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Cost to Juice Fast ~A Quick Look at My Expenses

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March 30, 2013 by Kendra 7 Comments

What does it cost to juice fast? I’m nearing the end of my juice fast, and since it’s also the end of the month I was making sure all my accounts looked good.  I thought I would share with you how much it cost to juice fast. As close as I can figure anyway. 🙂

What does it cost to juice fast?

Your first cost would be a juicer. My (ad) Breville Juice Fountain cost me $99. You can read my full review of it here where I share how to get the most out of your juicer. You could pay anywhere from $50, to $400 or more. Keep in mind when you are choosing a juicer, you want one that will last.

Your next cost would obviously be fruits and vegetables.  When I looked at my spending, I see that I spent around $700 this month on groceries. A bit shocking, yes?  Now, my normal monthly spending as far as groceries go would be right around $300. So, I’m going to say I spent $400 extra on groceries this month.

Some things to take into consideration when you are thinking about the cost of juice fast:

  •  What time of year is it? Where I live, there just wasn’t a whole lot of stuff in season. Were I to have done a juice fast in the summer, I know my cost would’ve been at least $100 less.
  • What fruits and veggies do you like? It seemed that every juice I really liked called for the out of season expensive produce.
  • Organics. I did not buy organics if you can I suggest you do. Instead, I spent a lot of time peeling everything I could (tomatoes peel too!) and then a bit more time using a veggie wash to rinse my leafy greens and everything else that I couldn’t peel.
  • How many people will be juicing? Here it was just me, but hubby tasted and even drank quite a bit as well.
  • Things that I have no idea how to figure in: electric to run your juicer, water to rinse your veggies and gas spent driving to the store. (I went about every 5 days)

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Ways a juice fast can help you save money.

  • No vitamins. I take a pack of vitamins 2x a day normally. They are something I wouldn’t be without. My energy levels are always better and my immune system is great.  But, on a juice fast, you do not need to take your vitamins, (if you have problems with constipation, you may want to add a probiotic) the fruits and veggies will give your body straight nutrients that are even better than the best vitamins out there! $$$ saved? $40.
  • Better health. I really cannot put a $$$ sign to this one. Dr visits, meds, sick days… Good health is invaluable.
  • No eating out, or coffee. We seem to eat out at a nice restaurant at least once a month ($35) and fast food ($12) can be as often as once a week. Plus Speedway coffee and random times when I’m out and about and feel hungry ($10-35).  Total saved on eating out? At least $110.

So, my total spent on juicer and food: Approximately $500. Total saved: $150  +Better Health. The total cost to juice fast the first month: $350. 

I’m going to break that down a bit more. I spent $250 on food (the other $100 was the juicer) I juiced or ate raw for 28 days this month. Figuring three meals a day would be 84 meals in total. Now, divide the $250 spent on produce by 84 meals. $2.97 a meal! You cannot eat out for that cost, and sometimes, you cannot cook for that cost. The total cost to juice fast per day $8.92.

So what is the true cost to juice fast? In my book, it’s priceless!

~Update on my juice fast. Starting Sunday I will be slowly adding whole fruits and vegetables to my diet. Sunday is potluck Sunday at church so I plan to bring a big greens salad and I will eat that. Eating a plate of salad doesn’t look near as odd as drinking green juice out of a mason jar!  Most likely I will continue eating just fruits and veggies for another week possibly adding in dairy and maybe quinoa towards the end of the week.
Total lost so far is still 15 pounds. Putting me at 146, I would still love to get back to 130 where I was when we were married, but that most likely will not happen. Anyway I am quite happy with what I’ve lost and I feel very good about myself. ~


Disclaimer: You are responsible for your own health choices, and this is not recommended for pregnant or nursing women.

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Respectful opinions are always welcome

  1. Hollie Black Ramsey says

    March 30, 2013 at 2:59 am

    Dang I haven’t been 146 since high school! Good for you!

    Reply
  2. stevie says

    March 30, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    You are Awesome! Thank you for sharing your journey with us. I’m going to have to read from the beginning :0). Have a wonderful evening!

    Reply
  3. MrsTitus234 says

    April 1, 2013 at 4:59 pm

    15 pounds! You go girl! I’ve lost two pounds on a fast and was ecstatic. Fifteen pounds would be a dream, but it would also be too much weight loss. I’m hoping to lose another two pounds in the future.

    Reply
  4. stevie says

    April 15, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    I wanted to share, not sure if you’ve already gotten it…Amazon has a free ebook on juicing w/recipes: http://www.amazon.com/How-Juice-Delicious-Everything-ebook/dp/B007PDRFGW/?tag=mommysavers0c-20

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  5. Necole says

    August 29, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    Thank you for this breakdown! I am going back to the beginning to read from there, awesome blog .

    Reply
  6. Rie says

    July 31, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    Hi,

    I know this is an old article but I’m trying to figure out how much it would cost a month to do a juice fast. You said your grocery bill was $700 for the month, but then you said you spent $250… So I’m a little confused. I’m probably missing something.

    I know grocery prices have shot way up since you wrote this, but I’m still trying to figure out roughly what it’s going to cost me. I’m low income and I do organic, so that adds to the difficulty as well. But I have Epstein-Barr virus and I’m exhausted all the time and I have a hiatal hernia and I have to take stuff for it that I know is it ruining my gut flora. I want to go off everything…

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    • Kendra says

      November 28, 2021 at 7:53 pm

      I see how that was confusing lol. My normal monthly grocery spend was around $400 and the month I juiced it was $700. So my spend for the first month if I didn’t count my juicer cost, was around $250

      Reply

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