Losing the Baby Weight Series: My Protein Shopping Trip

A sure way to start losing weight quickly is to increase your protein intake.  I learned this over the course of the three years that it took me to drop seven sizes.  Then, when my weight started to fluctuate because I had fallen off track, I discovered once again that if I increased the amount of protein I had in my diet, my weight would drop in a fraction of the time.  Needless to say, protein is my very good friend.

Most of the ingredients that you see are for my protein smoothies:

• 1 frozen can Minute Maid orange juice – that way I can make freshly prepared orange juice when I need it.  One can makes 48 ounces of juice.

• 2 pounds of strawberries

• 32 ounces Dannon Light & Fit Vanilla Yogurt – one cup has 7 grams of protein.

• 2 pounds Six Star Pro Nutrition Whey Protein Elite Series – this protein powder has 26 grams of protein per scoop.  I got vanilla cream flavor.  Protein powder tends to be expensive, so shop around for the best price.  Places like GNC or other specialty stores that sell supplements usually cost more.  I purchased mine at Wal-mart for $18.  I had a coupon that came out of All You Magazine, which dropped the price by $1.

• 4 boxes of Zone Perfect Bars – Protein bars are a great way to have a snack on-the-go, or if necessary, a meal replacement.  If I don’t have time to eat lunch, I grab two bars and eat them instead.  It’s a much better alternative than not eating at all or worse, buying fast food.  These protein bars have 14 grams of protein each.  I tend to purchase whichever protein bars happen to be on sale.  I got four boxes (each box contains 5 bars) in the following flavors: chocolate mint, fudge graham, double dark chocolate, and chocolate peanut butter.

The protein bars and smoothies make excellent snacks.  A protein smoothie can also be a great meal by itself.  I made myself a strawberry protein smoothie for an afternoon snack, and it was so delicious!  I can already feel my body extinguishing fat cells.  Okay, well maybe not, but I did choose the smoothie rather than the Jalapeno Cheetos everyone else in my family was snacking on.  And for that, I am proud of myself.

Recommended Reading:

My Weight & My Goals – See what I weighted at the end of my fourth pregnancy and what I weight now.  Then, you’ll find out what my goals are to get my dream body.

Too Tired to Exercise – Having a new baby makes exercise one more energy-zapping thing to accomplish.  But that’s not the only thing that is stealing my energy.  Chores.  Taking care of kids.  Enough said.

Don’t miss out on this series! You can read all of the posts in Losing the Baby Weight right here.

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