Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[kittygrrl]

Originally Posted by ElijahRene

I am not a vegetarian but I want to try a juice fast. Has anyone done this? Any feedback?

(imo) fresh squeezed orange juice is pretty decent..i did this for two days straight about a year ago..i felt great and was fine until i baked some cookies

[Elijah]

I just watched the documentary called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, Joe Cross, the filmmaker, did a 60 day juice fast where he only juiced raw fruits and vegetables for those 60 days as a result he lost 75 pds. in 60 days and was able to rid himself of an auto immune disease he had struggled with for 8 years.

I was thinking of something more in depth, like this. Anyone have any experience with it?

Originally Posted by kittygrrl

(imo) fresh squeezed orange juice is pretty decent..i did this for two days straight about a year ago..i felt great and was fine until i baked some cookies

[kittygrrl]

Originally Posted by ElijahRene

I just watched the documentary called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, Joe Cross, the filmmaker, did a 60 day juice fast where he only juiced raw fruits and vegetables for those 60 days as a result he lost 75 pds. in 60 days and was able to rid himself of an auto immune disease he had struggled with for 8 years.

I was thinking of something more in depth, like this. Anyone have any experience with it?

wow intense..you might pm greco, he has a lot of knowledge about nutrition

[nycfem]

Seconding that about Greco, also adding Sachita and the amazing Kelt.

And Dominique. Her knowledge about health is incredible and she walks the walk which I respect her for greatly.

Originally Posted by kittygrrl

wow intense..you might pm greco, he has a lot of knowledge about nutrition

[Greco]

Morning Veggie Lovers,

Feeling real good this morning...and wanted to "second the motion" about Dominique. She has a vast knowledge of food, all things veggie, and health in general, I count her as an incredible resource. My ears can attest to that! Thanks Dominique, this morning's run was warm and comfy...smiling.

Kelt and Sachita also are great resources for us on this site and thread.

I have been a veggie/vegan for less then a year, and have gotten much of
my information, recipes right here on this thread. So, here's a thank you
for the person who started it, and all who have, and continue to contribute
to it.

Greco

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

Seconding that about Greco, also adding Sachita and the amazing Kelt.

And Dominique. Her knowledge about health is incredible and she walks the walk which I respect her for greatly.

[Greco]

ElijahRene here is the link to Joe Cross's reboot program. There it explains
everything about the juicing. They have schedules for people at all stages of
changing their eating lifestyle, which I thought was excellent so check it out.

http://jointhereboot.com/reboot-program/

I'll be saying more about my own juicing in the next post.

As I said to you before I read this post, I think its good what your doing.
Eating healthy=health, clarity, and ENERGY in my book so if you want let
us know how your doing.

Greco

Originally Posted by ElijahRene

I just watched the documentary called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, Joe Cross, the filmmaker, did a 60 day juice fast where he only juiced raw fruits and vegetables for those 60 days as a result he lost 75 pds. in 60 days and was able to rid himself of an auto immune disease he had struggled with for 8 years.

I was thinking of something more in depth, like this. Anyone have any experience with it?

[Greco]

Hi Folks,

I've decided to begin the juice feasting (prefer it to the word fasting) even more, to step it up. So I'm counting today as Day 1 and I'll report on how
I'm doing daily as I can get to the coffee shop.

Today I began the reboot standard program from Joe Cross's site, the link is in my previous post reply to ElijahRene.

It consists of 5 days of eating fruits, and veggies in any form except for frying of course. I agree with Dominique about the importance of fiber.

So my green smoothies remain, and will up the amount of green juice daily, also can have salads. That's it fruit veggies and more veggies!

Then 5 days of only green juices.

Then a return to eating fruits veggies salads soups smoothies etc only
fruit and veggies with a bit of oil of your choice. I love both olive and flax.

Also I will have tea (non-caffeine), and H2O.

Now nuts, seeds, and of course animals etc I will not have until after
I'm done, except in my case for the animals, don't do animals anymore.

My dates for this is begun today 1/21/12 - 4/21/12, two months...I'll
let you know how it goes...

Green smoothie:
Today I did have Brazil nuts, and chia seeds in my smoothie before seeing
the program.

and 4 apples
green powder
red powder
flax oil
H2O

delicious!

on to the green juice

7 stalks of celery
7 stalks of dandelion
7 stalks of kale

1 cucumber
1 branch of ginger
1 lemon

On my juicer this came to
a bit more then 24 oz

I diluted above with about
a little less then half the juice
to make about a liter.

