Green Smoothies

[aromanek 13]

Hello all, I have been pretty obsesed with green smoothies lately. I think they have actually helped me kickstart weight loss since I had slowed down a lot in the past 6 months and I give them a lot of credit for helping me to break the 100lb barrier. I had started a food journal and looked at the past several months of entries and realized that I avoid fresh veggies and fruit since they are hard for me to eat. I was looking online and came across several blogs talking about green smoothies and I have tried a couple recipies out.

This morning I had a smoothie with 1 cup baby spinach, 1 cup swis chard, 1 carrot, 1/2 a cucumber, 1/2 cup grapes, a couple grape tomatoes, 1 small orange, 1/2 an apple, 1 scoop of unflavored Protein Powder and a 1/8 cup pistachios. I throw it in my blender and liquify the heck out of it. It takes me most of the morning to drink it, but it is sweet and very refreshing. There are a million ways to make them. I made kale, grape, and apple popsicles and had a treat while doing homework the other day. Another plus is that I can still get my Protein, have raw food, and balance my calorie intake with whole, healthy food. I feel great.

I get a lot of my food ideas from LBT so I thought I would share something that I am excited about.

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Wow that sounds very nutritious!

Do you know about how many calories they are?

What liquid do you mix it with? Skim milk? If so, how much?

What is swiss chard?

Thank you!

[princessheather 114]

Wow! I am going to try this. Ive been struggling to lose my last 15... 122 down so far but keep losing and gaining the same 3 pounds and i definately have been slacking on fruits and greens.

[princessheather 114]

Ok i just put the recipie into my Lose It program and here is the nutritional info: 464 calories, 63 carbs, 10.4 fat and 34 grams if Protein (by my rough calculations) and that is with my Protein Powder that was 140 calories and mixed with Water, almond milk is probably better though (40 more calories with the one i use)