When I first discovered what has been touted as the real key to getting leaner about two years ago I was stunned. It was suggested that one of the primary strategies was to understand the importance of eating every 2-1/2 to 3 hours. I mean it certainly made sense but how in the world was I going to eat that frequently, and because I am at the gym five days a week at 5am, that would mean that I would have to eat 7 times a day. Yes SEVEN times a day!
The trick is to have several meal replacement feedings (a.k.a. Smoothies) included in your daily meal plan. For me that means at least two a day and sometimes as many as three or four. So this means that I am constantly experimenting with adding in as many super foods as possible into these meals to get the biggest bang.
No matter how much I have tried I just haven’t been able to add vegetables into my smoothies (green just doesn’t look right). I have been looking at a green supplement and may have to give that a try. I am going to experiment some more with this going forward as getting 5-8 servings of vegetables each day is also critical to a well balanced getting lean program.
This is now one of my favorite smoothies and it is almost like a liquid banana split. It has some sweetness to it and has several servings of fruit to boot.
What You’ll Need
- 2 Medium Bananas
- ½ Cup of Frozen Berries
- ½ Cup of 1% Milk
- 2 Tsp Protein Powder
- 1 Tbsp Dry Roasted Almonds
- 1 Tbsp Raw English Walnuts
- 1 Tbsp Unsalted Dry Roasted Peanuts
- 1 Tsp Ground Flaxseed
- 6-8 Ice Cubes
What to Do
- Add all ingredients into the blender and mix
Serves 1
Nutritional Information (per serving)
| Protein | 26 g |
| Fiber | 11 g |
| Carbs | 94 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Calories | 622* |
*Now remember I tend to go a bit higher on my calories because I am in more of a maintenance phase and my metabolism runs on uber high with my five days a week cardio schedule (I prefer to melt it off than starve it off). You can cut your calories down on this by eliminating one banana (about 105 calories) and drop one of the nuts (and you would drop another 50-60 calories).
