Many people follow a fruit or vegetable diet to lose weight. Some keep a vegetable and fruit diet to regain their lost energy and detoxify their body. Whatever reason motivates you to go on a fruit or vegetable diet, you only stand to benefit from it.
The fruit and vegetable diet is a healthy diet, easy to keep and not that costly which can help you lose 30 pounds or how much weight you desire to lose. You might even say that the fruit and vegetable diet is one of the best balanced diets out there. It has all the features to make it a hit. It’s healthy, easy and relatively light on the pocket.
You can go on a fruit and vegetable diet from 1 to 5 days. All you eat is fresh fruits and vegetables, fruit and vegetable juices with no sugar in them. You can also eat canned fruits and vegetables, but I recommend you choose the fresh ones. If you decide to eat canned fruits and vegetables read the label for the amounts of salt, sugar and food additives it contains.
The fruit and vegetable diet is a super easy to follow diet. You are not confused when it comes to what you can eat and you have a great variety of choices to satisfy your appetite.
You will lose a couple of pounds. It depends on your metabolism how many pounds you will lose. If you have a very fast metabolism you will lose more pounds. Usually the goal of a fruit and vegetable diet is not that of weight loss but that of detoxing your body.
By going on the vegetable and fruit diet for a couple of days several time a year your body will get regenerated. You will eliminate a huge quantity of toxins form your body. The best part is that by detoxing your body you open up the gate and increase your chances to lose weight. Your metabolism becomes more fast and a fast metabolism burns more calories daily.
A tip: while on the vegetable and fruit diet avoid chewing gum. The low number of calories you intake daily form the fruits and vegetables combined with the lack of proteins in your food will make you feel weakened. So please don’t chew gum while on the fruit and vegetable diet.
Also don’t plan intense physical activities while you are on the fruit and vegetable diet. You should also avoid intense mental tasks. Going on this diet while on vacation or during the weekend is a good choice.
Drink lots of water and stop drinking coffee if you can. You can drink green tea instead of coffee. It’ is much more healthy because green tea has many health benefits.
When you go off the fruit and vegetable diet start eating solid fatty foods slowly. Start with light foods and work your way up. Start with a yogurt, cheese and toast. That way your stomach gets a chance to get reacquainted with harder to digest food.
Have you ever tried the fruit and vegetable diet? If no you should give it a try. If yes tell others how it was in the comments below.
August 11, 2009 at 4:17 am
I thought this post was quite informative. I always make sure to get plenty of fruits and vegetables into my own diet, but I’ve never tried eating strictly fruits and veggies…and nothing else.
I like how you explained that this diet should only be used for a couple days at a time. If you didn’t say that, somebody out there would eat nothing but fruits and veggies for an entire month and end up with problems.
If I may ask…What’s wrong with chewing gum? I don’t think I caught the connection between being weak and chewing gum.
Keep up the good work!
August 11, 2009 at 11:28 am
Chewing gum makes your body think that you are actually eating something. Your stomach gets ready to digest something and produces more digestive juices. Fruits and vegetables are easily digested. To avoid any chance of damaging your stomach you should avoid chewing gum. That is all.
I am glad you liked the post. Thank you very much.
August 24, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Fruits and vegetables are really a good stuff for our body. It has minerals and vitamins that will despair us from all type of common diseases. It is basically because of its alkaline content.
April 22, 2010 at 4:16 am
A vegetable juice fasting plan is also a good idea. Strictly drink vegetable juice only within one to two days about three to four times a day
September 15, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I have started on the GM diet, fruit and veg for the first few days then some beef. My brother has done a few times over the years with great results. It’s a good kick start.
The GM diet was developed by GM supported by Government dept. to support staff in healthy weight loss.
November 25, 2010 at 7:59 pm
do u mean…u will 30 lbs in 1-5 days of having raw fruits & veggies??
November 28, 2010 at 1:19 am
No Reeya, it is impossible to lose 30 lbs in 1-5 days of eating only raw fruits and vegetables. But you will lose a considerable amount of weight, all depending on different factors. The biggest of which is how unhealthy is your diet and how frequently do you diet. If you are used to eat only unhealthy food and you never dieted before, it is quite possible to lose 10 pounds in 1 week. Mind you, those pound are actually water and toxins, not actually fat. But the detox will help you shed weight faster afterwards.
