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Thinking about starting a fruit based diet in the form of smoothies.

Posts: 127 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi, I want to do a diet of fruit only mainly in the form of smoothies, I want to lose about 40 pounds, I would like some insight from people who are also eating mainly fruit, I decided to do this mainly because I drank a fresh fruit smoothie mixed with yogurt yesterday and it was delicious and refreshing especially after I took a long walk in the heat. So I decided I'm going to do this, I'm going to buy a blender and just drink fruit and yogurt smoothies until I lose my 40 pounds.

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  • Posts: 2,163 Member
    Well.... smh.

    If you're going to do this, at least do Greek Yogurt. Has some more protein and many have probiotics.
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  • Posts: 232 Member
    I'm pretty sure if I made a smoothie it would have more calories than the milkshakes I make sometimes (with skimmed milk, a bit of sweetener and some flavouring).

    If you're determined OP, at least throw some nuts in there/on top, and don't stinge on the yoghurt. Lob some veggies in too for a change!
  • Posts: 304 Member
    You seem set in your ways. Good luck!
  • Posts: 5,864 Member

    Multivitamin

    Why stick to such an unhealthy diet that contains zero of the above mentioned vitamins?

    Add in veggies, the full colour of the rainbow and add in some fats, cheese is a good source as is oily fish.
  • Posts: 2,163 Member

    Because a milkshake has like 1000 calories and is fattening and a smoothie has like 300 and no fat.

    Okay, so I drink a smoothie daily. 1 apple, 1 banana, 0.5 cup strawberries, 0.3 cups Greek yogurt, some spinach (weigh your fruit!!). 350 calories. It's also 55g of sugar and around 80g of carbs. I do it to get me through the afternoon slump and to power my work outs. 3 of these would only put you at 1,050 calories but 165g of sugar and 240g of carbs.

    Basically, you would be hungry and would keep sugar crashing (feeling like crap).

    A protein powder would add SOME protein but bump up sugar and carbs even more. Your nutrition would be out of whack.

    You'd also poop a lot. Lots of fiber.

    It's not sustainable. Do a "cleanse" if you really want to, but 40 pounds would take MONTHS of feeling like crap every couple of hours.

    Then you'd binge to make up for the missed calories and nutrients, which would make you mentally feel like crap.
  • Posts: 135 Member
    Hi, I want to do a diet of fruit only mainly in the form of smoothies, I want to lose about 40 pounds, I would like some insight from people who are also eating mainly fruit, I decided to do this mainly because I drank a fresh fruit smoothie mixed with yogurt yesterday and it was delicious and refreshing especially after I took a long walk in the heat. So I decided I'm going to do this, I'm going to buy a blender and just drink fruit and yogurt smoothies until I lose my 40 pounds.

    You can still have a smoothie everyday and eat other things. Drinking only smoothies won't make you lose weight any faster.
  • Posts: 653 Member
    It's a short term solution, once you start eating again the weight will start creeping back.
  • Posts: 33,711 Member
    Hi, I want to do a diet of fruit only mainly in the form of smoothies, I want to lose about 40 pounds, I would like some insight from people who are also eating mainly fruit, I decided to do this mainly because I drank a fresh fruit smoothie mixed with yogurt yesterday and it was delicious and refreshing especially after I took a long walk in the heat. So I decided I'm going to do this, I'm going to buy a blender and just drink fruit and yogurt smoothies until I lose my 40 pounds.

    You're better off learning to eat healthy then any gimmick. Otherwise you might gain all that weight back.
  • Posts: 520 Member
    aeloine wrote: »

    Okay, so I drink a smoothie daily. 1 apple, 1 banana, 0.5 cup strawberries, 0.3 cups Greek yogurt, some spinach (weigh your fruit!!). 350 calories. It's also 55g of sugar and around 80g of carbs. I do it to get me through the afternoon slump and to power my work outs. 3 of these would only put you at 1,050 calories but 165g of sugar and 240g of carbs.

    Basically, you would be hungry and would keep sugar crashing (feeling like crap).

    A protein powder would add SOME protein but bump up sugar and carbs even more. Your nutrition would be out of whack.

    You'd also poop a lot. Lots of fiber.

    It's not sustainable. Do a "cleanse" if you really want to, but 40 pounds would take MONTHS of feeling like crap every couple of hours.

    Then you'd binge to make up for the missed calories and nutrients, which would make you mentally feel like crap.

    No.
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