I froze some, and drank
24oz of the juice during
the day.

This is not such a different day for me, except that I did not have any grains, or pasta. I missed chewing for sure...Tomorrow, no nuts, or seeds, nor grains etc.

Question 1: How do I feed myself? With life-affirming foods.

Wish me luck!

Greco

[Elijah]

Hi guys,

I made it through 6 days of strictly juice (down 18 pds.) but My energy level was so bad it was difficult to function at work. Now I have added whole foods back into My diet, but sticking to the program and My energy level is back. I don't regret the fast, I think it has "cleansed My pallet" if you will and made it easier to stick with a whole foods plant based diet.

The weight loss has slowed substantially, but I guess that's to be expected.

I am guessing the fasting slowed My metabolism and now there will be an "adjustment" period. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

I also want to thank everyone for being so supportive!

[Elijah]

Honey vs. Agave

and

Olive oil vs. Flax seed oil

Any thoughts?

[Greco]

Day 3

up quite early a discomfort has been an urge to chew more then my smoothie the green juice is high octane for sure

no no headache and I think that is because I've been off the coffee
and meat, dairy for several months

so only urge to chew into a grain

and emotions surfacing along with increasing clarity more vivid dreams

two more days then I "eat" only green juice preparing myself to having
no green smoothies which I have grown to love

tomorrow's green juice

ginger fennel dandelion kale cilantro
apple pear H2O

green smoothie

pears apples some green juice
H2O flax oil

Greco

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by ElijahRene

Honey vs. Agave

and

Olive oil vs. Flax seed oil

Any thoughts?

I use agave because I enjoy the taste over honey for tea (once coffee). I'm an olive oil snob. Nothing is better then EVOO unless I'm using virgin coconut oil for something special. I dislike the taste of flax seed oil. I'd rather eat flax seeds hidden in something or eat raw hemp seeds instead.

[Elijah]

Good luck!

Originally Posted by greco

Hi Folks,

I've decided to begin the juice feasting (prefer it to the word fasting) even more, to step it up. So I'm counting today as Day 1 and I'll report on how
I'm doing daily as I can get to the coffee shop.

Today I began the reboot standard program from Joe Cross's site, the link is in my previous post reply to ElijahRene.

It consists of 5 days of eating fruits, and veggies in any form except for frying of course. I agree with Dominique about the importance of fiber.

So my green smoothies remain, and will up the amount of green juice daily, also can have salads. That's it fruit veggies and more veggies!

Then 5 days of only green juices.

Then a return to eating fruits veggies salads soups smoothies etc only
fruit and veggies with a bit of oil of your choice. I love both olive and flax.

Also I will have tea (non-caffeine), and H2O.

Now nuts, seeds, and of course animals etc I will not have until after
I'm done, except in my case for the animals, don't do animals anymore.

My dates for this is begun today 1/21/12 - 4/21/12, two months...I'll
let you know how it goes...

Green smoothie:
Today I did have Brazil nuts, and chia seeds in my smoothie before seeing
the program.

and 4 apples
green powder
red powder
flax oil
H2O

delicious!

on to the green juice

7 stalks of celery
7 stalks of dandelion
7 stalks of kale

1 cucumber
1 branch of ginger
1 lemon

On my juicer this came to
a bit more then 24 oz

I diluted above with about
a little less then half the juice
to make about a liter.

I froze some, and drank
24oz of the juice during
the day.

This is not such a different day for me, except that I did not have any grains, or pasta. I missed chewing for sure...Tomorrow, no nuts, or seeds, nor grains etc.

Question 1: How do I feed myself? With life-affirming foods.

Wish me luck!

Greco

[Greco]

Thanks!

Greco

Originally Posted by ElijahRene

Good luck!

[Sachita]

just a quick post and to subscribe. After some consideration I decided to go vegan. I juice quite a bit too.

More later. I look forward to recipes and ideas.

Thanks
Tamara

[Greco]

Day 6

and first day on only Green Juice! Almost done.

about 52oz energy all day.

A client of mine looks at me and
says, "You look even more different then
when you stopped eating meat, and running and all
that crazy stuff...What are you doing now?!"
I laughed and smiled and told him. He looked
at me very strangely...then asked, "Do you want
me to get you a pizza?" I said, "Thank you, no. I'm
good." We had a terrific session...smiling.

So, Veggie Lovers this is Joe Cross, and he has
other of these video tips on youtube so check
them out for more information.

Greco



How much juice should I drink per day? - Reboot