10 DAY GREEN SMOOTHIE JJ SMITH

Seems unnecessary but if you enjoy the smoothies, it won't hurt to have them.

Nothing wrong with protein powder, it's simply a protein supplement for those who may have a hard time meeting their protein goal with food alone.

What even is detox tea, and why would anyone need it?

If you want some good insight into high quality supplements, I would look at www.labdoor.com . But I would largely try to eat food instead of drinking if as it is generally better for satiety.

ramicharowland wrote: »

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

Hey, if you enjoy smoothies.

Stay away from the detox tea. You'll be getting plenty of fiber. I hate to think of taking a laxative on top of that.

There are higher quality protein powders than Shakeology.

As has been mentioned, weigh and measure all your smoothie ingredients so your calorie counts are accurate.

What are square bars?

Got it. No detox tea

Shakeology is waaay to expensive for me anyways..but good to know its garbage...

Square bars are organic protein bars

https://www.squareorganics.com/collections/products


I never had them

Most of them have 10g of protein. That is not allowed. I would rather have the cliff energy bars for a fraction of the price (like 1/3). Most good protein bars have at least 20g of protein in them.

Between this post and your other one, it really seems like you are making this a lot harder than you need to. There are a ton of things out there that people make claims about that are really only effective at one thing - taking your money.

Honestly, if you want to lose weight, you need to figure out how many calories you need every day (TDEE) and then eat less calories than that. This site makes that REALLY easy to do by using the "Goals" button, then just eat less calories than you need and you will lose fat.

As for cutting out various foods, drinking smoothies, using protein powder, fad supplements like "detox" anything - that is all a preference, but won't make you lose weight. If you want to cut calories by cutting out bread, so be it. If you want to increase protein by using powder, go for it. If you want to take solid food and blend it up and drink it through a curly straw, that is your choice. Paying for special detox teas and flax seeds it up to you. But losing weight is all about the calories.

The only thing I'll mention is cutting out meat is a BAD idea unless you have a plan to replace the protein with another source. Even then, it will be hard to get a complete protein unless you just use milk. Your body can make just about everything it needs except essential amino acids and essential fatty acids. You get the essential aminos from good quality proteins and you get the essential fatty acids from certain fat sources. In other words, your body NEEDS protein and healthy fats, but not necessarily carbs. If you don't get enough protein, your body gets those aminos from another protein source - your muscles. The less muscle you carry, the less calories you burn, which makes fat loss harder, and you will probably never get the look you want. So, just be careful about cutting protein.

For fat loss, the only things I care about are below, in order of importance:

1) Calories In vs Calories Out
2) Eating enough protein
3) Strength Training
4) Cardio

Hey, my hubby lost 50 lbs after we got a nutribullit & he had mostly smoothies, he eats food too. I usually have a smoothie in the morning, all good. He puts all kinds of good things in his, mine is yogurt,almond milk, mixed fruit & spinach