Smoothie Diet

IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN. Time to cleanse my body of all the ickyness and get rid of it, for good! HAHA. Sara and I are going to do our cleansing diet, the smoothie diet. Everyone judges it before they hear what it is all about. I like it because I never feel hungry and I am not depriving my body of any daily essential nutrients. We do the smoothie diet for 2 weeks and your basic diet is a smoothie for breakfast, a smoothie for lunch, and optional smoothie as a snack, and a lean protein with as many green veggies as you want for dinner. The most impressive part about this "detox" diet is that I never feel hungry so my body doesn't go into starvation mode and I am so healthy!


For the smoothie:


You choose a fruit, liquid, seed, and oil to go into it. You also put a scoop of plant protein powder in the smoothie and a little bit of ice.


One cup of any of the following: orange juice, cranberry juice (natural), pineapple juice, almond milk, carrot juice, or we have found that you can add anything that is fairly similar (like a spicy tomato juice like V8)


One cup of the following fruits: 1 banana, frozen cherries, canned pineapple, frozen blueberries, frozen peaches


One tbsp of the following: ground flax seed, hemp seed, oat bran, chia seeds, psyllium husk powder (not our favorite)


One tbsp of the following oils: walnut oil, almond butter, fish oil, flax seed oil, avocado oil


The oils fill you up and keep you full. You would be surprised at how many different combinations you can make. Personally, that is how I don't get burnt out. The seeds and oils you can get from a whole foods store or some of them at a grocery store. Frozen fruit is easy to find. Almond butter you can buy at a normal grocery store...tastes similar to peanut butter.


The plant protein that I use is Lifetime Life Basics Vanilla Protein. You can search for it at www.vitacost.com. It is under $20 to buy it here (including shipping) and there are other flavors such as chocolate, greens, unsweetened, and fruit blend powder. If you buy it at a whole foods store, you will pay $30 or more. Here is what it looks like.

So remember, pick one thing from each category and add a scoop of protein powder and ice. Blend it together and you have your smoothie. You have one for both breakfast and lunch and if you are hungry before dinner you can have another smoothie. You can have a max 3 and min 2. For dinner, any lean protein (chicken, egg, turkey, pork roast, fish, etc) and as many green vegetables as you want until you are full.


Try it out. I think you will feel better! I lost about 4-5 lbs on it last time. My mom lost about 11 lbs. Remember, that is NO cheating! :)


If you do try it, let me know how you go. And remember, make it your own because that is the way that you will be successful!