm not down about the slower loss but I'd like to maximize this whole juice fasting thing.

Day 17 juice fast check-in:


Starting Weight: 290.8
Current Weight: 268.2
Previous Weight: 269.2
Lost since yesterday: 1.0
Total Weight lost: 22.6

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Originally Posted by blacklabel

Day 8

Starting Weight: 293.5
Previous Weight: 282.7
Current Weight: 282.2

My lady picked up a couple big bottles of Bolthouse and those were the majority of what I drank yesterday. I'm going to stick to the Mean Green from here on out and keep up my water intake. I'm not down about the slower loss but I'd like to maximize this whole juice fasting thing.

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The more I go back and forth between fresh veggie & Bolthouse I think I'm coming to the conclusion that it doesn't really matter. I'm going to try to stick a little bit closer to the 80/20 veggie/fruit guideline and that will be from both fresh and store-bought. I also discovered the other day that I like the Naked Juice Mango flavor too so give it a try.

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Originally Posted by GilpinGuy

Holy crap guys. I haven't read all 32 pages of responses here. But I have done ONE and ONLY ONE "diet" that truly works long term. It's a low carb diet. Get away from bread, rice, pasta, dognuts, potatoes, almost anything "white". Carbs are what are killing most of us as far as weight.

And when I say "get away from" I don't mean totally. Just make them a small part of your diet. I'm down 50 lbs. My doc was impressed. Blood pressure down. I don't follow the "Atkins" thing at all, but after reading his book, I actually do it without realizing it. Pretty easy really. PM if anyone wants details.

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I think what most of us want to do is drop as much as we can as quickly and safely as possible, and then roll over to eating better. At least that's my plan. Changing to a healthy diet and only losing 1-2 lbs./week would only discourage me. I can suffer for a couple months if it'll give me a big headstart.

I hope you guys took "before" pictures to compare with your "after" shots. Would probably make a good post at some point for the non-believers. If not, take some now.

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Originally Posted by USAFGopherMike

I hope you guys took "before" pictures to compare with your "after" shots. Would probably make a good post at some point for the non-believers. If not, take some now.

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I've got plenty of fat pictures of me. I've been between 265 and 315 for about 8 years now. I've been able to cut 40lbs off with diet and exercise over a 2 month period a couple of times but put it right back on within 8 months.

I'm hoping that juicing can help me break that 265 barrier and then build the right habits. I've always known what to do, the will power has just never been there longer than 2 or 3 months.

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Originally Posted by rondog

I think what most of us want to do is drop as much as we can as quickly and safely as possible, and then roll over to eating better. At least that's my plan. Changing to a healthy diet and only losing 1-2 lbs./week would only discourage me. I can suffer for a couple months if it'll give me a big headstart.

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That's my plan.

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Originally Posted by USAFGopherMike

I hope you guys took "before" pictures to compare with your "after" shots. Would probably make a good post at some point for the non-believers. If not, take some now.

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This is the biggest regret I have because I was going to start a video blog on day 1 and update daily and put it all on YouTube. I put it off for a few days and before you knew it I was down quite a bit of weight. Not sure that doing it now will be as dramatic and as such I keep decided to just leave the old me in the past.

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Originally Posted by blacklabel

I've got plenty of fat pictures of me. I've been between 265 and 315 for about 8 years now. I've been able to cut 40lbs off with diet and exercise over a 2 month period a couple of times but put it right back on within 8 months.

I'm hoping that juicing can help me break that 265 barrier and then build the right habits. I've always known what to do, the will power has just never been there longer than 2 or 3 months.

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Same here. All of our vacation pictures and all the pictures of me for the past 8yrs or so are fat so if I wanted to see that I have plenty of reminders hanging on the wall. I still kinda wish I would have documented it better I guess.

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Originally Posted by Jer

This is the biggest regret I have because I was going to start a video blog on day 1 and update daily and put it all on YouTube. .

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That would have been cool. A picture says a thousand words. A blog of a guy shedding 60 lbs inspires a thousand people.

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Originally Posted by USAFGopherMike

That would have been cool. A picture says a thousand words. A blog of a guy shedding 60 lbs inspires a thousand people.

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Yeah, that's kind of what got me going after all. I was all set to start doing YouTube videos but wasn't able to start right away and then I just kept feeling like it wouldn't have the same impact once I've already lost 20lbs.

I do good at the back side of cameras, but I try to stay away from the front side of 'em. And I really don't want any underwear side views out on the 'net. Moobs, ya know. Got some.

Best I can do for ya, and this was a couple years ago.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...g/DSC00567.jpg

does barley, hopps juice count

This is probably the most recent picture of me at the rally. This picture probably makes me look better than I am as I generally look much fatter:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5...IMAG1373_1.jpg

How much juice do you guys make per batch? I'm averaging about a quart, and it can be a chore to drink that much at one sitting.

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Originally Posted by rondog

How much juice do you guys make per batch? I'm averaging about a quart, and it can be a chore to drink that much at one sitting.

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The past couple of days I'll have some Bolthouse or Naked juices to start my day. It varies too. I get one out of the fridge that sounds good and sometimes I'll take a drink or two before I decide I want something else. Then I'll put it back, get another and drink for a while off and on. Then later I'll whip up that recipe I posted which makes about two cups (not an actual measurement, just physical cups) of juice. While I drink that I'll make the recipe I posted of the Mean Green juice and that will make a few cups (also not a measurement) that usually just barely fits into this water bottle I have. I screw the lid on tight and put it in the fridge while I finish the first one I made. Then, after that's gone and while later when I start feeling hungry I bust out the Mean Green juice and usually finish it off. Sometimes I have some left the next morning. Don't force yourself to drink juice... just drink when you're hungry. Your body will want more some days and less on others so it's tough to say.. you should have 54oz of juice because who knows.

