Juicing and MRC

[carmen3498]

I added a daily juice to my plan after watching Fat Sick and Nearly Dead. I am not sure about the whole everything working together for the "metabolic" whatever at times. I log all my food on livestrong and it is a very low cal diet with high protein. I think that for the most part it is accountability and calories in calories out. I love MRC and I feel like I stay pretty informed. I am certain that we are all professional studiers of diets or we wouldn't be here. Even though the gals at my place are awesome and encouraging they can not provide me with the sources for their "Metabolic Research" I am grateful to have found the program and follow their instruction but adding the juice daily has truly made a difference in how I feel. I'd like to go on a 3 day fast once I hit my goal weight to completely detox my system. Does anyone else juice while they are on plan? I am still losing 2 pounds a week I'm only 20 pounds from my goal weight. I am certain that this is where the rubber will meet the road. I know that I'd rather be healthy and make wise choices than go back even if I plateau stumble or intentionally jump off the healthy bandwagon. Just a rambling thought. I am glad that everyone is here and puts their thoughts out here so I don't feel so crazy.....

[tkdtara84]

I hadn't heard of the juice diet until a few days ago (there's a thread on the 20-somethings forum). After reading more about it, I don't think it's crazy, unhealthy, or unreasonable. I don't buy the "detox" thing-- what are you detoxing from? I think it has more to do wtih what you stop putting in (processed carbs, sugar, fats, hydrogenated oils, chemicals, etc.) than the juice itself. The juice has no power to clean you out (except maybe your colon, lol), but anyone will feel better if they stop eating a bunch of junk.

If you really want to, I think you'd be fine with doing your three day thing right now. It will most likely help you lose even more weight than you would on MRC (during the fast, that is), so I think if you want to, go ahead and do it. MRC is a pretty healthy and clean diet-- no processed foods, sugar, etc., so the juice fast wouldn't really have much to "detox" you from. If you don't eat the bars (which are processed, of course), you are pretty much "detoxed" as it is. Preconditioning is a type of detoxification, really. It gets you off caffeine and sugar and tons of carbs. That's why we have withdrawal symptoms when we do preconditioning.

Anyway-- my thoughts are that the juice fad is pretty healthy. It has whole veggies, etc. in it, not just fruit juice. I don't think it woudl be healthy for an extended period of time, but three days can't really hurt you, and it should boost your WL. If the thought of pureed spinach didn't turn my stomach, I might give it a try myself.