Anyone doing the juice plus diet/detox?

[4390evans]

Anyone doing the Juice Plus diet?

Ive started doing the detox today which is 14 days long and I think the way they are going to get me skinny is due to me giving up eating! I've never been a foodie but I've never found eating such a effort in my life! I thought I would of missed the sugar that I love so much but atm Im not its just .......flavour well I think thats what it is Im missing. Both my meals has had raw kale in it and I thought I would of liked it but BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!


Hows anyone else found it?

Oh and the green tea Ive really got to stop myself retching! This should be given out as torture treatment!!!

[darcyvuqua]

Anyone doing the Juice Plus diet?

Ive started doing the detox today which is 14 days long and I think the way they are going to get me skinny is due to me giving up eating! I've never been a foodie but I've never found eating such a effort in my life! I thought I would of missed the sugar that I love so much but atm Im not its just .......flavour well I think thats what it is Im missing. Both my meals has had raw kale in it and I thought I would of liked it but BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!


Hows anyone else found it?

Oh and the green tea Ive really got to stop myself retching! This should be given out as torture treatment!!!

The only thing I can compare green tea to is putting hot water into an ashtray and drinking it absolutely revolting stuff

[Patchninja]

Sounds absolutely revolting. Try Slimming World. It works and you eat very well!

[noviceveggrower]

Hi, I tried a detox thing and just could not do it. The migraines I got were horrific.
I did loose a lot of weight by just cutting the rubbish out. Salads I put a low fat dip or a drizzle of a vinegar thing on it. Or bread that can have a lot of hidden calories.
I think another secret is make your food look good and it makes it more enjoyable.
Green tea? Yuck yuck yuck. I have no added sugar squash or diet lemonade with a dash of lime squash.

[Hazel at the Hill]

I did loose a lot of weight by just cutting the rubbish out.

Top tip there, I think.

[Mikey]

See I've tried loads of diets over the years and they all fail, its a problem with our perception of the word diet, to deprive yourself of what you like. I had the most success on slimming world, as portion control wasn't an issue and you could snack and you were allowed some treats.

I think willpower has little to do with it, as does nurture when you can get identical twins were one is slim and the other overweight. We have a switch in our brains that makes us eat and tells us when we are full. If you try and tamper with it you will spend your whole life fighting it.

I think the only real change we can make is exercise, and I'm not sure how much effect that has, since getting a dog I have gained a stone in weight even though I walk the dog between 2-3 hours a day. My body is hungry constantly, the switch in my brain is never off, its always on feed me more seymour.....

I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that I'm a fat man inside a fat mans body.

[veggiechicken]

I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that I'm a fat man inside a fat mans body.

You need to come to terms with the fact that you're not fat, Mikey

I've tried fad fat diets too, over the years - not any more. In fact Ive lost half a stone and added 2 more holes to my belt (on the thin side!) just by being more active in the garden this year - and I'm eating more chips than ever before
Sorry Jen, but I haven't tried your diet and I never will.

[Dorothy rouse]

I'm trying the 'think yourself thin' diet, not having much success tho.

Think it has been proved that 'diets' don't work in the long term,best to cut out the rubbish, and processed stuff and eat good fresh produce, get more exercise and drink lots of wine, which if you are over 40 is beneficial to health. Life is too short to be eating something unpleasant, and what's more you won't keep it up.

[noviceveggrower]

I think diet is a word that should be banned. It should be making changes to you life style.
As my hubby says you need to eat less and exercise more if you are able to. Or eat less and do more.
I am over weight I admit it but as DottyR says life is to short. Just eat healthy exercise more but most importantly is be happy. If you are down about how you look or your shape it will make it harder to loose weight.

[Hazel at the Hill]

The only reason to lose weight - and this is a biggie - is if you are carrying too much to be healthy. It's not about what you look like, or what other people think of you, it's about being healthy and being able to *do* stuff.

I look round the High St sometimes, and it seems that virtually every person - great big tubs of lard! Think of your knees! Think of your hips! Think of your heart! Think of your type II diabetes risk! Take responsibility for your own health! No wonder the NHS is in dire straights!

And the worst of it is, that so many people think that it is ok to be unhealthily big. I see groups of young girls in crop tops and a right good handful of blubber round their middles and they see nothing wrong in this - yet the health problems in later life are life limiting and life changing.

The only 'diet' that works in the long term to shift excess weight is 'do more, eat less'. and the only way that you will be happy doing it (and it will be sustainable) is a little bit of what you fancy does you good i.e. moderation.

I occasionally want to lose half a stone if it's crept on, before I go on holiday (I log it all on here quite often - go and have a read if you need a cure for insomnia) - but now I run regularly I have found that although I am - at the mo - about 4lbs over 'holiday weight', I am lean enough to fit quite nicely into my holiday clothes, so no further action needed. Even if not everyone is as fortunate as I am in being able to be active on their feet, with a beautiful park down the road, and a job that means I can get out at lunchtime but - no excuses - everyone (with very few exceptions) can do something.

[Mikey]

Some very inflammatory comments there Hazel....

[Hazel at the Hill]

Don't mean to be.

If you think that anything I have said causes offence, I will delete my comment.

[Mikey]

I didn't think for one minute that you would intend offence Hazel,

I would say that I think the NHS suffers from a few more problems than just the overweight. Funding cuts, too much bureaucracy, an ever increasing population, the development and cost of drugs and our ability to cure so many more illnesses are all pressures of equal merit.

[Mikey]

I would like to see a whole market shift by the government to look at the implications of our expending waistlines.

I think its time we started looking at preventative measures, school meals, education of food in schools. (In economically challenged areas it can be very hard for schools to get children to bring in ingredients.)
Taxation, I think its high time we started to look at the cost of food and why unhealthy food is so much more cost effective than healthy produce. Perhaps we can look into subsidising home grown fruit and vegetables with taxes placed on beige foods.
I also think in a preventative measure, more could be done to provide free leisure facilities to all, with the addition of a referral to coaching and motivational services for those that want to make a change via their GP. you can't beat people with a stick to make them change you have to praise their efforts.
Finally I would say we need to make photograph manipulation a thing of the past with magazines and the media as a whole, they promote an unhealthy image of flawless beauty, its about time we saw positive role models with all their flaws and imperfections. So that our children can see that it is ok to have a slightly twisted nose, or a gap in your teeth, or a little cellulite around your derriere.

[Hazel at the Hill]

I would say that I think the NHS suffers from a few more problems than just the overweight. Funding cuts, too much bureaucracy, an ever increasing population, the development and cost of drugs and our ability to cure so many more illnesses are all pressures of equal merit.

I quite agree. Mikey - and I would add the cost of dementia and/or an aging population to that list of pressures list too.

I do think, though, that we all have a responsibility to ourselves/our loved ones in terms of taking care of our health - not just with weight issues, but smoking/drinking/ridiculously dangerous sports etc.