looking for a good detox to flush out the depo

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dboz, can you show us some research on the effects of detox on fat release? That would interesting to look into if true.
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Would love to see that too.

Not some b&a photos, but something published in a scientific journal that has been peer reviewed.

You'd think a company that claims to have created 12 millionaires might spend a little money to fund an independent study to back up their claims.

Articles (read: Fat as Protection from Toxins)
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I always get a chuckle out of the claim that the reason we're fat is because of the toxins in our system.

So you're telling me there are no skinny people working in smelters, paper mills, and other toxic environments? That all the people working there are fat to protect themselves?

BTW, how does a skinny person (ectomorph) protect themselves from toxins? Why doesn't their body create fat in response to toxins? Where does their body store the toxins if they have little body fat to hold them?

There is a lot of evidence that suggests that it makes it easier for you body to release the fat once your body is free of toxins.
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Let me ask you this. You claim a detox will flush the toxins out. Tell me why did the body store toxins in the first place?

The human body is 61.8 percent water by weight. So what's magical about the detox? Don't you think a normal functioning body would do what it was designed to do in the first place - flush the crap out?

Sure, there may be a few toxins stored in the fatty tissues, but I'm afraid the only way you're going to get them out is to oxidize the fat - use it as fuel. (Through the Krebs Cycle/Citric Acid Cycle). Not by flushing it out.

Geee! I'm full of questions today!

Don't you think if you did a detox and flushed out all those poisons, that the sudden influx of toxins into your system would burn out the liver?
 
One of the best natural detoxes there are is sweating - so work out till you sweat :)

Seriously, the folks who have told you that the body has built in detoxification mechanisms are telling it true. Just eat a very nutritious diet of whole foods, drink plenty of water and exercise regularly. Your body will detox itself.

God Bless,
mik
 
Doc Bunkum, we are all her to talk about weight loss and before and after pictures are a very real way to show that. Even if you feel like cleansing does not work but it allows someone to reach their goal, then why not be happy for them. The fact is I have helped hundreds of people lose a total of thousands of pounds and keep it off. Nutritional cleansing is a big part of that! So if you dont feel like nutritional cleansing works for you then you keep doing what you do and Ill keep doing what I do and that is producing results. You cant argue with results, whether you believe in the process or not
 
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It couldn't have been the exercise and diet programs that led to those transformations.

No way........

Example, Client A loses 100 lbs. Then she's in a car accident and loses her leg. The before picture was taken before the weight loss. The after picture was taken after the weight loss, but just after the accident.

By your logic, only going by B&As as evidence, losing weight causes loss of limbs.
 
The fact is I have helped hundreds of people lose a total of thousands of pounds and keep it off.
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You have now, have you?

Those are mighty impressive statistics.

Congratulations!

I doubt very many professional trainers have ever achieved anything near what you've accomplished.
 
I stand by the fact that detox's are a mental remedy rather than an actual measurable physical benefit. This of course doesn't extend to actual diseases which result from toxification of the body such as heavy metal toxicity, but that is a different matter which require real medical attention.

Have you ever taken a pain pill and felt the pain lessen almost immediatley? If you make yourself believe you feel better than odds are...you will feel better. This isn't inherintly bad per se. The brain is truly amazing.

wishes and others who have echoed her are correct. Your body doesn't make it a habit of retaining harmless products. Stimulating massive diarrhea (which can damage intestinal lining and/or intesitinal flora), consuming copoious amounts of roughage in lieu of foods (fiber bound nutrients cannot be utilized), drinking asinine quantities of water (can overwork the kidneys), and fasting for days on nothing but liquid (metabolic nightmare) will cause more harm than good. Your body strives to exist in a homeostatic state. However, if the detox method sold to you makes you feel better mentally then far be it from me to stand in your way. Ice cream does the same thing for me. Pick your poison I suppose. You might want to do a quick search to see how many top athletes go for a weekly colonic or fast for days with nothing but juice.

If you are truly concerned about side effects of medication you have taken then consult your doctor and then seek a second or third opinion.
 
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Depo Detox

Please let me know if you actually find something that works to get this God awful drug out of my system! Since I have been on the depo, I have eaten healthier than ever in my life because I knew that it caused weight gain, but I still managed to pack on about 22 pounds in 6 months! So for those users who have obviously never been on it and like to claim that the weight gain is because " we shovel calories down our throats" has absolutley no experience with this type of birth control or they would have never made such an assanine remark! Anyway, having said that, I hear that there is an herbal "flush" that is available at GNC that should help get it out of your system and I am planning on going to the actual store sometime this week to inquire about it. I am also concerned with the fertility aspect of it. I am ready to start trying again and I am really worried that I will have trouble with it. I will let you know what I find out.
 
If depo were honestly that easy to flush out of your system - I dont think it'd be a very effective method of birth control.

Time is what will do it...
 
AAs a former Depo user, I can attest that the shot most certainly causes weight gain. I was on the shot for 4 1/2 years. I was 120 pounds prior to starting it. The first two years I had no problems and was enjoying not having periods along with the terrible pms, heavy cramps and migraines that I used to get with my periods. But after about 2 1/2 years, within a time span of about 3 months, my weight shot up to 144. I tried everything possible to get the weight off; I counted every calorie I ate and did not exceed 1200 to 1300 calories per day. I was working out, cardio, weight training and yoga 4 to 5 days per week. The weight wouldn't budge. I finally went off the shot, resumed getting periods about 4 months later, and after that the weight just started falling off without my even trying and I now am 112 pounds.
 
