I am substituting my breakfast with juices

You should NOT just drink juice for breakfast. Breakfast is probably THE most important meal of the day! And you need sustenance to boost your metabolism (aka make you lose weight) and keep awake throughout the morning hours. You need a breakfast with protein and fiber. Juice usually has nothing but sugar and very few vitamins. It won't hold you over - you're going to most likely feel hungry throughout the morning and end up eating anyway. If you're going to cut out ANY meal, you should cut out any light-night snacking or even just cut out dinner in general (or replace it with a shake). Here's an idea for breakfast: Have an apple (80 calories), 1/2 cup of oatmeal or better yet - rolled oats (120 calories), 1 boiled egg (90 calories), and a glass of juice or skim (fat-free) milk (110). This would make your breakfast a total of 400 calories, which is the perfect size! You shouldn't try to skimp out on breakfast, as you won't end up losing weight any quicker. You need sustenance, particularly protein, carbs, and fiber to be able to function like usual, especially at the beginning of the day - when you're running on empty to begin with. Instead, you should start an exercise routine, and cut out about 500 calories per day. Cut yourself down to 1,400-1,600 a day to lose weight the healthy way, and try to get in 3-4 days of cardio workouts per week (cardio workouts: running, cycling, spinning - anything that gets your heart beating!). And good luck!

Usually a good meal has nutrients and calories released at different times. Juice alone could make all the calories available at one time and create a crash when the calories are gone. Whereas carbs, protein, etc. would be available one after another to sustain you all morning. But everyone is different and maybe it won't bother you. Take care

I think it may help you in reducing weight. But it is said that breakfast is the most vital meal of the day. Better take Bf with mainly fibers like oats, cornflakes etc. Also take some fruits and juices.

I don't think it is because they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I would just choose something healthy like maybe eggs and whole grain toast & oranje juice. Losing wieght is about cutting calories (eating less over all) & exercizing. Is there anyway you can fit in more exercise into your life? Best of luck to you. I am trying to lose weight as well.

No. It is an absolutely wrong procedure. You should not skip your breakfast, lunch, or supper any cause. Why because, throughout the night the acid will flow in your stomach and waiting to digest the morning breakfast. If you fail to have your breakfast, then the acid will convert as one kind of antigen that may cause acidity or even may ulcer. Lunch is also very mandatory, but the only thing is it is advisable to quit nonvegetarin foods and add green leafy vegetables in your diet. Fruit juices may be an alternate to support your diet, but never it can be a main diet substitute for either your breakfast, lunch, or supper.

I believe that eating a healthy breakfast would be a better solution. People do not say, "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" for no reason. Eat a healthy cereal or scramble some egg whites and toast for breakfast. If you want to get ahead, try substituting juice for lunch rather than breakfast. Also, if you are making fresh juice with a juicer, try mixing all sorts of veggies and fruits together. You will get better results plus it will tast much better. You can also add things such as wheat grass, etc. to make it even more healthy.The great thing about a juicer is that you know the juice you make is all natural, plus you can put in the whole fruit without skinning it or anything. It is so easy and healthy! If you o not go home for lunch, you can always take your juice in a thermos! Good luck on losing weight!

Well, you have to watch with these, as a lot of Fruit juices are full of sugars. I know they say things like a Breakfast drink that has protein in it, is better for you. I know a lot of times it is the protein that our body is lacking and needs in the morning to help get us thru our day.

There are different ways to lose weight. There are also different types of diet. It is always good to take an advise from a professional dietitian before we start a diet. A dietitian will be a person who can guide you on what diet you have to take, and diet with exercise will help you lose your weight easily.

Well, many celebrities take fruit juices instead of breakfast and as long as the juice contains the minerals and protine you will be fine. I don't see any side effects in it.