Day 9

Starting Weight: 293.5
Previous Weight: 282.2
Current Weight: 281.7

Another half pound day. I'm just going to keep juicing and drinking water like a fish and see what happens. I'd like to see better results but as long as I'm losing weight I'm not going to worry about it.

Day 5

Starting Weight: 323
Current Weight: 313

Down 10

I'll post stats later on, but as just an FYI I've tried out a few weight tracking apps for Android and the best one so far that's free and minimally intrusive with permissions is Weight Tracker ++ .

Apps??? What's wrong with pencil and paper, date and weight?

Damn Rondog, pencil and paper is OLD SCHOOL! Everything has to be done on an app these days!

I've been using Weighty Lite on Android. It doesn't do much outside of track my weight but that's all I need.

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Originally Posted by rondog

Apps??? What's wrong with pencil and paper, date and weight?

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What's a pencil and paper?

Bah! Geeks.....hang a calendar on the wall near the scale and write your weight down every morning. There, it's "tracked".

Day 18 juice fast check-in:

Starting Weight: 290.8
Current Weight: 267.2
Previous Weight: 268.2
Lost since yesterday: 1.0
Total Weight lost: 23.6

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Originally Posted by Jer

This is probably the most recent picture of me at the rally. This picture probably makes me look better than I am as I generally look much fatter:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5...IMAG1373_1.jpg

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In addition to this before I found another picture I took when the Heat won the finals and then another one that I took today to send to my buddy. This probably illustrates the weight loss a little bit better.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-V...IMAG1301_1.jpghttps://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Q...IMAG1426_1.jpg

Lesson for the day: You can make your wife a bacon cheeseburger with Texas garlic toast on the side, but don't be stupid enough to watch her eat it.

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Originally Posted by mrghost

Lesson for the day: You can make your wife a bacon cheeseburger with Texas garlic toast on the side, but don't be stupid enough to watch her eat it.

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Haha... I can only imagine. Were you able to resist?

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Originally Posted by Jer

Haha... I can only imagine. Were you able to resist?

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I did resist and pounded some water, then had some juice. I must have looked exactly like the dogs during dinner time for a while though.

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Originally Posted by mrghost

I did resist and pounded some water, then had some juice. I must have looked exactly like the dogs during dinner time for a while though.

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Haha.. I share your pain brother. Stay strong. In the end it will all be worth it.

I can relate. Grilling those pork chops and ribs Sunday was torture.

Day 10

Starting Weight: 293.5
Previous Weight: 281.7
Current Weight: 280.4

I didn't do much different but lost 1.3 pounds. I'm excited to see the 270s hopefully tomorrow. The family and I are going camping tomorrow so we bought a bunch of Bolthouse juice to cover us. Should be a good time.

Not doing a juice diet but I did start back up on no carb/sugar this week as a result of this thread. External influence is a good motivator for me so as long as no one minds if like to play along.

Day 19 juice fast check-in:

Starting Weight: 290.8
Current Weight: 267.2
Previous Weight: 267.4
Lost since yesterday: +0.2 :-(
Total Weight lost: 23.4

Days like this make it tough to get motivated to drink nothing but juice. lol Those big weight loss days near the beginning are quickly averaging out to a pound a day if I keep having days of no loss or even gaining like this.

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Originally Posted by blacklabel

Day 10

Starting Weight: 293.5
Previous Weight: 281.7
Current Weight: 280.4

I didn't do much different but lost 1.3 pounds. I'm excited to see the 270s hopefully tomorrow. The family and I are going camping tomorrow so we bought a bunch of Bolthouse juice to cover us. Should be a good time.

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Yeah man, those milestone make it all worth while. I'm still a ways away from the 250's (and going the wrong direction currently) but as soon as I hit the lower 260's I'll start getting excited about that again.

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Originally Posted by Rooskibar03

Not doing a juice diet but I did start back up on no carb/sugar this week as a result of this thread. External influence is a good motivator for me so as long as no one minds if like to play along.

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Good to hear man. I hope more people choose a healthier lifestyle, whatever that may be, and if this thread is a motivating factor towards that than that's awesome. That's the whole reason I started it and am airing my personal details after all.

Day 6


Starting Weight: 323
Current Weight: 311


Down 12

Good job rondog. Pretty soon you'll be in the 200's and that will be a HUGE milestone!

day 11

Day 1 383.5
Today 358.8

loss 24.7

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Originally Posted by hobowh

day 11

Day 1 383.5
Today 358.8

loss 24.7

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Wow. Good job

Anybody else having a wierd taste in their mouth? Kinda salty and foamy, and water won't wash it out. Seems I've heard somewhere that losing weight can give you bad breath and b.o. too. Yuck.

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Originally Posted by rondog

Anybody else having a wierd taste in their mouth? Kinda salty and foamy, and water won't wash it out. Seems I've heard somewhere that losing weight can give you bad breath and b.o. too. Yuck.

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I had a white furry tongue for 4 or 5 days and I've noticed that I feel like I need to brush a lot more often.

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Originally Posted by hobowh

day 11

Day 1 383.5
Today 358.8

loss 24.7

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Damn, that's awesome!

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Originally Posted by Jer

Good to hear man. I hope more people choose a healthier lifestyle, whatever that may be, and if this thread is a motivating factor towards that than that's awesome. That's the whole reason I started it and am airing my personal details after all.

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Well then here we go

Start day Monday 221.4.
As of this AM 216.2.

Goal is sub 200.

I was at 247 in Feb. Got down to 214 by May and feel off wagon and crept back up.

-at what point does the desire for solid food subside....if ever?

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Originally Posted by hatidua

-at what point does the desire for solid food subside....if ever?

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That right there is why I know I'd personally struggle with the juice diet.