Caution: Do not try this at home

kel7298 · 12-19-2011, 06:36 PM

Recently I read a great way to add vitamins and such to a protein drink was to blend in a handful of spinach. "You wont even taste it if you mix fruit in as well", the article said. HMMM..ok, I will give it a try. So I add a handful of spinach and blueberries. NICE!
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The next time I go to make my drink I notice an unopened baby spring mix in the fridge. Being the frugal shopper I am, I think, I need to eat that before it goes bad. Tada! I can substitute that for the spinach! Looking farther, I see some strawberries, of course, these are not blueberries, but I have that frugal mentality thing going on so they come along for the ride.*
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I grab a handful and stuff it into the blender. Thinking to myself, "geez, when I made this the first time, I didn't taste the spinach at all". So another handful of spring mix goes in. Now for the strawberries. I nip the green tops off on a few then think, "why", I got all that other green stuff in there, a lil more can't hurt", so 6 strawberries, green tops included, tossed in. Then I add the whey protein and water.*

As I watch the mixture whirling in the blender I think, "hmmm, its a tad bit greener than last time and a lot more of it". No worries! I pour me a BIG glass and start drinking. It's not to bad. Another big gulp. I don't remember it having this salad taste. Another gulp, OK, I am not sure I like this after all. I look at the blender and there is still more in there. Now remember, I am in frugal mind set, so I pour the rest into the cup and challenge myself to drink it! Another big gulp...ewwww. Despite my vow, I just can't swallow any more.*
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As I pour the rest down the drain, a green tint fills the sink. How pretty....*
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2 hours later - my tummy was definitely not happy with what I did.*
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The moral to this story: Adding more of a good thing isn't necessarily a good thing.
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julietcc · 12-19-2011, 07:04 PM

That's funny! I've never tried blending weird things together, juicing, or anything like that! I admire your sense of adventure.

Did you see the movie "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead"? It's on Hulu and it's about a guy that juiced for 60 days straight. I don't think I could ever drink the green stuff he created.

pjsam1156 · 12-20-2011, 04:02 AM

sounds like something I would do!

dasiey · 12-20-2011, 05:35 AM

lol well at least you gave it a try

Knittering · 12-20-2011, 06:21 AM

Quote:

"You wont even taste it if you mix fruit in as well"

I think I've heard THAT one before.

Dottie · 12-20-2011, 06:25 AM

I think it needed jalapenos

12-19-2011, 06:36 PM	#1
kel7298 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Aggieland Tx Posts: 863 Gallery: kel7298 Stats: Maintenance WOE: 5:2 Start Date: October 2011	Caution: Do not try this at home Recently I read a great way to add vitamins and such to a protein drink was to blend in a handful of spinach. "You wont even taste it if you mix fruit in as well", the article said. HMMM..ok, I will give it a try. So I add a handful of spinach and blueberries. NICE! * The next time I go to make my drink I notice an unopened baby spring mix in the fridge. Being the frugal shopper I am, I think, I need to eat that before it goes bad. Tada! I can substitute that for the spinach! Looking farther, I see some strawberries, of course, these are not blueberries, but I have that frugal mentality thing going on so they come along for the ride.* * I grab a handful and stuff it into the blender. Thinking to myself, "geez, when I made this the first time, I didn't taste the spinach at all". So another handful of spring mix goes in. Now for the strawberries. I nip the green tops off on a few then think, "why", I got all that other green stuff in there, a lil more can't hurt", so 6 strawberries, green tops included, tossed in. Then I add the whey protein and water.* As I watch the mixture whirling in the blender I think, "hmmm, its a tad bit greener than last time and a lot more of it". No worries! I pour me a BIG glass and start drinking. It's not to bad. Another big gulp. I don't remember it having this salad taste. Another gulp, OK, I am not sure I like this after all. I look at the blender and there is still more in there. Now remember, I am in frugal mind set, so I pour the rest into the cup and challenge myself to drink it! Another big gulp...ewwww. Despite my vow, I just can't swallow any more.* * As I pour the rest down the drain, a green tint fills the sink. How pretty....* * 2 hours later - my tummy was definitely not happy with what I did.* * The moral to this story: Adding more of a good thing isn't necessarily a good thing. * __________________ Kelly Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, good, well bred, graceful, intelligent, or skinny but because they are themselves. Dieting makes you look good in your clothes. Exercise makes you look good naked. I have not smoked a cigarette in over 1000 days!

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12-19-2011, 07:04 PM	#2
julietcc Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Orange County Posts: 4,221 Gallery: julietcc Stats: JUDDD - 118.6/112/112-115 highest weight 194 5'4" WOE: Atkins, then JUDDD Start Date: Started JUDDD 10/26/11	That's funny! I've never tried blending weird things together, juicing, or anything like that! I admire your sense of adventure. Did you see the movie "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead"? It's on Hulu and it's about a guy that juiced for 60 days straight. I don't think I could ever drink the green stuff he created.

12-20-2011, 04:02 AM	#3
pjsam1156 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 497 Gallery: pjsam1156 WOE: JUDDD for life, baby!! Start Date: Feb 2009; RESTART: Nov. 2011 as EX-LCer	sounds like something I would do!

12-20-2011, 05:35 AM	#4
dasiey Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 6,105 Gallery: dasiey WOE: Juddd Start Date: 11/13/2011	lol well at least you gave it a try

12-20-2011, 06:25 AM	#6
Dottie Administrator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 68,547 Gallery: Dottie WOE: JUDDD calorie cycling plan	I think it needed jalapenos