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Losing weight is hard. There are cravings . There is guilt. There is the mental battle with the scale. And then there's the eternal question, "Well, what should I eat?"
One answer: "How about something to drink?"
Smoothies are a super simple way to satisfying your hunger . Many of the recipes that follow include ingredients that are high in fiber, a nutrient that helps fill you up and stay full. Some of them contain good doses of protein, another nutrient with satiating powers. And all of them are packed with something most diet snack bars or "lean" frozen meals aren't: flavor.
It's time to break out the blender.
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Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Banana Protein Shake
What Youll Need: 2 Tbsp peanut butter 1 banana 1/3 cup whey protein 1 cup chocolate milk
How to Make It: Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend, adding ice, if you want, until you achieve your desired consistency.
Two-Berry and Pineapple Refresher
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What Youll Need: cup fresh blueberries cup fresh raspberries 1 cup pineapple juice cup Greek yogurt
How to Make It: Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend, adding ice, if you want, until you achieve your desired consistency.
The Everything Orange
What Youll Need: 2 apricots, pitted and roughly chopped papaya, roughly chopped mango, roughly chopped cup sliced canned carrots, drained 1 Tbsp honey
How to Make It: Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend, adding ice, if you want, until you achieve your desired consistency.
The Craving Crusher
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What Youll Need: 1 banana 1 peach, pitted and roughly chopped cup orange juice
How to Make It: Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend, adding ice, if you want, until you achieve your desired consistency.
The Watermelon Kick
What Youll Need: 2 cups cubed watermelon 1 cup frozen strawberry halves 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice 1/8 tsp ground cayenne pepper
How to Make It: Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend.
The Eye Opener
What Youll Need: 1 cup milk 2 Tbsp frozen orange juice concentrate 1 cup strawberries, hulled 1 kiwi, peeled
How to Make It: Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend.
The Green Dream
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What Youll Need: 2 cups baby spinach 15 green grapes cup plain Greek yogurt cup lightly sweetened green tea (like Honest Tea Honey Green Tea) avocado Juice from lime juice 1 tsp agave (optional)
How to Make It: Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend.
Cherry Mango OJ Tango
What Youll Need: cup pitted cherries cup mango, peeled and roughly chopped cup Greek yogurt 1 cup orange juice
How to Make It: Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend, adding ice, if you want, until you achieve your desired consistency.
The Oat Berry
What Youll Need: 1 cups mixed frozen berries 1 cup milk cup rolled oats 1 tsp honey 1 tsp almond butter
How to Make It: Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend.
The All-Fruit
What Youll Need: cup fresh or frozen blueberries cup fresh or frozen cubed mango 1 cup fresh or frozen cubed pineapple 1 cup roughly chopped oranges
How to Make It: Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend, adding ice, if you want, until you achieve your desired consistency.
The Peach and Protein
What Youll Need: 2 peaches, pitted and chopped cup plain Greek yogurt cup whole milk cup mint 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
How to Make It:
Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend.