Need Advice, Juicing.

Im new to juicing but ive been doing quite a bit of research and i found these peoples success stories to be what really ultimately convinced me to get into juicing. the first,
http://www.youtube.com/user/rawfoods
is a wealth of juicing recipes and juicer recommendations. he also has another page about growing food called growingyourgreens.i know previous people have mentioned growing your own or buying organic if that fits into your budget, if simply for the added nutrition value alone. the second,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UK-aX0_fAw
is a girl who sticks to a raw and vegan diet, but she is also an athlete like you seem to be. i believe she has a few other channels as well.
i also check http://naturalnews.com/ everyday for health and other news, and like others have recommended as well, i found fat, sick, and nearly dead as well as forks over knives, and the beautiful truth (Gerson therapy - raw diet) to be very good viewing indeed.

Netflix right now about juicing: Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

Here's a write up about it, with inspiring before and after pix.

http://healthybliss.net/fat-sick-and-nearly-dead-inspiring-f...

Juicing is a great way to supplement nutrients. I would definitely add that to your game. At the time, you could be stuck between a rock and a hard place because your sport requires you to athletically participate for hours. This requires you to eat properly. Without really knowing what you put your body through, daily, is a problem; however, while you are competing I would not eliminate a thing.

You have to watch your carb intake when you are losing weight, and you have to watch your carb intake when you are competing. The philosophies will be different. I don't know one successful paleo-diet marathon runner. Why? Carbs are the fuel for the athlete. The more complex the carbohydrate the better you'll feel training, and competing because you'll be creating lots of ATP (fuel) that is metabolized during activity.

In my opinion, if you want to compete to win don't eliminate but rather add and refine. By refining, I mean, no refined white flour, or simple sugar carbohydrates. They burn to quickly, often making you feel sluggish throughout the day, and whatever is left over stores as fat. Sugar is a poison the serious athlete would work to eliminate it. If you must- only 1 ounce of dark chocolate to pleasure your senses a week. Kill the alcohol consumption it will retard the liver in it's metabolic function.

When you are not training to compete I would use strict portion control and up the cardio and core training while maintaining or increasing any resistance training you currently do. You will burn more calories naturally by increasing your muscle mass. It's here, without any competitions in your next 90 days that you can work to burn the weight.

Example diet for a day: Breakfast 1 Mushroom omelet, 1 cup fresh strawberries, and 12 oz 1% cottage cheese

snack Shake/juice/protein bar (low-sugars)

Lunch: Chef salad

snack: 30 pistachios and 2 ounces of turkey jerkey

Dinner: 10oz Salmon, 1 cup asparagus, 2 cups red pepper soup, shake/juice

This plan is courtesy p90X by the way.

What you should notice though is how much and how often you are eating. 5-6 Small meals a day would do wonders for you.

Think of your body like a furnace, or camp fire. If you don't feed the fire it doesn't burn as hot, or as much. The type of wood you feed it also helps. Think of hi fat, hi sugar processed foods as the worst you could be feed the fire- The would is damp/wet or green-- too much and you'll kill you're fire. On the other hand, if you are doing all the right things when that fire is roaring, you'll be able to consume almost anything and it will burn right up- but stick to the good stuff and you'll never put it out again.

With the juices you should watch the fruits you'll put in- Apples and Carrots are high in sugars but they certainly kill the bad taste of the kale, and other dark green leaves that you should be sticking to.

Finally, I just started p90x and it's a great program that comes with a lot of helpful information plus you don't have to bonk out and kill yourself in front of a whole gym. You don't need weights (all body weights), but it doesn't hurt to add some when you feel like you are building more muscle.

Hope this helps you out.

Movement is the key to life.

I juiced for around 2 months last year, not a full juice fast though. I ate a normal dinner and juiced for other meals. Juice fasting probably would have had better results as I felt I stagnated a bit during this time.

Before I did the juicing I was eating grapefruit + celery for my first meal, ate a normal dinner, then ate either a big bowl of broccoli or cucumber later on. Doing this seemed to work better than with the juicing.

Juicing is fairly time consuming. I have a masticating juicer, omega vrt350hd, which is supposed to be one of the better juicers but does take a while. Eventually I decided that it would be a better use of my time simply to eat the veggies whole instead of juicing them.

When I was juicing I would use green apples, celery, kale, cucumbers, ginger & lemon. Although I would just add whatever other veggies I also had at times. Broccoli sometimes comes with large stalks that nobody seems to eat, so I was adding them to the juice as well. I liked the juice more when I strained it to get most of the pulp out. Also using the right amount of ginger & lemon made a big difference as well.

You might want to watch the following documentaries: "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead" and "Forks over Knives." Also, do some searching on YouTube and you'll be able to see examples of how well people are doing with juice fasting. Also look into raw foods diet / weight loss as well.

2 large oranges
1 red grapefruit
6 frozen strawberries
1/2 banana

Squeeze the juice from the oranges and grapefruit.
Put the juice in a blender and blend with the strawberries and banana.

