Shakes and Smoothie Recipes for weight loss
I love the convenience of making a shake—they’re easy to make and easy to take. Here are some ideas to get you started with your own creations!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6j0aqovoCsCreamy Berry
- Cold water and ice cubes
- Fresh or frozen mixed berries
- One ripe banana
- A scoop of vanilla protein shake mix
Mocha Madness—a perfect pick-me-up for an energy burst before a workout!
- One cup of iced coffee
- One frozen banana
- 12 almonds
- Chocolate shake mix
Chocolate Peanut Butter—my favorite!
- One cup of ice water or almond milk
- One frozen banana
- A glob of peanut butter or 12 almonds
- Chocolate shake mix
Strawberry Banana
- Cold water
- Fresh or frozen strawberries
- One ripe or frozen banana
- A scoop of strawberry protein shake mix
Remember that protein does not exist in a vacuum; it requires other nutrients, such as carbs, for your body to be able absorb and use it. I like to include fruits and raw nuts to add nutrition to my shakes and end up making more of a meal out of them. Experiment to find other ingredients that work well in your mixes, but be sure to watch out for too many extra calories—it’s easy to drink them down!
Here are some things to try adding to your own recipes:
- Any other fruits you can think of
- Orange juice concentrate
- Yogurt (plain, avoid added sugar)
- Herbal or green tea
- Flax seeds (fiber and good fat)
- Cocoa nibs
- Goji berries
- Raw nuts
- Green super-food power
- Acai juice or powder
Have fun experimenting and share your favorite finds!
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Thanksgiving
12/05/08 Davey Anderson is a Huntington Beach personal fitness trainer
I’m thankful I don’t eat like that every day!
Don’t get me wrong, I had a wonderful time visiting my family for Thanksgiving. Of course, we kept with tradition and cooked up the full spread and proceeded to gorge ourselves on turkey and all the fixin’s. Yum! Then there was leftovers, leftovers, and more leftovers, where I followed suit by stuffing myself with stuffing.
At the end, I could count the fruits and vegetables I ate for the whole trip on one hand: green bean casserole, mashed potatoes with gravy, pumpkin pie, cherry pie, and apple pie! Consequently, it did not take long for those heavy meals to catch up to me, and boy did I feel slow and sluggish, tired and lethargic.
It’s good to be back and in the routine again, although it took a couple days to get back to feeling good.
Here, a week after Turkey Day, is exactly what I ate:
5:30am: Banana and orange on the way to the gym (peeling an orange while driving is not recommended)
7:45am: Green apple, persimmon, and small 50/50 coffee with whole milk from Star Bucks (Mmm…I love coffee but try and minimize the caffeine intake)
9:45am: Oatmeal with frozen fruit, raw cashews, and a sprinkle of ground flax seed, a cup of 50/50 coffee
1:00pm: Large green salad with carrots, bell peppers, garbanzo beans, pomegranate kernels, with light blue cheese dressing (diluted with water) and a hardboiled egg
4:00pm: Three medium carrots, green apple (Granny Smith are my fav!), raw almonds, and raisins
9:30pm: Whole grain pasta, homemade tomato sauce, (dating an Italian that can cook is recommended), small salad, steamed yams, two pieces of sprouted wholegrain bread
Ok, so I worked up an appetite after three hours of training and then training upper body myself, but the point of this outline is threefold:
1. I eat healthfully, enjoy really good food, and never feel hungry
2. I only workout 3-4 times per week for about 45mins and am able to stay lean
3. I feel great and have energy all day
You can quite simply do the same.
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