Week 7 Update

total after 6 weeks 28.0 lbs
new weight lost: 3.2 lbs
total after 7 weeks 31.2 lbs

Week 6 update

total after 5 weeks: 23.6 lbs
new weight lost: 4.4 lbs
total after 6 weeks 28.0 lbs

Week 5 update

I missed a week but it looks like the weight loss is slowing a bit

total after 3 weeks: 17.6 lbs
new weight lost: 6.0 lbs.
total after 5 weeks: 23.6 lbs

On Cravings

So during the course of my juice feast I've really begun to learn some things about how we relate to food. What triggered this was an almond commercial announcing a new "portion control" strip on the side that lets you see how much you're eating. This is what I hate about dieting; eating should not involve math goddamn it!

That's my natural feeling on it and up until recently I was thinking that was what was getting me in trouble. I'd get something REALLY good like coconut curry from take-out and mow through it instead of saving half for lunch the next day like I rationally should. This is why the prospect of dieting always seemed kind of grim. You count all your calories and then when you've reached 1500 you just stop eating? That's crazy talk!

In doing the Juice Feast, I have to say, portion control has not been an issue. 4 quarts of juice is a lot to drink in a day, in the first few days I was lucky if i got 2.5. Sure there were cravings, but I was full %100 of the time, not just full, stuffed.

So what changed? I think it was getting all my vitamins and minerals for once. Honestly, it's like all those cravings were my body going into a feeding frenzy searching for magnesium, potassium phosphorus, whatever. And just like a shark I didn't care if I was biting my own tail, I just wanted to OM NOM NOM something.

Now that I think of it, it's quite possible that this is the first time in my life I'm actually getting all my macronutrients, vitamins and minerals. The shark doesn't go on feeding frenzies any more, and I think withdrawal from certain foods (grains, soy etc) has made the shark sort of chill. Like a shark with sunglasses and a martini!

Prophetic Words

"I will live to see the end of Monsanto."
-Vandana Shiva

Day 24 of the Juice Feast

I did a nutritional analysis on everything i ate today at nutritiondata.com. Interesting results, I'm getting everything I need and about 1400 calories

Calories: 1401
Protein: 38.9 g
+2.0 g Chlorella
+2.0 g Greens Powder
+1.0 g Vitamin Code Perfect Weight
+0.5 g Kelp powder
44.4 g Total protein

Fat: 47.7 g
should have been more like 32 g
Carbs 239 g


Vitamins Amounts Per Selected Serving %DV
Vitamin A 85534 IU 1711%
Vitamin C 728 mg 1213%
Vitamin D ~0.0 IU ~0%
Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol) ~19.9 mg ~100%
Vitamin K ~4240 mcg ~5300%
Thiamin 1.7 mg 114%
Riboflavin 1.8 mg 107%
Niacin 16.2 mg 81%
Vitamin B6 ~3.8 mg ~188%
Folate ~617 mcg
Vitamin B12 ~0.0 mcg ~0%
Pantothenic Acid ~7.2 mg ~72%
Choline ~259 mg
Betaine ~3.9 mg

Minerals Amounts Per Selected Serving %DV
Calcium 986 mg 99%
Iron 20.4 mg 113%
Magnesium ~757 mg ~189%
Phosphorus ~984 mg ~98%
Potassium ~8750 mg ~250%
Sodium 1748 mg 73%
Zinc ~6.5 mg ~43%
Copper ~3.1 mg ~157%
Manganese ~5.3 mg ~266%
Selenium ~15.1 mcg ~22%
Fluoride ~41.0 mcg

The vitamin D, Selenium, Pantothenic Acid, and Zinc I'm missing are made up for in my mulitvitamin. The B12; I'm getting in my bee pollen. Also the supplement info isn't included.

Speaking of which, how did i get so much fat? I might have put that info in wrong when I made a custom entry. The site doesn't have Hemp Oil listed, although it's got pages and pages of info on Arby's, Mcdonald's, Taco Del, etc. At least it's nice to know i'm good on calcium iron and everything. Holy crap i got a lot of vitamin A.

UPDATE: I was right about the fat grams. I was adding them up wrong so it's more like 23.8 grams which brings the calories down to around 1250.

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After 3 Weeks of Juice Feasting

this week weight lost: 6.6 lbs
total after 3 weeks: 17.6 lbs