Originally Posted by notreadytofail

I was wondering if anyone on here has tried a really succesful detox that really cleanses your system im interested in it to hlp start my weightloss but more interested in it bc i was on the depo for almosttwo year and really want to try and flush it out of my system so that i feel more like my old self. Ive heard that a good detox can really help that.... any suggestions


There no diet you can do that will help you detox something out of your system, the idea of detoxing is complete bunk, there is no scientific merit to anything like this. It's the function of things like the liver and the Kidneys to clean toxins out of your body, they do not work harder under different diets.



Originally Posted by notreadytofail

ok it seems that this wasnt the kind of forum i was expecting it to be yeah there seem to be a few on here that actually try and support eachother but most of you really dont give a f*ck. Yes the depo does make you hungrier and thats why i gained most of the weight i did however the drug itself was the problem. before i started the drug i could loose weight i put on very easily and now it doesnt matter how many hours a week i work out and do cardio i havent lost one pound in three weeks and i am watching what i eat.
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People do care, the problem is that supporting someone blindly by agreeing with bad ideas is not actually going to help anyone, what people need is sound advice first and foremost.


Working out (weights and tension training) will cause almost no weight loss, Cardio can help but you need to do some SERIOUSLY intense cardio to lose anything significant, you need to educate yourself about the specifics of exercise and weightloss, if you plan to exercise yourself thin then you have a very hard job ahead of you.


For example running a mile will only lose you approximately 100 calories, so you'd need to run about 35 miles to burn off enough calories to lose 1lb, that's assuming you're only eating your maintenance calories for the day, if you're over eating then you'd need to run a lot more.


Purely in my own experience the people who tell me vague things like "I run every week" and "I watch what I eat" are not actually doing a very good job of measuring either of those things and unless you know accurately calories in/out then you will never know why you're not losing weight.


Do yourself a favour, work out what your maintenance calories are per day, work out what your diet is roughly per day calorie wise and tell us how many calories you're burning when exercising you can find graphs/calculators/converters online that will tell you all them things, I bet you're like every other human on earth and that equation balances and the problem is that your perception of what those values are is actually the biggest part of the problem.


Originally Posted by Blancita

What the heck is your point? Everybody on the planet, including the manufacturer itself, knows that Depo causes weight gain. If a hormone causes one's appetite to increase and causes ACTUAL HUNGER as well as strong cravings, and it causes your body to retain weight (i.e. slow down the metabolism) then that is CLEARLY the effect of the pill and not the person's naughty behavior.
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A chemical that causes hunger is only responsible for causing hunger, it's up to the person taking the injections to regulate their own weight by eating an appropriate amount of calories. Calories are still calories, that never changes, if you eat too many you'll gain weight. As others have said the metabolism changes are fairly minor.


Lastly be careful about the claims of people like dboz, just because something like detox is part of their routine and the routine is working doesn't mean that detox is actually does anything of any value. With weightloss the key is to finding reliable information, that means finding information backed by either reputable doctors or the scientific research which means published papers. There's nothing like that for detoxing, the whole thing is like homeopathy and other alternative treatments.


You'll notice he can't provide good sources to back his claims, which other forum members point out in posts before mine, all he has is anecdotal personal experience, not a verified research that stands up to scrutiny.


Sorry for the long winded post I hope at least some of it helps.
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Originally Posted by dboz

Doc Bunkum, we are all her to talk about weight loss and before and after pictures are a very real way to show that. Even if you feel like cleansing does not work but it allows someone to reach their goal, then why not be happy for them. The fact is I have helped hundreds of people lose a total of thousands of pounds and keep it off. Nutritional cleansing is a big part of that! So if you dont feel like nutritional cleansing works for you then you keep doing what you do and Ill keep doing what I do and that is producing results. You cant argue with results, whether you believe in the process or not
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The problem is you're giving bad advice and that's not fair to the people reading it who don't know any better.


Your claim is that detoxing is a big part of weight loss in this quote but you've shown nothing to us to actually back that claim, you can either do the research and find (like the rest of us) that detoxing actually is a load of bunk, admit you're wrong and improve yourself and the advice you give. Or you can go on blindly being wrong and handing out bad advice to people. Try not to let your pride get in the way of that experience we're all wrong about a lot of stuff what matters is that we can improve our knowledge, and published scientific papers which have been peer reviewed are the most reliable way of knowing what is true and what is not.
 
Depo can take as long as 2 years to completly get out of your system, but as soon as you miss your next injection the BC effects start to wear off. I agree with wishes, I don't think there is anything you can eat, drink or otherwise do that will remove it from your system faster. It just takes time.


That being said, if you switch to a healthier diet and start working out, you may find you feel better in general.
 
Spoiler Alert: This thread is 3 years old and I doubt your replies to these people will reach their eyes.
 
Not that I want to put a dampener on things, but this thread is three years old, the OP and the people you responded to are likely not even around anymore....
 
I have been on depo provera for seven months now, and I am never getting another injection (I've had three - the last two i had earlier than the regular schedule on the advice of my doctor because I had my period nonstop for months)


Whoever says "the weight gain is from over eating" is WRONG!!! I am in my mid thirties, have always been very physically active, healthy and fit. I continue with this exact same lifestyle, and I have gained 20 pounds in the past 7 months, and the weight will not budge no matter what I do. I workout 6 times a week for at least an hour a day at a fairly high intensity. I hope by doing a cleanse and continuing with my healthy lifestyle will help me feel like myself again!!
 
regardless of my feelings about detox, this is an extremely old thread in the first place. If you want to talk about this, please start a new thread. I'm closing this one
 
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