Thanks for the advice! I think I will start with a raw food diet for about a week and then go to a juice/water/broth fast. That should give me the calories I need I think. I will let you all know how it goes! :)

Amanda

Good luck with your water fast. I know that is something that I cannot do myself. I will stick to water and juice. I am also thinking I may drink some vegetable broth too- either make it myself or get the organic kind in the box.

I will be posting on here once I actually start fasting and I'll update everyone on how I'm doing. Please do the same, I would like to know how you're doing :)

Amanda

Yes, I lost a little over 30lbs doing a juice fast. I only gained back 5lbs when I went back to eating. I was eating healthy and exercising- I felt amazing! Then I fell off that wagon while going to school and gained all 30lbs back plus some!!!

I drank about 1 liter of juice a day. I made it the night before and it was just a hodge podge of fruit and veggies. Mostly fruits. Watermelon, cantelope and apples are good for quantity of juice. I love the flavor of nectarine, grape, strawberry and cherry in the juice, although it takes a lot of them to get juice. I drank a TON of water throughout too (obviously). I started drinking vegetable broth the last week or so when I was completely sick of the juice. That helped and made me feel like I ate least had soup or something.

I was planning on starting to prep my body for a fast next week- I want to eat mostly raw fruits and veggies and hopefully the fiber will help clean my colon a bit before I start the juicing. I will start juice fasting on 3/29.

Good luck Umbria! When are you planning to start??