greenthickies

Thank you. I lost 5 pounds on my 7 day challenge (to shift the last few pounds I was carrying) and people with more to lose have lost more weight. The best thing about it is you don't go hungry and still lose weight. It is actually really good for you, you'll get more natural energy. I drink smoothies twice a day along…

I have loads of healthy smoothie recipes on my website: http://www.greenthickies.com and I am running a 7 day detox smoothie challenge on Monday so I'd love for you to join in. Katherine

I have a vitamix and couldn't live without it now. I have a smoothie website full of loads of healthy recipes if you want to have a look? http://www.greenthickies.com

Yes I eat mostly fruit and veg at the moment and feel amazing, although people tell me I'll put weight on eating 8 bananas a day, but the weight is still coming off so I'm going to keep doing what is working for me.

Yes I have a smoothie website with loads of smoothie recipes. Most of them are filling thick green smoothies made with added oats to keep you going. You can always adjust the recipes to your own needs. If you don't want to add the greens, leave them out or you can leave the oats out to reduce the calories. They will still…

Thank you, that's very helpful. That's exactly what I was thinking too. I've found a diet which really agrees with me and the weight falls off me faster than with any other diet. I go over my calories and still lose weight. People are telling me I'm crazy and that I'll gain weight eating the way I do but I've already lost…

I have managed to shape my body with a strength training program only eating a raw foods fruit and veggie based diet previously so I know I can do it again. I am seeing more tone just on the little exercise I already do. I accept that this is not a common viewpoint though and we could argue this point until we're blue in…

As with most recipes the nutritional information is based on 1 serving and on the ingredients listed not on substitutes or optional extras, but I do take your point, I could make this more clear and I will on future recipes. My intention is only to help people, not to provide inaccurate information which there is no point…

Yes that probably is right. I have a smoothie website and I shared filling smoothie 'meals' which are often between 300-500 calories as I like to drink a smoothie as a meal replacement as I don't have a lot of time for sit down meals. It's shocking isn't it? I also add oats to my 'Green Thickies' to make them even more…

Hi there I just joined this site and I'm a vegan. I'd love to be friends with any vegans or vegetarians too. My diary is public so you are very welcome to have a look but this week mine is a bit boring too but hopefully it will go back to normal after a week. This week I'm setting myself a challenge to drink nothing but…

Your protein intakes seem to be very similar to mine when I had a look at your diary. Some days a lot lower? I'm a bit confused.

I guess I must be burning off much more than I realise as for the last year my weight has slowly gone down never up. There's no danger of me starving, I like my food too much!

I know everyone is concerned about so much protein but I believe we get all the protein we need in healthy foods and don't believe I have to add in more protein to my diet. I've never felt better in my life and my baby is very healthy, an average weight and never been ill. I read a great book that changed my whole way of…

I generally only do a 10-20 minute high intensity workout and a short 10-20 minute run so do you think that's enough exercise to use an active activity setting? Thank you so much for your advice. That's very helpful. I guess that's why I can get away with eating a lot more than 1200 and have still been losing weight. It…

Yes that's right, 8 whole bananas. That's typical for me and I'm still losing weight so it's working for me. But still my bananas might have been on the small side so may not have been 100 calories each.

Yes you are exactly right. I guess losing weight is the easy option when in my heart I guess I knew that I just needed to step up my exercise. I'm struggling to fit much in with a baby but I do squeeze in some 30 day shred and do very short runs with her in the pram. I probably just need to be consistent with this and it…

Yes that's right. Today I ate 8 bananas. I've been eating this way for years basing most of my calories on fruit and veg and feel better and better every day. Yes you're right if we eat too much of anything we gain weight. As my weight has just been steadily going down for the last year it can't have been too much for me,…

Yes good point. I noticed you don't get the option to choose the size of the banana. Would you just input them manually based on the weight of the banana?

I'm so glad you're interested in the smoothies. I believe they are extremely healthy and have helped me lose a lot of weight anyway. Yes almost all of them taste sweet, that's the beauty of green smoothies. Yes thank you I've ammended my diet and added in the calories accordingly. Many thanks for your help.

I had no expectations so it's been eye opening to know how many I eat on a day to day basis. Ha ha, yes there's some truth in that I do eat more at breakfast than any other meal a lot of the time especially if I'm going out over lunch I'll role my breakfast and lunch together.

And, while we are nitpicking: You claim that your recipe is good for a long list of allergies. If you are to claim that a recipe is safe for people allergic to nuts, you really need to specify that they can not use for instance coconut milk in the recipe. Nut allergy is one of the truly dangerous allergies, as people tend…

The Peaches and Cream recipe is for 2 servings, so you would only eat half of the ingredients listed. It tells you how many servings it is for at the top of the recipe. The recipe calories are based on coconut meat. I simply suggested an alternative is coconut milk but I calculated the calories on coconut meat. These…

I have tried to be very accurate with the calories on my website. Did you take into account this was for 2 servings?

Thank you yes I've adjusted it now to only lose half a pound a week although it's probably not the best time to do a strict diet at the moment for me as I'm still nursing. Yes my diary should be open now. I've only ever eaten to hunger for the last year and lost a lot of weight. I must do more exercise than I think…

Hi there Thank you so much for visiting my website. Which smoothie did you check? Those calories sound about right to me as each of the recipes are for 2 servings so usually come to between 300-500 calories so about 1000 calories for 2 servings sound right. I try to be very accurate on my website, but as this food diary…

Yes you might be right about the last few pounds while still breastfeeding. It will be interesting to see what happens when I stop. I lost 56 pounds on a raw food diet drinking mainly green smoothies and never felt better in my whole life. I believe you can get everything you need from fruit, veg, nuts and seeds. I also…

No I'm exactly the same with weight gain. I managed to pile on about 56 pounds in half a year after I got married. I went a bit crazy after being sick of dieting. Never again!

I just weighed my food this morning before adding it to my smoothie and my calories seem a lot more reasonable today. I think something must have gone wrong yesterday. Thank you so much for all your support and encouragement. I weighed myself this morning and I'm actually 2 lbs lighter which I know is probably just a water…

40lbs! Ahh scary, I'll have to bear this in mind when I stop I'll have to bring my calories right down.

Hi, thank you so much for all your replies. Wow I've overwhelmed by your support! It's lovely there is such a sense of community on here as it's my first time on Myfitnesspal. I have made my diary public but didn't update it since yesterday as I was too scared to see my total calories for the day. I'm going to start again…