Below are some smoothies that I used but first a few tips and side notes.
You can
substitute ingredients in your smoothies. Just make sure you know the calories
of each item. Also, you do not have to
use ice if your fruit is frozen. Lastly,
you can cut back on an ingredient if you prefer or remove completely. Just know
this may change the calorie count. For example, I cut back on lime juice in my
smoothies (which has no calories so this only changed the taste) or I have been
using lime juice and not lemon. I also
added ginger or Cayenne to some, which only added 2-3 more calories.
This is what
I did to lose ten pounds. I drank two smoothies a day (I made mine the night
before as I’m not a morning person); I sipped on my first between breakfast and
lunch (sometimes sooner). I also had my
morning coffee and then I drank my second smoothie for lunch. Around three, if I was hungry, I had a LIGHT
snack (cheese, apple, etc.). At dinner,
I ate a sensible portion dinner. I always
eat what my boys want for dinner! I try
to cook healthy but I did have pizza, and other things I enjoy (meaning, I did
not cut out carbs). Dessert was hard
because my boys would eat cookies etc. but I started making my own ice
cream. To make this I used bananas. I would put them in my blender and blend them
until they were smooth. Then I added cocoa, chocolate chips, strawberries etc.
to make different kinds. Let me tell you
they are amazing and refreshing. The
plus side is they kick that sweet tooth’s butt!
Now I would not have this every night, only when the desire was there. Now
I did enjoy a S’more the other night (this was after 2 weeks of drinking green smoothies). It was a nice night to use the fire pit!
All I did
was take some smoothie recipes I found online and created a plan that worked
for me. So take mine and make your own :) Also remember if you want A cookie one night, have A
cookie. Just make sure this does not become a daily thing. Try to make your own desserts (cookies) as
well. It gets you moving and, if you
have kids, it can be a fun family activity.
Self-control is the biggest thing.
Do your research, lose the weight correctly and find something that you
will stick with!
One last
side note. I take all my fruit and greens and freeze them. After lots of Googling, I have learned to cut the fruit and place it on a cookie
sheet, then put it in the freezer for a couple of hours before placing it in a
plastic bag (I like Hefty Slide Zip, because I can squeeze most of the air out
of the bags). Works great. It keeps the
fruit from freezing together making it easy to portion out.
Note: I did not create any of the smoothies. They
are all found online and at Queen Letifah’s page.
I found this
website very helpful to find new smoothies: http://simplegreensmoothies.com/recipes
I also used
this site to help me find out calorie counts:
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-fresh-or-dried-vegetables-celery-raw_f-ZmlkPTYzMzAw.html
I also got 3 or 4 recipes from a book called Super Shred: The Big Results Diet: 4 Weeks 20 Pounds Lose It Faster! By: Ian K. Smith. My step-mom had this book and it was loaded with smoothie recipes and so much more. For those who really want to take off the pounds, I found 3 or 4 that I thought sounded good.
Avocado Supreme: 298 Calories
¼ cup Avocado
2 tsp Lime Juice
¾ cup Mango
1tsp honey
1 ½ cup crushed ice
Cedric Smoothie: 322
calories
1 ¼-cup
mango chopped (about half a mango)
1 Cup Kale
2 Tbsp Lime
Juice
¼ cup
avocado (half of an avocado)
1-cup
coconut water
Serengeti
Smoothie (anti-aging): 292
calories
4 Dried Figs
1 ¼- cup
Unsweetened Almond Milk
1 1/3- cup
Banana (one and half bananas)
1 tsp. Raw
cacao (I use cocoa, having trouble finding cacao)
Zazibar Smoothie(boosting skin brightness): 299
Calories
1-cup Pineapple
1-cup Banana (one whole banana)
¾ cup Cold Coconut water
1tsp. ginger peeled (about an inch of fresh ginger)
1tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp. raw coconut nectar
1/8 tsp turmeric (also great to make a mask with for your face)
Caribbean Green Power: 200 Calories (2 servings)
1-cup
Chopped Kale
1-cup
Spinach
½ medium
Gala Apple
1 ½ Tbsp.
Lemon Juice
¾ cup water
1 tsp.
ground ginger (I use fresh)
7 pieces
frozen Pineapple chunks
Dash of
Cayenne Pepper
Cucumber-Pear
vitalizer: 178
calories
1 Cucumber
1 Green Pear
Pinch of
ground ginger
The Boston Green Monster: 294
calories
1 cup Kale
1 med
Cucumber
1 Green
Apple
1 tsp.
grated Ginger
1 ½ Tbsp.
Lemon Juice
2 Tbsp sugar
(I use the raw coconut nectar)
10 ice cubes
Peanut
Butter and Banana: 350
calories
2 Tbsp Cocoa
powder
2 Tbsp
peanut Butter
1 banana
8 oz Greek
Yogurt (if you are not a fan of tart use flavor Greek yogurt)
Cinnamon
(sprinkled on top)
Ice ( I did
use the ice for this one)
Not
Easy Green: 278
calories
1 green
apple
½ cup frozen
spinach
1 in piece
of ginger peeled
½ cup water
½ cup
avocado (opt.)(I did add it to the cal. Count so if you take it subtract 170
cal.)
Strawberry Peach: 301
calories
2 cups Bok Choy
2 cups
Almond milk
2 cups
Peaches
1 cup
Strawberries
A
Sweet Pear: 291
calories (2 servings)
2 cups Spinach
2 cups
unsweetened Almond Milk
4 Pears ( I only used 2/ pears are 86 cal. Each)
1 Banana
1 tsp.
Ground Cinnamon
Chocolate
Covered Cherry: 261
calories (2 servings)
2 cups
spinach
2 cups
unsweetened Almond Milk
2 Cups Cherries
2 Bananas
1 tsp.
Cinnamon
3 Tbsp.
Cocaca
Pinch of
Cayenne (opt.)
A
meal: 565
calories
2 cups
coconut water ( I used 1 cup Coconut
water and ½ cup water, if you do you can take a way 21 cal. )
2 cups Spinach
2 cups Spinach
2 cups
Pineapple
1 avocado (
used ½ which was only 170 cal. Makes the cal count 395)
Celery time: 242
Calories
4 celery
stalks
1 cucumber
½ green
apple
½ lime (I
used lime juice)
½ cup Almond
milk
1 cup
Pineapple
