{"id":3010,"date":"2012-07-30T16:19:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T22:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2012-09-26T17:02:45","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T23:02:45","slug":"smoothie-challenge-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3010","title":{"rendered":"Smoothie Challenge Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only one more day of the Smoothie Challenge<\/a>! Wahoo!<\/p>\n

Even with the traveling I’ve been doing I’ve been fitting in a smoothie every day. I think having a smoothie every day has become a habit now. Well, they say it only takes 28 days to form a habit \u2013 and by tomorrow it\u2019ll be 31 days. I think the secret to not getting bored of the daily smoothies is VARIETY. I’ve been keeping everything fresh and interesting with lots of yummy recipes.<\/p>\n

\"Eat<\/p>\n

I made a delicious berry recipe from one of Tosca Reno’s books (love her books!). Dee-licious.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also been making a LOT of chocolate shakes. You know me \u2013 I\u2019m all about the cocoa! I made LeanBodyLifestyle\u2019s Frozen Mocha Protein Shake<\/a> and I will be making it again! Then, OF COURSE, when nothing else grabs my attention, my chocolate peanut butter protein shake gets made. If you\u2019re not too sick of smoothie recipes, I might even share it with you (grin).<\/p>\n

\"PB<\/p>\n

(for more fun – follow me on Instagram at colourfulpalate<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Two of my goals for the challenge were to eat more protein and to lose a couple vanity pounds. The results made me happy, I lost a few pounds and I ate a lot more protein.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve learned that when I\u2019m craving desserts there are LOTS of yummy low-carb and high-protein recipes I can make without sugar. One of my favourites is Jamie Eason\u2019s Cinnamon Protein Cake<\/a> (I\u2019ve made this one a couple times!) and everyone in the family loved it. It was great because my gluten-free eating Dad could eat it as well.<\/p>\n

\"Protein<\/p>\n

While we\u2019re on the subject of healthy sweets \u2013 I made my friend Kris\u2019s Sweet Peanut Butter Protein Balls<\/a> (grain-free and high-fiber). For extra indulgence, I lightly coated half of the ball with some melted chocolate. Absolutely decadent.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it for today \u2013 but I wanted to leave you with a few fun photos of some of the more creative entries into the July Smoothie Challenge<\/a>! More pics to come next post (when I announce the prize winners!!!) so check in on Wednesday!<\/p>\n

Also, I wanted to announce this week\u2019s random winner of the Vega Energizing Smoothie<\/a> is Steph! Congrats girl!<\/p>\n

\"SemiSweet<\/p>\n

(fruit smoothie from SemiSweet<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

\"Smoothie<\/p>\n

(collages from The Chicken Scoop<\/a><\/em>, Run For Today<\/a>, and Leanne<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

\"Smoothie<\/p>\n

(cute overload from Rawdorable<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Got any healthy protein “desserts” to recommend to me? Links welcome! <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Only one more day of the Smoothie Challenge! Wahoo! Even with the traveling I’ve been doing I’ve been fitting in a smoothie every day. I think having a smoothie every day has become a habit now. Well, they say it only takes 28 days to form<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1182],"tags":[899,1002,999,1003,1000,1005,934,1004,1001,306,1008,890,1007,221,1006],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3010"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3583,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010\/revisions\/3583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}