Fruit and vegetable juices is good every morning, but after 15 to 20 minutes, you have to eat heavy meals, with carbohydrates and protein to boost your metabolism for the day. After breakfast you can slow down with you food in lunch and dinner. I dont think a heavy breakfast will make you gain more because it will be your fuel or energy for the whole day. Thats what i do everyday, i enjoy breakfast and i will just eat small portion of foods in my plate in the afternoon, i also eat varities of fruits for my dinner. I was overweight 2006 and 2007 but i am back in shape now:). you also help your dieting with physical activity. it will prevent having sag skin because it tones the body, you can build muscles but not like a body builder of course. Aerobic is one perfect way for a healthy body Happy mylotting and smile always

I don't think so. I say this because I think a person feels they are depriving themselves and then the other meals they'll eat more. I think when you want to loose weight you are telling yourself you have to do without something. When you substitute a liquid in place of something you chew, then you at depriving yourself and can lead to eating more throughout the day. My mother tried this and she said it was a lot like when she quit smoking. You feel you're taking something away. She has found a successful diet and is lossing about 2 pounds a day. She bought a diabetic cookbook where there are all these flavor rich recipes, but 1/2 the sugar in what we normally eat. I looked at it and it really isn't that off from what you'd normally use - just a different mixture of WHAT you use. I think this would be more effective because you're not depriving your body of chewing. It might sound a bit strange, but when you're already telling yourself you need to loose weight you already know there are certain things you can't have. A glass of veg juice isn't a bad thing - probably better for you than grape or apple juice, but you still need to watch how many calories are in them. I think you'd be surprised how much you can eat that would equal a tall glass of juice in the morning.

A good breakfast should have a little of both. Your stomach can produce some nasty effects from feeling empty all the time, especially reflux and vomiting. Juices still contain sugars (some natural some added so watch out for that). In trying a similar thing, I came to realize that some juices contain just as many calories per 8 oz serving as does a 12 oz can of Mt Dew! However, the juice offers a variety of nutrients and vitamins. I would suggest maybe eating a fruit, or eating 1-2 slices of toast along with drinking some juice. Good luck :)

We need out breakfast.. Id rather do what you are at lunch rather than at breakfast.

My medicine instructor once told us his students that if we really want to lose weight,it is not advisable to cut lunch or dinner especially breakfast.

I do think it's a bit lacking to live on juices as it's nothing of substance to keep your tummy from growling. I hope you plan to snack between your breakfast? Sometime your body may react the opposite way and put weight on as it may think you are starving yourself. Maybe a protein shake would be something better to look into?

Have you tried green smoothies or almond milk smoothies? The green smoothies are quite popular right now with raw foodists. No they don't eat raw meat. I love green smoothies! You make them by adding 1 cup of water to your blender, then add a handful of spinach leaves, not canned spinach-eck! Then add one or two bananas sliced, plus about 1 cup or more to taste of sliced fresh fruit and/or berries, then blend till smooth. It is so good! You can add protein powder if you feel you need it, or add ground fax seed, for added benefits. The almond milk smoothie is my very favorite. I mix in the blender chocolate almond milk- find it in the health section of your grocer- then I add one or two bananas sliced, and strawberries. This is so yummy! There are many ways to make these smoothies. I need to get back to drinking these healthy drinks, my diet has gone downhill since Thanksgiving.

I heard first time substitute of breakfast is juice. But nice because juice is also good for health. In my opinion no side effect of juice.

taking fruits and vegetable juices will have any side effects ,but i believe the most effective method of losing weight is by having a thorough exercise regime

Dont substitute fully with juices without taking breakfast...take small quantity of breakfast and half glass juice..like that gradually you have to decrease...but not totally on the first day itself...

I have ulcer and I do not think that this is good. When I was younger, I used to drink cold beverages on breakfast. As I grew older, I kept experiencing stomach pains. The doctor said it was because of drinking cold drinks on breakfast. He said that it is unhealthy for the stomach to be exposed to cold drinks when you have not eaten a thing yet. I suggest that you eat something solid first before drinking fruit juices so that you will not have the consequence of ulcer when the time comes.