December 1, 2010 at 4:13 am
HI I’M A RECOVERING CUSHINGS DISEASE PATIENT AND I GAIN ALOT OF WEIGHT I ALSO HAVE HYPOTHYROIDISM AND ON MEDS FOR IT (ARMOUR)AND I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT GOING ON THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DIET AND MAYBE DRINK A EGG OR TWO A DAY FOR PROTEIN FOR A MONTH TO LOSE ALOT OF WEIGHT AT ONCE. SO MY QUESTION IS DO YOU THINK I CAN LOSE MAYBE ABOUT 40LBS OR MORE IN ONE MONTH AND IF I DO THIS IS IT SAFE? THANKS…
December 1, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Losing 40 pounds in one month is for sure unhealthy. The recommended monthly weight loss is of about 10 pounds per month.
Taking into consideration that you are recovering after a disease you shouldn’t put your body through an induces starvation. You need all the nutrients to become strong again. Once you are back to full health then you should consider more aggressive weight loss methods if you want faster results. Until them I recommend you eat only healthy food and do any kind of exercises your doctor is ok with.
January 6, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Hi,
I wanted to know if you can take vitamins while on the fruit and veggie diet.
January 11, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Yes you can but it would be overkill. Fresh fruits and vegetables are filled with vitamins and minerals. You will get more than you need from them. My advice to you is to take the money you would spend on vitamin and mineral pills and invest them in buying organically grown fruits and vegetables.
January 14, 2011 at 5:08 am
When doing the fruit and vegetable diet, can you have any type of dressing with the vegetables? so if i were to have a salad, could i put a little fat free italian dressing on it for some flavor?
January 15, 2011 at 3:18 pm
You could but a better option would be virgin olive oil. It gives the salad a marvelous taste and it is also healthy. A lot more healthy than the dressings you can buy from the supermarket.
February 21, 2011 at 7:10 am
u mean that if i go on this siet i won’t be able to lose any fat. i know in any diet u lose water weight first and then fat. what if i only eat fruits and veggie for one whole month. how much weight i would be able to lose.
am 17 years old and weight 180 pounds.
February 21, 2011 at 1:07 pm
It all depends on your previous lifestyle and how committed you are going to be. But I don’t recommend you only eat fruits and vegetables for one whole months. Your body needs proteins and essential fats also. What I think you should do is get on a healthy diet that you can stick with for the rest of your life. In time you will lose all your excess fat and improve your health also.
March 1, 2011 at 6:05 am
i wanna kno wat the risks are for jumping into this fruit and veggie diet for the first time….im also 17, bt im not trying to lose a specific amount of weight, jus targeting one area of my body…wuud it be harmful to me?
March 2, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Your body is still growing and it needs proteins and essential fats. Just by avoiding junk food and eating more fruits and vegetables you should be able to lose weight if you need to do so. But don’t stop eating meat. Your body needs it.
You should also consider exercising a couple of times a week.
March 7, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Hi, I was just wondering how much weight would a 150lb 20 year old lose say doing this detox for 15 days while going on walks daily and after the 15th day slowly reincorporating the necessary proteins and what not. What would be your estimate of their weight loss after 31 days?
March 8, 2011 at 10:54 am
I can’t say exactly how much weight you will lose, but you can bet it will be more than 10 pounds. I would even venture to say maybe even more than 20 pounds. It all depends on a lot of factors, like have you used any other diets lately, what kind of lifestyle you have currently etc…
March 31, 2011 at 6:33 pm
I’m 21 and I’m 155 lbs, I recently started the fruits and vegetable diet 2 days ago. My lifestyle and diet before weren’t completely unhealthy but they weren’t the best either. My two questions are 1. How often am I supposed to eat and 2. How much weight do you think I can expect to lose?
March 31, 2011 at 8:14 pm
Since you are on the fruit and vegetables diet you can eat as often as you like. If you want truly fast result I recommend you eat more vegetables and less fruits because fruits contain fructose (a natural sugar).
When it comes to how much weight you can expect to lose it all depend on how determined you are. If you use the diet long enough you can lose all the excess fat. But please make sure you don’t starve yourself. Starvation wight loss never lasts for too long.
From time to time you can also add some lean grilled meat to your diet. It won’t affect negatively your weight loss pace.
June 6, 2011 at 9:41 pm
i am 18 and 5’8 and 223 pounds can i lose weight with the fruit and vegetable diet and is it a certain time to eat them
July 3, 2011 at 8:53 pm
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