Sunday, July 26, 2009

Real Smooth

The first weekend on the diet went well. While alcoholic drinks were consumed at the bars, it was only vodka sodas. If you're a big fan of gin and tonic or vodka tonics, try having drinks with soda water or diet soda instead of anything caloric and you'll slash hundreds of calories.

Also at a bar, dance. Dancing burns hundreds of calories and hour and you can have a great time with your girlfriends. Best (and most fun) workout ever.

In attempt for a healthy lunch today I attempted to make a smoothie. It included strawberries, blueberries, plain nonfat organic yogurt, ground flaxseed, and benefiber (about a tablespoon of each gives you great fiber/filling benefits). I also crushed my vitamin and two calcium pills and stirred them in, though this left a little odd taste. I would say avoid adding the calcium pills unless you also add some splenda.
Will try another smoothies tomorrow- I shall post the results.



Note on berries: raspberries go bad fast. Buy frozen fruit if you're a young, twenty-something girl like me who can only make smoothies at night or on the weekend and doesn't have time to grocery shop more than once a week.

I also plan on adding veggies, will let you know how the experiments work out.

(Photo: actionebook.com)

1 comment:

Erin Brown said...

Hey Flo!
So true about buying the frozen fruit! I actually am working on the launch of the new Chiquita™ Smoothies product and thought you might want to know more about it! Its a frozen canister of smoothie mix which is all-natural, full of vitamin C, easy to make, and totally refreshing! The best part about them is how EASY they are to make!
Also, if you head over to http://www.chiquitasmoothie.com/, you can enter to WIN a trip for four on Air Jamaica to stay at an all-inclusive Beaches Resort! Some lucky weekly winners will receive prize packs including an Oster® Fusion Reversing Motor Blender, a Blend-N-Go™ Cup, and a one year supply of Chiquita™ Smoothies! Be sure to check it out!