With so many stories in the news about juicing I wondered if anyone here had any experience with this? I am ten months post surgery and have lost 60 pounds but the weight loss is very slow at this point of time. I have about fifteen more pounds to lose to reach my goal weight. In order to shake things up I've thought about juicing in combination with eating Proteins but I haven't been sure as to whether this would help or potentially harm. Frankly part of my hesitation is the expense of the machine and also you are grinding up a lot of fruits and vegetables to get a little bit of liquid.

Thanks.

Butter the bean is post op and has been doing some green smoothies and he loves it.

I am preop, and I can say I'm hooked on juicing. I have an Omega 8006 horizontal slow juicer and it is very efficient at everything except carrots. Carrot leave a lot of damp pulp behind but I'm ok with that because carrots are so cheap to begin with and I don't juice a lot of carrots anyway. a 20 ounce portion of mean green takes the following: 1 lemon, 1 apple, 1 cucumber 4 celery ribs, 1 chunk of ginger, 1/2 of a big bunch of greens. For me living in Harrisburg, PA, that works out to 2.50 to 3.00 for a 20 ounce juice It's very nutrient dense and I don't feel l like I'm wasting money.

My juicer rocks and as a plus, I also use it to make banana "ice cream" which is just a frozen banana run through the juicer.. yum. and also almond milk.

My biggest concern is that postop I'm not allowed lemons for a very long time so I guess I'll have to quit juicing while my belly heals (I CAN'T drink it without the lemons, cuz it tastes like lawn clippings when I do)