Carrot Cleanser Juice

4 large carrots
1 stalk of celery
1 apple
handful spinach
juice from 1/2 lemon (optional)

Pass the ingredients through a blender.

Check out http://www.healthrecipes.com/juice_fasting.htm for more great juicer recipes!
Sources: http://www.healthrecipes.com/jui

http://www.juicing-for-health.com/enzymes.html
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Information/JuicingWeightLoss...

I juice 2-3 times a day and try to limit high sugar (apple, beet, carrot) as much as possible, but if you are used to more sugar, it takes a while for your taste to adjust. Here is a 30-day plan that takes you gradually from sweeter to more veggie-based juice without shocking your taste buds too much.
http://blog.williams-sonoma.com/30-days-of-juicing/
As far as diet, I have found Dr. Mercola's metabolic typing to be very helpful. He takes the view that different metabolic types need varying ratios of protein/carb/fat, and eating a diet that does not fit your type can completely sabotage your weight-loss goals. For instance, I lose weight and have energy w/ high protein/fat (beef, cheese, butter) and have no energy and gain weight on vegetarian or high-carb diet, my husband is the opposite.
Here is an online quiz to test to check which type you are
http://products.mercola.com/nutritional-typing/
and here are Mercola's juicing recommendations:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/1...

If you can juice home grown herbs, fruits and veggies and overall your costs will be reduced pretty good AND as far as health goes the stuff at the supermarket these days has lost MOST of its GOODNESS and flavor compared to natural organic homegrown produce.

I would actually try out store bought, versus home grown versus going to a local farmers market or street vendor. See what tastes best and priced right for you.

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Aaron Dykes lost, if I got this right, some 100 lbs.. maybe a years time, not sure.

Dr Mercola is to Alternative Health what Dr Paul is to Liberty. Dr Mercola was the reason I heard about and donated to the very first Money Bomb!!!
Everything you ever wanted to know about natural health...it's free and he is world reknowned.
He exposes the status quo in the medical, weight loss, and pharmeceutical industries on a daily basis. He even has a vet online for healthy pet care. To your health!

1. Don't eat so fast. Finish the bite that's in your mouth before shoveling in the next one. Pause between bites to savor the food.

2. Stop trying to feed your emotional hungers with physical foods. If you can't find love from someone around you, give your own love to yourself. (think "inner child.")

Seriously. Perfect to mix with juice because it's tasteless. It's LOADED with Omega 3's, antioxidants, etc. It's helped everybody I've ever turned onto it.

I prefer the milled (ground) chia and I get it from the guy who knows the most about it (Dr. Wayne Coates). Here's his website... http://azchia.com

It's very inexpensive. Really good for your pets too.

Raw Food Rehab
http://rawfoodrehab.ning.com/

Bill Barlow
Raw Food For my life
www.rawfoodformylife.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbIixJI_oa4 The Gerson Miracle examines many of the elements of the Gerson Therapy, explaining why we are so ill and how we have in our grasp the power to recover our health without expensive, toxic or mutilating treatments, using the restorative forces of our own immune systems. Even the most advanced cases of cancer can be successfully reversed using this method. While the results seem miraculous, the real "miracle" lies within our own body and its healing processes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuJrfYG7oh8&feature=share The co-author of The pH Miracle, Dr. Robert Young in an extended 42 minute interview, talks about the importance of juicing when starting down the road to health. His program advocates alkaline foods to help balance the body against the typical american diet of mostly acid-forming foods. He says using a juicer daily could be one your most important steps to good health and longevity.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/289122/fat-sick-and-nearly-dead Focusing on two men whose bodies have been trashed by steroids, obesity and illness, this documentary chronicles the rigorous healing path -- including a two-month diet of fruits and vegetables -- that both attempt in a bid to rescue their health.

to your regimen. Muscle mass even at rest has a higher metabolic rate.

another thing to consider are the boot camp style workouts. when I was in the army I saw amazing transformations. skinny kids bulked up and big guys slimmed down.

we didn't drink too much juice.

high protein, high carbs...buckets of water

and run your arse off everywhere.

Apple Lemon Broccoli serves 1
1 reg apple
1/2 lemon
1/2 broccoli
No Sugar Added

Apple Carrot serves 1
1 apple
2 regular carrot

Juice WAY more greens. If you didn't get a masticating juicer, get one for greens. The cheaper, manual masticating juicers are best for doing just that, because they oxidize the food much less, while heating a lot less than electric ones, especially centrifugal juicers.

The nutrition in green juice is massive and decreases appetite as well. The chlorophyll acts as hemoglobin, transporting oxygen throughout your body. The digestive enzymes and minerals in greens far surpass the high glycemic fruit juices as well(though fruit juices are also important for brain power, cleansing, energy etc.) Wheatgrass juice has more nutrition than 15 pounds of garden veggies and more chlorophyll than over a hundred pounds.

I recommend reading up on Gerson therapy, Norman Walker and anything by Ann Wigmore.

Also, check out the Norwalk Juicer on youtube. They're extremely expensive, but have maintained their superior status in the juice market for ages.