Oct 2012 - Monthly Fasting Thread - join anytime of the month

[Gianni]

I had 6 vodka shots last night, wonder how bad that was for my progress?

The alcohol will have a detrimental effect on your body and in the cleansing process, but at least everything else in your diet is healthy for the moment and so your body is perhaps better to handle it. Anyhow I'd still try to take it easy on the sauce.

[Gianni]

I drink two or three 22oz. veg juice a day and it seems to be keeping my hunger in check.

So about 50 oz. of vegetable juice? That might be around 400 calories a day. I think I'd be starving.

[juicehead]

Hey Gianni,
I do drink glasses of water throughout the day but should I be drinking more juice? how much do you drink on a fast? any advice would be appreciated, Thanks

[MysticTree]

I'm not sure there is a set amount of juice. I have not had much juice myself today. I had a brief spell of hunger when I was out earlier but it has passed.

[dawrhino]

everybody recommends 3-4 liters of juice a day, of course it will also depend what kind of juice U drink.

I just made myself mean green juice - kale, celery, cucumber, tomato, apple, smile lime and ginger. It is soooo yumi ! Just had 20 oz and another 20 oz for later.
I have been drinking today lots of juice because somehow in the morning I had terrible headache. After over 2 liters of juices it is over.

[Gianni]

@juicehead - When people water fast they are getting almost no calories. So whatever works for you.

Many people fast for the weight loss, and that is one of the reasons I started juice fasting again. However, I'm looking at the long term - not just losing weight on my juice fast, but continuing to lose weight when I'm not fasting, even if it comes more slowly on my vegan (mostly raw) diet than when I juice fast.

Personally, I am a juice feast kind of guy. I probably take in around 4 litres of fresh juice when I fast (3 litres fruit juice, 1 liter vegetable/leafy greens), some days a bit more. It keeps me satisfied and makes fasting easier for me. It also gives me enough energy to go for long walks every day and light jogging a couple times a week, but most important of all, it makes it easy for me to reach my fasting target in terms of number of days I set out to fast for.

[dawrhino]

are we on day six already? wow!

I just bought case of 26 pounds of tomatoes for 8 dollars on the market. also some cucumbers, red peppers and hot peppers. Made really delicious ( and spicy juice) . only sad think is that guy on the market said he will have tomatoes only for 2 more weeks. I live in Tennessee and prices of the veggies and fruits are expensive even during the season ( when compared to Chicago where I used to live ) so I do not know how long will I be able to continue my feast. Will see. I am just poor student now, without work.

[MysticTree]

At least you can be glad of these two weeks. You could do one day water every now and then to ease costs :)

[dawrhino]

thank You MysticTree, this is really nice idea, I could even do few days water fast in between - have anybody tried this? 10 days juice feast, 5 days water fast and 10 days juice feast? or something similar ? ( like every 3-4 days water fast?) I have to read more about it because I have never water fasted before.

[MysticTree]

I'm planning to follow a cycle of water fasting, juice fasting, smoothie feasting and solid raw. It's cool so far :)

[dawrhino]

7 days and 10 pounds down yeah!! This is what I am talking about!

I just had one sin yesterday night - 2 glasses of wine .

Good luck everyone.

[MysticTree]

7th day for me here and 14 pounds down. No cheating or slipping for me. Still don't feel hungry.

[dawrhino]

wow great! congratulations.

I just hope I will have enough will power to continue because when my wife was cooking yesterday , it smelled so good and I was getting hungry. Not even for cooked food, I was just thinking about salad. But I read my commitment few times and so far so good. Still drinking juice from yesterday, have to go to store buy some greens.

Oh, have U tried to add jalapenos to Ur juice? it will for sure help with the cucumber taste.

[MysticTree]

I'm avoiding cucumbers altogether at the moment :)

[halfsleep]

I'm going to do a three-five day water fast, then go off into juice fasting. I really need to release some stuff right now.

Anyone ever incorporated green smoothies into their fasting? I have a bin of organic baby spinach, but if I try to juice it, I end up wasting it and not really getting anything out of it.